In Severe Cases, No Treatment to Reverse Bleeding Caused by the Blood Clot Drug Boehringer Ingelheim's drug Pradaxa has what appears to be a significant problem associated with it: bleeding. And this bleeding cannot be stopped in some cases. Given that doctors simply...
As personal injury attorneys who represent people injured in truck accidents involving the Eagle Ford Shale 18-wheeler traffic, we've long been advocating for improved roadways in South Texas. It's no secret that local governmental authorities are trying to figure out...
The severity of injuries and the rate of fatalities from truck accidents can be surprising to some but should not be trivialized. The risk of serious consequences to Texas motorists when involved in accidents that involve large commercial trucks is very real. The...
Eagle Ford Shale Landowners Can Take Steps to Protect Themselves A recent advisory piece in the San Antonio Express-News, written by a couple of lawyers with an oil-and-gas practice similar to ours at The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery, is essentially spot-on. The...
"You take your life in your own hands by being out on the road right now," said Karnes County Sheriff David Jalufka, as Hailey Konnath reports for the Houston Chronicle. Jalufka's talking about the Eagle Ford Shale traffic - 18-wheelers and oil tankers and other...
Last week, we referenced drug company CEO Andrew Witty's statement that "mistakes were made" in regard to the way his company, GlaxoSmithKline, used to market its drugs. According to Witty, that's all in the past - the off-label promotion, the lack of responding to...
As Joe Conger reports for KENS 5 San Antonio, Texas state troopers are cracking down on Eagle Ford Shale 18-wheelers, putting them out-of-service for safety violations like improper truck maintenance and truck driver hours-of-service violations. "A lot of companies...
As Katie Thomas and Michael S. Schmidt report for the New York Times, GSK must pay $3 billion for criminal health care fraud related to illegal promotion of drugs (Paxil and Wellbutrin) and failure to report safety information about another drug (Avandia). Avandia...
Actos is an extremely popular drug used in the treatment of diabetes. But as Anahad O'Connor reports for the New York Times, the largest study of its kind regarding loss of vision indicates that both Actos and Avandia can cause retina swelling. In turn, retina...
"The sudden explosion in drilling activity is requiring local governments to ramp up maintenance and repair efforts," says the Texas Department of Transportation's John Barton, as Kelly Connelly reports. That "explosion" is due mostly to the Eagle Ford Shale, which is...