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Death Toll Rises in as yet Unexplained NYC Gas Explosion

The death toll has risen to 8 in the NYC gas explosion that hasn’t yet been fully explained. Now that the debris has been cleared and the rescue effort completed, workers will be able to begin a more comprehensive test on the local gas pipes to perhaps see where and how the leak occurred. Our […]

Another Highway 290 Wrong Way Crash Injures 4 Texas A&M Students

Sunday around 2:30 a.m., Jon Fontana was driving a Toyota Camry eastbound on westbound Highway 290 by the Grand Parkway when he struck a Jeep Liberty head-on. The Jeep was carrying students from Texas A&M University to school. Jon Fontana died in the head-on wrong way crash, and the four Texas Aggies were hospitalized in […]

GM Fails to Fully Explain Delay on Fatal Ignition Switch Defect Recall

Drivers and Passengers known to be at Risk since at least 2001 You may remember that in mid-February General Motors recalled almost 800,000 vehicles for ignition switch problems linked to multiple accident deaths. At the time, GM said it had linked 12 deaths in slightly over 30 accidents to the defect. Our Houston GM ignition […]

Philly Safety Agency Can’t or Won’t Say How Many Buildings Collapsed

Things keep looking worse and worse for the embattled Philly safety agency charged with preventing building collapses. The Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) is the agency all other city agencies call to investigate when a structural collapse occurs. But our structural failure attorneys note that the agency either can’t or won’t say how […]

Philly reacts to spate of building collapses by hiring more L&I workers

Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia just announced that the city’s Licenses and Inspections (L&I) division, derided by many for lax enforcement and inadequate standards after the fatal Center City building collapse this summer, would receive a budget increase of $2 million to fund 31 additional staff members in the next fiscal year. (Jared Brey, philly.com, 3/6/14) […]

Blame Game Continues after Fatal Six Flags Texas Giant Accident

Six Flags Told Ride Manufacturer in Writing NOT to Install Seatbelts Six Flags has been trying to blame the ride’s maker for the horrific roller coaster accident that happened this summer at the park. But the roller coaster manufacturer isn’t letting Six Flags shift the blame. Gerstlauer, maker of the Texas Giant roller coaster, said […]

Remember Ride Safety as You Enjoy Houston Rodeo Rides

With the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo underway again this year, opening weekend at Six Flags in Arlington, and the summer amusement and carnival season about to launch, it’s important to remember ride safety as you anticipate the latest thrills and chills from roller coasters, spin rides, and other amusements. When amusement parks and carnivals […]

IIHS Study Says Risk of Fatal Crashes is Down among U.S. Older Drivers

A few months ago, our Houston crash injury lawyers wrote about how statistical data from recent years revealed increased risks of fatal crashes for older drivers. The risk increased at age 75 generally. But research showed that it wasn’t so much age that was at fault for the increased risk; it was the greater number […]

8 Injured in Brooklyn from Another Demolition Related Bldg Collapse

Early investigations into a Brooklyn building collapse that injured 8 workers on Prospect Place found that workers were doing interior demolition work without permits. As the deadly collapse into a Salvation Army store in Center City Philadelphia this past summer demonstrates, demolition work on old, vacant buildings can be exceedingly dangerous and must be done […]