Consuming alcohol and then getting “behind the wheel” is a serious problem in the US. Alcohol has proven to play a role in over 20,000 traffic fatalities annually. The problem stems from alcohol’s ability to impair judgement, coordination, reaction time, vision and perception.
Leading Causes of Dallas Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries can be traumatic and life-changing. These injuries are often caused by heavy blows to the back that compresses, fractures, dislocates, or crushes one of the vertebrae. While initial damage to the spine is painful enough, complications often occur after the injury—including bleeding, swelling, inflammation, and fluid accumulation. Not all spine injuries are traumatic, and can be caused …
Accidents Involving Water Parks in Dallas
The recent news that the family of a man who died in a tragic drowning accident at Hawaiian Falls water park has filed a lawsuit has refocused attention on safety issues at Texas amusement parks. While a resolution for this case is still pending, everyone agrees such pool-based accidents are needless tragedies that will unalterably affect the families involved. Unfortunately, …
Types of Spinal Cord Injuries Suffered in Dallas Car Accidents
Car accidents are among the most common cause of spinal cord injuries in the United States, and Dallas is no exception. According to the Center for Disease Control, car accidents account for 46 percent of all spinal cord injuries each year. Traumatic spinal cord injuries put a tremendous amount of stress on that area of the body, causing it to …
Common Sports Injury That May Cause Paralysis
A young boy makes a violent tackle in football, leading with his head. Another teen suffers a brutal cross-check to the head and neck area on the ice in hockey. A teenage girl falls from the top of a triumphant and daring cheerleading pyramid. In each of these instances, a healthy and active young boy or girl can end up …
Medical Malpractice Injuries That May Cause Paralysis
Although any type of injury that results from medical malpractice is unfortunate, paralysis is among the most serious and tragic that can occur. This is usually the result of damage to the spine or brain that can occur due a number of different situations that arise during a medical procedure. Since paralysis has serious, long-term consequences, it is important to …
Common Devices Named in Dallas Medical Product Liability Claims
Many defective products cases involve medical devices that malfunction, do not work as intended, or can cause serious or even deadly side effects. Often, the device being scrutinized did not pass through the Food and Drug Administration’s formal approval process, but was permitted to be sold on the grounds that it was “substantially similar” to an approved device that was …
Elder Financial Abuse Nearly Cost Dallas Woman $15,000
A Dallas woman nearly lost $15,000 of her hard-earned retirement money recently after being contacted by a California scam artist posing as a man named Keith Miller. The scam artist called the Dallas woman and told her that her grandson had suffered a drunk driving accident in New Mexico. He claimed to be a lawyer, telling the woman that if she mailed $15,000 to a …
New Federal Rule Could Make It Easier to Seek Compensation from Nursing Homes
When a nursing home injures someone you love, you want justice. You want to know what happened, and you want any negligent parties held accountable for what they did. The last thing you want is to be surprised by the fine print in nursing home paperwork – a surprise that could cost you the case.
McKinney Police Say Four-Car Accident Was Triggered by Wrong-Way Driver
A driver heading the wrong way on South Central Expressway near McKinney, Texas caused a four-car pileup that sent ten people to local hospitals for treatment. According to a recent news report by CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, the auto accident happened just after one o’clock in the morning on Sunday. The wrong-way driver was operating a Ford passenger vehicle, heading north in the southbound lanes of …
