In January, a Midwest manufacturer of alcohol wipes and swabs recalled all of it alcohol prep products due to potential contamination by a bacteria called Bacillus cereus. The bacteria can cause acute bacterial meningitis. The notice of the recall of this dangerous product appeared on the Food and Drug Administration website on January 5th. One…
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On Thursday, February 10, 2011, The First Court of Appeals in Houston handed down a decision that affirmed a previous ruling won by our firm, denying the defendants in a pipeline explosion case the opportunity for a rehearing, and simultaneously providing clear direction in future choice of law debates. The case, Enterprise Products Partners, L.P….
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A Greek owned oil tanker, The Agean Angel, was making its way to Houston, Texas from Estonia when it endured two or three days of bad weather. According to survivors from the ship, the heavy conditions had been intermittent over the course of several days prior to the fatal maritime accident. During what appeared to…
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While it is no surprise to Texans, who are used to seeing plant after plant, with towering industrial stacks, along the coast, it may surprise the rest of America to know that the Texas Gulf Coast refines almost one-third of the nation’s oil. Given the number of oil and gas plants and refineries in the…
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Recently, the Houston Chronicle published an article indicating that the Unites States consumes over 70% of the world’s legal medicinal supply of opiates. The Houston Chronicle cites to an analysis of the Congressional Record and international treaty data in reaching these figures. Given that opiates are powerful, poppy-based pain medications, and closely related to heroin,…
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As Houston prepares for another cold snap beginning this afternoon, the dangers of icy roadways was made tragically clear in the spike of accidents that occurred during last Friday morning’s slick commute. Three individuals died in car crashes in the Houston area during a short span of time on Friday morning. The first accident occurred…
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According to the Houston Chronicle, family members of a worker missing after an explosion in a Chambers County fear he may have died in the blast. Mark Shaw, confirmed his brother Rick Shaw, of Baytown, is the worker missing after a pipeline failed at the Enterprise Products facility 35 miles east of Houston yesterday shortly…
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Mont Belvieu and Chambers County emergency personnel have responded to an explosion and large fire at Enterprise Products oil and gas facility today near Mont Belvieu, a small city 35 miles east of Houston. Flames were shooting about 100 feet into the air and black smoke could be seen all the way from downtown Houston….
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