On Wednesday, January 20, 2011, the First Court of Appeals in Houston affirmed a jury verdict in favor of the widow, infant child, and father of a worker who was killed when a garbage truck backed over him. The case is entitled Republic Waste Services of Texas, Ltd., et al. v. Martinez, et al., ___…
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According to the New York Times, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced another recall of various medications due to “past manufacturing practices like insufficient equipment cleaning systems” The 43 million packages recalled were of Tylenol, Benadryl, Sudafed and Sinutab. Johnson & Johnson claims the recall was initiated as a precaution. Allegedly, there have been no…
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New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson is sued by the US state of Oregon for having conducted a ‘phantom recall’ of its defective Motrin caplets. Johnson & Johnson has been held accountable for not having notified consumers who bought the defective product, and exposed other consumers to potential danger from its use. The lawsuit seeks restitution…
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I recently was honored to give the commencement address at the December 2010 South Texas College of Law Houston graduation. One of the areas I talked about was giving back to the community using the law degree that was to be awarded. Here is a part of that address: Now, you cannot just rest on…
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Following every decennial federal census, the inevitable population shifts among states require the 435 districts that comprise the United States House of Representatives to be redrawn in order to ensure that they each contain the same number of constituents. The results of the most recent census reveal that at 3.9 million new residents, Texas experienced…
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Massachusett’s highest court, the Supreme Judicial Court, recently issued a ruling favoring homeowners. In US Bank N.A. v. Ibanez, which consolidated two appeals, Option One Mortgage Corp, created blank mortgage assignments and then sold the mortgages without recording them. In one case, Option One was the original lender, and in the other it was the…
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In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against a bicyclist who steered around a street barricade and struck a chain across a dark street. The university had not placed customary cones and reflective tape near the barricade and chain. In the case of The University of Texas at Austin v. Hayes, ___ S.W.3d…
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