Month: October 2015

Abraham Watkins

Toyota Recalls 6.5 Million Vehicles Worldwide

Toyota has announced that it is recalling 6.5 million cars worldwide because of a potentially harmful defect in the operating mechanism of the driver’s side power window switch. The mechanism was supplied to Toyota by Rokai Rika Co. The recall represents approximately two-thirds of Toyota’s annual production. Toyota says that the heat-resistant grease that must…

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Kia Recalls Over 400,000 SUVs

Kia will recall over 419,000 sport utility vehicle (SUV) crossovers in the United States and Canada due to a problem with the gear shift lever. The defective gear shifts affect 2011 to 2013 model years of the Kia Sorento. As a result, Kia will notify owners to bring in their SUVs to dealers to have…

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Houston Construction Incident Leaves Worker In Vegetative StateHouston Construction Incident Leaves Worker In Vegetative State

Firm partner, Benny Agosto, Jr. has filed a personal injury suit against Burton Construction Company of Harris County on behalf of the wife and children of Juan Cuevas for the October 5 scaffold failure which resulted in the severe head injuries of Mr. Cuevas. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Cuevas suffered severe brain damage when…

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Cheerios RecallCheerios Recall

In early October the food manufacturer General Mills stated that they in the process of doing a voluntary recall for about 1.8 million boxes of its Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios. The recall is due to the possibility of wheat flour exposure to products labeled gluten-free. This can prove to be problematic for individuals that…

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Abraham Watkins

Injured at Work in Texas? You May Have Trouble Getting Treatment.

This blog has previously reported statistics about workplace injuries and deaths in Texas, statistics collected from state sources such as the Texas Department of Insurance. But how accurate are these statistics? According to at least one source, many injuries in Texas caused by workplace incidents in particular go unreported. Others are described incompletely by employers…

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