The Crash of Ricky Nelson’s DC-3 Near DeKalb, Texas December 31, 1985
DeKalb, Texas – one of the hundreds of non-descript towns that dot the landscape of America’s second-largest state.
When you are behind the wheel of a vehicle, one second can mean the difference between life and death.
No one knows this better than Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson, whose 21 year old daughter Casey Feldman, was killed by a distracted driver in 2009.
If you’re a motorcycle rider, the easiest way to protect yourself whenever you hit the road is to wear a helmet. More than 80 percent of motorcycle crashes result in injury or death to the motorcyclist, and head injury is the leading cause of death among motorcycle crash fatalities.
A jury decision last month once again shines a light directly on Takeda Pharmaceutical Company’s controversial diabetes drug, Actos. The jury awarded a retired Pennsylvania teacher with bladder cancer $1.3 million in punitive damages on top of $2.3 million in actual damages, saying Takeda acted with reckless indifference to his health.
Testosterone levels naturally decline as men age – yet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now cautions that there is no evidence that taking testosterone is safe or effective for men experiencing those natural changes, and has required warning labels for the popular drugs.
For the past few years, the number of motorcyclist fatalities has been steadily climbing. According to the National Highway Safety Administration 4,957 motorcyclists were killed in 2012, a seven percent increase from 2011.
The addition of seasoned litigator Srinivas Hanumadass to our legal team was recently featured in The Recorder.
Our managing partner David S. Casey, Jr. recently joined a panel of experts to talk about what the future of football and the mounting controversy related to head injuries and potential brain damage.
