Archive for April, 2010
Search Called Off for the 11 Missing Offshore Workers in Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig Explosion – Houston Injury Lawyers
The Coast Guard has been conducting relentless search and rescue efforts since Tuesday, when the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. However, with every hour that went by without any information on the missing workers, it became less and less likely that these workers would be [...]
Safety Groups Team up to Prevent Deaths of Children Left Unattended in Cars – Houston Child Injury Lawyers
Between 1998 and 2009, there were 445 child fatalities involving children left unattended in vehicles, and dying from heat stroke. A group of more than 40 organizations including Safe Kids USA and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is pooling in efforts to ensure that such deaths don’t occur again.
About 50% of the fatalities occurred because [...]
Houston Personal Injury Lawyers Support Establishment of CPSC Product Injury Database – Texas Product Liability Attorneys
It’s the kind of product safety initiative that Houston product liability lawyers believe will keep consumers safe. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted 3-2 to set up a product injury database that will contain information about thousands of consumer products, as well as injuries linked to these.
As things now stand, there is very little [...]
Two Students Injured in Klein Independent School District Bus Accident in Houston – Texas Injury Lawyers
Two students have been injured, one of them seriously, in an accident involving a Klein Independent School District bus and a passenger vehicle.
The accident occurred on Monday at about 6.30 in the morning in northwest Harris County. The bus was taking students to an alternative school at the Louetta and Stuebner-Airline district annex, when it [...]
Driving Restrictions for Dementia Patients Could Be Eased – Houston Auto Accident Lawyers
The American Academy of Neurology is revising its guidelines on driving privileges for dementia patients. The new guidelines would mean that more persons with mild dementia are allowed to drive.
The last time the American Academy of Neurology issued guidelines for dementia patients and driving privileges, it recommended that patients with Alzheimer’s disease and their families [...]
Budgetary Cuts Could Impact Prison Alcohol Treatment Programs for DWI Offenders in Texas – Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers
Texas is looking at a massive $18 billion budget shortfall next year. That deficit will have to be made up for by slashing funds to other programs and facilities. There is speculation that alcohol treatment programs for prisoners arrested for DWI offenses could likely have funding cut as part of these measures. As Houston DWI [...]
12-year-old Texas Boy In Custody after Midnight Police Chase – Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers
A 12-year-old boy, who took sheriff’s deputies on a wild midnight chase as he drove his father’s pickup truck across Fayette County, was taken into police custody following the chase last month.
The unidentified boy apparently took his father’s pickup truck without permission, and began to drive on interstate Highway 10. Fayette County Sheriff deputies were [...]
Texas Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Possessing 4.6 Ounces of Marijuana – Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers
As criminal defense attorneys in Houston, we know that Texas laws very often tend not to match the punishment to the crime very well. A jury in Smith County has recently shown exactly how bad a mismatch crime and punishment can be. They have found a man in Tyler guilty of possessing less than 5 [...]
Three Houston Children Killed in Accident in Bastrop County – Texas Injury Lawyers
Three children were killed and two people seriously injured in an auto accident in Bastrop County on Sunday afternoon.
The accident occurred when two Houston mothers were driving with their families. According to news reports, the driver, Tiffany Bowman, failed to yield to oncoming traffic leading to her Dodge Caravan being struck by a pickup truck. [...]
Tuesday, April 13 is National Be Kind to Lawyers Day!
Yes, today is “National Be Kind to Lawyers Day!” I didn’t make this up, although I hope every day is “Be Kind to Lawyers Day.” According to the website below, lawyers get a lot of grief… (editors note: really?? ha ha). From the site:
Jokes are made about [lawyers] and they consistently rank as one [...]
