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• Other Loose Objects or Unsecured Loads Causing Car Wrecks

  Brooks Schuelke | April 30, 2008 8:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Yesterday's post about stray tires causing car wrecks made me think back to my own youth. On the last day of school of my junior year of high school, I was driving south on I-35 between Austin and...

• Is There An Epidemic of Loose or Stray Tires Causing Car Wrecks?

  Brooks Schuelke | April 29, 2008 9:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Last night, one of the Austin news stations ran a story that had stunning video that showed the surprising amount of damage that a loose tire could cause to cars (and their occupants)....

• US Chamber of Commerce Again Paints Misleading Picture of Tort "Reform"

  Brooks Schuelke | April 26, 2008 8:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Earlier this week, the US Chamber of Commerce published its annual Lawsuit Climate report, ranking all 50 states for their lawsuit climate. Texas comes in at number 41. While this report seems to be...

• TxDOT Works To Reduce Auto Accidents on Hwy 71

  Brooks Schuelke | April 25, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It is pretty well known that one of the most dangerous stretches of roads in the Austin area is Highway 71 in Bee Cave, west of Austin. TxDot has already taken road graders to the road to increase...

• More Bad Personal Injury News for Texans: The Dangers of Cheerleading

  Brooks Schuelke | April 21, 2008 5:08 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  When people think of Texas, two of the images often conjured up are pictures of football and pictures of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. But now some of the dangers involved in both of these Texas...

• Particularly Bad Personal Injury News for Texans: Artificial Turf May Be Dangerous

  Brooks Schuelke | April 20, 2008 8:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  There are few things Texans are more passionate about than football but now the Consumer Products Safety Commission says that might be dangerous The CPSC is now investigating whether artificial...

• More Studies Show That Tort Reform Doesn't Work

  Brooks Schuelke | April 19, 2008 6:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In the last month two additional studies have come out in the medical malpractice context and find that tort reform isn t working In March the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies found that there...

• New Regulations Aimed at Reducing Party Barge and Boating Accidents

  Brooks Schuelke | April 18, 2008 12:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  When thinking of spending the weekend out on the lake with friends and family, one can conjure up images of fun and frivolity. But behind all that fun lies real risk of personal injuries. In Austin...

• Some Mildly Good News For Texas Car Wreck Victims

  Brooks Schuelke | April 17, 2008 8:43 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Those of us who practice personal injury law in Texas don't normally get any good news from the Texas legislature. But we did receive a small nugget last session. Effective April 1, the minimum...

• Did Merck Ghostwrite Vioxx Studies For Doctors? And Why Is That Important To Personal Injury Lawyers?

  Brooks Schuelke | April 16, 2008 9:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  According to an article published yesterday by the Journal of American Medical Association, Merck was ghostwriting Vioxx studies for doctors. The study's authors reviewed over 20,000 pages of...

• Allstate Releases Personal Injury Claims Documents --- Maybe

  Brooks Schuelke | April 15, 2008 9:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In the mid-1990s, Allstate Insurance underwent a radical change designed to increase its profits. With the help of McKinsey Consulting, Allstate made a radical shift in its policies that aimed to...

• Texas Tractor-Trailers Fail The Test

  Brooks Schuelke | April 06, 2008 2:44 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  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....