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What are Your Most Life Threatening Hazards on the Job in Texas?

Our Texas personal injury lawyers mention that they’re probably not what you think they are. Your greatest risk, for instance, is for a fatal transportation accident. These accounted for a full 41% of all fatal work accidents in Texas in 2011. Roadway accidents represent 57% of these, but only 27% involve a collision with another […]

Your Financial Recovery after a Drunk Driver has Seriously Injured You

As this news story about a fatal DWI reveals, drunk driving accidents are often more violent, sudden, and catastrophic than accidents caused by a sober driver. Drunk driving accidents show an alarming tendency to total victims’ vehicles, produce life-threatening injuries and permanent disabilities, and cause fatal injury. Our Houston DWI accident attorneys note that it’s […]

What’s the Complete Streets Program and How will It Benefit Texans?

The “Complete Streets” bill, designed to ensure that lawmakers consider ALL forms of transportation (such as walking and cycling) when passing transportation initiatives, failed to get passed by the Texas Senate in 2011. The bill’s patrons, Senators Bob Deuell, a Republican from Greenville, and Rodney Ellis, a Democrat from Houston, have re-filed the bill in […]

3 Injured when Car Hits HISD School Bus: On Safety, What’s the Answer?

Serious school bus accidents always capture headlines, but statistically, a school bus is just about the safest form of transportation you can take. On the downside, that form of transportation will always drop you off at a school rather than at a more entertaining travel destination. Around 24 million school children ride school buses for […]

Poor Food, Foul Odors and No Fun on Fear and Frustration Filled Cruise

Continued from Part 1. Periodic reports from the crippled cruise ship had passengers describing the stench as intense and sickening. They also said that food was scarce and of limited quantity and quality. Cold cuts and such were the norm. And our Gulf Coast injury lawyers note that hot food brought aboard from another vessel […]

Horrific Cruise Finally reaches End as Carnival Triumph reaches Mobile

What’s been happening aboard the crippled Carnival cruise ship as it’s been stranded in the Gulf of Mexico and then made its way painfully slowly towards port under tow? That’s in dispute and the U.S. NTSB and Coast Guard are apparently already aboard beginning their investigation. Horrific Conditions and Possible Cover-up Attempts Reported by Passengers […]

On Cruise Ship Engine Room Fires and Cruise Industry Safety Problems

Continued from Part 1. Carnival has announced that it has now cancelled the next 14 scheduled cruises for the Triumph. They probably rethought the situation and realized it will take the equivalent of 14 voyages to clean the mess out. Coast Guard and NTSB investigators are greeting the ship when it arrives in port. They […]

Triumph under Tow: When Carnival Cruise Vacations go Dangerously Wrong

The sad saga of the Carnival Triumph becomes more alarming each day. For instance, now we’re hearing that passengers had to fight for the limited food supplies. Passengers stand in lines for up to 4 hours or more to receive food, and those at the end of the line may receive nothing but an empty […]

How Safe are You on a Cruise Ship out in the Gulf of Mexico?

Ever wonder how safe you really are once you board a cruise ship and head out onto open water? Cruises are billed as fun- and food-filled relaxing vacation voyages. But your journey over open water might not be as safe and fun as you might believe. You’ve probably already seen the news about the Carnival […]