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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

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Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Bassettbaby Recalls Drop-Side Cribs Due to Suffocation Hazards

Posted on November 30, 2010
Here's the latest in what seems to be a never-ending stream of crib recalls. Bassett Furniture Industries has recalled about 90,000 Bassettbaby drop-side cribs. I keep telling parents to just not use any drop-side crib. They all seem to have...

Study Finds No Progress in Safety at Hospitals

Posted on November 29, 2010
We're not making progress in preventing medical malpractice and hospital negligence, according to a disappointing article last week in the New York Times. The article presented details from a study conducted in ten North Carolina hospitals, from 2002 to 2007...

Friday Fun

Posted on November 26, 2010
Did you like to blow soap bubbles when you were a kid? Try to make bigger ones than your friends? You never imagined bubbles like this:

Your Medical Information Isn't Very Private

Posted on November 26, 2010
The AP reports, "A Vermont law that restricts companies' use of information about the drugs doctors prescribe is unconstitutional on free speech grounds, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday." IMS Health, SDI and Source Healthcare Analytics "had sued over the...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 25, 2010
I hope each of you has a happy Thanksgiving, with family and friends around you. Drive safely if you're traveling, take your time, rest if you get sleepy, and always buckle up everyone in your vehicle.

Featured Link - Vietnam Virtual Wall

Posted on November 24, 2010
This has nothing to do with auto collisions or Social Security disability, but for those of us who are "of a certain age" the Vietnam war was very personal. We lost friends there, or saw friends return in bad physical...

Teenage Pickup Drivers Double Risks of Severe Injury in Wrecks

Posted on November 24, 2010
This conclusions drawn in this article will be a surprise to many people, and that may be the point of the Dallas Morning News in publishing it. The bottom line is that teenagers in large pickup trucks are unsafe drivers,...

Political Rhetoric Harms Perception and Future of Texas Medicaid Programs

Posted on November 23, 2010
A recent article about Medicaid in the Houston Chronicle repeated some of the political musings of Governor Rick Perry and other politicians. For anyone with even a basic knowledge of Medicaid, the suggestion that Texas could simply "opt-out" is ridiculous...

CPSC Releases Top Three Tips for a Safer Holiday Toy Shopping and Playing Experience

Posted on November 22, 2010
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a timely press release about toy safety, just before the Holidays. The report notes the decrease in toy recalls in 2010 compared with 2008, and the decrease in child deaths during the same...

Insurers Gave U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Breathtaking" Sum to Combat Obama Health Care Law

Posted on November 20, 2010
Bloomberg News reported that the national insurance member group America's Health Insurance Plans, armed the US Chamber of Commerce with $86.2 million "that was used to oppose the health-care overhaul law." Bloomberg notes, "The spending reflects the insurers' attempts to...

About 15% of Medicare Patients Receive Harmful Hospital Care

Posted on November 19, 2010
The U.S. Health & Human Services' inspector general has issued a report stating that 1 in 7 Medicare patients received harmful medical care while in a hospital. This inadequate or negligent care increased the duration of the hospital stays and...

Friday Fun

Posted on November 19, 2010
One of the few pleasures we non-drinkers get is the ability to watch other people make idiots of themselves, without having to worry about the same thing happening to us. The Huffington Post has collected ten videos of seriously drunk...

Texas Reclaims Top Spot in Nation for Highest Homeowners Insurance Rates

Posted on November 18, 2010
I knew they couldn't keep us in second place for long. Now "insurance company friendly" Texas is number one in the nation again for highest homeowners insurance rates. Florida edged ahead of us for a brief time, but the almost...

Questions Raised About Supervision of Resident Doctors at Parkland Hospital

Posted on November 16, 2010
As local citizens probably know, the Dallas Morning News has been reporting on unfortunate surgical results at Parkland Hospital. The allegation is that these problems may be partly due to improper supervision of inadequately trained medical students and doctors in...

Social Security Unveils New Home Page to Make Finding Services Easier

Posted on November 16, 2010
The Web site of the Social Security has a new look, as of yesterday. Here is the announcement from SSA: Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today unveiled the agency?s newly redesigned home page at www.socialsecurity.gov that will help...

