Recently, a 41-year-old man driving down a frontage road on I-20 in south Texas was killed when his car collided with an 18-wheeler flatbed truck making a wide turn onto the same frontage road.
A fatal accident such as the one described above may cause emotional suffering, but the loss of a loved one may also bring serious financial hardship that might be relieved by legally rendered compensation.
Drunk driving is a nationwide problem that takes thousands of lives each year. Unfortunately, a person does not have to be intoxicated to be involved in a drunk driving accident. In fact, a large number of the deaths recorded both in Texas and nationwide involve drivers who were the victims of another individual driving above the legal limit for alcohol.
A 74-year-old father from Baxar County, Texas, is constantly reminded of the impacts of drunk driving. Twenty years ago, the Baxar County man's son was killed by a drunk driver. Unfortunately, this 74-year-old cabinet maker isn't the only one who is reminded of how drunk driving can kill.
Texas residents likely did not hear about a case in which a hospital worker was rewarded a $325,000 settlement for a workplace incident in 2008 involving harassment by a superior, but the case exemplifies an issue that has been generating mounting concern in the industry. The worker served as a perfusionist, or the operator of a heart and lung machine during an open heart surgery, when a cardiac surgeon confronted him with anger for an unknown incident.
Unfortunately, employee bullying is not uncommon in hospitals where tension is high and everyday procedures come with a life or death risk. The chance of surgical error increases when doctors are distracted by their workplace relationships. Injuries, complications and even death can result from conflict between workers, leading to a medical malpractice suit from the victims or their families.
Texas residents may have heard about the strange excuse provided to police by a 19-year-old man who caused an accident on a California freeway after taking off in a semi truck after the driver stopped at an inspection site. Zombies were allegedly the reason behind the complex 18-wheeler accident that injured four people and delayed traffic for hours while the multi-car accident was cleared away.
When the driver of the truck exited the truck at an inspection site, the young man, originally from Tennessee, reportedly climbed behind the wheel and sped out onto the freeway. He then lost control of the truck and struck a Toyota Tacoma and set off a chain reaction. The Tacoma struck a Toyota 4Runner, which then hit a Mercedez-Benz. He then continued driving and hit a Ford Taurus and Honda Accord. After striking the Accord, the truck overturned and came to a stop.
The civil case related to the death of a teen during wisdom teeth surgery has been closed. Two years after the incident, the medical malpractice claim was settled confidentially. Filed in November, 2011, the case was brought against the medical professionals and facility involved in the 17-year-old girl's procedure. A lack of oxygen during the surgery caused the brain injury and 10-day coma that preceded her death.
The teenager's parents filed suit based on the claim that the professionals involved in the oral surgery were negligent, failing to respond appropriately to her slowing heart rate. Autopsy results pinpointed the cause of death as a lack of oxygen to the brain, also indicating that the girl had no record of significant medical history. The defense team suggested that preexisting issues of anxiety and stress may have played a role in the death. The parents of the teen were opposed to the public exposure of their daughter's records in court.
A four-car accident in Tyler, Texas, sent five victims to the hospital with injuries. The car accident occurred on Highway 31 East near the intersection with County Road 24. Traffic was stopped as vehicles were preparing to turn left on County Road 24. However, a Tahoe failed to stop in time to avoid a collision and the driver swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid rear-ending another vehicle. The Tahoe collided with an oncoming vehicle in what officials described as a nearly head-on crash.
The Tahoe flipped at least once, and the other car's passenger side door was nearly torn off. A total of five people were transported to area hospitals with undisclosed injuries. However, Texas State Troopers said that all victims were conscious at the time of transport; this is a good indication that none of the injuries were life-threatening, although no reports on the victims' conditions have been released.
A local man is accused of hitting a 17-year-old boy with his car, and then leaving the scene. The boy was walking home from CiCi's Pizza in Ayers, where he works. The cause of the car accident was not disclosed. The driver is being held in jail. His bail was set at $1 million.
The teenager has been on life support in the Intensive Care Unit since the collision occurred. His mother reported that he seems to respond to the sound of her voice and is making progress.
If you should have the misfortune of being involved in a serious motor vehicle accident or other incident resulting in personal injuries, chances are very good that you will be taken to the nearest emergency room and possibly be admitted to the hospital.
Here, the chances are also very good that your care will be managed by a medical resident, a young physician who works under the supervision of an older, more experienced, and fully licensed physician.
Interestingly, the number of hours that these medical residents are allowed to work each shift without taking a break were shortened from 30 hours to 16 hours as recently as 2011 by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the organization that oversees these matters. One of the primary reasons for the shorter shifts was that it would lead to fewer medical mistakes attributable to fatigue and/or stress.
A car accident can be one of the most frightening things a person can experience. Many of them are over in the blink of an eye, before the drivers and passengers involved can even realize what has happened. However, the long-term effects on an auto accident begin the moment vehicles have stopped moving and can continue for weeks, years, or an entire lifetime.
Should those involved be fortunate enough to be able to walk away from their accident, a trip to the hospital afterward could lead to one of the most fearful words an accident victim can hear: whiplash. Both here in Texas, across the nation, and indeed all around the world motorists are too often forced to not only deal with the financial obstacles a car accident engenders, but also overcome lasting physical pain and limited mobility on account of their collisions' trauma.
Earlier this week a tragic auto accident in Texas claimed the lives of five teenagers. Traveling in an SUV with four other young passengers, a 16-year-old boy failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a tanker truck. The collision proved fatal for everyone in the SUV and caused serious injuries to the tanker driver.
This sort of tragically fatal auto accident has become all too common in recent years for young drivers both on Texas roads on streets and highways across the entire nation. The wreck comes hot on the heels of new data recently released that outlines the elevated risk that teen drivers pose, both to other motorists and themselves.
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