The Texas Supreme Court has approved new standards in regards to becoming board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Members of the Court, as well as the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and their Advisory Committee, worked with Exam Commissioners and the State Bar of Texas to update the…
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On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, a contractor was fatally injured at the Exxon Mobil plant in Beaumont, Texas. Emergency officials were called to the plant around 12:30 a.m. The refinery, chemicals plant, and lube plant are located on approximately 2,400 acres near downtown Beaumont. The refinery processes approximately 365,000 barrels of crude oil per day…
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A federal judge said two women whom allege sexual assault against Uber drivers can to sue the company for the alleged attacks. One sexual assault allegation comes out of South Carolina and the other from Boston. In San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston stated the accusations of sexual assault made against the Uber drivers…
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In the trucking industry, there are numerous regulations put in place in order to protect individuals from harmful and potentially deadly crashes. However, at times these regulations are not followed and can lead to death or serious injury if a person is involved in an accident with an 18-wheeler and/or commercial vehicle. Below are some…
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In September of 2015, Maynard Wentworth sustained a traumatic brain injury when a teen driver, Christal McGee, struck his vehicle at 107 miles per hour. As a result of the accident, he was hospitalized for four months. Now, the Wentworth’s have filed a lawsuit stemming from this crash. In addition to the driver, Snapchat has…
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Mandatory pre-dispute binding arbitration, also known as forced arbitration, clauses are becoming increasingly widespread in many different settings, including the vast majority of consumer contracts. Such consumer contracts include credit card and cell phone agreements, car sales documents, housing contracts, rental car agreements, brokerage agreements and most agreements to buy nearly anything on the internet….
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Earlier this month, a bill was introduced in the New York State Assembly that would allow police officers to scan the cell phones of drivers in a car crash to determine whether they were texting. Called “Evan’s Law” after the late son of Ben Lieberman, one of the bill’s proponents, the bill is aimed at…
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It is speculated that the United States has the world’s worst problem with distracted driving. The past few years have shown a major increase in distracted driving accidents, with approximately 3,300 fatalities each year. The biggest distraction is texting while driving, which results in 500,000 injuries or deaths per year. As a result, personal injury…
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