In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court enforced an agreement between friends to purchase 3,800 acres for investment property. The case was Ganim v. Alattar, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2011)(6/24/11). In it, two friends decided to invest in property and form a partnership to own it. After they made an offer on the property…
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While we typically focus our posts on lessons learned from tragic incidents throughout the state of Texas, we could not help but take note when we saw the following story about Washington state in the news earlier this month as it is not often that animals are involved in wrongful death lawsuits. Last fall, a…
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In the fiscal year that ended September 30, 2010, the U.S. deported nearly 393,000 people, half of whom were considered criminals. Of those classified as criminals, 27,635 had been arrested for drunk driving. This is more than double the number deported in 2008 for drunk driving, which was the last full year of the Bush…
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The Nebraska Supreme Court will determine whether a $2.5 million verdict awarded to two young girls who were seriously injured in a sledding accident should be overturned. In December of 2000, Rachel and Chelsea Connelly were sledding down Memorial Park Hill when they violently collided into a crabapple tree planted by the city. Experts maintain…
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When you’re a construction worker, danger comes with the job. There is always the danger of being crushed by a falling object or being injured when scaffolding collapses or heavy machinery malfunctions. Workers and their families recognize that being seriously injured or even killed on the job is a risk that construction workers take every…
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For the second time in three months, an airplane crash near Lake Conroe outside Houston has resulted in death. On Saturday morning seven home-built planes were flying in a formation near Lake Conroe when two of the experimental planes collided. According to the Department of Public Safety in Conroe, the crash occurred just before noon…
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A report by the New England Journal of Medicine cuts right to the heart of the tort-reform debate over medical malpractice lawsuits. The report attempts to measure the economic and emotional impact of medical malpractice cases on doctors. The study found that only about 20% of malpractice claims result in a payout to claimants. Malpractice…
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The world’s largest maker of lighting products is recalling 1.86 million light bulbs after receiving over 700 reports of the glass globes falling after the glue that attaches the globes to the bulb body failed, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. So far, there have been two reported injuries and three incidents of…
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