Drug & Medical Device Marketing Executives and Fraud Schemes Target Medical Doctors with False Information to Increase Sales of Unsafe Drugs and Medical Products for Profits and Medicare Payments

Drug Company and Medical Device Company Marketing Fraud and Schemes Target Physicians with False Information to Promote Dangerous and Unsafe Drugs and Medical Devices   (Off Label Marketing and Pharmaceutical Whistleblower False Claims Act Lawyer Jason Coomer)

Medicare marketing fraud including medical device Medicare marketing fraud and drug company Medicare marketing fraud is increasing as medical device and pharmaceutical executives and representatives use fraudulent schemes and marketing techniques to manipulate doctors, surgeons, pharmacists, and other health care providers.  These fraudulent marketing schemes are designed to increase the use of off label marketing of medications and the use or over use of unsafe medical devices and drugs to obtain Medicare payments.   

 

Pharmaceutical Marketing Representatives and Medical Device Marketing Representatives often Combine Free Gifts, Lunches, Dinners, and Drinks with Biased and/or Fraudulent Research to Encourage Medicare Off-label Drug Use and Over Prescribing of Medical Devices or Drugs

Pharmaceutical representatives, medical device marketing representatives, and marketing fraud are manipulating physicians to use more expensive and less safe drugs and medical devices.  From providing false information to using young attractive and charismatic drug representatives and free gifts, drug companies and medical device companies are using advanced drug marketing schemes and techniques to push physicians to use new drugs and products to obtain as much Medicare money as possible.  When these marketing techniques are used to push a dangerous drug or to push a drug or medical device for off-label purposes, it can be dangerous for the patient's health as well as can be the basis for a qui tam lawsuit or other lawsuit if the Medicare Marketing Fraud can be documented.

Free gifts, lunches, dinners, and drug samples from drug companies are common place in the World of the successful physician.  Sales people and marketing representatives commonly seek to use free meals, drinks, marketing giveaways, and drug samples, to obtain the attention of a medical doctor and these free gifts can often influence a physician to use a new, more expensive, and less safe drug.  A recent article, Prescribing Under the Influence By E. Haavi Morreim, thoughtfully discusses the potential influence direct or indirect that free meals and gifts from drug representatives and medical device representatives can have on physicians.  These freebies combined with false marketing materials on a drug or medical device can often manipulate a medical doctor into prescribing drugs for off-label purposes, using an inferior or unsafe produce, or over prescribing a drug or medical device.

Pharmaceutical Marketing Executives and Medical Device Marketing Executives often use Attractive and Charismatic Marketing Representatives with Advanced Fraudulent Marketing Scripts to Encourage Medicare Fraud Including Off-label Drug Use and Over Prescribing of Medical Devices

Another technique that drug companies use to push their new drugs and implants include hiring attractive and charismatic drug representatives to push physicians through an advanced script that falsely presents a new medication or medical device as better and more safe than it actually is.  The drug representatives are usually highly articulate and are able to use the skewed research from the drug marketing departments combined with befriending or flirting with the physician to push the doctor to use their company's new product regardless of safety or expense.

These advanced fraudulent scripts are often presented as well accepted scientific research including cites or references from authentic sounding publications.  They are also often well thought out by drug marketing executives and medical device marketing executives then given to and rehearsed by the  attractive and charismatic drug representatives or medical device representative for the sole purpose of manipulating the medical doctor into prescribing more of the drug for off-label purposes or the medical device.

Pharmaceutical Marketing Executives and Medical Device Marketing Executives often use Medical Doctor Profiling to Manipulate Physicians into Prescribing Off-label Drug Use and Over Prescribing of Unsafe Medical Devices for Medicare Patients

Through experience the drug marketing departments have also devised Medical Doctor Profiling schemes that they can use to determine what best motivates a particular physician and use this information combined with advanced marketing techniques to manipulate the physician without the medical doctor even realizing that they are being manipulated.  These techniques include understanding that some medical doctors are research oriented while others are politically motivated, financially motivated, career motivated, or relationally motivated.  By understanding a medical doctor's predispositions, interests, and motivations, a drug marketing department or medical device marketing department can use or manipulate a medical doctor based on their profiled information.  Examples of these drug marketing department and medical device marketing department profiling and manipulations include:

Research Motivated Medical Doctor - The Marketing Departments will often create research with skewed data from the drug company to push the research motivated physician that relies strongly on science and research to make their decisions.  The marketing representatives will also often invite the research motivated physician to publish in selected publications or to speak at sponsored medical conferences.     

Politically and Career Motivated Medical Doctor - Marketing Departments will often create professional and social events, activities, and opportunities to advance the physician's ability to expand their political activities and career. 

Relationally Motivated Medical Doctor - Drug marketing departments will not only find marketing representatives that are attractive and charismatic, but will also find drug representative with similar interests as well as hire family members or friends of the relationally motivated physician.

