Overby Financial Consulting

10/01/2012

Two of the most common antibiotics have been linked with permanent and even deadly side effects; now new studies raise concern they could cause blindness, too.

09/25/2012

For a generation, structured settlements have been an integral part of helping claims professionals settle difficult cases. That’s why NSSTA is honored to announce that next month,Richard Woollams, Chartis’ President of Claims,will speak about structured settlements and the claims process at the Fal...

09/10/2012

Keep up the good work, Mike!

Mike Doyle, a Houston attorney, has filed a motion asking the Texas Supreme Court to revisit, yet again, a decision that eliminated the right for employees injured on the job to sue workers' compensation insurers who act in bad faith. Doyle is one of the few attorneys who's even willing to take th…

09/02/2012

8 Legendary Trial Lawyers - One Unforgettable Seminar

2012 Legends of the Fall CLE September 6-7, Four Seasons Hotel Austin, Texas. Earn 8 hrs. MCLE with 5 hrs. ethics. Sponsored by: Payne Mitchell Law Group, LLP and Watts, Guerra, Craft, LLP

08/15/2012

Consumer Alert!

Bumbo International Trust is voluntarily recalling about 4 million Bumbo Baby Seats after scores of injuries, including skull fractures , the South African company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Wednesday.

08/13/2012

Texans losing their Seventh Amendment rights.

Taken out of context, it's a great lawyer joke, as if the Bard knew modern society would blame lawyers for everything from inscrutable contracts to ridiculous consumer warning labels. Two strong forces are making it nearly impossible to seek redress for injury in state courts: sweeping tort reform ...

08/03/2012

"I think about the way my daughter was before, and my daughter actually died that day, and what God give me back, it tears you up sometimes," Mike Gaines said. "It really tears you up."

08/03/2012

Congrats!

The NSSTA Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it is extending a lifetime honorary membership in the association to former NSSTA president Joseph O’Reilly.

07/24/2012

June 29 was a significant day for the legal rights of Texas nurses. On that day, the Texas Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, opted to inexplicably treat workplace injuries for nurses and other hospital employees like they are medical errors. The result is that the legal rights of health care workers ...

07/24/2012

A surge in oil and gas production has been a boon for the state's economy, but it has come at the expense of the safety of oilfield workers, who not only face physical injury but also long-term health issues like fibrotic lung disease.