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Falling Flat Screen TVs Increasing Cause of Serious Injury in Children

The U.S. CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) estimates that around 43,000 people receive injuries each year because of tipping or falling furniture or TVs. Our Galveston personal injury lawyers point out that 59% of those injured are children. 349 people died between 2000 and 2011 from falling TVs, appliances, or furniture. 84% of the victims […]

Texas Motorcyclists Risk Fatal Accidents in Crashes with Fixed Objects

On Friday night just after 10 p.m., a 24-year old rider lost his life in a tragic, fatal motorcycle accident when he lost control of his Yamaha YZF bike on South Sergeant Macario Garcia Drive. He hit a concrete barrier and the impact ejected him from his Yamaha bike over an overpass barricade. The man fell 30 […]

Closure and Wrongful Death Damages after a Deadly Texas Truck Accident

The surviving spouse, children, and parents of the victim of a fatal truck accident are eligible to file wrongful death claims after a tragic accident claims their loved one’s life. The claim could help family members find some closure after the tragedy and also hold the driver accountable for the act that needlessly took a life. Sometimes […]

Are Curbside Motorcoach Buses less Safe than other U.S. Bus Services?

After a horrific accident that killed 15 bus passengers and seriously injured 18 in 2011, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), began conducting an investigation on curbside motorcoach safety. Our Pearland, Texas bus accident injury attorneys note that the bus that crashed on I-95 was operated by World Wide Travel of Greater New York […]

FDA Announces Another URGENT Recall of a Tainted Medical Product

A routine annual reserve inspection at Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation discovered visible contaminants in a lot of BIVIGAM Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) 10% Liquid, 100 mL sterile vial, Lot # 120016, expiration date: March 31, 2014. Inspectors at Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation in Boca Raton, Florida found the tainted medical product. The Galveston drug recall attorneys at Denena […]

What to do when Texas Wrecks caused by Shifting Truck Cargo injure You

Just the other day on I-10 in Baytown, Texas, the cargo load of an 18-wheeler shifted while the truck was trying to merge onto the interstate from the Texas 300 Spur. The sudden shift of tons of cargo threw the truck into a rollover. Our Pearland truck accident lawyers remark that the messy Baytown accident scene took […]

Recall of More Contaminated Drugs from a MA Compounding Pharmacy

Last fall’s recall of drugs from Massachusetts compounding pharmacy NECC kick-started a strong focus on the safety of drugs from lightly regulated U.S. compounding pharmacies. NECC had distributed a pain medication that turned out to be contaminated with a fungus. Our Pearland drug injury lawyers note that the NECC drug contamination led to fatal complications […]

Houston Texas School Bus Accidents and Your Child’s Safety

If you have a child in school who takes a school bus back and forth to class, you may be aware of the ongoing controversy about school bus driver pay and school bus safety standards. Safety advocates maintain that the relatively low pay offered to school bus drivers could result in a lower quality of […]

How Vicarious Employer Liability could help You after a Truck Injury

After a truck accident, the company that insures the commercial truck could face massive costs form the injuries and ongoing medical care you might require. So the bottom line-conscious insurer will want to do all it can to put the blame for the accident back on you and minimize the value of your claim, or […]