A recent home explosion in Boston has been linked to a gas leak. Investigators say that two elderly Boston residents are in critical condition and nine others were injured when the home exploded last Wednesday night. The blast happened in the city’s historic Dorchester neighborhood. Officials from the utility National Grid are cooperating with city…
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Probably most Texans remain unaware of the systematic attack on their right to a jury trial. General Mills, the giant food maker, is simply the latest to try to eliminate it. The Texas Legislature passed an arbitration statute years ago, and the Texas Supreme Court has aggressively enforced arbitration, even when a party was unaware…
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Car accidents can happen for a variety of reasons, however, most people never consider the fact that a defective vehicle could lead to an incident. A Houston woman has filed a lawsuit against General Motors in relation to a car accident in which she was critically injured. She claims that the accident was a result…
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When a helicopter crashes, the wreckage can leave a trail of clues that leads all the way back to the aircraft’s design and manufacturer. In 2012, civil helicopters flew more than 3 million hours in the United States, resulting in 153 accidents. Of that number, 22 were fatal and 23 resulted in serious injuries. Prompt…
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A Texas truck driver is facing serious criminal charges after allegedly causing a wreck when he got behind the wheel while intoxicated. The 42-year-old driver is accused of intoxication manslaughter in connection with the fatal drunk driving accident, which occurred in southwest Houston on April 6. The driver is accused of smashing into another vehicle,…
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was ordered by a Texas jury to pay $1.2 million to a woman who alleged one of the company’s lines of vaginal-mesh implants to treat incontinence was defectively designed, in the first verdict against the company over those devices. Jurors in Dallas determined the design of the TVT-O mesh sling implanted…
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A defective ignition switch installed in General Motors vehicles has caused thirteen deaths and severely injured a Houston-area woman. Tiffany Adams, a 30 year old Sam Houston State University graduate, was traveling on U.S. 59 on December 23, 2013. A defective “ignition module” caused her key placed in the ignition to inadvertently switch from the…
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A truck accident in San Antonio closed all lanes on Loop 410 at the start of this week. Authorities say that an 18-wheeler hauling Eagle Ford Shale oil-field waste crashed and badly damaged the roadway. KENS5 reports that the driver lost control of his vehicle around 10 a.m. on Sunday. The surface of the road…
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