An accident involving a forklift left a man dead at Nucor Steel in Trinity on September 20, 2021. The man, who was identified by police as Don Burton, was killed when he was hit by a forklift, critically injuring him. As Decatur Police was called to the steel facility, Mr. Burton lay conscious and responsive….
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In 2016, Toni Combest, then 73-years-old, was killed in a car crash with a truck hauling a propeller for a U.S. Navy submarine. The jury awarded her family $480 million and ruled another $250 million in punitive damages. Ms. Combest was driving from one church service to another when she came upon the approximately 200,000…
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An East Texas family was recently awarded $730 million in a wrongful death lawsuit at the conclusion of their jury trial. The lawsuit involved a 73-year-old great-grandmother from East Texas who was killed in February of 2016 on Highway 271 in a wreck with an 18-wheeler that was hauling a propeller for a Navy submarine….
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A jury awarded $730,000,000.00 to the surviving family members of Toni Combest, a 73-year-old great-grandmother. Combest was killed on February 21, 2016, when a Landstar Ranger, Inc. cargo truck left its lane of traffic and hit her at approximately 65 miles per hour. The truck was hauling a 197,000-pound propeller for a U.S. Navy nuclear…
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Smithfield Foods agreed to settle with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and pay a $13,494.00 fine for failing to protect its employees from COVID exposure last year after receiving a citation from OSHA. Despite receiving the citation as a result of OSHA’s investigation, the company still gets to maintain it did nothing…
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Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) officials are warning semi-truck drivers about the dangers of low bridges on non-permitted routes. TxDot reports that truck drivers are disregarding regulations and drive their 18-wheelers over roads that are not designed to handle them or attempt to drive them under low bridges. Officials have reported that this has become…
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On November 5, 2021, during Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, a surging and overpacked crowd was sent into a frenzy, causing hundreds to be injured and killing at least ten. After early investigation, it appeared that a significant number of the injuries were caused by trampling and crushing from overcrowded conditions. The scope…
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Distractions have abounded during the 2021 holiday season, from the rise of the Omicron variant in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to the search for available COVID-19 testing to coping with canceled flights, to news of potential new lockdowns and safety measures, and the ever-continuing questions about when and how things will ever get back to…
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