Miscellaneous

• One-Vehicle Accident Kills Two and Injures One

  Jenny Albano | August 01, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  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...

• Payless Expands Recall on Childrens' Clogs

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Payless ShoeSource Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has expanded their recall on toddler clog shoes. The recall includes around 270,000 of the shoes; when the product was recalled in early May, 690,000 clogs were recalled. In May the recall only included Airwalk Compel clog shoes, but now the recall includes character-themed clog styles such as Dora the...

• Dog Bites and Oklahoma

  Jeremy Thurman | June 05, 2007 2:53 PM | 1 CommentOklahoma City, OK

  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,...

• Accutane Jury Verdict

  Jeremy Thurman | June 01, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  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...

• Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Draconian Tort Reform Bill

  Jeremy Thurman | May 01, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Abraham Lincoln once wrote to a colleague that "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is...

• Paxil Settlement

  Jeremy Thurman | April 30, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  A judge said on April 26, 2006, that he will approve a $64 million national class action settlement for parents who bought Paxil, once a blockbuster drug, for their teens who were struggling with depression.Sales of Paxil specifically for minors totaled more than $500 million. GlaxoSmithKline has repeatedly been accused of not revealing all that it knew about the drug, This goes to show that...

• SB 507 Immunity for Doctors

  Jeremy Thurman | April 16, 2007 11:56 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  SB 507 will be heard by the Oklahoma Senate this week. Is a comprehensive tort reform bill that shuts the courthouse doors for injured. Call your state senator, this bill is bad for medical malpractice cases.

• Don't be fooled by the Oklahoman's Tort Reform Editorial

  Jacob Diesselhorst | April 04, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Don't be fooled by the Oklahoman's Tort Reform Editorial from April Fool's Day, aimed to further distort the facts regarding Oklahoma 's Civil Justice System. Cited is a study from the Pacific Research Institute, a right-wing mouthpiece which also trumpets that global warming is a hoax and that the war in Iraq is a gleaming success. Instead of rhetoric, let's talk facts. According to the...

• Mr. Legislator, what should I do?

  Jeremy Thurman | April 03, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  It's come to my attention that the "Daily Oklahoman" better known as the Daily Disappointment had this letter to the editor in today's paper. "Government interference a bad idea When my patients face a difficult medical decision, they often want to pray about it and discuss it with a spouse, family member or their pastor. I've never heard a patient say, "I want to see what my legislator thinks...

• AAJ Attacks Anti-Consumer Report As Corporate Propaganda

  Jacob Diesselhorst | March 31, 2007 12:36 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Funders of Bogus Report Same Group Denying Global Warming (Washington, DC) -- The American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, today released a statement debunking the Pacific Research Institute's (PRI) latest propaganda aimed at eliminating Americans' right to hold corporation accountable for negligence. "This is just more junk science being...