The above techniques and many more are all methods that drug marketing departments and medical device marketing executives use to gain the attention of and influence on medical doctors.  These marketing techniques combined with fraudulent marketing research and other fraudulent practices can often work to manipulate a medical doctor into prescribing drugs for off label purposes as well as using unsafe medical devices or over using medical devices.

Drug Representative Off Label Drug Marketing Medicare Fraud Lawyer, Pharmaceutical Representative Medicare Marketing Fraud Lawyer, and Pharmaceutical Representative Whistleblower Qui Tam Lawyer (Off Label Marketing and Pharmaceutical Whistleblower False Claims Act Law Suits)

Through Medicare Marketing Fraud Whistle Blower Lawsuits, Off Label Medicare Marketing Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuits, and other Medicare Health Care Fraud Lawsuits, hundreds of billions of dollars have been recovered from dishonest pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, health insurance companies, health providers, individuals and organizations that have committed Medicare health care fraud and stolen large amounts of money from the government.

It is extremely important that Whistle Blowers continue to expose fraudulent marketing practices, billing practices and unnecessary treatments that cost hundreds of billions of dollars.   

Health Care Fraud  and Pharmaceutical Off Label Fraud Law Suits (Fraud Costs Tax Payers and Consumers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars)

Health Care Expenses in the United States have increased to be over Two Trillion ($2,000,000,000,000.00) Dollars each year.  This amount continues to rise as pharmaceutical companies have made large profits.  One of the reasons that the pharmaceutical companies are making such large profits is that they have begun aggressive marketing campaigns that not only promote drugs for the medication's intended purpose, but aggressive push doctors to prescribe drugs for off label purposes. 

From a taxpayer stand point, health care fraud costs taxpayers between $60 billion and $100 billion each year.  This cost increases dramatically when you include other forms of health care fraud including insurance fraud and fraud on patients.

 

For more information on Medicare Fraud False Claims Act Lawsuits and other Qui Tam Lawsuits, please go to the following web pages Qui Tam, Whistleblower, Medicare Fraud, and Federal Federal False Claims Act Information Center or Drug & Medical Device Marketing Fraud Medicare Qui Tam Lawsuits.

Defective Tire Blow Out Lawsuits and Defective Tire Tread Lawsuits

Defective Tire Rollover Lawsuits, Fatal Defective Tire Blow Out Lawsuits, Deadly Defective Tire Tread Lawsuits, Defective Automobile Roof Design Lawsuits, and Fatal Automobile Accident Rollover Lawsuits by Defective Tire Rollover Automobile Crash Lawyer Jason S. Coomer 

Defective tire blow out automobile product liability lawsuits include defective tire blowout lawsuits, defective tire rollover lawsuits, tire defect rollover lawsuits, tire defect blowout lawsuits, defective tread lawsuits, defective tire tread lawsuits, and defective rollover design lawsuits.  Unfortunately, tire defects can cause blowout rollover accidents that can often be deadly and kill vehicle occupants including drivers and passengers.    

Vehicle and Tire Manufacturers have known for decades that defective tires and tread defects can cause a blow out that can result in a deadly crash or a fatal roll over accident.  This is especially true in the summer months when paved roads, streets, and highways can become extremely hot. 

Tire defect lawsuits are a special subgroup of automotive products liability lawsuits and fatal rollover accident lawsuits. This is because tire defect blow out lawsuits provide an independent product liability cause of action against the tire manufacturer as well as tire replacement centers. But, if the defective tires are original equipment on a vehicle, a fatal or deadly tire blow out lawsuit may also create a viable defective blowout lawsuit against the vehicle manufacturer. The Ford/Firestone litigation of a few years back brought the issue of tire defects into the forefront of public knowledge. Until then, people did not know a tire could just fail and blow out in the normal course of use.

The Ford/Firestone litigation was based on claims of design defects in the Firestone tires. The majority of tire cases before and after the Ford/Firestone litigation are based on claims of manufacturing and design defects that caused catastrophic injury and fatal blow out tire rollover accidents. A tire defect, oftentimes referred to as a tire delamination or tire detread, usually involves the bottom layer of steel belts separating from the second layer of steel belts and outside tread sometimes causing the defective tire to come apart and blowout.  When this delamination or detreading occurs it is common to find a large strip of tread, and sometimes accompanying smaller pieces, separating from the tire while in use.  This separation will often identify a tire delamination.

A delamination will significantly decrease a person’s ability to control the vehicle and will sometimes result in an accident. It is common for people to refer to these tire events as “blowouts.” A blowout is a sudden loss in air pressure. A tire delamination does not necessarily entail the loss of air pressure. Sometimes the tire will lose the tread but retain its air pressure through the entire accident sequence.

