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Texas Cap on Medical Malpractice Case Damages In 2003, Texas passed legislation limiting the amount of compensation a plaintiff can receive in a medical malpractice case. This law is found at Chapter 74 of the Texas Civil Practice Remedies Code. The law caps how much a patient may receive in noneconomic damages from each…

Is Testosterone Therapy Really Necessary? You may have noticed a lot of commercials aimed at men suggesting that they may candidates for testosterone replacement therapy. Bloomberg News reports that the market for testosterone has passed the $1 billion mark—and may pose a host of risks to men who use it, including heart attacks and…

Dallas Teen Rape Case Ends with Accused Named a Sex Offender; Receives Probation A controversial Dallas County rape case garnered national attention when the first judge spared the accused teenage rapist from penalties usually given to sex offenders. This case finally ended in May 2014 when a new judge reassessed the case and ruled…

Collin County Teens Killed in Rollover Crash School’s out, graduations have come and gone, and summer is finally here. Scores of teens, many of whom have just graduated from high school, are taking to Dallas-area roadways with their friends for some fun before they enter college or the work force. Unfortunately, things don’t always…

Baylor to Honor Worker Killed in McLane Stadium Construction Accident In February 2014, Baylor University announced plans to honor a construction worker who was killed while working on the new McLane Stadium on campus. According to KWTX.com, Jose Suarez, 55, of Manor, TX, drowned when a piece of construction equipment to which he was…

Many Recalled Children’s Products Remain in Homes After Recall Kids In Danger (KID), a non-profit organization based in Chicago, has provided annual reports about the recalls of children‘s products since 2002. In its 2013 report, KID reveals that only 10% of recalled children’s products were “corrected, replaced or returned” as directed in a recall…

On April 24, 2014, Courtney Ann Sanford of Clemmons, NC was out driving and listening to music. She decided to pick up phone and make her feelings about a hit song by Pharrell known to all her Facebook friends via text message. The New York Daily News reports that her post read, “The happy song…

What is Driver Fatigue? A 2010 article in U.S. News and World Report says that driving while tired (aka “drowsy driving”) is just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. Just like drunk driving, “tired driving” can be deadly. The state of New Jersey was the first to adopt Maggie’s Law, named after a 20-year-old…

CBS 11 Reports: Pharmacy Mistakes-What You Can Do to Save your Life (Part 2 of 2) In a February 2014 report, Ginger Allen of CBS 11 News in Dallas says that she heard got hundreds of reports about pharmacy errors in the Dallas area after introducing the issue in January. One was the story…

CBS 11 Reports: Mistakes with your Medicine (Part 1 of 2) In a January 2014 report, Ginger Allen of CBS 11 News in Dallas alerts the public to the fact that the Texas Board of Pharmacy receives over 200 complaints involving dispensing errors on the part of pharmacists each year. Some examples of these…