The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and three leading elevator manufacturers (Bella Elevator, LLC, Inclinator Company of America, and Savaria Corporation) are announcing three separate voluntary recalls of about 69,000 residential elevators. The recall comes after the discovery of a hazardous gap space in between the landing door and the elevator cab door. The…
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently issued a recall notice on free-standing and slide-in ranges due to tip-over hazards. The recall was issued on December 8, 2021, and affected about 132,000 units, in addition to about 12,960 units in Canada. The ranges involved in the recall were of several brand names, including GE, GE Profile,…
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Recent studies reveal that Texas has the highest rate of drowsy driving in the United States. In a nationwide study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 4.2% of Americans admitted to falling asleep while driving. However, 6.1% of Texans admitted to falling asleep while driving in the same study. Further, approximately 91,000…
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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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It was the last day of school at Hilcrest Primary School in Tasmania, where approximately 40 children were celebrating when this tragic event occurred. At approximately 10:00 in the morning, nine children were bouncing in the castle when a strong gust of wind sent the castle flying over 30 feet in the air. The bouncy…
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Several police officers have filed a lawsuit against Pappas Restaurants, Inc. The basis of the lawsuit is an automobile accident involving a drunk driver. The accident occurred in east Montgomery County, Texas, during a traffic stop. The officers had pulled over a vehicle and were searching it for drugs when the drunk driver hit the…
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A settlement agreement has been reached wherein USA Gymnastics (“USAG”) and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”) have agreed to a global monetary settlement of $380,000,000. This announcement represents years of negotiations to resolve the lawsuits brought against USAG by survivors abused by volunteer-physician Lawrence Nassar. Notably, USAG and the USOPC have agreed…
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While the driverless car phenomenon continues to gain traction across the nation with innovative cars like Tesla, these same technologies are now being tested for use in the commercial transportation industry. The growing strains on the transportation industry and supply-chain shortages exacerbated by the COVID pandemic have trucking industries looking to automated and driverless software…
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