After a blowout or other fatal tire defect accident it is important to investigate the tires and their condition to determine if a tire defect, delamination, or detread was the cause of action accident or rollover. Are there large pieces of treads missing? Do the tires have air pressure or will they still hold air? How are old the tires (determined by the DOT number)? The tire and all tread pieces should be quickly secured and stored in a climate controlled area.

Also in investigating a catastrophic injury or deadly tire defect accident, it is important to speak with the occupants of the vehicle and any potential witness to determine if a blow out or tire detread occurred. A classic scenario in a tire delamination is testimony from passengers in the vehicle that a loud banging or slapping noise in the wheel-well of the tire that failed occurred immediately before losing control of the vehicle. This indicates that the tread was coming off and hitting the wheel well as the tire rotated. Also, in investigating a defective tire crash it is important to ask the occupants about how the car felt and acted during and after the tire event.

In addition to the products claim against the tire manufacturer, the prudent defective tire blow out accident lawyer should also investigate the possibility of a negligence claim against the entities that maintained or installed the tire. The negligence claim can stem from an improper tire size, rim size or tire/rim combination. It can also be based on an entity’s failure to inform a customer of signs of impending failure of a tire. Tire cases are uniquely technical in terms of the chemistry and other science involved. These are expert intensive cases. Only an expert will be able to make a proper determination on why, and if, the tire failed.  It is therefore important to have the vehicle and tire to examine, speak to all important witnesses, as well as obtain a complete vehicle history when investigating a defective tire blow out or detread accident lawsuit.

Investigating Fatal Tire Defect Collisions, Deadly Tire Blow Out Crashes, and Commercial Vehicle Crashes Typically Requires Preservation of Evidence and Discovery Requests for Important Records

Investigating a deadly crash, fatal collision, catastrophic injury car wreck, truck collision, or commercial vehicle accident usually requires preserving evidence and seeking records from the police, wreckage yard, black box experts, trucking company, defendant driver, truck driver, and insurance company to determine what caused the accident.  For more information on preservation of evidence and obtaining important records & evidence relating to a fatal, catastrophic injury, defective airbag, or truck collision, please go to the following web page Accident Investigation web page.

Additionally, automobile and car wrecks that kill people including fatal crashes and deadly impact collisions commonly require a lawyer that is familiar in handling wrongful death lawsuits and survival action lawsuits.  In thoroughly investigating the death of a loved one, it is important to understand the potential different types of compensation that can be obtained through the Texas legal system and insurance policies.  Under Texas law there are two main types of death actions, there is the wrongful death claim that is available to the spouse, parents, and children of a person that has been wrongfully killed by the negligent actions of another. There is also a survival action that  passes through the decedent's estate and allows the heirs or beneficiaries of a decedent to seek compensation.  The Wrongful Death Lawsuit seeks money compensation for the parents, spouse and children of the decedent based on a variety of factors including:

 - Loss of love, companionship, comfort, assistance, protection, affection or care 
 - Loss of financial support
 - Lost benefits, such as insurance, from the death
 - Loss of inheritance from an untimely death

The survival action lawsuit are claims for what the decedent would have recovered had the person survived the accident.  These claims travel through the decedent's estate and either go to their heirs or beneficiaries depending if the person had done any estate planning.  These damages include:

- Expenses associated with the death including funeral costs
- Medical expenses prior to the death
- Pain and suffering associated with the untimely death

Feel free to go to the following web page for more information on investigating and pursuing fatal and deadly crash lawsuits.

 

Automobile Accident Defective Crashworthiness Product Liability Lawsuits and The Crashworthiness Doctrine under Texas Law and Federal Law

Defective Automobile Accident Lawsuit Crashworthiness cases involve claims that a design defect caused or enhanced the injuries of a vehicle’s occupants during an automobile crash. To identify a crashworthiness claim, one must examine the interplay among the circumstances of the accident, the performance of the vehicle during the accident, and the injuries suffered. Such defects may cause a minor injury automobile collision to become a fatal automobile collision or cause enhanced injuries by failing to provide suitable protection from injury or death in foreseeable automobile accidents. Crashworthiness lawsuits have taken many forms, both in Texas litigation and throughout state and federal courts.

For more about the Crashworthiness Doctrine, please go to the following web page with information on the United States Federal and Texas Crashworthiness Doctrine.

  United States and Texas Catastrophic Injury and Fatal Tire Tread Defect Crash Lawyers and Deadly Defective Tire Blowout Accident Lawyers (Product Liability Defective Tire Tread Blowout Lawsuits)

For more information on Defective Tire Blowout Fatal Accident Lawsuits, Texas Fatal Rollover and Defective Tire Tread Lawsuits, Texas Tire Defect Blowout Crash Law Suits, and other Fatal Defective Tire Detread Wreck Lawsuits, please go to the following web page on Fatal Tire  Tread Defect Blowout Accident Lawsuits and Catastrophic Injury Defective Tire Blow Out Automobile Accident Lawsuits.

