04

Dec

Fatal Prescription Error Case Ends with $7.6M Jury Award

Webster Vicknair MacLeodand our Houston medical malpractice attorneys have secured a multimillion-dollar jury award for a family who lost their daughter to suicide. A medical provider prescribed teenage Avery Washington a dangerous antidepressant known for causing suicidal tend...

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Category: Medical Malpractice

04

Dec

Arbitration Case Ends with $50K+ Awarded to Our Client

A young woman was crossing the street with her mother in Glendale, Arizona. Using the crosswalk, she and her mother were granted the right-of-way and entered the intersection. Without warning, a negligent motorist driving a jeep swung left through the intersection and str...

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Categories: Firm News Personal Injury

04

Dec

Attorneys Vicknair & Chawdhary Named 2017 TX Rising Stars℠

Houston personal injury attorneys Heidi Vicknair and Omar Chawdhary of Webster Vicknair MacLeodhave each been named to the 2017 Texas Super Lawyers® Rising Stars℠ list. Super Lawyers® is known coast-to-coast for locating, recognizing, and promoting attorneys who have ex...

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Category: Firm News

04

Dec

Attorney Jason Webster Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Deadly Plane Crash

Jason Webster, principal attorney of Webster Vicknair MacLeod, recently filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, 93rd Judicial District (Case No. C-2917-16-B) on behalf of the relatives of three men who died in a plane crash due to the aircraft's en...

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Category: Personal Injury

04

Dec

Lac-Mégantic Train Derailment Update

MMA Railway Settlement Announcement $200 Million for Lac-Mégantic Train Derailment Disaster Victims CHICAGO— In accordance with a draft Plan of Compromise and Arrangement filed with the Quebec Superior Court today in the CCAA case for Montreal Maine and Atlantic Canad...

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Category: In The News

04

Dec

MMA Railway Settlement Totals Nearly $200 Million

On July 6, 2013, a 74-car freight train barreled unattended down a hill in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The train, which was carrying Bakken formation crude oil, derailed and resulted in the fire and explosion of numerous tank cars. The aftermath led to the confirme...

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Categories: Lac-Mégantic Train Derailment

04

Dec

Actos Manufacturer Settles Thousands of Lawsuits for $2.37 Billion

This past April, in one of the most significant Big Pharma agreements in U.S. history, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. agreed to a settlement of $2.37 billion for the negative side effects and inadequate marketing of their drug, Actos.Actos is an oral medication used to treat and c...

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Categories: Actos Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Pharmaceutical Litigation

04

Dec

5 Tips for Choosing the Best Personal Injury Attorney | Houston Injury Lawyer

After an injury, one of the most important decisions facing you is choosing an experienced and trusted Houston personal injury lawyer to represent your case. This seemingly simple decision could have huge and lasting repercussions on your future. But how do you choose? Our firm...

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Category: Personal Injury

04

Dec

Slip and Fall Settlement

On February 26, 2015, Webster Vicknair MacLeod successfully mediated a slip and fall case for seven figures. Webster Vicknair MacLeod’s client suffered serious injuries from slipping while working and underwent several surgeries and medical treatments. Slip and fall cases...

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Category: In The News

04

Dec

NYTimes - F.D.A. Seeks to Tighten Regulation of All-Metal Hip Implants

After an estimated 500,000 patients in the United States have received a type of artificial hip that is failing early in many cases, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing rules that could stop manufacturers from selling such implants. Some all-metal hip implan...

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Category: In The News