InjuryBoard Oklahoma City Archives

• Vatican Issues Ten Commandments for Motorists

  Jeremy Thurman | June 20, 2007 2:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Vatican on Tuesday issued its "Ten Commandments" for drivers. I have bolded my favorite ones.The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the Vatican, are:1. You shall not kill.2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in...

• Low Impact Car Wreck

  Jeremy Thurman | June 20, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I for one am sick and tired of insurance companies evaluating injuries on the "impact" or amount of damages to the automobile. I recently received a letter from a notorious insurance company which basically said that since the impact was low, your client better not have very many injuries. In other words, no matter how hard the hit was, since it didn't do much damage to your well built and...

• Dog Bites and Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | June 05, 2007 2:53 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I've written before on dog bites and the potential recovery that can be had for those injured by the dogs. However, a recent experience has reminded me of this important area of the law and something that individuals need to know about. Recently I walked outside to find part of my privacy fence broke and huge hole dug into two diffent areas of the yard. I was trying to figure out what it was,...

• Holding Drinking Establishments Accountable

  Jeremy Thurman | June 05, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I just read where a woman who was injured in a fatal drunken driving crash with a Chicago-area prosecutor has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant that served the attorney. The woman, who suffered multiple fractures from the accident, claims that the restaurant should not have served the prosecutor, whose blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit and was driving a county-issued...

• Doctor Says Drug Maker Tried to Quash His Criticism of Avandia

  Jeremy Thurman | June 04, 2007 2:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The New York Times just had an article about the Drug Avandia. It states that a Congressional committee hearing next Wednesday will try to determine whether federal regulators paid sufficient attention to potential risks of the diabetes drug Avandia. One witness, scheduled to appear at the hearing, claims that Avandia's maker, GlaxoSmithKline, attempted to silence his criticism of the drug....

• Accutane Jury Verdict

  Jeremy Thurman | June 01, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The maker of the acne treatment Accutane will be forced to pay an Alabama man $2.5 million, following a jury verdict Tuesday. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that the drug's maker failed to sufficiently warn consumers about the drug's risk of causing inflammatory bowel disorder. Accutane has received more prominent attention for side effects such as birth defects and increased suicidal...