When an aircraft crashes, lawsuits look at a wide range of factors to determine who is responsible for what went wrong. In one recent crash, however, the National Transportation Safety Board pointed to an unusual problem. It concluded that a billionaire’s 5-year-old daughter likely caused a helicopter to crash, killing the girl, her three family…
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In the early morning hours on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, a motorcyclist collided with a big-rig tanker truck outside the Lubrizol Corporation chemical plant in east Harris County. Anson Guillory, the driver of the motorcycle, sustained life-threatening injuries and died as a result of the two-vehicle crash. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the…
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In the early morning hours on Sunday, four children were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Lourdes Lopez, the driver of the Jeep in which they were passengers, allegedly was intoxicated. Heading north on Fry Road, she allegedly ran a red light at the eastbound service road of I-10. One boy was ejected, raising…
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that two additional drugs made by the New England Compounding Center (NECC) were contaminated. The new drugs that have been found to be infected with multiple strands of bacteria are preservative-free betamethasone, a corticosteroid used to relieve severe itching, and cardioplegia solution, a drug used to stop…
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As we have discussed in previous posts, the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom is boosting economic activity around the state – but one dangerous side effect of this boom is a surge in fatal traffic accidents. For the small South Texas town of Karnes City, located in the heart of Eagle Ford Shale territory, the…
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Unsurprisingly, drunk driving accounts for a huge number of fatal accidents in Houston and throughout the United States. Nearly 12,000 people died in drunk driving accidents in 2008 alone. Another fatal drunk driving accident happened in Houston this week, killing one man and injuring two other people. The crash occurred shortly after 10:00 p.m. in…
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A local Houstonian that was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned has reached a settlement with the city of Houston, according to the Houston Chronicle. George Rodriguez will receive $3.1 million in a compromise settlement, according to Mayor Annise Parker. George Rodriguez spent 17 years in a state prison after being wrongfully convicted for the 1987 kidnapping…
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The City of Houston says that Houston Fire Department ambulances were involved in almost 300 car accidents over the last two years. KHOU 11 News installed cameras on one ambulance to find out just how big the problem is. According to ambulance drivers as well as the camera footage, Houston drivers are the biggest problem….
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