General Motors has been dealing with serious car recall issues since the beginning of the year, with many deaths and injuries related to troubles that were allegedly swept under the rug. Most recently, the company decided to recall more than 59,000 Saturn Aura’s due to a automatic transmission shifter that could fail. At this time,…
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Earlier this year, Graco recalled over 4 million forward-facing child seats due to a faulty buckle. The recall was a result of a safety agency investigation that was prompted by complaints from parents, specifically those who complained they had to cut the straps to remove their children from the car seat. Now, the National Highway…
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An intoxicated driver in Plano, Texas, reportedly intentionally struck several pedestrians with his car as bouncers attempted to prevent him from getting behind the wheel. The drunk driving accident left several people injured, and one of the defendant’s friends was actually killed in the April 17 accident. Now, the defendant is facing charges of aggravated…
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Unfortunately, our community experiences more than its share of elderly abuse. While our law firm has long focused on elderly abuse in nursing homes, assisted living centers, rehabilitation units and hospital, Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson has just launched a new countywide, bilingual elder abuse prevention campaign in honor of Elder Abuse Prevention Month….
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Family members are painfully mourning the death of an 8-year-old boy. He was riding on his bike yesterday when he was struck by a pickup truck that was traveling at a high rate of speed. Law enforcement officers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver, and he was arrested at the scene….
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As drilling and fracking become more common throughout Texas towns, an increase in oilfield accidents has also been occurring. During the period between 2008 to 2012, more than 200 people died during oilfield workplace accidents in Texas alone. Add that to increasing figures in Pennsylvania and North Dakota, and the oil industry certainly has some…
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Drunk driving or driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a very prevalent problem in Houston. A DWI is defined as a person over the age of 21, driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher. If you are below that age of 21, driving with any detectable amount of alcohol in your system constitutes…
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On April 10, 2014, ten people were killed in northern California when a commuter bus was struck head-on by a FedEx truck. The commuter bus was transporting high school students to visit Humboldt State University. The mother of Jennifer Bonilla, a seventeen-year-old student who lost her life in the crash, filed suit on April 22…
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