Five people were injured and one killed in a four-vehicle pileup in Northwest Houston over the weekend. A driver was stopped in the roadway on I-45 North with a flat tire when another driver slammed into the rear end of his disabled vehicle. The rear-end crash triggered a chain-reaction collision involving two more vehicles. At…
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The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court issued rulings during the first decade of this century which overwhelmingly favored insurance, business interests, and government, at the expense of individual citizens. This is the finding of a report recently issued by Texas Watch, an organization which monitors governmental activities, including the Supreme Court. The study, entitled Thumbs on…
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During a routine pressure test earlier this month, a 16-inch natural gas pipeline exploded, sending flames shooting up to 250 feet in the air at a West Texas Gas site. Thankfully, no one was injured. A nearby welding shop was charred and at least one onlooker noted that the burst pipeline could have easily been…
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As reported by the LA Times last week, Honda is recalling more than 800,000 minivans and sport utility vehicles in the United States for a problem with the vehicles’ ignition system, and this is not the first time for similar issues with Honda vehicles to be reported. The company, which has its North American headquarters…
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A recent lawsuit accuses FedEx of systematically overcharging business and governmental customers on a wide scale. The class action lawsuit claims that FedEx charged the higher residential rate for packages that were being sent to many businesses and governmental offices at the higher residential rate. The suit alleges that FedEx overcharged these customers by as…
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When individuals like Texas landowners go up against massive oil companies, the odds are often stacked against them from the very beginning. This week, however, one former Marine from an East Texas town north of Houston won an injunction against an oil company’s construction plans. The injunction will delay the company’s attempts to build part…
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On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed an administrative complaint against Baby Matters, LLC, for its Nap Nanny and Nap Nanny Chill infant products. CPSC announced this step after failed discussions with the company regarding a voluntary recall of the infant recliners. The complaint seeks to halt the sales and…
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According to the Houston Chronicle, a Texas judge has ordered TransCanada to temporarily halt work on private property where it is building part of an oil pipeline designed to carry tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Texas landowner Michael Bishop filed his lawsuit in the Nacogdoches County courthouse, arguing that TransCanada lied…
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