Rowlett Hospital Faces Suit by Woman for Negligent Care

Mashell Darden
(Photo: Nathan Hunsinger)

Because of what she calls negligent care, Mashell Darden says she now receives dialysis three days a week, has had two strokes, brain surgery, blood clots, liver damage, a partial hysterectomy and heart surgery.

The mother of four is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant because she says, she contracted a potentially deadly blood infection while waiting overnight at a hospital for doctors to remove a fetus that had died.

Nearly three years later, Darden is in the midst of a lawsuit against Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett and several members of its medical staff. The complaint states that in the 16 hours Darden was at the hospital, doctors failed to properly examine her until she had contracted a blood infection called sepsis and it had progressed into septic shock, which is often fatal.



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source: The Dallas Morning News (NIELSEN, 06/27/2011)

Two dead in early morning 18-wheeler crash on I-12 in St. Tammany

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Two women died in a crash on Interstate 12 in St. Tammany Parish Friday morning after their SUV was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler, authorities said.

Anthony Hernandez, 34, was driving the truck westbound about three miles from the Louisiana 59 exit when he moved into the left-hand lane to pass another vehicle about 1:10 a.m., Trooper Nick Manale said. When Hernandez, of New Braunfels, Texas, tried to re-enter the right-hand lane he apparently did not notice a Ford Explorer traveling directly in his path, Manale said.

Hernandez slammed into the back of the SUV, which was driven by Desiree Hudson, 35, of Robert, Manale said. The crash caused the car to spin off the highway before striking several trees on the side of the road, he said.

Hudson and her passenger, 54-year-old Colleen Randall of Covington, were both pronounced dead on the scene by the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office. Both women were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash, Manale said.

Hernandez, who was also wearing his seatbelt, was not seriously injured in the crash, Manale said. He submitted to a chemical test that showed no sign of alcohol in his system, he said.

Hernandez was booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail in Covington with two counts of negligent homicide and one count of careless driving.


source: www.nola.com (Adelson, 6/24)

Supreme Court Blocks Huge Class-Action Suit Against Wal-Mart

Women and minorities who think they are underpaid will find it nearly impossible to band together to sue employers for discrimination under a Supreme Court ruling against 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees in the most important job-bias case in a decade. Only if there is proof a company has a policy of paying less to women or minorities can the employees get together in a class-action suit, the court said in an opinion Monday by Justice Antonin Scalia. Statistics showing that a company's female workers earn far less and get fewer promotions than men will not suffice, the court said. The suit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been seen as a key test of whether civil rights lawyers, armed with computer-generated data on wages, could force the nation's largest employer to stand trial and face billions of dollars in potential liability. Had they won against Wal-Mart, other similar suits against nationwide retailers were in the offing.

by David G. Savage, LA Times  06/21/2011