The United States Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to Brazilian Blowout that its product contains a “poisonous or deleterious substance.” Brazilian Blowout is a popular hair straightening product that can cost up to $500. The hair straightening product, when used as instructed, is applied to one’s hair and then heated with a blow…
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In one of the saddest stories reported in a long time, a two-week old baby in Harris County died last week after it was attacked by the family dog. Law enforcement officials say that on late Saturday evening the two week old was in an infant carrier sitting on the floor. The baby’s mother was…
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According to federal officials, Honda Motors has issued a recall of 310,773 Pilot SUVs to fix a defect in the seat belts. Honda officials said that the stitching in the seat belts may not have been properly sewn and can detach suddenly. The failure can lead to an increased risk of injury in a crash….
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ESC, also known as Electronic Stability Control, is a safety feature installed in some vehicles to prevent automobile accidents and fatal injuries from occurring on the road. Government research has proven that ESC reduces up to forty percent of single vehicle crashes and up to eighty eight percent of dangerous turnovers in large vehicles such…
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In a recent decision, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that an injured employee who was denied worker’s compensation benefits was not entitled to sue the carrier for its violations of the Texas Insurance Code. The case is Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. Ruttiger, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2011). In it, a carrier denied benefits to…
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Two Houston teens could have received up to 20 years in prison after they were convicted last week on three counts of vehicular manslaughter. On September 27, 2010, the now-18 year old and 19-year-old were believed to have been street racing in northwestern Houston. Shooting down the city streets at excessive speeds, one of the…
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Some of this year’s earlier legislation arising out of Texas House Bill 274 regarding lawsuits has recently gone into effect. Part of that legislation directed the Texas Supreme Court to develop certain procedural guidelines to implement that legislation. One area that has recently been reviewed by several stake holders in the litigation practice involves the…
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This post is part three in a series on fatal pedestrian accidents in Houston. In a national survey of the most dangerous metropolitan areas for pedestrians, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area ranked number nine on the list. When fatalities result from auto-pedestrian accidents, the exact circumstances of each accident vary, but several common patterns have emerged….
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