Defective Cold Therapy Unit Nerve Damage Lawsuits and Defective Cold Treatment Frost Bite Lawsuits

Defective Cold Therapy Unit Nerve Damage Lawsuits, Defective Cold Treatment Frost Bite Lawsuits, Defective Ice Therapy System Lawsuits, and Defective Cryotherapy Machine Nerve Damage Product Liability Lawsuits by Texas Defective Product Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

 

Defective products including Cold Therapy Units, Ice Systems, Cold Treatment Machines, and other Cryotherapy Devices can cause significant injuries including nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, and infarction necrosis.  The failure of many of these cryotherapy, ice, therapy and cold therapy devices is that they do not have proper temperature selection or time controls,  emergency shut off switches,  or warning alarms as well as do not provide adequate warnings of potential dangers or instructions for safe use.  These ice, cryotherapy, and cold therapy device defects can create dangerous situations for people including people recovering from surgery that are using the devices.  In selecting a Ice Therapy, Cryotherapy, or Cold Therapy Device, it is important to check with your doctor about the best cryotherapy system, unit, machine, or device, and be aware of the potential dangers of overuse or extended use including nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, and infarction necrosis. 

Cold Therapy Nerve Damage Lawsuits, Cryotherapy Recirculating Ice Cooler Frostbite Lawsuits, and Cryotherapy Hypoxia, Nerve Damage, or Immersion Syndrome Product Liability Lawsuits  

Cold therapy devices (aka cryotherapy devices) are commonly used to reduce swelling after surgery by cooling a swollen and inflamed area of the body.  These cryotherapy devices are typically filled with ice water and a pump circulates cold water to a pad that is fixed to the swollen and inflamed area.

The problem or defect with some of these cold therapy devices is that it is often difficult for patients and consumers to determine if a recirculating ice cooler is too cold or if the defective cryotherapy device has been used to long. Desensitization from surgery or the initial injury often can mask the patient's sensitivity to cold and create a situation where the recirculating ice cooler, ice machine, or defective cold therapy device is used too long or at too high of levels causing the patient to suffer serious injuries including including nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, and infarction necrosis.  Patients that have suffered injuries such as including nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, and/or infarction necrosis should immediately contact their health care provider.

Some of the problems associated with some defective cold therapy devices and defective cryotherapy devices are that the defective cold therapy device or cryotherapy device did not have proper automatic alarms or shut off information or  come with adequate cold therapy warnings or instructions including the following product defects and inadequate warnings.

• The defective cold therapy device did not come with a cryotherapy shut off alarm that warns users of potential dangers of prolonged use or dangerous temperature settings.
• The defective cold therapy device or cryotherapy device did not have an automatic off mechanism that prevents extreme temperature settings or cryotherapy over use.
• The defective cold therapy device or cryotherapy device did not come with instructions or warnings on selecting temperature settings or dangerous temperature settings.
• The defective cold therapy device or cryotherapy device did not come with instructions, warnings, or recommendation as to length of time for proper cold therapy treatment or use.
• The defective cold therapy device or cryotherapy device did not come with instructions or warnings concerning running too long or too cold.

As with any product, especially, products designed for post surgery patients, it is important for cold therapy or cryotherapy devices to have adequate safety features to protect post surgery patients and prevent serious injuries such as nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, and/or infarction necrosis. Further, it is also important that cryotherapy devices and cold therapy devices do not fail to warn cold therapy patients and cryotherapy patients of important health risks involved with long term use, unsupervised, unmonitored use, or extreme temperature use of ice cold therapy machines.

Extended use, extreme temperature use, unsupervised use, unmonitored use and prolonged use of these cold therapy and cryotherapy defective devices can cause serious injuries to both the skin and nerves resulting in skin damage, permanent nerve damage, chronic pain, nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, infarction necrosis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), CRPS 1 (chronic nerve disorder in the arms or legs after a minor injury), CRPS 2 (caused by an injury to the nerve), Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Reflex Sympathetic, Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Shoulder-Hand Syndrome, Causalgia, Sudeck’s Atrophy.

Cold Therapy Devices, Cryotherapy Devices, Ice Therapy Devices, Cold Therapy Systems, Cold Therapy Machines, Cold Therapy Units, Cryotherapy Machines, and Cryotherapy Units  

If your doctor has recommended the use of a ice, cryotherapy, or cold therapy system, device, machine, or unit for yourself or a loved one after surgery, it is important that everyone including the patient, doctor, and people helping the patient understand how to use the ice, cold therapy, or cryotherapy system, device, machine, or unit that has been selected as well as the potential dangers of over use, extreme temperature use, or prolonged use including skin damage, permanent nerve damage, chronic pain, nerve damage, tissue damage, childbain, frostbite, immersion syndrome, hypoxia, infarction necrosis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), CRPS 1 (chronic nerve disorder in the arms or legs after a minor injury), CRPS 2 (caused by an injury to the nerve), Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Reflex Sympathetic, Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Shoulder-Hand Syndrome, Causalgia, Sudeck’s Atrophy.

