Every day 15 people are killed in distracted driving accidents — an epidemic of sorts further exacerbated when less experienced teen drivers are on the road. When you combine the already high fatality rates of teen drivers with distracted driving, the results are disastrous. A recent fatal auto accident in Harris County illustrates that distracted…
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Ford is recalling almost 1.1 million Ford F-150s, F-250s, and Lincoln Blackwood pickups because their fuel-tank straps can rust, corrode and ultimately fail causing the fuel tank to drop to the ground. If it hits the ground, there is a risk of the tank rupturing and catching fire. Thus far, the defect has been blamed…
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Four people were killed early Saturday morning last week in a head-on collision on a rural Texas road in just outside Decatur. Just after 3 am, on the two-lane FM 730, the 30-year-old driver of a Ford F-350 pickup truck was headed northbound when he noticed a Ford Mustang headed southbound — in his northbound…
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In a recent opinion, the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of an employer which was trying to prevent a former employer from working for a competitor. The case was Marsh USA, Inc. v. Cook, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. 2011)(6/24/11). In it, when an executive exercised stock options, he was required to sign a covenant…
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Virtually everyone knows that after a motor vehicle accident, you find a safe place to park your car and exchange insurance information with the other driver. For one Houston motorist, however, the decision to pull over after a minor fender bender and exchange information proved fatal. On a Friday afternoon, around 11:30 a.m., on the…
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On July 28, The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) issued a recall for Fisher-Price’s Little People Builders’ Load ‘n Go. The toys, bearing product number P8977, were sold between June 2009 and July 2011 for approximately $25.00. The Little People Builders’ Load ‘n Go is a wagon designed for young children and is equipped with…
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The odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in 10 million. Sounds like a relatively small risk, especially compared to the odds of dying in a motor vehicle crash — which are about 1 in 5,000. But even riskier than dying in a transportation accident is dying due to a medical error….
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The widow of a Texas pizza delivery man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the pizza giant Domino’s after her husband died due to injuries received while on the job. In 2009, a call came into the Fort Worth Domino’s for delivery to a house that the pizza place had never previously been. When…
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