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Fast and Furious Speeding leads to Deadly Crashes

In a tragic irony, Fast and Furious star Paul Walker has died in a fiery speed-related crash in Valencia, just north of Los Angeles. Paul Walker, 40, was reportedly a passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT driven by a friend when the driver lost control of the vehicle, hit a signpost and a tree, and the car […]

U.S. government requiring seatbelts in new coach buses by late 2016

Just a couple of weeks ago, our Houston bus accident injury lawyers had mentioned that the federal government seemed to be dragging its feet on safety measures like requiring seatbelts on large coach buses. Safety advocates have been calling for seatbelts in passenger buses for more than 45 years, since a horrific bus wreck left 19 […]

Your Safety at the Nexus of Politics, Economics and Chemicals Industry

A proposed revamping of the nation’s chemical regulations is meeting with both skepticism and resistance, notably from the EPA itself. Our Houston chemical plant injury attorneys’ reading of theproposed Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA) did not indicate any real strides forward in safety or protection from chemical hazards, and possibly revealed additional roadblocks to states or individuals that […]

The Ongoing Risk of Life Threatening Texas Workplace Accidents

Texas has the highest rate of workplace accident deaths in the nation. Many of those occur in the construction industry. Despite the long litany of federal rules relating to construction practices and safety standards, our Pearland work accident attorneys note that construction workers continue to suffer serious and fatal injuries from falls, equipment accidents, structural […]

U.S. NHTSA Investigating Tesla Model S for Danger of Electrical Fires

An expensive electric vehicle, the Tesla Model S, has come to the attention of the NHTSA for 3 battery-related fires in 6 weeks. One in mid-October in Mexico involved a Tesla Model S burning up after a high-speed crash. Another in early November in Tennessee occurred when a trailer hitch hit by a driver in […]

What security problems did the U.S. FDA find in medical devices?

U.S. government agencies have been scrambling to improve cybersecurity in medical devices and other medical technologies in the wake of the revelation by hacker Barnaby Jack that he had proof the devices could be compromised. Our Houston medical device defect lawyers note that the hacker in question subsequently met a mysterious death. Some of the problems found […]

The FDA on Preventing Security Breaches in Medical Devices and Facilities

The U.S. GAO last year ordered the FDA to work on solutions to the problems of medical device software and other medical technologies that could be vulnerable to hackers, malware, or other computer glitches. Our Houston medical device injury attorneys note that the FDA took some eight months to issue guidelines for upgrading medical device cybersecurity, and […]

Medical Devices that could cause Harmful Health Complications or DeathMedical Devices that could cause Harmful Health Complications or Death

Continued from Part 1. Many medical devices routinely implanted in patients are approved through the FDA’s expedited approval process without any proper testing. And many of them later fail, cause serious health consequences, or even lead to sudden death, sometimes during the very surgery in which they’re being implanted. A few more of the medical devices […]

Some Types of Dangerous Medical Devices often Involved in Lawsuits

Medical devices are touted as modern technological wonders that can extend and save lives and help restore bodily function that might otherwise be lost. And sometimes these devices are indeed indispensable. Our Houston medical device defect lawyers note that many people, including some of our own family members, rely on pacemakers for instance. Yet some […]