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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…

Two motorists were killed mind-March as they tried to avoid an accident and stuck a bridge abutment on Houston’s East Loop South. The accident occurred when tan Chrysler Sebring and a brown Chevrolet Astro van were traveling north on the 610 East Loop on the Ship Channel Bridge. According to witnesses, the driver of the Sebring made an unsafe lane change and struck the Astro van. The driver of the Astro van took evasive action and struck the outside concrete…

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…

Police reports say that according to witnesses, a white Freightline tractor-trailer and a gray Jaguar, driven by Leslie T. Campbell, 65, of Boca Raton, Florida, were traveling eastbound on the 610 North Loop when the Jaguar suddenly veered back into a lane of traffic from the right shoulder. When the driver of the Freightliner swerved to the right shoulder to avoid the crash, the Jaguar also swerved to the right shoulder and was struck on the left rear side by…

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…