FDA Adverse Reaction Cold Therapy System 

FDA: Adverse Reaction Model Number 10B Event Date 11/02/2005 Event Type Injury Patient Outcome Required Intervention; Disability Event Description

"Ebice 10b cold therapy system was used following 2005 and 2006 podiatric surgical procedures performed for left foot problems and tarsal tunnel syndrome. The patient claims she has suffered cold thermal injury to the ankle, permanent nerve damage, chronic pain and rsd syndrome."

Manufacturer Narrative

"Although the unit was not returned for evaluation, the instructions for use was reviewed. Exerts taken from the ifu: read all instructions before using ebice. A licensed health care practitioner must determine the appropriate treatment setting and the length of treatment for each patient. Individual sensitivity to a cryotherapy application varies. It is important to periodically check the color and sensitivity of the skin at the treatment site. The patient should be instructed that if the skin appears discolored or feels numb, immediately discontinue the cold therapy treatment and notify your health care practitioner. Cooling for one hour at a water temperature of 30 - 48 deg f may induce redness and edema that last for 24 hours after exposure. Some individuals are allergic to cold, reacting with hives, joint pain and swelling. When cryotherapy is selected as a treatment modality, close monitoring of the patient's response to the cryotherapy treatment is critical. Water cycling adjustments or discontinuation of the treatment may be required if a patient demonstrates a localized hypothermia reaction. With a sudden sharp and persistent drop in temperature, vasoconstriction and increased viscosity of the blood in a local area may cause ischemic injury and degenerative changes in peripheral nerves. Localized reaction to cold may include childbain, frostbite or immersion syndrome. Prolonged tissues hypoxia and infarction necrosis of the affected tissue may develop. Vascular injury and edema become more evident as the temperature returns to normal." 

Product Liability Claims (Dangerous Drug Claims)

Dangerous and defective medical product lawsuits have become more common as the medical device and pharmaceutical industry has become more powerful.  With large medical device and drug companies seeking to sell more and more drugs and medical devices, some dangerous and defective medical devices and drugs have been pushed on the public.  It is important when using any medical device and taking any drug to make sure that you and your doctor understand potential benefits and dangers of the product as well as stay alert to any side effects or health issues that may arise from using the drug or medical device

For more information on defective medication lawsuits or defective medical device lawsuits, feel free to go to the following information pages on defective medical device and dangerous drug lawsuits including Implantable Neurostimulation System Lawsuits, Accutane Crohn's Disease and Inflamatory Bowel Diseases Lawsuits, Paroxetine, Seroxat, and Paxil Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Lawsuits, Lyrica Suicide Lawsuit and Pregabalin Attempted Suicide Lawsuits, Reglan Tardive Dyskinesia Lawsuits, Anticonvulsant Drug, Antiepileptic Drug (AED), and Topamax Lawsuits,  SSRI Drug Lawsuits, Avandia Stroke and Heart Attack Lawsuits, Antidepressant Lawsuits, Ketek Lawsuits, and Gadolinium Contrast Dye and Nephrogenic System Fibrosis Lawsuits.   

Defective Cold Therapy Unit Nerve Damage Lawyers, Defective Cold Treatment Device Frost Bite Lawyers, Defective Ice Therapy System Lawyers, and Cryotherapy Machine Nerve Damage Product Liability Lawyers (Defective Ice Therapy, Cryotherapy, Cold Therapy Nerve Damage Product Lawsuits)

For more information on Defective Cold Therapy Unit, Defective Ice Therapy Device, and Defective Cryotherapy Product Liability Lawsuits, please go to the following web page Defective Cold Therapy Machine Nerve Damage Lawsuits, Defective Ice Therapy Unit Frostbite Lawsuits, and Defective Cryotherapy Device Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Product Liability Lawsuits.

United States and Mexico Bus Wrecks: Texas Serious Injury and Fatal Bus Accident Lawsuits

Texas Bus Company Accident Law Suits, Texas Charter Bus Lawsuits, Texas Bus Company Poor Maintenance Accident Lawsuits, and Texas Bus Driver Negligence Collision Lawsuits (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Mexico Fatal Bus Wrecks)

Catastrophic Injury and Fatal Bus Accident Lawsuits can be caused by a variety of reasons including negligent maintenance of buses, negligent bus drivers, over worked bus drivers, poor hiring of bus company drivers or employees, old bus fleets, or poor bus company policies and procedures.  In investigating or litigating a serious injury or fatal bus accident lawsuit, it is important to understand what caused the bus wreck and who the potential defendants are.  These issues not only help determine how to prevent future bus crashes, but also are determinative in where to file a potential bus collision lawsuit and what compensation may be available for those seriously injured in a bus collision or the family of a person killed in a deadly bus accident.

