The latest debate among highway safety proponents concerns more stringent requirements for underride guards for 18 wheelers and other large commercial trucks. After conducting a number of safety tests, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety even petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to strengthen underride guard standards. But why should “highway safety” begin and…
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The firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Sony for the wrongful release of over 77 million Sony PlayStation owners. Between, April 17 and April 19, 2011, Sony’s PlayStation Network service user account information was compromised by an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into their network. Although the breach occurred between the dates of April…
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Limitations placed on the use of the active ingredient of Avandia (rosiglitazone) by the FDA last fall lead to a number of product liability and wrongful death lawsuits being filed against the drug’s manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The latest in these wrongful death lawsuits was recently filed in Texas. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of…
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With all of the issues facing state and local governments, Gov. Rick Perry declared tort deform an emergency issue that needed to be immediately decided by the Texas Legislature just last week. I use the term “tort deform” because the term “tort reform” really is not a reformation of the tort system – – but…
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Last week, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, two 23-year-old men were involved in a fatal car accident in northeast Harris County. But it wasn’t until over 12 hours after the crash that the bodies of both victims were actually found. According to local investigators, it is believed that the two young men were…
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A construction worker died last Wednesday after being severely injured as he was working with a crew to demolish the historic Flagship Hotel in Galveston, Texas. The Flagship Hotel, located at 2501 Seawall Blvd, was originally built on the pier over the Gulf of Mexico in 1965 following Hurricane Carla. The pier itself, first constructed…
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On April 26, 2011, a Harris County jury hit Jubilee Financial Management, LLC, The Credit Card Solution (TCCS), Freedom from Debt Alliance, and Robert M. Lindsey with a $13.8 million verdict. The jury found that these defendants defrauded indebted Texans and failed to register with authorities in violation of state law. According to the State’s…
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This past week, the United States Supreme Court dealt a blow to consumers who had relatively small claims and attempted to band together to bring a class-action against a major corporation accused of wrongdoing. In a 5 to 4 decision, the Court ruled against a group of AT&T cell phone customers who were promised free…
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