It turns out that people are most likely to have car accidents in rural areas. Outside the major population centers, Texas is a pretty rural state, so it’s not surprising that a significant number of the country’s deadliest locations are in the Lone Star State. For example, according to the industry group Auto Insurance Center,…
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Monday, March 23, 2015 will mark 10 years since the horrific BP explosion in Texas City, which took the lives of 15 people and injured approximately 180 others. The BP explosion is to date one of the worst refinery explosions. The lives of those involved and their families may never be the same after this…
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Emotions run high when the subject turns to pets in general, and dogs in particular. A local paper in Houston is carrying a story about an incident in San Francisco in which a jogger’s kick killed a dog. The situation began when a woman was walking her two dogs, both pugs. It seems that she…
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In an effort to protect the country’s water supply, the Obama administration released new federal regulations on Friday that will affect all hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) operations on federal lands. These are the first federal regulations related to hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is a process in which liquid is pumped into rock seams at a high pressure…
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On June 30th of last year, Dennis Montgomery, a sanitation worker in Longview, Texas, was working his usual route down Alpine Road. While he was working, a car driven by Susan Skinner slammed into the rear of the garbage truck, pinning Montgomery between Ms. Skinner’s car and the sanitation truck. Emergency rescuers from the Longview…
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As oil prices decline, are producers cutting safety expenses? It may be too early to tell, but the death of three oil field workers last week in West Texas is troubling. We already know that oil companies are paying less than they did a year ago. Contractors working in North Dakota’s Bakken oil shale fields…
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Over four years ago, Gregory Fleniken was found dead in his room at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Beaumont, Texas. For a while, police were baffled as to the cause of death and the curious circumstances garnered national attention. The coroner initially thought the cause of death was a heart attack. After considering additional evidence,…
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When someone is injured in an auto collision, getting healthy is the first priority. Also important, however, is repairing one’s car, often the only way to get to the doctor, physical therapist, and work. Drivers frequently look to the collision coverage from their own insurance company, to whom they dutifully send a sizable check every…
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