Miscellaneous

• FDA Warning About SSRIs May Have Increased Teen Suicides

  Jenny Albano | July 09, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  According to a new study in the Journal of American Psychiatry, the decreased use of SSRI prescriptions and the record increase of teen suicides from 2003 and 2004 may be linked.The number of SSRI prescriptions for pediatric depression (ages 5 to 18) tumbled more than 50 percent between 2003 and 2005. In a troubling parallel development, the number of teen suicides jumped a record 18 percent...

• House Fires - Time Change Is Time to Change Smoke Alarm Batteries

  Mike Parker | October 31, 2008 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  At 2:00 a.m. Sunday, November 2, 2008, Daylight Savings Time ends. Remember to set your clock back 1 hour. However, now is a good time to change the batteries in your home's smoke...

• Texas Hurricane Ike Victims Qualify for IRS Disaster Relief

  David Coffey | September 22, 2008 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  On September 18, 2008, the IRS granted Texas Hurricane Ike Victims IRS Disaster Relief .Taxpayers residing in the effected area have been granted an extension of time to file and pay taxes until...

• James W. Cole, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | May 15, 2005 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Areas of Practice: Personal Injury LawProducts Liability LawAdmiralty and Maritime LawMaritime Personal InjuryDram Shop LiabilityAirplane Crash LitigationBusiness LitigationCivil RightsDiscriminationCommercial LitigationConstruction LitigationContractors LitigationConsumer LitigationContract LitigationInsurance LitigationEmployment LitigationCivil LitigationTrial PracticePremises...

• Website for Texans to Become Organ Donors

  David Coffey | August 21, 2008 2:26 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Anyone in Texas interested in being an organ donor can go to the following site in order to obtain an organ donor card: Donate Life Texas Site. In addition to registering as a donor, it is important...

• Paris Hilton Disinherited

  David Coffey | September 17, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  The head of the Hilton clan, Barron Hilton, has decided to disinherit all of his grandchildren. He is particularly "embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris." He has chosen, instead, to leave his fortune to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

• Tort Reform

  John Rudd | May 30, 2007 4:58 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Proponents of tort-reform would have you believe the debate is about frivolous lawsuits. It's really about corporate responsibility and who, if anyone, will be held accountable when American consumers are defrauded, injured or killed as a result of someone else's negligence.Big businesses continue to finance a massive public relations effort lobbying legislators for more tort-reform measures....

• What will happen with Heath Ledger's $20M+ estate?

  Paul Romano | August 28, 2008 11:45 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Heath Ledger, star of the recent Batman film the Dark Knight who died of an accidental drug overdose on January 22, 2008, left an estate that may top $20M after proceeds of his most recent hit movie...

• Protect Your Will

  David Coffey | August 25, 2008 9:56 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  The Texarkana Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's admission of a lost will to probate in the Estate of Wilson, 252 S.W.3d 708 (Tex. App.-Texarkana 2008, no pet. h.). The presumption in Texas...

• Elderly More Likely to Die in Pedestrian Accident

  Will Sciba | October 04, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Older Texans are more likely to die in pedestrian accidents. The Death rate in Texas is significantly higher than the national average. According to the Victoria advocate:From 2002 to 2005, the Texas pedestrian fatality rate was 2.0 per 100,000, 17 percent higher than the national rate. Among older Texans, the per 100,000 rate was 2.7, 35 percent higher than the state rate, according to the...