Personal Injury Articles

Picture of Brant Stogner

Six Flags: Water Park Liability

A day at the water park was supposed to be the 20th birthday celebration for Ms. Tolyndra Pierre but instead ended in a trip to the hospital after Ms. Pierre broke her ankle while riding the King Cobra water slide at Six Flags in New Jersey. According to the facts of the incident that occurred…

Read More
Picture of Benny Agosto, Jr.

Abraham Watkins’ Representation of Woman Claiming Sexual and Racial Harassment by Former Police Chief Gains Attention

Abraham Watkins’ own Benny Agosto, Jr. and Scott Armstrong are proud to represent a veteran Galveston police officer for claims that she was sexually and racially harassed by former Galveston Police Chief Henry Porretto from 2013 to 2015. In the complaint filed with the federal Equal Opportunity Commission, the officer says Porretto discriminated against her…

Read More
Picture of Brant Stogner

Just When You Thought Waterparks Were Safe

A waterpark should only illicit fond memories. However, this was not the case on August 9, 2014 when not one but two individuals were severely injured while attending the same event, an organized function benefitting special needs children. 83-year-old Irudayam Yeddanapalli ultimately died in the wading pool preceding the fall of a deaf 2-year-old girl…

Read More
Picture of Benny Agosto, Jr.

The Proliferation of Binding, Pre-Dispute Arbitration Provisions

Mandatory pre-dispute binding arbitration, also known as forced arbitration, clauses are becoming increasingly widespread in many different settings, including the vast majority of consumer contracts. Such consumer contracts include credit card and cell phone agreements, car sales documents, housing contracts, rental car agreements, brokerage agreements and most agreements to buy nearly anything on the internet….

Read More