InjuryBoard Dallas Archives

• Dallas Student Killed in Semi Truck Accident

  RLF Staff | February 28, 2008 7:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 20-year-old college student was one of two reported deaths in a freak accident Wednesday. An 18-wheeler ran off a freeway ramp in downtown Dallas and landed on a car. Ashley Parra, a political science major at the University of North Texas, was on her way to work at a local restaurant when the semi truck jumped over the freeway ramp and crushed her car with her inside. The driver, David...

• State Investigating Possible Daycare Sexual Abuse

  RLF Staff | February 28, 2008 6:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has taken over an investigation surrounding a possible sexual assault of a 4-month-old girl at a Killeen Texas daycare. After being told her daughter had a diaper rash, a doctor examinied the 4-month-old and said the baby girl had bruising consistent with a sexual assault.Authorities suspect a Little Blessings Daycare employee. Daycare staff...

• 18-Wheeler Falls from a Dallas Overpass Onto a Car

  RLF Staff | February 27, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  At least two people were killed when a tractor trailer fell from an overpass in downtown Dallas and landed on a car crushing it.The rig was traveling northbound on Woodall Rogers headed to Interstate 35 North when it lost control in the left lane and vaulted off the ramp.The rig landed on Continental Avenue in Dallas, where a vehicle was waiting to pass through an intersection.Dallas tractor...

• Police Investigating Possible sexual assault at Killeen Texas Daycare

  RLF Staff | February 26, 2008 12:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Police in Killeen , Texas are looking into a possible daycare sexual abuse case involving a 4-month-old baby. When the 4-month-old was picked up from the Little Blessings Daycare last Wednesday, her mother was told that she had a diaper rash. After an examination, her doctor suspected sexual abuse based on bruising that typically indicates such. Killeen police and Child Protective Services are...

• Nursing Home To Pay $100,000 Fine for Patient's Death

  RLF Staff | February 25, 2008 8:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A California nursing home received its second state citation in two years following the death of a 94-year-old woman who wandered away from the nursing home last November.The California Department of Public Health fined the Palomar Heights Care Center $100,000 in January for not providing adequate supervision.A nurse told police that the elderly woman was checked and found sleeping 12 minutes...

• Daycare Owner's Son Arrested for Assaulting a Child

  RLF Staff | February 22, 2008 1:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The son of a woman who operates a daycare near Birmingham, Alabama was arrested for daycare abuse after assaulting a child. The arrest came after months of suspicion. Pouya Goudarzi is accused of shoving a pull-up diaper into a 4-year-old child's mouth and causing injury to the child. Allegations and suspicion began in November of 2007, but police were unable to prove the daycare abuse. Last...

• 3-Month-Old Found Dead in Dallas Area Daycare

  RLF Staff | February 21, 2008 6:47 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A 3-month-old baby was found dead at a Dallas area home-based daycare Wednesday afternoon. The baby was discovered around 4 p.m. at a home-based daycare in Farmers Branch, Texas. The daycare worker who found the infant called 911. Paramedics rushed the infant from the daycare to RHD Medical Center, where the baby was pronounced dead. The cause of death has not been determined yet, but police say...

• More Fentanyl Pain Patches Recalled

  RLF Staff | February 20, 2008 9:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Another Fentanyl pain patch has been recalled today due to the risk of accidental Fentanyl overdose. Activis Inc. has recalled 14 lots of its Fentanyl transdermal system CII patches as a cautionary measure. Fentanyl transdermal patches (sold as Duragesic) are prescribed to treat severe chronic pain that requires constant medication for extended periods.This is the second fentanyl pain patch...

• Icy Hot Recall Due to Third Degree Burns

  RLF Staff | February 12, 2008 11:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Chattem, Inc., manufacturer of Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, has recalled its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer "samples" that were included on a limited promotional basis in cartons of its 3 oz Aspercreme product. The products were recalled because of consumer reports of first, second and third degree burns as well as skin irritation. All lots and sizes of the following Icy Hot...

• Botox for Cerebral Palsy Goes Under Review

  RLF Staff | February 11, 2008 6:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Washington officials is warning doctors about using Botox for cerebral palsy children. Botox is most commonly used on adults to smooth out wrinkles, but has also shown positive results in chilrden with cerebral palsy. Although the government has never officially approved botox injections to treat cerebral palsy, it has been shown to increase mobility in children and adults with cerebral...

• Former Cy Young Pitcher Jim Palmer Wins Malpractice Suit After Botched Eye Surgery

  RLF Staff | February 06, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Palmer was awarded $890,000 after a West Palm Beach jury found an ophthalmologist liable for damaging his vision. After a two-week trial, it took a jury about four hours to decide Palmer should receive the money for suffering, lost wages and mental and physical pain. The jury awarded Palmer $327,000 in lost earnings and $563,000 in pain and suffering.Palmer sued his...