A 4-year-old girl. An 18-year-old man. A 60-year-old man. Someone’s baby girl. Someone’s brother. Someone’s dad… All victims of fatal accidents involving suspected drunken drivers in the Dallas area.The 4-year-old Haltom City girl, Kaitlyn Sanchez, died about 10 p.m. March 14, an hour after a 32-yea
After his death from a torn aorta in 2003, the widow and children of actor John Ritter filed a lawsuit against his cardiologist and radiologist for medical negligence. Radiologist Matthew Lotysch was cleared today of the claims that he had failed to spot an enlargement of the aorta in a body scan do
When the Six Flags ride the Texas Tornado malfunctioned in March 2006, nine people were injured from bumping into each other as the operator utilized the emergency safety switch to lower the ride. Trista Price, who suffered minor back injuries, filed a lawsuit this week claiming that Six Flags Over
Claiming she and other nurses had not been paid overtime for work done over the course of three years, Carrolton-resident Angela Valcho has filed a lawsuit against Parkland Health & Hospital System. As an hourly employee, a 30-minute lunch was automatically deducted when clocking in and out of the p
A school bus transporting 12 children to an Arlington school for the hearing impaired (Jean Massieu Academy) was struck by a passenger car around 7 a.m. March 13. The small vehicle was attempting to make it through a yellow light on the service road at Loop 12 and Keeneland Parkway in Dallas. It is
A recent Internet survey by the American College of Chest Physicians’ Sleep Institute (ACCP) found that most physicians are probably not getting enough sleep for top performance at work.As a patient, anxiety may affect your ability to sleep the night before a medical procedure – we all get a little
Morning rush hour traffic was backed up for miles around the investigation of an early morning – about 3:20 a.m. – crash on Westbound Interstate 635 in Dallas. Another sad incident involving a tractor trailer truck and a small passenger vehicle, WFAA Channel 8 News reported that the car ran undernea
Semi-truck driver James Buchholz reportedly told police, “I don’t know what happened. I might have fell asleep,” when questioned in regard to the fatal crash involving his 2007 Freightliner and a Missouri family of four. The freightliner struck the family’s Ford Crown Victoria from behind at an inte
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services today issued the Little Blessings Child Care Center in Killeen, Texas a letter stating that the center’s child care license would be revoked, citing the alleged February 20 sexual assault of a 4-month old child while under the care of the center
Dr. Eric Leefmans is expected to appeal a $1.75 million verdict awarded to a patient of the surgeon who sued for medical malpractice during treatment following a 2003 automobile accident.Attorney Emily Rice of Boston said her client, Dr. Eric Leefmans, plans to appeal a $1.75 million-plus-interest m
A Dallas man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter of a 70-year-old Garland man as the result of an automobile accident in Dallas Thursday, March 6.Continue Reading….In what Garland police call a non-weather related accident just before midnight Thursday, March 6, 29-year-old Raymond Marti
A notification went out this week to about 40,000 patients of a Las Vegas health clinic, alerting them that the clinic had been reusing syringes and medication vials in an effort to cut costs. Patients who visited the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada from March 2004 through Januray 2008 are urged
