In almost all situations, there is this universal question: How can I afford to be involved in this lawsuit? The question is one asked by both plaintiffs (the ones bringing the lawsuit), and defendants (those receiving the punches). Let’s take a…
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You thought you had a deal, but if you did, why do you have nothing to show for it? As a lawyer who has tried many contract lawsuits, I get asked the question quite often as to whether a contract was…
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I noticed that Texas and several other states have passed a form of seat belt requirements for school buses in this state. The new law requires that buses made in 2018 and thereafter will be required to have 3-point seat belts. What…
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The New York Times reports today that investigators looking into the eight deaths at the Florida nursing home last week, are finding resident medical records to be “replete with late entries” whereby the staff came along after the fact and made entries…
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A recent report by the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office warns that it has found that 1 in 4 cases of sexual assault and abuse in America’s nursing homes is going unreported to police. Although the report is preliminary,…
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As reported yesterday by the Washington Post and others, pharmaceutical companies are paying doctors to prescribe their opioids. According to the report, between 2013 and 2015, “68,177 doctors received more than $46 million in payments from drug companies pushing powerful painkillers.”…
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The Austin American-Statesman reports today that Nancy Grace and several media outlets are being sued by an Austin, Texas dentist targeted in one of Grace’s broadcasts. The show focused on the fallout from yet another anesthesia-related death of a child during a dental procedure.…
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A recent television news report focused on the efforts of two mothers who have joined together in seeing that the needless deaths of their respective daughters won’t be in vain. The goal is to prevent deaths caused directly by there conspicuously being…
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As reported today in the New York Times, you – and more importantly your kids that are counting on us adults – are potentially at great risk of injury from of all things, macaroni and cheese. How we got here is really not…
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According to the latest report of the National Safety Council, Texas continues to pull up the rear when it comes to safety, having received an overall grade of ‘D.’ The Texas powers that be may attempt to paint a much rosier picture…
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