Recent investigations into the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) allege that deaths of offshore oil and gas workers frequently go unreported. Specifically, “inconsistent and missing data, as well as loopholes that allow some fatalities to go unreported, make the offshore industry appear safer than it really is.” Investigators allege that at least 30%…
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On July 31, 2021, Lewis “Andy” Taylor of the Austin Police Department passed away due to serious injuries he sustained a few days earlier in a motor vehicle accident. Officer Taylor was responding to a major motor vehicle accident in Austin, Texas, when an 18-wheeler failed to yield the right of way to Officer Taylor…
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The Texas legislature recently passed a law mandating blood tests following auto-pedestrian accidents. An auto-pedestrian accident is a motor vehicle accident in which a pedestrian is hit by a vehicle. Prior to the passing of this law, a driver’s blood was only tested if the investigating officer suspected a driver was under the influence of…
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Two people were killed in a natural gas pipeline explosion near Farmersville, Texas, on June 28, 2021. The lethal blast occurred at approximately 4 p.m. at the Atmos Energy Facility in Collin County, Texas. According to authorities, workers were conducting pipeline maintenance when the explosion occurred without warning. Two people were pronounced dead at the…
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On June 6, 2021, a Texas man was driving his motorcycle when he was hit by a Ford F150 pickup truck. Mark Barnes was reportedly driving his motorcycle eastbound on Gorman Ave. in Waco, Texas, approaching the intersection at N. 30th Street. Mr. Barnes proceeded through the intersection; at which time he was hit by…
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Generally, people assume that the safest place for their child in a vehicle is the back seat. Unfortunately, the past several years of litigation indicate that defective car seatbacks place anyone sitting in the back seat of a vehicle in harm’s way. In recent years, hundreds of severe injuries and deaths have been reported when…
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A young man was injured when an elevator suddenly plummeted several stories and then came to an abrupt stop. The force of the abrupt stop threw the young man down on the floor of the elevator. Further, the abrupt stop caused the elevator’s escape hatch to become dislodged and fall, landing on the young man’s…
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An electrical utility company is being sued for at least $4,500,000 after one of its downed power lines electrocuted a man in his backyard. On July 16, 2016, Thomas Poynton, Jr. heard a loud explosion in his backyard and went into his backyard to investigate the noise. As soon as Poynton stepped out of his…
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