Texas Injury Attorney

The past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity in many state legislatures on the topic of medical tort reform. State representatives and senators from Georgia to Hawaii have introduced, passed, and signed into law a variety of measures aimed directly at medical malpractice suits.

A sampling of these bills:

New research suggests that injections of botulinum toxin A (Botox) enhanced benefits from occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy affecting one limb.

In the study, Dr Remo N Russo, from Flinders University in Daw Park, South Australia, and colleagues randomly assigned 43 children with hemiplegic (one-sided) cerebral palsy to receive four sessions of occupational therapy (over 4 weeks) alone or in combination with a shot of Botox in the affected limb.

Children spanked in closets, stuck with tacks as punishment, lawsuit says

DALLAS ? Attorneys from Dallas? Rasansky Law Firm are announcing a lawsuit filed today against a popular North Texas day care center and company officials based on information that a teacher used thumb tacks to punish a 3-year-old child.

A South Carolina day-care owner is charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of a 10-month-old boy.

Willie Edward Ritter, 63, owner of the W.E. Ritter Center for Early Childhood Development, unintentionally left Javon Simpson in a day-care van for about seven hours, authorities said.

Javon died of hyperthermia, commonly known as heat stroke, according to the local coroner.

Baylor, Doctor Settle Brain Damage Case for $11 Million, Woman Should Have Had Emergency C-Section, Lawsuit Claimed

(Dallas) A Dallas court on November 29 approved an $11 million settlement between an Oklahoma woman and her son and the hospital and physician she accused of causing her son's severe brain damage during his birth on May 19, 1999.

Baylor Medical Center at Garland paid $10.8 million of the settlement, with Dr. Erik Gunderson paying the remaining $200,000.

A Wisconsin hospital has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a teen girl who died during childbirth because of a nursing error.

Jasmine Gant, 16, went into convulsions after nurse Julie Thao mistakenly administered a strong intravenous pain medication instead of the penicillin prescribed by Gant’s doctor. She died an hour later on July 5, 2006 with her mother, Regina Young, by her side.

Tiantan Puhua Neurosurgical Hospital, the world's leading center for effective treatment of Parkinson's disease and stroke, today here announced a breakthrough in the worldwide treatment of Cerebral Palsy (CP) by introducing neural stem cells through a safe, non-evasive procedure to 19-year-old Gabor Bocskai from Hungary.

The mother of a teenager who was killed in a car crash is filing a lawsuit against a restaurant where the other driver drank too much before the crash. Ercilia Velora Norrid is seeking $7 million in her wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Wingsport LP, the parent company of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar.

A semi truck crash on the Red River Bridge on Highway 69/75 shut down the southbound lanes for more than 11 hours. Emergency workers on both sides of the Red River responded to the crash that occurred during foggy weather. The southbound lanes were shut down around 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday after a semi truck exploded into flames after colliding with another semi truck.

Patient safety incidents in U.S. hospitals increased by three percent overall from 2003 to 2005 according to the 4th Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study conducted by HealthGrades. The report analyzes patient safety among Medicare patients in all U.S. hospitals.

In addition to finding an increase in patient safety incidents, the report found the gap between the best performing and poorest performing hospitals widening.

Some Highlights:

There were 1.6 Million patient safety incidents among Medicare patients from 2003 to 2005