The driver of a Toyota Camry was killed in a fatal bus accident when he drifted across the center line and collided with a Wills Point Independent School District school bus. Three students as well as the school bus driver were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries. Investigators report that both the…
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According to The Wall Street Journal, a federal appeals court recently said that Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) can be sued by a former college football player who alleges that the video game designer stole his likeness for its NCAA football series. The 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed…
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As the shale boom continues to draw truck traffic to the South Texas oil patches, the increase in these large workhorses on rural farm to market roads present new dangers of serious and even fatal commercial vehicle accidents. The Consumer Energy Alliance, along with several oil and gas companies and truck associations, recently launched a…
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On April 17, 2013, a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas left fourteen people dead and at least two hundred injured. Houses, businesses, and lives were shattered and the small town west of Waco suffered an unimaginable catastrophe. Since the blast, many have filed lawsuits against the plant-Adair Grain Inc. The Dallas Morning News recently…
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On May 14th, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released new regulations to the states that would curtail the rampant problem of alcohol-impaired driving. Among the many suggestions, the NTSB recommended that states lower the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) for criminal prosecution from .08 to .05. A .05 BAC is roughly the equivalent of one…
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The orthopedic unit of Johnson & Johnson recently announced that it was phasing out production of all-metal hip replacement, a move reflecting an industry wide trend to abandon the once widely used implants because of high early failure rates. In 2010, the company, DePuy Orthopaedics, recalled an all-metal model known as the Articular Surface Replacement,…
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A motorcyclist was killed yesterday in Houston traffic. The 49-year-old rider, whose name was not immediately released, was involved in a collision with a pickup truck. The wreck occurred on the Southwest Freeway near West Belfort. After impact, the rider was ejected and thrown over a retaining wall, landing on the service road below. He…
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At least 13 people are known to have been killed in work-related accidents on the Eagle Ford Shale play, but that number is expected to increase as information about fatal shale field accidents surface via OSHA reports. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigates fatal oil and gas injuries but often their reports take months…
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