No Social Security Cost-of-Living Increase for 2011

Posted on November 16, 2010
As I've written before, there will be no cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits in 2011. This is the second year in a row with no increase. Of course the reason is that inflation did not rise enough to trigger...

Parsonage-Turner Syndrome and Social Security Disability Benefits

Posted on November 15, 2010
We recently successfully handled a case where our client suffered from severe Parsonage-Turner syndrome. Individuals suffering from this disorder experience severe shoulder or arm pain followed by weakness and numbness. This is a rare idiopathic syndrome with symptoms resulting from...

Senator Urging FDA to Investigate Lead Content in Grocery Bags

Posted on November 15, 2010
Good grief, we're not safe even when we try to be environmentally sensitive and buy reusable grocery bags so we don't have to choose between paper or plastic. Here is information from the American Association of Justice: USA Today (11/15,...

Friday Fun

Posted on November 12, 2010
Hardball Frenzy is a fun little game brought to my attention by Tom Mighell. It's been a long time since I succumbed to the temptation of one of Tom's games, but this one was nifty, and I did manage to...

Parsonage-Turner Syndrome and Social Security Disability

Posted on November 12, 2010
We recently successfully handled a case where our client suffered from severe Parsonage-Turner syndrome. Individuals suffering from this disorder experience severe shoulder or arm pain followed by weakness and numbness. This is a rare idiopathic syndrome with symptoms resulting from...

"Secret" VA Benefit Available to Many Veterans and Their Spouses

Posted on November 11, 2010
Today is Veterans Day, when we celebrate and honor those brave Americans who have served our country and placed themselves in harm's way to protect our freedom. Of course we should do this every day, not just once each year....

Genentech Offers Doctors Secret Rebates for Expensive Eye Drug

Posted on November 09, 2010
There seems to be no end to stories about drug companies paying doctors to push their products. This one seems especially shocking to me because it is costing both consumers and Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars annually, perhaps needlessly....

Featured Link - OncoLink.org

Posted on November 08, 2010
OncoLink is a site sponsored by the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. It contains a vast amount of information about the disease, treatment, coping, and many other aspects. It's worth a look for anyone who has a...

Rental Car Industry Criticized for Offering Recalled Vehicles

Posted on November 08, 2010
I've written before about rental car companies continuing to let customers use vehicles that have been recalled, and about Enterprise rental selling cars to consumers without warning them that the standard-equipment airbags were not installed. Now the politicians are finally...

23,000 Britax Car Seats Recalled

Posted on November 08, 2010
Britax is recalling about 23,000 infant car seats due to faulty harness clips. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the clip on the chest harness of the Chinese-made car seats can break loose and pose a risk of cuts or...

Friday Fun

Posted on November 05, 2010
This item is really "fun" but it's pretty darned amazing. Mr. Dalton Ghetti takes months or even years to carve intricate moldings from plain pencils. The photos are absolutely amazing. I can't imagine the combination of talent and patience required....

Two Doctors and a Medical Clinic Owner Charged in Patient Recruiting Scam

Posted on November 05, 2010
How can anyone, especially well-educated doctors, engage in such shameful conduct as alleged in this case? It just baffles me that some people are so driven by greed that they will cross any legal or moral boundary. I know this...

Injuries From Cribs and Other Nursery Products Rose in 2009, CPSC Says

Posted on November 04, 2010
It seems I've been writing all year about recalls of defective cribs and strollers. Now, according to an article in Bloomberg News, I see the reason - there was an alarming increase in injuries to babies from these products last...

When Drugs Cause Problems They Are Supposed to Prevent

Posted on November 03, 2010
The New York Times ran a news analysis recently that discussed the increasingly common situation in which drugs designed to prevent a medical condition actually cause the condition. Here are excerpts: One is bisphosphonates, which is widely used to prevent...

Online Doctor Ratings Aren't Very Helpful

Posted on November 02, 2010
That's the opinion of Dr. Kevin Pho, a primary care physician in Nashua, New Hampshire, in an article in USA Today. Dr. Pho's comments apply equally to online ratings of lawyers. Attorneys are increasingly building their online presence at sites...

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