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• Should Austin Be Concerned About Los Angeles Train Wrecks?

  Brooks Schuelke | September 19, 2008 11:20 AM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  By now, everyone has heard about the Los Angeles train wreck last Friday that killed several passengers. Unfortunately, there was another train wreck in LA today. In today's wreck, a Metro train...

• Who Is Protecting Our Cheerleaders?

  Brooks Schuelke | September 05, 2008 5:48 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  It is a rite and tradition. Each fall Friday night in Texas, thousands of high school students suit up for football games. Young kids proudly pull on their pants, shoulder pads and helmets and line...

• Wrong Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Patient

  Brooks Schuelke | August 04, 2008 3:27 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  Perhaps there is no act of medical malpractice that makes as little sense as those when the doctor performs a procedure on the wrong site or the wrong side of the body, performs the wrong procedure,...

• Austin Considering Regulations to Reduce Crane Accidents

  Brooks Schuelke | July 28, 2008 10:33 AM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  In the wake of this month's Houston crane collapse, the Austin American Statesman is reporting that Austin city council member Mike Martinez is asking the Austin City Council to draft an ordinance...

• Ten Worst Insurance Companies

  Brooks Schuelke | July 11, 2008 4:08 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  This week, the American Association for Justice released its list of the ten worst insurance companies. The list is as follows: 1. Allstate. 2. Unum. 3. AIG. 4. State Farm. 5. Conseco. 6....

• Brain Injury Basics

  Brooks Schuelke | June 13, 2008 11:33 AM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  A nine-year old boy suffered a brain injury after being struck by a car while walking in front of a bus in New York. The driver, a teen who was allegedly drunk, hit the boy as he tried to drive around the parked bus. The child is currently being treated at a children’s hospital, but has become another tragic example of a victim of a severe brain injury.

• Tort Reformers Filing Personal Injury Claims?

  Brooks Schuelke | May 14, 2008 6:16 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  This week two respected bloggers filed similar stories about tort reformers who had filed their own personal injury claims. Mike Phelan covered the story of Judge Robert Bork's personal injury suit...

• Texas Tractor-Trailers Fail The Test

  Brooks Schuelke | April 06, 2008 2:44 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  Dallas police have apparently become fed up with the increase in trucking accidents. Last week, the Dallas police department conducted surprise inspections of tractor trailer rigs in the city....

• Costs Up, Access Down, Medical Errors Unabated. Should TX Really Be Our Health Care Model?

  Alex Winslow | October 06, 2009 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Health care reform has been dominating the headlines for months now. The special interests headed by the insurance industry are doing everything they can to take advantage of the confusion on...

• What Can Be Done To Protect Dallas Motorists From Wrong-Way Drivers?

  Brooks Schuelke | July 31, 2009 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  I previously wrote that I thought the North Texas Toll Authority was not doing enough to protect motorists on the Dallas North Tollway from wrong way drivers. If that’s the case, what can be...