A jury in Grayson County, Texas recently awarded a $15.6 million verdict in a case involving three plumbers who were electrocuted while working at an apartment complex. The electrocution occurred when the three plumbers lifted a flagpole out of its sleeve in order to continue digging around a water main. During the process of lifting…
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In December of 2021, the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to a fatal helicopter crash near Livingston, Texas. Four individuals were in the helicopter at the time of the crash: the helicopter’s 73-year-old pilot and three family members who were passengers. One of the passengers died as a result of the crash, while the…
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Litigation against 3M has been ongoing for years after numerous individuals, mostly members of the military, suffered hearing loss while using 3M’s earplugs. In fact, the litigation involves over 250,000 individuals who suffered hearing loss and is the largest class-action lawsuit in history. In late January 2022, the first round of 3M earplug trials concluded….
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One teenager died and three more were put in critical condition as the result of a high-speed crash that occurred in northwest Harris County on January 2, 2022. The wreck happened at 2:45 a.m. when a 17-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle, which had three other teenage passengers. After the driver lost control of…
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In mid-December of 2021, Abraham Watkins associates Chris Mahfouz and myself obtained a $7.1 million jury verdict for a client who was injured while working as a nurse’s aide in a nursing home. The client was transferring a bariatric patient from bed to wheelchair when the wheelchair brakes failed. As a result of the incident,…
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An East Texas family was recently awarded $730 million in a wrongful death lawsuit at the conclusion of their jury trial. The lawsuit involved a 73-year-old great-grandmother from East Texas who was killed in February of 2016 on Highway 271 in a wreck with an 18-wheeler that was hauling a propeller for a Navy submarine….
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In early October of 2021, two people died and two were injured as the result of a collision in Uvalde, Texas. The collision occurred when one truck made a left turn in front of another truck around 2:10 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 90 West and FM 2369. Lanes on the highway were closed…
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”), together with The Boppy Company, recently announced a recall on over three million Boppy newborn lounger pillows after they were linked to the deaths of eight infants who reportedly fell asleep on the pillows and suffocated. The CSPC has urged families to stop using the recalled pillows, which have…
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