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• Texas Hospital Files Suit Against Critical Blogger

  Brooks Schuelke | September 20, 2007 3:55 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  It's not really medical malpractice news, but a Texas hospital, the Paris Regional Medical Center, has filed suit against an anonymous blogger who has been critical of the hospital's practices, including claims that the hospital "values the individual staff member or patient less than the buck" (an allegation that some personal injury lawyers think might be applicable to more hospitals than just...

• Ice Storm Causes Multi-Car Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 17, 2007 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Due to icy road conditions a car slid on U.S. 183 by McNeil Drive creating a multi-car pile-up. No one was seriously injured.The first car started the accident after sliding on the ice. It was rear-ended causing a chain reaction of at least 3 cars. "Everything happened very slowly. It was really scary," said Jose Gonzalez, a passenger in a blue 1998 GMC truck involved in the crash. Gonzalez...

• Do You Have A Teen Driver? Make Them Watch This Today Show Video On The Dangers of Texting While Driving

  Brooks Schuelke | June 26, 2009 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  As parents, our job, I think, is to be repetitive on all the lessons that we're supposed to teach our kids that they refuse to learn. Although my kids aren't old enough for constant texting to be an...

• Wrong Way Drivers Causing A Rash of Traffic Fatalities In Dallas And Austin

  Brooks Schuelke | June 22, 2009 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  It's one of those things that's almost too bizarre to be true. This weekend, four people were killed in a wreck caused by a wrong way driver on the Dallas North Tollway. The wreck occurred despite...

• ROT Motorcycle Rally Is This Weekend; Let's Avoid The Motorcycle Accidents

  Brooks Schuelke | June 10, 2009 2:46 PM | 1 CommentAustin, TX

  I'm almost recycling a post from last year, but this weekend is the Republic of Texas Rally in Austin. The rally will bring over 50,000 bikers to town. There might be even more this year with Robbie...

• Live From San Antonio --- Bus Driver Text Messaging While Driving

  Brooks Schuelke | April 30, 2009 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  I've posted before about the dangers of text messaging while driving, but pictures or videos are much better forms of media to convey the risks. And as you might have heard, a San Antonio bus driver...

• Another Week and Another Article About Texas' Medical Malpractice Caps Not Working

  Brooks Schuelke | April 21, 2009 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Last week, I wrote about a study that found that Texas' medical malpractice caps discriminate against the retired and the unemployed. Today, the Dallas Morning News had an article looking at another...

• Deadly Weekend Due To Austin Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | December 21, 2008 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  School let out last Thursday signaling the beginning of the holiday season. Unfortunately, the holiday season got off to a deadly start. Friday afternoon and evening, there were two car wrecks that...

• Is The Dallas North Tollway Doing Enough To Stop Deadly Wrong-Way Wrecks?

  Brooks Schuelke | July 28, 2009 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that the Dallas North Tollway has been the site of numerous deadly wrong-way wrecks in the last few months. As I reported yesterday, earlier this...

• What Happens To Personal Injury Claims If AIG Fails?

  Brooks Schuelke | September 16, 2008 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Following in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse are news reports that AIG, the nation's largest insurance company, is in trouble. And that issue raises the question, "What happens to personal...