InjuryBoard Oklahoma City Archives

• Hit and Run Accident Kills Oklahoma Pedestrian

  Jeremy Thurman | April 17, 2008 2:41 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Newsok is reporting from that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a car that hit and killed a 19-year-old man near Locust Grove then left the scene. Our prayers go out to...

• Warning Signs for Sleepy Driving

  Jeremy Thurman | April 17, 2008 9:16 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The JAMA article I cited yesterday gives some valuable warning signs for sleepy drivers. I wanted to cite these warning signs for those of you taking chances with your life every time you get on the...

• Sleepy Drivers Cause over 100,000 Deaths Per Year in Car Crashes

  Jeremy Thurman | April 16, 2008 9:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  According to a JAMA article, sleepy drivers contribute to about 100,000 motor vehicle crashes reported to police each year. Whats amazing is according to the article, its about 4% of all fatal...

• JAMA Editorial Blows Whistle on Drug Companies Ghost Writers for Scientific Studies

  Jeremy Thurman | April 16, 2008 12:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  I just ran across a Yahoo.com article describing a new editorial from JAMA which blows the whistle on drug companies using ghost writers for supposedly unbiased medical research. According to...

• Tractor-Trailer Fatality Statistics for Oklahoma in 2005

  Jeremy Thurman | April 15, 2008 10:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  In reading the paper lately I’ve noticed quite a few tractor trailer accidents and it got me thinking on the statistics in Oklahoma for semi accidents. So of course I went to the U.S. Department of...

• America's Drunkest City - Where Does Oklahoma Rank for DUI Crashes

  Jeremy Thurman | April 14, 2008 11:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Fellow Iowa injuryboard.com blogger Steve Lombardi has a great post regarding National Trends in Drunk Driving. He cites an annual report card by MADD or Mother's Against Drunk Driving rankings and...

• Fatality and Semi Accidents Close 2 Oklahoma Roads

  Jeremy Thurman | April 14, 2008 11:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Newsok.com is reporting this morning that according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, accidents have forced closures to two Oklahoma highways this morning. Sadly, we are learning that State...

• Uninsured Motorist Coverage - Protecting Your Recovery

  Jeremy Thurman | April 13, 2008 3:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Why do you hire a lawyer on a car wreck case? I thought I might give one example today and provide others in the future. So here is you’re hypothetical and think about it before you respond. ...

• Oklahoma's Wrongful Death Statute - Damages

  Jeremy Thurman | April 12, 2008 12:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  I am preparing to go to trial in a couple of weeks on a wrongful death action. In doing so I have written whats called a Trial Brief where you essentially let the Court know that basic issues of...

• Tort Reform - Oklahoma Republicans Try to Sneak It In Again

  Jeremy Thurman | April 11, 2008 3:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A last minute dirty tactic by State Republicans for tort reform has predicatively occurred. I guess the republicans are running low on campaign funds for next year as Representative Dan Sullivan...

• How to Prevent a Dog Bite

  Jeremy Thurman | April 11, 2008 8:08 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide some good ideas on how to prevent a dog bite. Frankly, I’m wary of seeing hurt children and adults who have permanent scarring or even...

• Dog Bites - Who Pays

  Jeremy Thurman | April 10, 2008 12:04 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Are you a dog lover? We do a large number of dog bite cases in our practice and in researching; I’ve come across what the government considers as the top 10 most dangerous dogs. It’s important to...

• Safety Regulations for Tired Truckers

  Jeremy Thurman | April 10, 2008 11:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  I am getting ready to file a major trucking accident case and in reviewing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, I thought I might share them with you. However, before I do that, I wanted to...

• More Deaths Related to Contaminated Baxter Heparin

  Jeremy Thurman | April 08, 2008 10:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  USA Today is tripling the death count associated with Baxter's Heparin supposedly contaminated in China. According to the report, sixty-two deaths now are associated with contaminated batches of the...

• Representative Dr. Cox Kills Mandatory Nursing Home Insurance Bill

  Jeremy Thurman | April 07, 2008 5:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In a classic example of putting one's financial interests ahead of the public good, Representative Dr. Cox killed the mandatory nursing home insurance bill in his committee today. What can really...

• 1 in 4 Oklahomans are Uninsured Drivers

  Jeremy Thurman | April 07, 2008 3:15 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  According to a newsok.com article, about one of every four vehicles on Oklahoma roads is uninsured, and there's not much that can be done to improve that, state officials are saying. The Insurance...