In an article on the first page of the “City & State” section of Friday’s (8/10/12) Houston Chronicle, writer Patricia Kilday Hart exposes the loss of rights Texans have undergone due to the Texas Supreme Court’s extremist “tort reform” efforts to protect businesses from bearing responsibility for their misconduct. Ms. Hart references an academic study…
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A Texas woman died after she fell from a ferry running between Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island on July 24, 2012. While the cause of her death is unknown, this accident emphasizes the risks of maritime transportation. The 45-year-old Sugar Land woman was standing next to a railing aboard the Bolivar Peninsula ferry when witnesses…
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Brian Harvey, the husband of Phyllis Harvey, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mrs. Harvey’s psychiatrist alleging negligence, fraud, fraudulent concealment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Mrs. Harvey’s psychiatrist, Dr. Alexander Bystritsky, is accused of causing Mrs. Harvey’s death by prescribing her dangerous combinations of drugs that altered her heart rhythm. Bystritsky began…
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A large percentage of United States households own at least one gas can. Plastic gas cans represent 95% of all gas cans sold in America which based on these statistics means that most of us at one time or another have either owned or used plastic gas cans. Due to the risk of ignition of…
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A recent lawsuit has been filed against Rick’s Cabaret for the wrongful death of Katherine “Emily” Jones, a Conroe teen. Jones, a senior at Caney Creek High School, was killed by a drunk driver in a fatal car collision on March 30, 2011. According to the suit filed by Emily’s family, the bar’s company policy…
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A few weeks ago, we blogged about the inherent dangers that miners, loggers and construction workers face in their day-to-day jobs. When you think about people that face death in their jobs, fisherman and farmers may not be the first thing that pops to mind. But if you’ve ever seen the Discovery Channel hit shows…
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Juries in Harris County do not reflect the demographics that makeup its population. Most people think that the diverse population is key to the jury makeup but the truth is that judges and lawyers play the largest role in deciding who stays and goes from juries. Winning cases is what motivates lawyers to remove or…
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According to the Associated Press and Reuters, the parents of stuntman Kun Liu have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the producers Nu Image and Millennium Films. Kun Liu was a stuntman killed while working on the action sequel The Expendables 2, which has a global release date of August 17, 2012. Zong Yu Liu…
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