A San Antonio bar employee was sentenced to prison on October 12, 2009 for his drunk driving accident that killed a motorcyclist. The drunk driver was an employee of the bar where he had been drinking. The drunk driver fled the accident scene but was captured a short time later. Court records show that a […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
On Texas Highway 46 near Blanco Road, north of San Antonio, an accident occurred in which a 29 year old woman was injured and her 71 year old passenger was killed. It appears from published reports that an 18-wheeler lost control and jackknifed on a curve. When an accident involves a commercial vehicle, especially 18-wheelers, […]
An 18 year old drunk driver severely injured his passenger in an automobile accident in San Antonio in the preceding week. The injured passenger had his arm severed in the auto accident and was found with his severed arm laying next to the car. The drunk driver was on Somerset Road when he crossed Zarzamora […]
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reported that orthopedists often fail to disclose payments they receive from makers of hip and knee replacements when reporting on products made by the Companies from which they get payments. These payments to physicians and researchers have the potential to create conflicts of interests and may cause some […]
A 25 year old camp counselor from Australia was arrested at the San Antonio Airport. It appears as though the counselor was on his way home. It was alleged that the Australian sexually abused two boys at a camp in Hunt Texas, while acting as a summer counselor. The camp employed the counselor through an […]
A San Antonio driver was charged with failure to stop and render aid when he struck and killed a 67 year old pedestrian that was crossing S. Zaramora on Thursday. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene and later parked at a Whataburger, abandoning his vehicle and fleeing on foot. The driver of the […]
A San Antonio automobile driver was indicted for failure to stop and render aid in a May 5, 2009 accident wherein it was alleged that the automobile driver struck a bicyclist on S. St. Mary’s Street. The driver of the car did not stop and the bicyclist died of his injuries. There have been a […]
An elderly nursing home resident was severely beaten over the weekend in San Antonio. The nursing home resident and her attacker did not know each other and it appeared to be a random act of violence. Both the victim and the attacker were covered in blood after the assault. The attacker is in the Bexar […]
In the recent debate over medical insurance reform an often trumpeted statement is that legal malpractice cases are driving up the cost of health insurance coverage. To support this view Texans for Lawsuit Reform cite the statistic that medical-liability-insurance rates have gone down by an average of 21% after Texas imposed various legal changes to […]
Over the weekend a couple on a tandem bike were killed in Bexar County. The cyclists killed were known to be very careful riders who always wore their helmets. Apparently from the published reports it appears as though the driver of the motor vehicle left the roadway as he approached the cyclists from behind and […]
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