Dallas Fort Worth Injury Lawyer Blog

September 1, 2010

Fort Worth Zocor Rhabdomyolysis Personal Injury Attorney

In March, the FDA warned that Zocor users had an increased risk of rhabdomyolysis when taking the drug at high doses of 80 mg. While all statins carry some risk of the muscle injury, the FDA’s report was the first time a dose-specific connection had been made to a particular drug. Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis from Zocor could include muscle cramps, tenderness, stiffness, pain or spasms. The illness is usually reported in patients over 65 years of age or those who have renal impairment or uncontrolled hypothyroidism.

Zocor (simvastatin) is a synthetic statin developed by Merck & Co., which is now available as a generic. Before patent protections expired in 2005, it was Merck’s best-selling drug and the second best selling cholesterol lowering drug in the world, bringing in $4.3 billion in 2005.

August 31, 2010

Two Settle in Personal Injury Accident at Dallas Cowboys Complex

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Companies controlled by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones have paid out about $10 million to the two employees seriously injured in the 2009 collapse of the team’s practice facility, according to their attorney.

The payments settle lawsuits the two brought against Cowboys Center Ltd. and Blue Star Development Co.; Cowboys Center owned the steel and fabric facility as well as the land on which it stood.

One victim was paralyzed from the waist down and the second suffered a broken vertebrae when the building collapsed in a wind storm on May 2, 2009. DANNY ROBBINS, AP, Houston Chronicle 08/31/2010
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August 30, 2010

What to Do if You Are Terminated For Refusing to do an Illegal Act

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Contact an attorney immediately, and please remember these Sabine Pilot claims are subject to a two-year statute of limitations.

“Sabine Pilot” is the name of a case decided by the Texas Supreme Court in 1985, Sabine Pilot Serv. v. Hauck (Tex. 1985). The Court recognized a narrow exception to the general “at will” doctrine of employment in Texas, and found that an at-will employee may sue his/her employer if he/she is fired for refusing to commit an illegal act.

Keep a file regarding everything that is said or done to you surrounding your termination and keep all of your records related to your employment. These notes and records may prove invaluable in a later lawsuit.

August 29, 2010

Jury Awards $1.95M in Post-Surgery Wrongful Death Death

by Dr. Shezad Malik

A Virginia jury has awarded $1.95 million in a lawsuit over the death of a woman less than two days after she received plastic surgery.

Maritess Lopez was sent home an hour after her July 2008 surgery even though she was having respiratory problems, dizziness and fever, the lawsuit claims.

She died the next day of aspiration pneumonia. The suit accused Dr. Matthew Galumbeck and his staff of completely ignoring Lopez and her symptoms, which resulted in her death. Jen McCaffery, Virginian Pilot 08/27/2010
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August 28, 2010

Illinois Malpractice Suit Settled For $5.3 M

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Central DuPage Hospital in Illinois has agreed to a $5.3 million settlement with the husband of a woman who died of a stroke in 2006.

The suit claimed Dr. Mark Kelly and Dr. Henry Echiverri “failed to properly evaluate and treat” Samantha Medina in December 2006, which lead to her death.

Lawyers for the doctors said the doctors did nothing wrong, but that they settled to “avoid even the small risk of a runaway jury verdict.” Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune 08/26/2010
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August 27, 2010

Settlement Approved In Texas Police Brutality Suit

by Dr. Shezad Malik

The city of Fort Worth, Texas, has agreed to a $120,000 settlement of a police brutality lawsuit.

The suit claimed local officers slammed a man’s head into a wall and the floor of the police station while booking him for a DUI in 2008.

Video surveillance confirmed the allegations, but no serious action was taken against the officers because the man waited too long to file a complaint, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

Mike Lee, Ft. Worth Star Telegram 08/24/2010
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August 26, 2010

Firm to Pay $52.4M in Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Victims of the deadly 2007 Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge collapse reached the end of their legal fight after an engineering firm agreed to pay $52.4 million to settle scores of lawsuits.

The settlement by San Francisco-based URS Corp. resolves the last major piece of litigation brought by victims. All told, the state and two of its contractors will have paid out $100 million to the families of the 13 people who died and the 145 people who were injured when the Mississippi River bridge broke apart during rush hour.

BRIAN BAKST, AP, The Washington Post 08/24/2010
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August 26, 2010

Yaz Birth-Control Pill Offers Cautionary Tale

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Read new Yaz story which offers caution regarding YAZ side effects.

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August 25, 2010

Lawsuit Over Pot Hole Accident Settled In Missouri

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Jackson County, Mo., has agreed to a $270,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by a motorcyclist who crashed his bike in a pot hole last summer.

Derek Jackson was riding his motorcycle in east Jackson County when he pot hole ankle-deep and as wide as his arms, his lawsuit claims, suffering serious injuries. The suit alleges the county was previous aware of the dangerous pot hole but had done nothing to fix it.

Michael Mansur, Kansas City Star 08/23/2010
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August 24, 2010

Yaz Side Effects and Yaz Replacement Bayer’s Natazia

by Dr. Shezad Malik

Bayer HealthCare, the leading maker of birth control pills, is coming out with a brand new pill.

Natazia, as it’s called, contains a form of estrogen that’s never been used in an oral contraceptive. It also has a novel dosing regimen. Women on Natazia will take four different combinations and doses of hormones or sugar pills each month.

The new launch coincides with growing problems for Bayer’s last new contraceptive, Yaz.

Read full article here.