Month: November 2011

Abraham Watkins

Texas Supreme Court Upholds Business Margins Tax

In a highly anticipated opinion, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the business margins tax that taxed limited partnerships. The tax payers primarly challenged the classification of the tax. Opponents of the law in Allcat Claims Service, L.P. vs. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, and Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, argued the franchise tax on limited…

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Abraham Watkins

Fatal Accident Caused by Drowsy Truck Driver Spreads Awareness for Sleep Apnea

Forty-five years of marriage ended when a distracted, fatigued semi-truck driver took his eyes off the road and drove his 18-wheeler into the back of a Hyundai. The long-time married couple had stopped their Hyundai, waiting for a line of traffic to pass through a construction zone on the west side of Texarkana. They never…

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Abraham Watkins

20% of Commercial Vehicles in Texas Deemed Unsafe

According to records from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas inspectors pulled one out of five 18-wheelers and buses off the road this year because they were unsafe, posing a potentially dangerous risk to drivers and passengers across the state. DPS said Thursday that of 331,505 commercial vehicles inspected since Jan. 1, 66,189 were…

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