On February 23, 2015, Kai-Lynn McMullin, then 5-years-old, died. It was two days after she was caught in a fire that caused second and third degree burns that covered more than a third of her face and body. Kai-Lynn’s mother, Tiffanie Burcham, filed suit and alleged her daughter’s death was preventable. Ms. Burcham alleged that…
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A 30-year old woman was repeatedly raped by an employee of a long-term care facility called Hacienda Healthcare in Phoenix, Arizona. The woman, who was dependent on a feeding tube and unable to speak, was the victim of a series of sexual assaults while under the care of the facility. The sexual abuse went unnoticed…
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A 3 year-old boy recently drowned at a Quality Inn & Suites in Knoxville, TN. He is the third drowning victim at the hotel since 2015. The family of a 7 year-old boy, who drowned in 2017, is currently suing the hotel for negligence. A 4 year-old boy drowned in the same hotel pool in…
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Recent data shows that the use of e-scooters in Dallas, Texas since city approval of bike share companies have caused a $1.4 million hike in hospital costs since June of 2018. The study by Baylor Scott & White seems to blame the high injury rates on the lack of helmets used by riders of these…
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A dump truck worker sustained injuries on January 10, 2019 after a ladder malfunctioned on the dump truck he was operating. The worker filed a lawsuit on April 16, 2019 in Harris County against Strong Industries, Inc. (“Strong”), the designer and manufacturer of the dump truck. According to the petition, the worker was employed as…
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On April 7, 2017, a four-year-old boy was seriously injured at Flight Deck Trampoline Park in Fort Worth, Texas. The young boy’s family filed suit against the trampoline park for the severe and permanent injuries the boy suffered after losing control on a park trampoline. According to the lawsuit, the child will have to visit…
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Just after 11 a.m. on April 2, 2019, a fire erupted at the KMCO chemical plant in Crosby, forcing the Crosby, Sheldon and Channelview ISDs to each issue a shelter in place for their students and faculty. This plant is located in East Harris County on Ramsey Road just off of Hwy. 90. It is…
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A bar patron was injured on June 22, 2018 after a large light fixture fell from the ceiling while he visited a Houston bar. The bar patron filed a lawsuit on March 11, 2019 in Harris County against GR8 Plate Shepard LLC d/b/a Jax Grill (“Jax Grill”), the place of business where he was injured….
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