Summer is upon us, and children will likely seek the fun of a swimming pool throughout the season. But the fear of a child drowning is a fear that has haunted every parent’s mind at some point. Luckily, there are some important safety precautions parents can take to prevent such a tragedy from happening. The…
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A review of the Consumer Product Safety Commission product recall lists shows a very large number of product recalls over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, serious safety-related recalls have become commonplace in our society. An informed consumer is a safe consumer. The following are some of the significant recalls regarding products with Fire/Burn Hazards: 1)…
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As reported by the Galveston County Daily News, a Galveston County Judge accepted the guilty plea of Omar Santana Ortiz who slammed into the car of Sarah Hrachovina Coreas on October 18, 2010, leaving her in a semi-conscious state. With the approval of the family of Ms. Coreas, Ortiz avoided prison time but agreed to…
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A Texas couple who filed a defamation lawsuit over three years ago against anonymous posters on the Internet forum Topix.com won a $13.78 million judgment from a jury. The lawsuit stemmed from a woman’s allegations that Mark and Rhonda Lesher had sexually assaulted her. A jury had acquitted the Lesher’s of all allegations on January…
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Harvard Law School in conjunction with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Harvard Business School recently hosted the 15th Annual Harvard Latino Law, Policy and Business Conference. The annual conference gathers Latino leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors to discuss important issues in the Latino community. Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) President…
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According to the Insurance Journal, a Houston-based state-certified vehicle inspection station previously cited for failing to notice defects in a bus that crashed in North Texas killing 17 people, is back in business. Brothers Alam and Cesar Hernandez, the owners of 5 Minute Inspections have been, opened another station in the same Houston neighborhood with…
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Although the national Hispanic population is soaring, experts have found that the number of registered voters is declining. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, Hispanic voter registration dropped from 11.6 million in 2008 to 10.9 million in 2010. This decrease of more than half a million voters is noteworthy because it is…
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The Eighth District Court of Appeals for El Paso in Nowak Construction Co. Inc. v. Avalos recently upheld a jury’s award of damages to a construction worker who was injured while on the job. The worker was injured while working on a project to rehabilitate a part of a sewer system for the city of…
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