Two months after a Digitek recall was issued due to manufacturing problems that allowed double strength tablets to be commercially released, at least three lawsuits have been filed. A number of additional cases are expected to be filed in the coming weeks, as hundreds of potential cases are currently being…
The 10th Court of Appeals in Waco affirmed a district court ruling that allows for the case to go to trial in Brazos County court. The Court ruled that Texas A&M administrators, acting in the course and scope of their jobs, can be sued individually for the events leading up…
The Dallas VA Medical Center has effectively closed its psychiatric wing after a fourth mentally ill patient this year committed suicide. On April 4, a man fastened a bed sheet to the bottom corner of a door frame, draped a noose over the top, and hanged himself. Before that, a…
The voices in Jack Edenburn’s head began soon after he returned from Vietnam. They told him to end it all. He ignored them for almost 40 years, until the day he stood at the railroad tracks near his Lancaster home, fantasizing about stepping in front of a train. That’s the…
Pat Ahrens knew something was wrong. The night before, he had dropped his friend Chris Demopoulos off at a Plano motel, promising to return in the morning, but Ahrens wasn’t sure he had done the right thing. The two had met at the Dallas veterans’ hospital and had bonded over…
The Duragesic and generic fentanyl pain patches have been linked to hundreds of cases of overdose and death. Poor design, manufacturing defects, inadequate warnings and poor quality controls could result in excessive amounts of fentanyl entering the body. Lawsuits have been filed throughout the United States for users who have…