InjuryBoard Dallas Archives

• Slip and Fall Accident

  RLF Staff | June 22, 2006 4:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  If you've been injured in a slip and fall accident, you may be eligible for compensation depending on the circumstances in which your injury occurred and evidence gathered about the incident.A personal injury case that falls under this category includes:Trip and Fall - an object in the walking path creates the fallStump and Fall - there is an impediment on the walking surfaceStep and Fall - the...

• Price Gouging at Health Care Companies? Say it Ain't So!!!

  Robert Wolf | June 21, 2006 1:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Haven't we all heard the rhetoric (and read my previous blog on the subject, no less) about how Plaintiff's attorneys and "greedy patients" are to blame for the rising cost of health care? Sure, there are countless victims of medical malpractice, but if they seek any type of recovery, then it's suddenly their fault that the rest of us face increased medical expenses? Well, as it turns out,...

• Birth Injuries - Who Can Be Sued?

  RLF Staff | June 16, 2006 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Did you know that a birth injury could be caused by a wide variety of sources? Claims are not limited to just medical doctors - they can also apply to nurses, hospitals, anesthesiologists, drug (pharmaceutical) companies, and other providers of health care services.While each person on the medical staff at a facility such as a hospital is responsible for his or her actions, the facility itself...

• Disney Sued Over Death of Young Boy at Epcot

  Clint Gilbert | June 15, 2006 11:05 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney World by the family of a 4 year old boy that died after riding Epcot's Mission: Space ride. An autopsy revealed that the boy's death was caused by an irregular heartbeat brought about by the stress of the ride on the boy's body.The ride, Mission: Space, spins riders in a centrifuge, subjecting the rider to twice the normal force of...

• Fast Food Health Concerns

  RLF Staff | June 15, 2006 9:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  What do we not know about the fast food that we eat? When we run to places and grab a quick order to go, are we ruining our health?A recent lawsuit was filed against KFC in an attempt to stop them from cooking with partially hydrogenated oil which is high in fact and switch to other types of cooking oils. While KFC does provide figures to the inquiring consumer in stores or online, the...

• Medical Bills Too High? Blame Medicare - NOT Lawsuits

  Robert Wolf | June 08, 2006 9:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  We've all heard the argument: "If greedy families and patients would stop suing, then everyone's medical bills would decrease." Let's set aside the fact that medical errors are a leading cause of death in the U.S. Let's instead look at one of the factors which is actually causing YOUR medical bills to skyrocket.Employers and consumers are paying billions of dollars more a year for medical care...

• Overtime Recordkeeping

  Jeremi Young | June 06, 2006 4:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Many employers will tell employees that overtime will not be paid without the permission of a supervisor.However, supervisors then give employees too much work to be completed in a 40-hour week, which requires the employee to work longer to avoid disappointing his/her supervisor. Then if the employee submits the time worked, it is refused because it was not approved. This is not legal.The...