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Stay informed about Texas and national legal developments shaping personal rights and justice. From courtroom updates and civil verdicts to new legislation, The Cochran Firm Texas Legal Examiner provides context and clarity on the cases and laws that matter most.

Tenet HealthCare Settles $215 Million Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Hospital chain Tenet Helathcare Corp, a publically-traded health care company, announced a deal to settle class-action lawsuits for $215 million, mostly regarding unnecessary surgeries occurring at one of its California hospitals. There are “bigger fish still to fry,” said Ryan Beck analyst Robert M

By The Legal Examiner

/ 16 Jan 2006

Speeding. Not So Fast.

As early as August 2006, cameras may be recording your traffic violations at the busiest Dallas intersections. But the question remains, is this leagl. Dallas council member Leo Chaney said, “If you travel all over America, everyone is utilizing this technology We’re in the 21st century. It’s an ine

By The Legal Examiner

/ 16 Jan 2006

Unpaid Overtime Wal-Mart Class Action Lawsuit

Recently, a Pennsylvania judge approved a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart, Inc. brought by employees who allege that Wal-Mart, Inc. pressured them into working off the clock.The Unpaid Overtime Class-Action lawsuit alleges that employees worked regularly through breaks and after hours without

By The Legal Examiner

/ 13 Jan 2006

Should Drug Maker Be Responsible for Death?

If drug companies knew that drug addicts were buying every day over the counter cold medicines to extract the ingredients needed to make methamphetamine to get high, could you award monetary damages and send a message to the drug companies that they should have done something to prevent to it? Linda

By The Legal Examiner

/ 12 Jan 2006

Wrongful Death Suit Planned Against Southwest

The family of a six year-old boy who was killed when a Southwest jet skidded off a runway at Midway airport in Chicago plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the Dallas-based airline.Joshua Woods was riding in the family car when the jet crashed through a runway barrier on a snowy evening in

By The Legal Examiner

/ 12 Jan 2006

2005 A Record Year For Recalls

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 397 consumer products were recalled in fiscal year 2005. This was the most recalls in a decade. The Commission also set a record for the amount of fines levied against companies for failing to report product defects. Six different companies were f

By The Legal Examiner

/ 12 Jan 2006

Plano Teen Can File Birth Injury Lawsuit

The Wisonsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that one of our clients can file a birth injury lawsuit claiming the Wisconsin doctor and hospital are responsible for denying the client’s brain of oxygen in the moments before and after his birth, which led to the child developing cerebral palsy. Cerebral pa

By The Legal Examiner

/ 2 Jan 2006

Texas Car Accident Negligence and Liability

Automobile negligence and liability is an area of the law for which Texas has no specific legislation. Cases dealing with this subject matter are forced to rely on the common law and case law for negligence. A driver of an automobile generally owes a duty of care to other drivers, pedestrians or any

By The Legal Examiner

/ 30 Dec 2005

Jeffrey H. Rasansky, Attorney at Law

For the third consecutive year, Jeff has been named a Texas Super Lawyer by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine and Texas Monthly magazine. Jeff is listed as one of the state’s top personal injury attorneys in Texas Monthly magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, a publication co-produced b

By The Legal Examiner

/ 15 Oct 2005

The Rasansky Law Firm

At The Rasansky Law Firm, we not only demand strict professional standards, we demand excellence. Our attorneys are among the finest in the country and excel in their fields, having resolved numerous multi-million dollar cases.The Rasansky Law Firm believes that each case, no matter how big or small

By The Legal Examiner

/ 1 Oct 2005

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By The Legal Examiner

/ 2 Mar 2005