Texas Legal News & Case Updates

Woman spots rapist on TV; awarded $20 Million in Civil Suit

A Ventura, California woman received a $20 million civil court judgment against the man that forcibly raped her in 2003. The attacker was recognized weeks later by the victim, after he appeared on the television show “Blind Date.”Ulrick Kevin White was convicted of rape and false imprisonment for th

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Sep 2006

Federal Experts Confirm Infections Caused by Bausch & Lomb's ReNu with MoistureLoc

Thousands of consumers who have suffered at the hands of Bausch & Lomb’s ReNu with MoistureLoc have finally received some of the answers they have been looking for. Federal disease control experts and leading eye doctors have formally concluded that ReNu With MoistureLoc from Bausch & Lomb was the o

By The Legal Examiner

/ 25 Aug 2006

Cerebral Palsy Lawsuits Are Decimated by Egregious Damage Caps

Imagine being held underwater for a minute and then being allowed to come up for air – briefly – only to be involuntarily dunked underwater repeatedly. Your brain will go without oxygen for extended periods of time, which can cause severe damage to a healthy adult. Now, imagine the same nightmare sc

By The Legal Examiner

/ 24 Jul 2006

Slip and Fall Accident

If you’ve been injured in a slip and fall accident, you may be eligible for compensation depending on the circumstances in which your injury occurred and evidence gathered about the incident.A personal injury case that falls under this category includes:Trip and Fall – an object in the walking path

By The Legal Examiner

/ 22 Jun 2006

Price Gouging at Health Care Companies? Say it Ain't So!!!

Haven’t we all heard the rhetoric (and read my previous blog on the subject, no less) about how Plaintiff’s attorneys and “greedy patients” are to blame for the rising cost of health care? Sure, there are countless victims of medical malpractice, but if they seek any type of recovery, then it’s sudd

By The Legal Examiner

/ 21 Jun 2006

Birth Injuries – Who Can Be Sued?

Did you know that a birth injury could be caused by a wide variety of sources? Claims are not limited to just medical doctors – they can also apply to nurses, hospitals, anesthesiologists, drug (pharmaceutical) companies, and other providers of health care services.While each person on the medical s

By The Legal Examiner

/ 16 Jun 2006

Disney Sued Over Death of Young Boy at Epcot

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney World by the family of a 4 year old boy that died after riding Epcot’s Mission: Space ride. An autopsy revealed that the boy’s death was caused by an irregular heartbeat brought about by the stress of the ride on the boy’s body.The ride, Mi

By The Legal Examiner

/ 15 Jun 2006

Fast Food Health Concerns

What do we not know about the fast food that we eat? When we run to places and grab a quick order to go, are we ruining our health?A recent lawsuit was filed against KFC in an attempt to stop them from cooking with partially hydrogenated oil which is high in fact and switch to other types of cooking

By The Legal Examiner

/ 15 Jun 2006

Medical Bills Too High? Blame Medicare – NOT Lawsuits

We’ve all heard the argument: “If greedy families and patients would stop suing, then everyone’s medical bills would decrease.” Let’s set aside the fact that medical errors are a leading cause of death in the U.S. Let’s instead look at one of the factors which is actually causing YOUR medical bills

By The Legal Examiner

/ 8 Jun 2006

Overtime Recordkeeping

Many employers will tell employees that overtime will not be paid without the permission of a supervisor.However, supervisors then give employees too much work to be completed in a 40-hour week, which requires the employee to work longer to avoid disappointing his/her supervisor. Then if the employe

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Jun 2006

Some Potentially Dire Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Are Not Always Properly Disclosed to Patients

Bariatric surgery — a stomach-shrinking operation performed to help overcome obesity — is becoming more popular than ever. But there’s a catch often not understood by those who undergo the procedure: Once they lose the weight the surgery helps them lose, there may be more surgery to come — surgery t

By The Legal Examiner

/ 30 May 2006

Treatment Center Settles Lawsuit Related to Teen Suicide

A wilderness treatment center has agreed to pay $1.2 million and admit responsibility to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Massachusetts teenager who killed himself while in its care, the parents’ lawyers said Tuesday.Paul and Diana Lewis of East Longmeadow, Mass., sued the Aldredge Academy

By The Legal Examiner

/ 22 May 2006