The burn injury lawyers at Abraham Watkins regularly represent industrial workers involved in a catastrophic refinery, chemical plant, and well site fire and explosion cases in which one of the primary injuries sustained are burn injuries. Below are some common facts or features associated with burn injury cases: Typical Causes Burns can be caused by…
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A Harris County jury awarded a verdict in the amount of $7,110,000.00 on Thursday afternoon, December 17, 2021, to a local nursing assistant who was injured in 2016 while transferring a bariatric patient from bed to wheelchair at the Courtyards of Pasadena nursing home facility in Pasadena, Texas. Abraham Watkins attorney Christopher Mahfouz secured the…
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Distractions have abounded during the 2021 holiday season, from the rise of the Omicron variant in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to the search for available COVID-19 testing to coping with canceled flights, to news of potential new lockdowns and safety measures, and the ever-continuing questions about when and how things will ever get back to…
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When an injury occurs on the job, a number of questions arise. One of the key questions workers often ask is, “Can I sue my employer?” The answer to that question depends on a number of factors, including, notably, whether an employer has a policy of workers’ compensation in place. In the event an employer…
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Teeter totters, jungle gyms, monkey bars, slides, and swings populate playgrounds around the country and the memories of children and the young at heart. But what happens when these places intended for enjoyment and laughter bring pain and tears instead? Roughly 200,000 injuries occur each year in the United States involving playground equipment. Included in…
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Multiple news outlets have now confirmed that federal safety regulators are investigating at least eleven incidents involving Tesla cars using “Autopilot” or other self-driving features that have crashed into emergency vehicles when coming up to the scene of an earlier crash. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported that at least seven of these incidents…
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Recent changes in reporting by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed that injuries and death resulting from tire failures are much higher than previously accounted for—up to three times higher according to some estimates. In 2019 alone (the last full year of reporting under pre- Covid-19 pandemic conditions), there were 612 reported traffic fatalities…
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The nation has watched in captivated shock and horror at the recent collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building near Miami, Florida. Local Houston media outlets have now identified at least two individuals with Houston ties among the victims found at the scene of the collapse. Many residents tragically remain unaccounted for after a…
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