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Hit & run driver responsible for Jeremy Choate’s untimely death caught

Houston motorcycle wreck lawyers provide an update to earlier articles: 25-year-old hit and run driver Shannon Garcia was found in a Gainesville, TX hotel room on Monday based on a tip. U.S. Marshals arrested Garcia about 4 p.m. and she’s being held in a Cooke County jail until extradited to Harris County. (Source: Anita Hassan, Houston Chronicle, […]

The importance of sturdy trusses to prevent Leesburg roof collapses

Two construction workers received injuries today when the roof of a church being constructed in Leesburg collapsed suddenly. The two workers rode the trusses down 30 or 40 feet to the ground when the structural supports gave way beneath them as they worked on the roof. One worker was pinned under the collapsed trusses and […]

U.S. FDA recalls dangerous Respironics medical devices for serious defects

Galveston medical device injury lawyers report: The U.S. FDA recently announced the recall of the Trilogy 100, 200, and 202 respirator medical devices made by Respironics, Inc. The Trilogy ventilator units are intended to provide continuous or sometimes intermittent breathing support for patients ranging from babies of 11 pounds or more to adult patients. The Trilogy […]

The importance of Texas Board Certification in your injury attorney

Just a handful of the Texas attorneys practicing personal injury law go through the trouble of acquiring Certification from the Texas Board of legal specialization. Yet Texas Board Certification is very important and might make the key difference in whether your injury attorney wins or loses your case for you. A Texas Board Certification tells you that […]

On the legal duties of drivers in Texas after causing an accident

Our Lake Jackson injury lawyers realize that Texas, like other U.S. states, has an ongoing problem with hit and run drivers who cause accidents and then seek to avoid responsibility by fleeing. In Texas, if a driver strikes another vehicle, a motorcycle rider, a cyclist, a pedestrian, or property, that Texas driver has legal duties to provide […]

Texas law against hit & run drivers can help protect you after a wreck

Pearland accident attorneys set forth this excerpt from the Texas Penal Code on the laws governing hit and run accidents. § 550.021. ACCIDENT INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH: (a) The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of a person shall: (1) Immediately stop the vehicle at the scene […]

Red light runner injures 10 people in single Houston rollover wreck

Our Houston rollover accident injury attorneys have written repeatedly about the dangers of running red lights and stop signs. The devastating results of a single Saturday night rollover accident amply demonstrate those dangers. Around 10:30 p.m., a truck packed with 9 passengers was traveling north near Greens Road on Lee Road when the driver is alleged to […]

U.S. data on the incidence of jack failure injury accidents nationwide

Alarmed by a recent fatal jack collapse incident in our city, our Houston jack failure accident lawyers decided to take a look at data from across the country. The National Center for Statistics and Analysis, part of the U.S. NHTSA, complied detailed data on jack failure accidents in a special Research Note. The NHTSA Research Note, put together using […]

OSHA lessons learned on construction & structural collapse accidents

Our construction and structural collapse attorneys laud the effort by OSHA to take a lessons learned approach to past accidents in order to prevent future ones. Structural collapse accidents and construction accidents can take a deadly toll on workers and others. Construction accidents involving cranes, fires, and sudden failures of scaffolding or building support members often claim […]