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Tips to avoid a Texas Eagle Ford Shale rollover or jackknife accident

Eagle Ford Shale truck accident attorneys: Commercial truck accidents are an everyday feature of life these days in the busy world of the Texas Eagle Ford Shale development. A large number of these accident result in serious or fatal injuries. So many trucks operate over the roads of the South Texas region, and they’re often […]

Eagle Ford Shale truck rollover danger from hauling additional trailer

Eagle Ford Shale truck accident lawyers: The Eagle Ford Shale development has generated a huge amount of economic prosperity in the region. As the regional economy has boomed, so has the number of large, commercial trucks on local roads. Roads that, for the most part, were never anticipated to carry large amounts of heavy truck […]

Importance of adequate truck cargo restraints in preventing accidents

Houston truck cargo accident attorneys: Yesterday in Corpus Christi, Texas, a loaded 18-wheeler lost its cargo load while negotiating a curve on North Padre Island Drive. Corpus Christi police, who responded to the truck cargo accident, said that the trucker had attached the 48,000-pound load to the 18-wheeler with six 5,000-pound cargo straps. In other […]

Dealing with post traumatic stress disorder after a TX truck accident

Houston 18-wheeler accident attorneys: Texas truck accidents cause devastation in victims’ lives every day. A tractor-trailer crash can easily be fatal. Underride and other accidents lead to disabling injuries and a lifetime of medical expenses. But the physical injuries aren’t the only problems from which victims suffer and for which they deserve compensation. Posttraumatic stress […]

America: Is there a safety problem in the construction industry?

Our structural collapse attorneys note that just this afternoon, a parking garage in Fort Lauderdale, FL collapsed with a resounding boom that shook the entire neighborhood. The Fort Lauderdale collapsed parking garage stood close to Southeast 6th Street and South Andrews Avenue. The parking garage was still under construction at the time of its collapse. […]

The importance of solid temporary bracing in preventing wall collapses

Structural collapse injury attorneys note that in both construction and demolition work, crews sometimes commence work without adequate preparation. And structural collapse and injury might be the result. Before commencing work, it’s important to calculate anticipated loads and distributions, identify key structural supports, and plan for adequate temporary bracing of walls and other structural members […]

Firefighters take issue with unnecessary deaths from building collapse

Our structural collapse injury lawyers point out that in the most recent 20-year span for which data exists, almost 1,500 firefighters died in the line of duty. Slightly more than 400 of these deaths resulted from structural collapses related to burning buildings. At least 60% of these firefighter deaths from structural collapses happen because the […]

Do you have Wright Profemur hip implant complications in Texas?

Houston hip implant injury attorneys: Stryker recently recalled certain modular metal-on-metal neck and stem hip implant medical devices due to an unreasonably high rate of failure and injury. The modular metal-on-metal design resulted in deterioration like corrosion, fretting and flaking of the metal parts. The miniscule metal flakes from the corrosion and fretting can get into patient […]

Who gets the blame when your Houston apartment balcony collapses?

When the deck or balcony collapses on an apartment building in Houston or anyplace else, the landlord almost always tries to put the blame on residents overcrowding the balcony or partying on the structure. Our Houston balcony collapse lawyers might point out that the ostensible purpose of such structures is to share the beauty of […]