InjuryBoard Houston Archives

• Woman’s Estate Sues Mylan Over Digitek Overdose

  Scott Kappes | June 26, 2008 4:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The administrix of the estate of Elizabeth Starr has filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania based Mylan Pharmaceuticals. The company was responsible for the distribution of improperly...

• Artificial Turf Cited For Lead Risks

  Scott Kappes | June 26, 2008 1:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Lead seems to be showing up everywhere in recent months. We have seen excessive amounts of lead in everything from charms and pendants to toys and clothing. Now artificial turf used on all types of...

• Number of Americans With Diabetes Has Increased by 15 Percent Over Last 2 Years

  Scott Kappes | June 25, 2008 4:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Over the last decade the number of Americans affected by diabetes has drastically increased. According to a new report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 24 million...

• Pharmaceutical Industry Spent Over $168M on Lobbying in 2007

  Scott Kappes | June 24, 2008 6:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  According to a report released today the pharmaceutical industry was once again the largest lobbying presence in Washington in 2007. Collectively the industry dumped some $168 million...

• Contaminated Surgical Instrument Lawsuit Alleges Conspiracy

  Scott Kappes | June 24, 2008 4:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  In late 2004 about 3,800 surgery patients at Durham Regional and Duke Health Raleigh Hospitals were exposed to surgical equipment that had been mistakenly washed in used hydraulic fluid. Empty...

• Rice University Wall Collapse Claims One Life and Injures Seven Others

  Scott Kappes | June 20, 2008 5:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  As anyone who lives or works in the Houston area probably already knows, the area was hit with powerful thunderstorms yesterday afternoon. The evidence of high wind and torrential downpour were...

• Families of Va. Tech Victims Awarded $11 Million

  Scott Kappes | June 19, 2008 11:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  On Tuesday a Virginia judge approved an $11 million settlement to be awarded to families of victims that were killed or injured in last year’s massacre at Virginia Tech University. The...

• Lawsuits Filed Over Recalled Heart Medication Digitek

  Scott Kappes | June 18, 2008 5:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Three drug companies involved with the manufacturing and distribution of the recalled heart drug, Digitek, will soon face lawsuits stemming from alleged injuries associated with the...

• Iraq Vets With PTSD Used as Chantix Guinea Pigs

  Scott Kappes | June 17, 2008 5:48 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Today the Washington Times and ABC News are reporting that soldiers returning from Iraq are being used as test patients for medications that have been linked to serious adverse reactions....

• Another Accident at New Cowboys Stadium Kills One Worker

  Scott Kappes | June 17, 2008 1:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  The second major accident in less than a week at the site the new Dallas Cowboys stadium took the life of one worker over the weekend. The worker died Saturday when he inadvertently touched a...

• Train Crash Victims’ Families Awarded $24 Million

  Scott Kappes | June 16, 2008 1:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  On Friday a Minnesota jury handed down a $24 million dollar judgment to the families of four people who lost their lives in a 2003 Anoka train accident. Each of the families will receive $6...

• Another Crane Accident Injures 3 Workers At New Cowboys Stadium

  Scott Kappes | June 13, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A crane accident at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium Thursday left tree men injured after they were force to jump from a crane cab to avoid equipment and cables falling from another crane. One...

• Dallas Crane Accident Kills Worker

  Scott Kappes | June 13, 2008 12:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A crane accident near downtown Dallas Wednesday left one worker dead. The victim, 37 year-old Omar Wray, was killed the when a cable snapped causing a large hook to come crashing down on the...

• FDA and Pfizer Ignored Doctor’s Concerns Over Chantix

  Scott Kappes | June 12, 2008 6:05 PM | 3 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Over the past several months concerns involving the prescription smoking cessation medication Chantix have been mounting. In the last quarter of 2007 the FDA received nearly 1000 reports of...

• Autopsy Confirms Cheerleader’s Suspected Cause of Death

  Scott Kappes | June 12, 2008 11:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  It has been over two months since the nation heard the story about a high school senior who died shortly after experiencing complications during a routine breast augmentation surgery. Now the...

• FDA Recalls Morphine Sulphate Tablets For Overdose Risk

  Scott Kappes | June 10, 2008 4:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Today the FDA and ETHEX Corporation issued a voluntary recall of a single lot of morphine sulphate tablets after a report suggested that some of the tablets were twice the appropriate...

• Taser Maker Loses First Wrongful Death Case

  Scott Kappes | June 09, 2008 11:44 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Over the past several years the use of taser guns by police officers has increased exponentially. Thousands have people have been injured and over 300 have died after being shocked with police...

• Virginia Hospitals Admit Implanting Defective Kugel Mesh Patch in Seven Patients

  Scott Kappes | June 06, 2008 1:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A Virginia Hospital system, Sentara, admitted this week that they implanted seven patients with the defective Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch after the FDA issued a Class I recall for the defective...

• Epilepsy Drugs May Face New Suicide Warnings

  Scott Kappes | June 05, 2008 11:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A panel of outside experts is set to meet on July 10 to advise the FDA on how best to communicate to consumers elevated risks of suicidal thoughts and behavior associated with epilepsy...

• Family Files $145 Million Lawsuit Over Alleged Taser Death

  Scott Kappes | June 04, 2008 6:21 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The family of the late Jarrel Gray has filed a $145 million lawsuit against the Fredrick County, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and Corp. Rudy Torres over the alleged taser-related death of the 20...