Florida is the eighth state to find caps on non-economic damages are unconstitutional in medical malpractice cases. Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Washington have all struck down medical malpractice damage caps. Texas has very strict caps on medical malpractice suits that were enacted into law as part of the Tort Reform legislation….
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Since 2008, Texas experienced an oil and gas boom with an increase in highway deaths related to drilling activities. The Houston Chronicle and Houston Public Media recently discovered that between 2009 and 2013, while traffic deaths across the country were declining, fatalities involving trucks and other large vehicles in shale drilling and urban locations in…
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Friday afternoon, the Houston Fire Department reported a two-alarm fire at a high-rise building. The structure is located near the intersection of Kirby and the Southwest Freeway. Preliminary information indicated smoke in the lobby of the ninth floor, but the actual fire had not been identified, and no one has yet been evacuated. Arson may…
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The Texas Tribune recently noted an unfavorable statistic for the city of Houston and our pedestrians. The Tribune warned: “Houston pedestrians better cross with care.” According to a new report from the National Complete Streets Coalition at Smart Growth America, Houston is the seventh most dangerous city in the entire nation for pedestrians. The National…
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General Motors has recalled another 2.7 million cars, bringing the troubled automakers total for the year to about 10 million. GM has been under fire for its botched recall of millions of vehicles with an ignition switch problem that the automaker had known about for 10 years. The Department of Justice, Congress, and federal auto…
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Earlier this year, Graco recalled over 4 million forward-facing child seats due to a faulty buckle. The recall was a result of a safety agency investigation that was prompted by complaints from parents, specifically those who complained they had to cut the straps to remove their children from the car seat. Now, the National Highway…
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Family members are painfully mourning the death of an 8-year-old boy. He was riding on his bike yesterday when he was struck by a pickup truck that was traveling at a high rate of speed. Law enforcement officers detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver, and he was arrested at the scene….
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On April 10, 2014, ten people were killed in northern California when a commuter bus was struck head-on by a FedEx truck. The commuter bus was transporting high school students to visit Humboldt State University. The mother of Jennifer Bonilla, a seventeen-year-old student who lost her life in the crash, filed suit on April 22…
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