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Houston personal injury attorneySome 20 hip implant makers have been ordered by federal health regulators to conduct studies of hip replacement parts, reports say. The manufacturers are those that use metal-on-metal implants, and the studies are to determine the safety of the components. There have been concerns from the FDA that some of the parts may have a risk of shedding dangerous amounts of metallic debris in patients. The order concerns DePuy Orthopaedics, Zimmer, Stryker, Biomet and Wright Medical. DePuy…

An accident that occurred mid-March have stymied Houston police, who are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a motorist involved the fatal hit-and-run traffic accident at 6900 Gulf Freeway, also known as South Interstate Highway 45, about 12:25 a.m. on March 14th. Evidently, the victim attempted to cross the Gulf Freeway on his bicycle when he struck the passenger side of a white Dodge 3500 pickup truck. After being knocked off his bicycle, the victim was then struck by…

Austin suffered its 12th traffic fatality in March when Betty Louise Scott, 35, was killed in a collision at North IH 35 and East US Hwy 290 at the end of March. The preliminary investigation shows that a blue Oldsmobile was traveling eastbound on US Hwy 290 and a silver Toyota Camry was traveling southbound on IH 35. Evidently, one of the vehicles ran the red light causing the collision in the intersection. Scott was ejected from the Oldsmobile and…

Last week a demolition worker suffered fatal injuries after being trapped underneath a 1,000 pound section of concrete slab during a demolition. The building being demolished was the historic 1965 Flagship Hotel at 2501 Seawall Boulevard in Galveston, Texas. An autopsy of the 65 year old, Tauelangi Angilau, is ordered for later this week. After suffering a crushing injury, firefighters and other rescue crews used hydraulic tools and prying bars to free Angilau, who was taken to the University of…

A fatal traffic accident at 700 St. Joseph Parkway at Milam about 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning early last month claimed one male victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released. The accident occurred when the driver of a blue Chevrolet Trailblazer traveling westbound on St. Joseph Parkway struck a blue GMC Sierra pickup truck traveling southbound on Milam. Police reports say witnesses claimed the driver of the GMC pickup ran the red…