Texas Legal News & Case Updates

Surgeon to Appeal $1.75 Malpractice Verdict

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 10 Mar 2008

Dallas Resident Charged with Intoxication Manslaughter

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 7 Mar 2008

Mass Notification Warns Vegas Patients of Possible Viruses

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Mar 2008

Day Care Owner Found Guilty in Death of 6-year old

According to the Associated Press, a jury has found a former McMinnville, Tenn. day care owner guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a 6-year-old and the abuse of her two older brothers. On Tuesday, March 4, the jury recommended a life sentence for 41-year-old Sherri Mathis, with sentencing

By The Legal Examiner

/ 5 Mar 2008

Dallas Student Killed in Semi Truck Accident

A 20-year-old college student was one of two reported deaths in a freak accident Wednesday. An 18-wheeler ran off a freeway ramp in downtown Dallas and landed on a car. Ashley Parra, a political science major at the University of North Texas, was on her way to work at a local restaurant when the sem

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Feb 2008

State Investigating Possible Daycare Sexual Abuse

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has taken over an investigation surrounding a possible sexual assault of a 4-month-old girl at a Killeen Texas daycare. After being told her daughter had a diaper rash, a doctor examinied the 4-month-old and said the baby girl had bruising consi

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Feb 2008

18-Wheeler Falls from a Dallas Overpass Onto a Car

At least two people were killed when a tractor trailer fell from an overpass in downtown Dallas and landed on a car crushing it.The rig was traveling northbound on Woodall Rogers headed to Interstate 35 North when it lost control in the left lane and vaulted off the ramp.The rig landed on Continenta

By The Legal Examiner

/ 27 Feb 2008

Police Investigating Possible sexual assault at Killeen Texas Daycare

Police in Killeen , Texas are looking into a possible daycare sexual abuse case involving a 4-month-old baby. When the 4-month-old was picked up from the Little Blessings Daycare last Wednesday, her mother was told that she had a diaper rash. After an examination, her doctor suspected sexual abuse b

By The Legal Examiner

/ 26 Feb 2008

Nursing Home To Pay $100,000 Fine for Patient's Death

A California nursing home received its second state citation in two years following the death of a 94-year-old woman who wandered away from the nursing home last November.The California Department of Public Health fined the Palomar Heights Care Center $100,000 in January for not providing adequate s

By The Legal Examiner

/ 25 Feb 2008

Daycare Owner's Son Arrested for Assaulting a Child

The son of a woman who operates a daycare near Birmingham, Alabama was arrested for daycare abuse after assaulting a child. The arrest came after months of suspicion. Pouya Goudarzi is accused of shoving a pull-up diaper into a 4-year-old child’s mouth and causing injury to the child. Allegations an

By The Legal Examiner

/ 22 Feb 2008

3-Month-Old Found Dead in Dallas Area Daycare

A 3-month-old baby was found dead at a Dallas area home-based daycare Wednesday afternoon. The baby was discovered around 4 p.m. at a home-based daycare in Farmers Branch, Texas. The daycare worker who found the infant called 911. Paramedics rushed the infant from the daycare to RHD Medical Center,

By The Legal Examiner

/ 21 Feb 2008

Icy Hot Recall Due to Third Degree Burns

Chattem, Inc., manufacturer of Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, has recalled its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer “samples” that were included on a limited promotional basis in cartons of its 3 oz Aspercreme product. The products were recalled because of consumer reports of first, sec

By The Legal Examiner

/ 12 Feb 2008