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• Amen! New Legislation Seeks To End Chiropractic Solicitation Of Car Wreck Victims

  Brooks Schuelke | June 29, 2009 9:04 AM | 3 CommentsAustin, TX

  I’ve previously written about the problem with chiropractors soliciting car wreck victims and then directing the clients to attorneys, many of whom provide questionable representation. In the...

• Governor Perry, Please Sign SB 61 Mandating Use Of Booster Seats

  Brooks Schuelke | May 26, 2009 10:01 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  In today's Austin American Statesman, Dr. Todd Maxson, the trauma medical director at Dell Children's Hospital (and dad of two of the kids on the little league team I helped coach this year), wrote...

• Halloween Candy Recalled -- Be On The Lookout For Chocolate Pirate Coins

  Brooks Schuelke | October 28, 2008 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  The problems with Chinese products may come to the public's attention this year as more and more Chinese Halloween candy is recalled. Yesterday I received a belated notice that Sherwood brand...

• Treating Brain Injuries

  Brooks Schuelke | June 30, 2008 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” We all remember those late night commercials with the senior citizen pushing the button on her necklace to summon immediate help. I hope that help...

• Austin Hit and Run Auto Accidents In The News

  Brooks Schuelke | June 18, 2008 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  I have previously written on the rapid increase in the number of Austin's hit and run car wrecks. This week, KXAN ran a story that detailed the problem. The story notes that there were 10,786 hit...

• Deadly Weekend For Austin Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | March 03, 2008 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  This weekend was another sobering reminder about the risk of auto accidents on Austin's roads. Yesterday, a teenager died in a car wreck on Texas 71 near Bee Creek. This is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in town. Since October 2006, eleven people have died in auto accidents on this two mile stretch. In fact, Austin news station KXAN ran a story just last week talking about the...

• Learn From Sergio Kindle --- Don't Text And Drive

  Brooks Schuelke | June 27, 2009 10:58 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  Everyone that knows me knows that I'm a huge University of Texas fan. That's why I was so dismayed tonight to see that Texas star linebacker/defensive end Sergio Kindle suffered a concussion when he...

• The FDA Is Criticized For Its Stance On BPA

  Brooks Schuelke | November 01, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Those watching the news have surely heard about the BPA controversy. BPA is a common product used in plastics, including hard plastic water bottles, baby bottles and the linings of soda cans. It has...

• Leading Causes Of Injuries In Construction

  Brooks Schuelke | July 15, 2008 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last week, a construction worker at Texas A&M University was injured while on the job. The worker was rushed to a local hospital after the concrete slab he was working on fell. As a Longhorn, my...

• Personal Injury Lawyer Seeks Recusal of Supreme Court Judges in Wrongful Death Case, continued

  Brooks Schuelke | September 21, 2007 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  We earlier posted about a personal injury lawyer that filed a motion to recuse four of our Texas Supreme Court Justices from hearing a wrongful death case. The motion, which alleged that the justices were biased in favor of defendants, was based in large part on a law review article by a UT professor that found the Court ruled in favor of defendants in 2004 and 2005 over 80% of the time. Not...