There are numerous Texas bus companies that provide bus and shuttle services that charter buses and provide bus travel through the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado,  Oklahoma, and  other parts of the United States as well as into Mexico.  Some of the bus companies that provide  bus transportation  and shuttle services in Texas and the surrounding states include: Arrow Trailways of Texas, Star Shuttle; Charter, River City Coaches, Lone Star Bus Lines Inc. Trailways, Greyhound Lines Inc., El Expresso Bus Company/A Coach USA Co., Eagle Tours Inc., Daisy Tours/Conventions San Antonio, Coach USA/Gray Line of San Antonio & Austin, Coach USA Inc., Coach USA Houston/Gray Line of Houston, Coach USA Dallas, Central West of Texas Inc., Central Texas Trails Inc., ACH Travel & Tours Inc.,Valley Transit, Greyhound Mexico (a Mexican subsidiary of Greyhound), and Autobuses Americanos.

Jurisdiction for Serious Injury and Deadly Bus Crashes in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado,  Oklahoma, and  other parts of the United States as well as Mexico may be in Texas Courts 

Potential deadly bus accident defendants that are Texas Bus Companies or run bus services through Texas can often be held liable in Texas courts for deadly bus crashes even if the deadly bus wreck occurred in Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado,  Oklahoma, and other parts of the United States or in Mexico  This is important as victims of serious bus crashes and their bus collision attorneys often need to know where a potential catastrophic injury or fatal bus wreck lawsuit should or can be filed.

Texas Bus Company Crash Law Suits, Mexico Charter Bus Collision Lawsuits, Texas Shuttle Lawsuits, Texas Bus Company Poor Maintenance Accident Lawsuits, and Texas Bus Driver Negligence Collision Lawsuits

Most of the above bus and shuttle services provide safe travel for their passengers, but occasionally a negligent driver or negligent maintenance workers on the buses or shuttles will cause serious accidents or collisions that result in bus passengers or shuttle passengers suffering catastrophic injuries or deadly injuries. In these situations, it is important to thoroughly investigate the cause of the bus or shuttle accident to determine the cause of the shuttle or bus collision.  Not only is it important to determine the cause of the shuttle or bus accident for any potential bus accident or shuttle accident lawsuit, but also to make sure that similar fatal bus accidents, catastrophic injury bus accidents, fatal shuttle accidents, or catastrophic injury bus accidents do not happen again.

Because of the large sizes of buses and shuttles, it is extremely important that they be well maintained and operated safely.  Safe operation of buses not only is important to protect the shuttle and bus passengers, but also other drivers and vehicle passengers on roads and highways as well as pedestrians, bicyclists, runners, and people on a motorcycle or in a much smaller vehicle.  The damage that a large out of control bus can do to a person including a bus passenger, bus driver, shuttle passenger, cyclist, pedestrian, or passengers in other vehicles can cause serious injuries, catastrophic damages, and even death.

Because of the large potential damages and injuries that a shuttle or bus accident can cause, bus and shuttle charter companies are required to carry insurance to cover potential damages that they could cause in a bus or shuttle accident.  As such, it is important to have a Texas Shuttle or Bus Accident Lawyer that is able to understand different potential insurance coverages as well as how to deal with insurance adjusters and how to litigate a catastrophic injury or fatal bus accident law suit.

Texas Bus Pedestrian Collision Lawsuits, Texas Bus Motorcycle Wreck Lawsuits, Texas Bus Scooter Crash Lawsuits, and Texas Bus Bike Accident Lawsuits

A bus accident can be a devastating and life changing event, this is especially true if the bus hits a pedestrian, bicyclist, motorcycle, or a much smaller vehicle.  The damage that a large out of control bus can do to a person or other vehicle can cause serious injuries, catastrophic damages, and even death.

As many bus accidents involve private and governmental entities that own or control the bus, it is important to have a Texas Bus Accident Lawyer that is able to determine the correct way to investigate and litigate a serious injury or deadly bus crash lawsuit.  It is important to understand the notice periods, government bureaucrats, insurance adjusters, and risk departments, as well as the law, rules, and regulations regarding a bus wreck lawsuit and a bus accident claim.

