- Brooks Schuelke | May 30, 2008 8:58 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOver the last week, I've looked at some of the dangers inherent in many forms of nail guns. Today, I want to address what claims can be brought for those injuries. The obvious claims are those...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 29, 2008 10:30 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYesterday, I reported that a city-led task force has made recommendations designed to decrease the number of bicycle accidents in Austin. Now, preliminary results of a new study were released by the...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 28, 2008 1:58 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsSince 2003, there have been six fatalities and over 1000 other injuries stemming from collisions between bicycles and automobiles in Austin. Now, some city leaders are trying to lower those numbers....
- Brooks Schuelke | May 28, 2008 10:16 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAs the old Schoolhouse Rock videos used to state: Knowledge is Power! That phrase, so applicable in most aspects of life, certainly appllies to nail gun safety. And one great thing about the...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 27, 2008 11:34 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIt seems that Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer Steve Lombardi and I have started a little series on nail gun injuries. He had a post about nail gun injuries yesterday morning. I saw that post and...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 27, 2008 11:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIt seems like hit and run car wrecks are becoming the norm in Austin. Last night, an unlucky pedestrian was the victim of two hit and run accidents. As the pedestrian was crossing Riverside Drive,...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 26, 2008 12:22 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsI’ve been around construction pretty much my whole life. My dad has done residential and commercial construction, and I consider myself a weekend warrior myself. And when I read a post this morning...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 24, 2008 5:56 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsTrucking dangers continue. Yesterday I posted that many truck drivers are allowed to drive even after failing drug tests. And now, the trucking lobby is seeking permission to use larger...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 23, 2008 10:57 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsIn a report released this week, the General Accounting Office revealed that many of the nation's truck drivers continue to drive even after failing drug tests. From a Dallas Morning News story on...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 20, 2008 2:55 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesTexas is a comparative fault state. That generally means that each defendant is only liable for its proportionate share of damages (though there are several exceptions). I'll use our example of the...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 19, 2008 10:17 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAs I mentioned in an earlier post, I intend to use a recent Austin construction accident as a case study to highlight some of the issues in worksite injury cases. In that accident, Chatsworth...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 17, 2008 3:45 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesThis week, an Austin man was killed in a Georgetown on-the-job accident. The 40-year-old man, who worked for L&O Electric, Inc., an Austin company doing subcontract work on an addition to the...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 16, 2008 3:48 PM |
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Medical Malpractice According to an investigation done by the Dallas/Fort Worth Fox television station affiliate, the medical malpractice reforms enacted five years ago aren't bringing the promised benefits. The...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 15, 2008 12:35 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThis week, movie star (and part-time Austin resident) Dennis Quaid spent a considerable amount of time speaking to Congress about preemption. Quaid told Congress the oft-repeated story of his twins,...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 14, 2008 6:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousThis 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...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 13, 2008 10:57 AM |
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MiscellaneousPlaintiffs' attorneys have long bemoaned the fact that the Texas Supreme Court rules in favor of insurance companies and big business in approximately 90% of the cases before it. Now, the realities...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 12, 2008 4:46 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsI have recently written a series on the danger of being hit by others' loose tires or unsecured loads, and whether uninsured motorist coverage might be available for those claims. Now, Lansing...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 08, 2008 12:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousRoanoke personal injury lawyers Dan Frith and Laura Ellerman had a post on their blog this week about problems their clients encounter obtaining medical records, and I wanted to echo their concerns....
- Brooks Schuelke | May 07, 2008 8:08 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeI saw a story that the North Carolina Medical Board is considering making medical malpractice data available to consumers. The board would publish the doctor's name, the settlement amount, and an...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 06, 2008 11:23 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeLast night, I was watching the local news, and they ran a story about medical tourism. The premise of the story was that more and more Americans are traveling overseas to have medical procedures...
- Brooks Schuelke | May 02, 2008 8:05 AM |
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MiscellaneousI don't normally offer kudos to myself, but I'm pretty proud that today our firm is honored by Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas with the Judge Joe Hart Award. As VLS describes it, the award...
- Application Administrator | May 01, 2008 6:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn the last two days, I've posted about cases involving car wrecks caused by stray tires or wrecks caused by other loose objects. Today, I want to address who you can sue if you're injured in one of...