Death By Mac And Cheese?

By David M. Kennedy | July 13, 2017

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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Texas Has A Lousy Record When It Comes To Safety

By David M. Kennedy | June 28, 2017

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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Fighting With Ghosts: Can A Jury Referee That Fight?

By David M. Kennedy | June 20, 2017

I see that the Texas Legislature has passed a law permitting driverless cars to operate on Texas roadways. As one who represents those involved in auto accidents, I am wondering how an accident with a driverless car would play out in…

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Healthcare Cheaters Pay, But Most Get Away With It

By David M. Kennedy | June 14, 2017

The owner of Apple of Your Eye Healthcare Services, Inc., Wilbert James Veasey, Jr. of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, to 210 months in prison. Not insignificantly, he was also ordered to pay $23,123,897.18 in restitution to Medicare.…

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Texting While Driving May Become Impossible

By David M. Kennedy | June 7, 2017

We all remember the recent accident that took the lives of thirteen church members returning home from a retreat in the Texas Hill Country. Reports were that the 20-year old driver of the pickup that crossed into their lane of traffic…

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U.S. Regulations of Truck Industry Protect Us All

By David M. Kennedy | June 2, 2017

I read recently of a bus accident in the northern Philippines. Those passengers who were fortunate enough to survive the crash that sent the bus plunging out of control to the bottom of an 80-foot ravine, told rescuers of how the…

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If You Kill An Old Man With A Ham Sandwich, You Had Better Be In Texas

By David M. Kennedy | May 27, 2017

“I asked the nurse assistant why she left a ham sandwich with the nursing home resident on a mechanical diet – who then promptly choked to death – and she said, ‘I thought mechanical diet meant that he was a mechanic and…

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A New Danger Of Cancer With Breast Implants

By David M. Kennedy | May 4, 2017

I read a recent article disclosing yet another potential danger with breast implants: anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, or ALCL. It is relatively rare and death from it even more so, but here is the lowdown. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,…

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Be Wary Of What Your ‘Friend’ Is Not Telling You

By David M. Kennedy | April 30, 2017

It is said that ‘silence is golden.’ In most instances, silence is a right belonging to him whose lips are sealed. On the other hand, silence is a fraud that can land one in court. A lawsuit was filed this week…

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How About a Baby in a Box?

By David M. Kennedy | April 28, 2017

It was Christmas of 1975 when a boy-genius came up with a gimmick to try and make a quick buck: the Pet Rock. It was all the crave for about six months, but before its demise, the Pet Rock guy had raked in…

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