   United States, Mexico, and Texas Catastrophic Injury and Fatal Shuttle and Bus Accident Lawyers for Texas Serious Injury and Deadly Bus Crash Lawsuits

As a Texas Shuttle and Bus Accident Lawyer, Jason Coomer, works on Texas Bus Accident Lawsuits involving serious injuries and fatal bus accidents all over the State of Texas and throughout the United States.  In working on Texas Bus Wreck Law Suits, Jason Coomer commonly works with other Texas Shuttle and Bus Accident Lawyers throughout Texas including Houston Fatal Bus Collision Lawyers, Dallas Fatal Bus  Wreck Lawyers, El Paso Bus Crash Lawyers, and San Antonio Bus Collision Lawyers. 

In working with other Fatal Shuttle and Deadly Bus Accident Lawyers, he is able to more efficiently investigate and litigate catastrophic injury and fatal shuttle and bus accident lawsuits.  

Texas Automobile Accident Lawyers & Deadly Car Wreck Lawsuits

Fatal and serious injury bus and automobile accident law suits need to be investigated and it is usually necessary to have an experienced Texas fatal automobile accident lawyer to file the law suit and litigate the fatal automobile accident claim.  The Texas automobile accident lawyer will have to investigate the claim, gather information, and prove liability, causation, and damages.  Automobile Accident Law Suits including Texas Bus Collision Lawsuits commonly have strict notice periods that need to be adhered to and will require a thorough accident investigation as well as an experienced negotiator to deal with the insurance company or risk manager that is handling the case.  These can be extremely difficult for a grieving family. 

Likewise people that are seriously injured in automobile accidents, typically need to be focusing on healing and their health.  The last thing they need to do is to be interrogated by an insurance adjuster regarding the automobile accident. Unfortunately, it is extremely common to have insurance adjusters contact people injured in an automobile accident to obtain evidence to dispute liability.  Many of these recorded statements are taken when the injured person is still hurt and on medication.  If you have been seriously injured in an automobile accident, it is often a good idea to speak to an automobile accident lawyer prior to agreeing to give a recorded statement.

Texas Bus Accident Lawsuits and Texas Bus and Shuttle Collision Lawyers

If you have been seriously injured by in a Bus Crash, it is important to seek medical help to determine how to treat the head trauma, back herniations, broken bones, or injuries you have suffered. It is then a good idea to contact the authorities and/or explore a possible law suit to make sure that the wrongful act or reckless bus driver can be removed from the road.  Texans do not need dangerous bus drivers or negligent bus drivers making our roads, streets, and highways more dangerous.  Large buses that weigh several tons are dangerous enough when driven safely and when they are well maintained.  Be careful out there and avoid being the victim of a bus accident or a serious bus collision.

For more information on a Texas Shuttle and Bus Accident Lawsuit or other vehicle collision lawsuit, please feel free to go to the following web page: Texas Shuttle and Bus Accident Lawsuit.

Traumatic Back Injury Lawsuits including Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuits as well as Crushed Disc, Bulged Disc, and Herniated Disc Lawsuits

Texas Traumatic Back Injury Lawsuits including Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuits as well as Crushed Disc, Bulged Disc, and Herniated Disc Lawsuits


Back and spinal injuries are some of the most difficult and life changing traumatic injuries that a person can suffer. Many types of traumatic accidents can cause a serious back injury that can cause significant pain as well as permanent physical impairment to a person. These back and spinal cord injuries can not only require significant and expensive medical treatment, but can also change a person's day to day life as well as end a person's career.

Treatment for Spinal Cord and Back Injuries include Cervical Decompression and Fusion Surgery, Lumbar Decompression and Fusion Surgery, Injections, Physical Therapy, and Spinal Implants 

The human body has remarkable healing potential. Combining determination, proper medical attention, knowledge about an injury, and focus on the healing process can greatly help most injuries. Hiring a lawyer to battle the insurance companies and responsible parties will allow the injured person to focus on the healing process.

After a person has suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury or other serious back injury including a severed spinal cord, broken vertebrae, crushed discs, herniated discs, or a bulged discs; the most important thing you can do is to find a good medical doctor to assess the injury so that the injured person and their family knows their options and how to best treat the injury. From physical therapy and steroid injections to back surgeries (lumbar diskectomy, cervical fusion, and other lumbar or cervical procedures), there are many different ways to treat a back injury and it is important to know what will work best for you.

Fortunately, medical science has come a long way in treating back injuries and spinal cord injuries. Good neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons can often perform back surgery that can help severe spinal cord and back injuries.

Some types of back and neck surgery include:

Artificial Disc Replacement - is a procedure that involves replacing a painful disc that is causing chronic back pain with an artificial disc that provides pain relief without compromising the spine's natural anatomical structure.

Cervical Spinal Fusion - uses a bone graft in the cervical or neck/upper back to stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment for the purpose of decreasing pain generated from the damaged part of the cervical back, upper back, or neck.

