Blog Posts in January, 2012
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
An artificial hip implant, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy Orthopaedics, has recently been recalled and taken off the market. The artificial hip was made and marketed to last 15 years ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
With all the changes made to Facebook in the last few years, there has been a ton of talk about privacy settings. When adjusting privacy controls, Facebook users can decide who can see their pictures, ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Perfect Image Solutions, LLC voluntarily recalled an entire lot of what the Food and Drug Administration deemed "unapproved new drugs." The recalled products were being used to prevent or ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Thirty four states and the District of Columbia currently have laws on the books prohibiting people from driving while texting. In 31 of those states, it's considered a primary offense, which ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Houston Offshore Injury Lawyer
Within the field of offshore drilling, there are many incidents of oil spills, pollution leaks, and worker injuries. In fact, these incidents have almost come to be expected. To combat the adversity ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Hydraulic fracturing is a process that inserts fluid (usually water, mixed with other additives, some of which are chemical in nature) at high pressure into underground wells, creating fractures in ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
A Robinson R-44 helicopter owned by Cenac Marine Services crashed just after 9 a.m. on January 19 in the outskirts of Morgan City Louisiana. The crash killed a 42-year-old passenger who was a manager ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
On January 8, 2012 Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (NCH) voluntarily announced the recall of all Excedrin®, NoDoz®, Bufferin®, and Gas-X Prevention® products. This action was taken in ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
It was only last Friday, January 13, 2012 that Italy's cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, hit a reef and partially sank while sailing off the Italian coast. Already, the incident is being ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys, Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek filed suit against Hercules on behalf an injured seaman who was made to work with faulty chain tongs, which caused him injury. The seaman ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys Kurt Arnold, Paul Skrabanek, and Kyle Findley filed suit on behalf of a seaman was severely injured in handling a winch wheel. Specifically, the seaman broke his foot, ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys, Kurt Arnold, Paul Skrabanek, and Kyle Findley filed suit on behalf of an injured motorist when she was struck by another motorist, while in the course and scope of their ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys, Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek filed suit on behalf of an injured offshore worker whose shoulder was destroyed when another worker shifted the weight of a large water ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys, Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek filed suit on behalf of an injured seaman whose hand was crushed when piece of equipment slid from its position struck another piece of ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys Kurt Arnold, Paul Skrabanek, and Kyle Findley filed suit on behalf of a seaman who injured his lower back when he was directed to manually pull up on hoses that were ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin attorneys Kurt Arnold and Paul Skrabanek filed suit on behalf a seaman who suffered a severe neck injury while using a cheater pipe to tighten down on a winch. The case was filed ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Last week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission joined with nationwide superstore, Target, to announce the voluntary recall of the store's LED flashlight sets. Consumers were made aware of ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
When a third party is responsible for the death of another person, they can be held liable under common law jurisdiction. Victims of serious personal injuries , such as brain or burn injuries , have ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Houston Injury Lawyer
Early on Thursday, January 5 a 50-vehicle wreck occurred along Texas 73 near the Veolia Processing Plant. The accident occurred around six in the morning and resulted in both westbound and eastbound ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Houston Product Liability Attorney
When the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission finds fault or a potential for hazard in a certain product, they have the power to request a product recall. A product recall is a government issued ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Arnold & Itkin LLP maritime attorneys Jason Itkin and Cory Itkin recently filed suit on behalf of a Lafayette, Louisiana man who severely injured while working offshore on a Chevron platform. An ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Houston Product Liability Attorney
Build-A-Bear products are commonly advertised with the tagline "Where Best Friends Are Made". Build-A-Bear is the only global company to offer an interactive make-your-own-stuffed-animal ...
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