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New Phone Laws for CMV Drivers
Recent News, Truck AccidentsThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) put out a new rule regarding the use of mobile phones while driving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The FMCSA is now restricting drivers from holding...
Read MoreCoronavirus and Legal Liability
Personal Injury, Recent NewsFor the last several weeks, deaths from the Coronavirus have exceeded 3,000 Americans a day. Some of the epidemiologist measuring the impact of the virus estimate close to a total of 500,000...
Read MoreOminous Signs from the CEO of Chubb Insurance Concerning Business Insurance Claims
Recent NewsHaving seen the reaction of insurers to a number of “crises,” both real and imagined, it did not surprise me to read an op-ed by the CEO of Chubb Insurance in the...
Read MoreOlder Drivers are More Likely to be Distracted by Technology
Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Recent NewsAccording to AAA, older drivers are more likely to be distracted while driving when using in-vehicle technology than their counterparts. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the University of Utah released...
Read MoreTexas Workers Are Dying on the Job at Alarming Rates
Personal Injury, Recent News, Wrongful DeathThis week, the Texas Observer published a story confirming what many of us in the legal industry knew to be true from observation: Texas workers are dying on the job much more...
Read MoreStudy Shows Women at Higher Risk Than Men in Car Wrecks
Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries, Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Recent News, Wrongful DeathWe have all heard about gender gaps in different areas of our lives. Differences in our elected leaders, job types, and earnings are all applicable to gender. One new gender-based statistic that...
Read MoreOil Rig Explosions Highlight Indifference to Safety
Construction Defects, Oil and Gas Fraud, Personal Injury, Recent NewsLast Wednesday, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued a rare but scathing indictment of the oil and gas industry for the lack of regulation and supervision of the onshore oil and gas...
Read MoreCrane Collapse in Dallas Causes Death and Serious Injury
Construction Defects, Personal Injury, Recent News, Wrongful DeathSeveral weeks ago, I wrote to warn you about cranes and the dangers that they pose. You can read the blog entry here. Yesterday, during some severe weather in Dallas, the inevitable...
Read MoreWhat Do Some Cellphones and Electronic Cigarettes Have in Common?
Personal Injury, Product Recall, Recent NewsIt sounds like the beginning to a bad joke, but there is a very dangerous answer. Recently, a professional basketball player living in Plano, Texas was injured when his LG cellphone exploded...
Read MoreCrane Accidents are Particularly Deadly in North Texas
Construction Defects, Recent NewsAccording to a recent story in the Dallas Morning News, Texas leads the nation in deadly crane accidents. At least eight workers have been killed in seven different accidents in North Texas...
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