InjuryBoard Oklahoma City Archives

• Putting Insured on Notice

  Jeremy Thurman | August 30, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An important part of my practice when dealing with minimal policies is to remind the insurance company to put their insured on notice that they risk an excess judgment. I've found this to be very helpful in minimal policies where insurance companies are trying to lowball my client into a low offer by stating their is only a minimal policy and do we want to go to court over a few thousand...

• Man Dies After Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Head

  Jeremy Thurman | August 24, 2007 3:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  An 86-year-old man has died three weeks after a surgeon operated on the wrong side of his head, and state health authorities were investigating whether the mistake contributed to his death. Here is the linkFor more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Medical Malpractice and Negligent Care.

• Auto Accident - Always Seek a Medical Opinion

  Jeremy Thurman | August 21, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In recent years, I've found insurance companies consistently disputing the nature of a client's injuries. One of the biggest complaints I hear is that the client did not immediately seek medical treatment. Insurance adjusters allegations are ridiculous, but more than ever I find it imperative that a client seek immediate medical treatment at an Emergency Room to ensure proper recovery for...

• Avandia Receives Black Box Warning

  Jeremy Thurman | August 15, 2007 3:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The diabetes drugs Avandia and Actos will be labeled with severe warnings about a risk of heart failure to some patients, health officials said Tuesday. The makers of the drugs, GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., have agreed to add the "black-box" warnings, the Food and Drug Administration said. The warnings, the most severe that prescription drugs can bear, stress the...

• Nebraska High Court Doubles Award to Accident Victim

  Jeremy Thurman | August 09, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state's roads department to pay approximately $9 million in damages to a man who suffered debilitating injuries from a car accident caused by a faulty traffic signal. Jacob Wagner's car was struck by a semi truck while both the southbound and westbound lanes of traffic displayed a green light. Evidence presented at trial showed the state had ignored...

• Police Kill 5 Year-Old Boy While Shooting at Snake

  Jenny Albano | August 06, 2007 2:30 PM | 6 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A police officer that was trying to kill a snake fired a stray bullet that hit and killed a 5 year-old boy who was fishing in a nearby pond.Austin Haley was fishing with his grandfather, Jack Tracy, on Friday, August 3 when the accident occurred. Tracy stated that he heard and saw a bullet fall into the water only a few feet away from the boat they were fishing in and then seconds later there...

• One-Vehicle Accident Kills Two and Injures One

  Jenny Albano | August 01, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A pick-up truck accident has killed two people and critically injured one at around 7 P.M. on Monday, July 30. Orlando D. Noel was driving a 2000 Dodge Ram pick-up southbound on Oklahoma 2 when he drove off the edge on the west roadway. He came back onto the highway and over-corrected, which overturned the vehicle. The driver and Amber N. Mann were partially ejected from the vehicle, while...