Earlier this month, a Travis County jury awarded a stabbing victim $1.02 million in a lawsuit against Austin Cab Company and the taxicab driver. The incident occurred in March 2014 after Jose Herrera and his friends disagreed with their cab driver, Sherman Wilkins, over their cab fare. After the bars had closed, Wilkins picked up…
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According to a recent study, bicycle helmets that are not equipped with the latest anti-concussion technology are more than twice as likely to result in injuries to cyclists involved in accidents. Researchers at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) spent months studying the manner in which cyclists are…
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Dollywood Splash Country was recently sued by a woman who claims she suffered a compression fracture and other spinal cord injuries while riding a water coaster in summer 2017. Dollywood Splash Country, a water park subsidiary of Dolly Parton’s famous theme park, Dollywood, is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The woman claims that she was…
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In early February 2018, the driver of a defective dump truck lost control at a high speed and crashed into Barbara Schmidt’s vehicle, leaving her with severe injuries. The truck was carrying debris from the recent California fires down a steep hill when the truck’s brakes failed, causing the truck to pick up speed until…
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Last week, two Florida teens were killed and another was injured when their Tesla Model S vehicle went off the roadway, struck a concrete wall and burst into flames. The single-vehicle crash happened in a residential neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with a posted speed limit of 35 mph. Both the driver and the front…
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A Harris County jury recently awarded a Polk County man $33.1 million for injuries he sustained while working at a plywood plant in Corrigan, Texas. At the time of the April 2014 incident, Ralph Figgs was working as a plant supervisor for Georgia Pacific South. Figgs was reportedly performing his job duties near a smoldering…
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Recently, a Brazos County District Court jury awarded $17 million to a motorcyclist who sustained serious injuries when he was forced off the road by a U-Haul employee driving a moving truck with a trailer in tow. Nearly three years ago, Steven Summers Jr. was driving his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on Highway 6 in College Station…
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On Sunday night, a pedestrian was killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Tempe, Arizona. According to officials, the woman was crossing a four-lane road outside the designated cross walk when she was hit at approximately 10:00 p.m. She was transported to a nearby hospital where she later died. The woman is believed to be…
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