Cervical Decompression Surgery - Decompression surgery involves removing a small portion of the bone over the nerve root and/or disc material from under the nerve root to relieve pinching of the nerve and provide more room for the nerve to heal. Depending on the patient's condition including cervical impingement an Ananterior Cervical Decompression Surgery (Discectomy), a Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Surgery (Microdiscectomy), or a combination of operating from the front and back of the patient may be used.

Cervical Decompression and Fusion Surgery - Decompression surgery involves removing a small portion of the bone over the nerve root and/or disc material from under the nerve root to relieve pinching of the nerve and provide more room for the nerve to heal. The decompression surgery will sometimes de-stabilize the spine and create the need for a fusion to add stability. In these cases spinal instrumentation (such as a small plate) can also be used to help add stability to the spinal construct. Depending on the patient's cervical impingement an Ananterior Cervical Decompression Surgery (Discectomy) or a Posterior Cervical Decompression (Microdiscectomy) and Fusion Surgery (Discectomy) or a combination of operating from the front and back of the patient may be used.

Lumbar Spinal Fusion - uses a bone graft in the lumbar or lower part of a person's back to stop the motion at a painful vertebral segment for the purpose of decreasing pain generated from the damaged part of the lumbar or lower back.

Lumbar Decompression Surgery (Laminectomy) - Decompression surgery involves removing a small portion of the bone over the nerve root and/or disc material from under the nerve root to relieve pinching of the nerve and provide more room for the nerve to heal.

Lumbar Decompression and Fusion Surgery - The decompression and fusion surgeries are often used together because decompression surgery involves removing a small portion of the bone over the nerve root and/or disc material from under the nerve root to relieve pinching of the nerve and provide more room for the nerve to heal. Thus, decompression surgery or a laminectomy will sometimes de-stabilize the spine and create the need for a fusion to add stability. In these cases spinal instrumentation (such as a small plate) can also be used to help add stability to the spinal construct.

In addition to the above back surgeries, there are numerous implants and spinal devices as well as injections that can help people recover from back and spinal cord injuries. These procedures and devices can reduce pain cause by back injuries as well as help reduce impairment. However, it is extremely important when considering back surgery or other spinal procedures to make sure that you have a competent doctor and medical staff that you trust. A failed back surgery or defective medical device can cause more impairment, pain, and health problems than none at all. It is important to understand the risks of any back surgery or medical treatment.


An Injured Person and their Family Should Focus on Healing after a Catastrophic Back Injury and Spinal Cord Injury, While Their Lawyer Litigates the Catastrophic Back Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuit with the Insurance Company and Large Corporation


The second step after suffering a serious back or spinal cord injury is to determine how to pay for the necessary medical treatment and if it is necessary to hire an attorney to thoroughly investigate 1) the accident that caused the injury, 2) all potentially responsible parties, and 3) what type of insurance coverage may apply.  This investigation may become complicated if a lawsuit is necessary. 

There are many types of traumatic back injury and spinal cord injury lawsuits including bike and cycling accident lawsuits, truck collision lawsuits, drunk driver lawsuits, bus accident lawsuits, pedestrian crosswalk accident lawsuits, helicopter crash lawsuits, medical malpractice lawsuits, premises liability lawsuits, motorcycle Accident lawsuits, catastrophic injury construction accident lawsuits, home accident lawsuits, defective product lawsuits, trucking accident lawsuits serious fall lawsuits, dangerous condition lawsuits, taxi cab accident lawsuits, trench collapse and excavator accident lawsuits, watercraft and jet ski accident lawsuits, road construction accident lawsuits (improper warning or barricade), and automobile accident lawsuits.  He also handles traumatic brain injury lawsuits and fatal accident lawsuits including accidental death lawsuits, fatal DWI lawsuit, workplace death & injury lawsuits, and wrongful death and survival actions.

It is important to hire an attorney that is interested in helping seriously injured individuals and their families recover compensation and assert their rights after an accident or crash. Whether a person is injured by a hazardous trap, falling object, helicopter crash, serious fall, dangerous defect, careless actions, or the negligence of another, individuals often need assistance from a Texas Catastrophic Back and Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer in dealing with and seeking money compensation from insurance companies and large corporations for the damages that they have suffered.

Texas Traumatic Back Injury Lawsuits including Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuits as well as Crushed Disc, Bulged Disc, and Herniated Disc Lawsuits

A serious back injury or spinal cord injury can cause extreme pain and paralysis requiring back surgery, physical therapy, home health care providers, and medical devices & equipment. Recovering from a back injury or spinal cord injury case take years and in many instances full impairment may never be obtained. In the more severe cases, the injured person may need help in their day to day life and may not be able to do many of things that they were able to do prior to the traumatic back injury or spinal cord injury.

For more information on Traumatic Back Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuits, please feel free to go to the following webpage on Traumatic Back Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Lawsuits.