Earlier this week we wrote about the death of two small children in a tragic car accident that happened in Harris County last month. Unfortunately, tragedy in the form of a fatal car-truck accident struck again in Texas last week when a 9-year-old child was killed on a suburban Dallas road. A woman and her…
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The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) has stated that the personal data of about 4,900 current and former state employees may have been exposed in a security breach. The information – names and Social Security numbers of current and former employees – was on an internet site accessible to the public but…
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On May 23, 2011, the Texas Senate unanimously voted in favor of passing House Bill 1353. The bill stipulates the Texas Transportation Commission has the authority to increase speed limits up to 75 miles per hour – including the speed limit for 18 wheelers – as well as allow the same day and night speed…
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Every parent’s worst nightmare is the death of child. For one Harris County woman that nightmare became a reality when her 8-month-old daughter was killed in a car accident last month. On May 29, at around 1:40 p.m., a Chevrolet pickup truck crashed into the side of a Chevrolet Suburban carrying 16 passengers at the…
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Over the weekend, a church vehicle crashed, killing at least one. News accounts report that this tragedy occurred when the left rear tire failed. That is a particularly dangerous location on a vehicle for a tire failure. The failure of a tire presents a serious hazard to those in the vehicle as well as other…
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Last week, Toyota announced that it would recall 52,000 of its 2001 to 2003 Prius Hybrid cars. According to Toyota: “If the steering wheel is repeatedly and strongly turned to the full-lock position, there is a possibility the nuts securing the pinion shaft in the steering gear box assembly may become loose. If the vehicle…
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An April article from Fox News has brought new attention to a long-standing problem within the legal community, namely the shortage of Latino justices on our nation’s state supreme courts. As the 2010 Census numbers begin to be thoroughly analyzed, it is clear that the Hispanic population in the United States has grown exponentially once…
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On the heels of the tragic New York tour bus crash earlier this year, came another fatal bus crash in Virginia just over a week ago. On this past Friday, the 37-year-old bus driver was charged with four criminal counts of involuntary manslaughter. The Sky Express bus left North Carolina in the evening hours of…
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