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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What rights do you have if you are the victim of a dog bite? In Texas, there is no direct civil statute on point that addresses an owner’s liability caused by their dog biting another person. However, Texas does follow common law negligence and strict liability laws and has county-wide “leash laws” which are designed…
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On March 22, 2022, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt of the Southern District of Texas harshly ruled that Formosa Plastics’ excuses for skirting a $50 million consent decree because of the dumping of billions of plastic pellets in the Gulf of Mexico “fail[ed] on all counts.” In the face of this wanton pollution, corporate plastics…
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On March 24, 14-year-old Tyre Sampson visited ICON Park in Orlando, Florida and decided to try out the Orlando FreeFall drop tower ride, which lifts its passengers up and drops them from nearly 400 feet in the air at speeds than can exceed 75 miles per hour. The ride is described by its operators as…
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On March 27, 2022, a husband and wife were killed late Sunday while crossing Westheimer Road when a speeding BMW hit the couple in the roadway. According to authorities, the BMW was traveling nearly 70 miles per hour, double the 35-mph speed limit, when the vehicle hit the couple around 9:30 p.m. in the 6100…
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On March 22, 2022, a petition was filed to initiate a lawsuit in the Harris County District Court against GPM Investments (hereinafter “E-Z Mart”) and Counterforce as a result of fatal injuries sustained by a female employee. The lawsuit asserts causes of action for premises liability and negligence against E-Z Mart as a result of…
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The family of Chris Hill has filed a negligence suit after Hill’s fatal fall at Northeast Dallas bar, 77 Degrees, on March 12, 2022. The suit alleges that the bar was overcrowded and did not have enough staff to control the crowd the night of the 25-year-old Hill’s death. Hill, a Wise County resident, was…
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As recently reported in the Houston Chronicle, from indoor dining to international flights, industries battered by the Covid pandemic are inching back toward normalcy, but perhaps none has turned a corner quite as clearly as the oil refining industry. There are many examples of energy companies that have shown great improvement in production and profits…
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