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For members of military, the use of earplugs during service or deployment is critical.Aearo Technologies, which was acquired by 3M, manufactured the dual-ended Combat Arms™ earplugs that were issued to U.S. military members between the years of 2003 and 2015.The...
A jury awarded a South Carolina man $13 million. The man suffered severe injuries, including broken bones and brain damage, when his vehicle was struck by a train. Lawyers for the plaintiff argued BNSF Railway was negligent by failing to cut down trees on its right of...
A federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District for the Southern District of Florida against Carnival Cruise after the ship tilted, or listed, for around a minute on October 28, 2018. The incident occurred just moments after setting sail from Port Canaveral, Florida,...
In November 2018, Mark Walters tripped on a Bird electric scooter that was lying in the middle of an Austin sidewalk. Due to injuries he sustained in the fall, he paid around $2,400 in hospital bills. Mr. Walters filed suit against the scooter rental company and is...
Firm Partner Benny Agosto, Jr. reached a confidential settlement against Tejano Bar, LLC d/b/a Coyotes Bar regarding an incident that occurred on March 26, 2017. The settlement brings a favorable end to the lawsuit seeking compensation for the death of Ms. Christine...
A Pearland man is suing Shell Oil Co. over injuries he suffered in an explosion at a Louisiana refinery, according to a lawsuit filed in the Harris County 215th District Court on December 10, 2018.The complaint alleges that Plaintiff Edward Branch was working as a...
A passenger on an American Airlines flight filed suit against the major airline claiming that a flight attendant punched him in the head while on a flight back on January 5, 2018. The passenger, Gregory Lagana, was traveling from Charlotte, North Carolina to...
Most drivers know the dangers of distracted driving. We have all seen the vehicle in front of us slow down or drift into another lane without explanation. When you pass that car, the driver is usually looking at their phone instead of looking at the road. Despite the...
A rash of fires has struck the Houston area lately, and one claimed the life of a deaf man.The most recent fire, which occurred Sunday, apparently involved a drier. The house was damaged, but thankfully none of the family members was reported injured.More serious was...
Firm attorney Benny Agosto, Jr. has reached a confidential settlement against Church's Chicken regarding an incident that occurred on August 1, 2016. On this particular day, two of Mr. Agosto's clients were working at a Church's Chicken when the kitchen floor...
In July of 2015 3-year-old Stephanie Martinez fell approximately five stories to her death at an Embassy Suites in Anaheim, California. Stephanie and her family were visiting California on a trip to Disneyland. Stephanie's parents, Jesus Martinez Avila and Alejandra...
On the evening of December 16, 2018, 19-year-old Erick Hernandez left a facility named Frontera Events Venue on Houston Boulevard in his Ford F-150 shortly before 11:00 p.m. Just minutes later, he swerved across three lanes of traffic and crashed head-on into an SUV...
Ford has recalled close to one million vehicles around the world to replace defective Takata airbag inflators. The Detroit Free Press reports that the vehicles have been recalled due to a risk of flying shrapnel caused by exploding airbag inflators. Takata used the...
Johnson & Johnson lost a motion seeking to overturn a jury verdict in excess of $4 billion. The jury found that Johnson & Johnson was to blame for ovarian cancer of 22 women who sued the company. The cases centered around talc powder manufactured by Johnson...
Deputy Herman Sanders was injured on the morning of March 1, 2017 when his handgun exploded. On December 31, 2018, Harris County filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers and sellers of the gun, Glock Inc., and also against the manufacturers and sellers of the...
Most people are aware of the dangers of drunk driving. Because of the known dangers, most responsible people will make an effort to avoid driving after having several drinks.When a designated driver is unavailable, these individuals may choose to stay at a friend's...
A woman representing the estate of her veteran husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United States after her husband died from treatment at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Ralph Keogh, who had previously been treated for acute...
According to federal officials, Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, a DeSoto psychiatric hospital, will lose Medicare funding for putting its patients in "immediate jeopardy" of harm. The decision was made based on inspection reports which detailed allegations such...
Two minutes after leaving a bar that served him over a dozen drinks, an intoxicated 19-year-old driving a pickup truck veered into oncoming traffic colliding with an SUV. The driver of the SUV was killed. The driver's mother and 1-year-old child were injured.After his...
A Missouri judge has recently upheld the award of 4.7 billion dollars in damages to twenty-two victims of ovarian cancer against Johnson & Johnson. This case stems from Johnson & Johnson having produced talc powder for decades, encouraging its use in women and...
The Houston Chronicle recently ran a news series titled "Out Of Control," which explored the many facets of Houston's reputation as America's most deadly metro area. Part six of the series covered one aspect of motor vehicle accidents - the cost.The costs associated...
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