The parents of Anton Yelchin-an actor known for his roles in the recent Star Trek movies-have filed a negligence and product liability lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) over the death of their son. Anton Yelchin died on June 19 after his 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled backward down a steep driveway and crushed him…
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The kitchen floor of a Livingston, Texas Church’s Chicken restaurant collapsed, causing the industrial fryer full of boiling grease to fall on top of three young women working there. Each of the women sustained severe burns and all were life-flighted to a Houston hospital and remain in critical condition. Benny Agosto, Jr. represents two of the…
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At least five people were killed and numerous people were seriously injured on Tuesday, when a charter bus full of people crashed on Highway 99 in California. The bus originated in Mexico and had stopped in Los Angeles on Monday night. It made a stop in Livingston and was headed to Pasco, Washington. The bus…
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Since 1979, the toxic sleeper chemical polychlorinated biphenyls has been banned. Commonly known as PCB, the chemical has been proven to cause many ailments such as cancer. One of the more popular uses for the chemical is in window caulks used in schools, and any school built before 1979 could possibly home the PCB poison….
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In addition to finding that property owner’s agents are not provided protections under Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code, the recent opinion by the Texas Supreme Court in Ineos USA, LLC vs. Elmgren also found that Chapter 95 only applies when the worker is injured by the same improvement the contractor…
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The National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday that a hot air balloon that crashed near Lockhart, Texas likely struck power lines before it crashed. The crash, which occurred on Saturday morning and garnered national media attention, killed all sixteen people aboard. It was the deadliest hot air balloon crash on record in the U.S.,…
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