A recently released United States Bureau of Labor Statistics report has found a slight drop in work related deaths in Texas in 2010 as compared to 2009. The agency reported there were 456 Texas workers who died last year, while 482 Texas workers died on the job in 2009. This would be encouraging in a…
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The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), a long-time advocate for the Latino community, has been a fixture in the Ninth Circuit for over a decade defending undocumented workers’ legal rights. In March of this year, President and General Counsel of MALDEF, Thomas A. Saenz, argued before the 11-judge en banc panel on behalf…
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A Dallas County Court-at-Law No. 1 jury announced a $9.3 million verdict against Episcopal School of Dallas on September 21, 2011. According to press releases distributed by PR Newswire, the trial lasted a grueling nine weeks and focused on evidence that officials from the private school improperly expelled a female minor student after learning that…
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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has cited a Texas barge company for 40 safety violations related to a flash fire earlier this year. In April, two Texas Barge & Boat Inc. employees were working on a barge in a dry dock in Freeport. The men were inside the hopper space (the area between…
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Several bus accidents have occurred in the past year which has caused the bus industry to receive extreme criticism and inspection. Negligence was the cause of the accident on March 12th where fifteen people lost their lives in Bronx, New York. This was a result of oversights in the World Wide Travel hiring office. Another…
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Recently, an 11-month-old infant died when his 2-year-old brother bumped into the furniture holding the family’s television, causing it to fall and crush the infant’s head and abdomen. Although this seems like a rare occurrence, over 43,000 people are treated in emergency rooms every year for injuries related to the instability of televisions, furniture, and…
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At 9 a.m .this morning in Houston, Texas a dump truck hit a Metro rail train at the corner of Main Street and Capital. According to investigators, the train was traveling south on Main Street when the truck traveling west on Capital collided with the train. The driver of the truck was blinded by the…
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Tragedy struck last week in San Antonio when an SUV struck a stroller in a hospital parking lot. On Wednesday, around 11 am, a mother was pushing her 17-month-old boy in a stroller through the parking lot of the San Antonio Military Medical Center. The mother had just left the hospital and was pushing the…
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