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FDA Warns about Health Risks from Teething Medication – Houston Child Injury Lawyers
The Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and Houston product liability lawyers about the health risks from using popular brands of teething medication. According to the agency, teething drugs that contain benzocaine have been linked to infant deaths.
The agency is warning that benzocaine, which is in most popular teething medications, can have dangerous health [...]
Parental Example Can Help Prevent Houston Teen Accidents
To Houston car accident attorneys, it’s always been a given that parents can do much to inculcate strong driving habits in their teenage children. A new study by Ford Motor Company shows just how much example and emulation matters in creating a generation of safe teenage drivers.
The study indicates that more than 75% of teenage [...]
Texas DPS Investigates Fatal Motorcycle Accident – Houston Injury Lawyers
The Texas Department of Public Safety is currently investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred in Montgomery County. The accident involved two motorcyclists who were killed when they were struck by a pickup truck driver. The two had been riding with a large group of motorcyclists near state Highway 115.
The two motorcyclists sustained fatal injuries. [...]
$212 Million Botox Injury Verdict against Allergan – Houston Personal Injury Lawyers
It is the biggest Botox-injury related verdict that Houston defective product attorneys have come across. This week, a jury in Virginia handed over a $212 million verdict to a man whose lawsuit claimed that he had been left with brain injuries as a result of Botox injections.
The 67-year-old man had been prescribed Botox to treat [...]
CPSC Announces New Safety Standards for Toddler Beds – Houston Child Injury Lawyers
Houston defective product attorneys have found that much of the attention on children’s product safety has been focused on defective cribs. Now, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has developed new standards for toddler beds too. As part of the provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the federal consumer safety agency has [...]
Fears about Denture Paste-Zinc Poisoning Grow Again – Houston Product Liability Lawyers
Houston product liability attorneys have been reviewing complaints of nerve injuries filed by persons who used popular brands of zinc-containing dental adhesives. As it turns out, the risks of zinc poisoning from using these dental adhesives, may be more widespread than earlier believed.
Earlier last month, the Academy of Gen. Dentistry shot out a letter to [...]
Wrong Way Driver Causes Fatal Fort Worth Gas Tanker Accident – Texas Injury Lawyers
A deadly gas tanker accident on a freeway in Fort Worth, Texas, has been blamed on a wrong way driver who was traveling in the opposite direction on the freeway, under the influence of alcohol. The man has now been charged with intoxication manslaughter.
The 23-year-old motorist was driving a pickup truck the wrong way in [...]
Prevent Work Zone Accidents in Texas This April – Houston Injury Lawyers
The week between 4 April and 10 April is being commemorated as National Work Zone Awareness Week. Few states need more awareness about work zone safety as much as the state of Texas. In 2009, 181 people died in accidents that occurred in work zones in Texas. That was a decrease of 35% over the [...]
Car Seats May Not Always Protect against Injuries in an Accident – Houston Injury Lawyers
Houston car accident attorneys advise all parents to always restrain their children in car seats to prevent injuries in an accident. However, not all car seats can protect your child from serious injuries. According to a report by the Washington Post, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration simply does not have the capabilities to test [...]
Close to Half of All Recalls in 2010 Were Children’s Product Recalls – Houston Injury Lawyers
We are not just Houston defective product attorneys, but also parents of four little ones, and therefore have a special interest in children’s product safety. The last few years have been bad for parents and Houston personal injury attorneys, because of the large number of children’s product recalls, and injuries and fatalities related to these [...]
