Federal Agency Recommends Cell Phone Ban for Drivers
On Tuesday, The National Transportation Safety Board declared that texting, emailing or chatting while driving is too dangerous to be allowed. The NTSB is urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies following recent deadly crashes.. The unanimous recommendation from the NTSB would apply even to hands-free devices, a much stricter rule than [...]
Worker Dies at Houston Ship Channel
At around 8:15 p.m. on December 6, 2011, a man was killed when he was caught beneath a crane while working at the Houston Ship Channel. The incident took place in the Barbours Cut Container Terminal on East Barbours Cut Boulevard in Morgans Point The man, whose name has not been released, was rushed to [...]
Hondas at Risk for Deadly Exploding Airbags
Hundreds of thousands of Honda vehicles sold in the United States are being recalled or will be inspected by Honda because the airbags could explode causing death or serious personal injury. The American Honda Company posted a noticed on its website indicating that it was expanding a previously announced recall to include an additional 273,000 [...]
First Sexual Abuse Lawsuit filed against Penn State
This week, a new accuser in the Penn State child-sexual-abuse scandal filed a lawsuit against Penn State, Jerry Sandusky, and The Second Mile charity organization. The plaintiff, who remains anonymous, is named as “John Doe A” in the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Jerry Sandusky abused the plaintiff more than 100 times from 1992 to [...]
The Phases of a Personal Injury Suit
A personal injury lawsuit consists of many phases, from contacting an attorney from one of the many respected law firms in Houston TX, to collecting damages. The following should take you through each phase of a common personal injury lawsuit. The Accident When an accident happens, it’s important to document and record as much data [...]
Construction Accidents in Texas
Construction accounts for 8% of U.S. workers, but also 22% of the fatalities, the largest number for any industry in the country. It is no surprise then that the search for a Houston construction accident lawyer has increased for the nation’s leading construction city. Over ten million construction workers build and maintain structures, roads and [...]
Questions to Ask Your Attorney
Whatever Houston bus accident lawyer you hire, you should ask them if they are familiar with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that apply to bus companies and bus drivers. Bus accident cases will differ greatly from more common car accident cases. Buses are extremely massive vehicles so the dynamics of a bus accident are going [...]
The Danger of Construction Sites
Houston is known as the construction capital of the world, so you can imagine the demand for a Houston construction accident attorney. The largest industry in the U.S. is construction. Construction accidents kill and harm thousands of workers every year. Despite provisions put in place in order to prevent accidents, one out of every ten construction [...]
Experienced Personal Injury Lawyer
Finding an experienced personal injury lawyer in Houston can be a daunting task to someone who has never been through a lawsuit. The Houston personal injury lawyers of this firm would like to offer some tips on how to choose an attorney and avoid common mistakes when searching for one. The first question one may [...]
Injury Cases
Personal injury cases involve damage or harm done by a person or company to another person’s mind or body. Houston area personal injury attorneys see many different types of injury cases on a daily basis.This harm can be caused negligently, carelessly or intentionally. The following paragraphs provide a closer look at the most common types [...]
