Texans living along the Gulf Coast greeted with displeasure a recent ruling by a sharply divided Texas Supreme Court which compromises their right to open beaches. The case is named Severance v. Patterson, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2012). The facts in Severance stemmed from Hurricane Rita’s changes to the Texas coastline. Land “avulsed,” leaving the…
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We see the big orange barrels set up in the median and know the road we’re traveling down is under construction. But how many of us reduce our speed significantly when driving through that work zone? Motorists should exercise extreme caution when driving through work zones at all times, but especially April 23-27, which is…
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The Associated Press is announcing that a New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a middle school student who was paralyzed when a known bully punched him in the abdomen. According to the story, Sawyer Rosenstein complained to the district about being bullied…
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It may seem rather remarkable, given the attention paid to safety by automobile manufacturers, but defective products still manage to find their way onto the market and into the hands of buyers. In the 1970s Ford’s Pinto had gas tanks that exploded upon impact. More recently, Audi and Toyota have had problems with unintended acceleration….
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Justice was served to a Nebraska-based insurance company last week when a jury awarded 90-year-old, Arlene Hull, $34 million to compensate her for the insurance company’s wrongful denial of benefits under her policy. In 1997, Ms. Hull and her husband purchased a long-term insurance plan that was to pay for the medical and living expenses…
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We’ve recently been writing about the increasing number of traffic fatalities due to distracted driving. In addition to the statistics we blogged about yesterday, a study recently found that distracted driving related accidents jumped from 4,563 in 1999 to 5,870 in 2008. Across the nation, distracted driving awareness campaigns seem to focus on texting and…
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According to the Insurance Journal, a Houston-based state-certified vehicle inspection station previously cited for failing to notice defects in a bus that crashed in North Texas killing 17 people, is back in business. Brothers Alam and Cesar Hernandez, the owners of 5 Minute Inspections have been, opened another station in the same Houston neighborhood with…
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Although the national Hispanic population is soaring, experts have found that the number of registered voters is declining. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, Hispanic voter registration dropped from 11.6 million in 2008 to 10.9 million in 2010. This decrease of more than half a million voters is noteworthy because it is…
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