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The Terrifying Story of the Exploding Washing Machine

Samsung Exploding Washing Machine A New Jersey federal judge ruled on May 21 that an oral settlement agreement reached in June 2017 in two class action lawsuits over allegedly defective Samsung washers should be enforced. This may finally bring to an end several years of conflict between consumers and Samsung over its “explodi[...]

Date: June 19, 2018 / Defective Products / Personal Injury / Product Liability
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Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series Owners Should Be Mindful of Recalls

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is alarmed that certain higher-risk 2006 Ford Rangers and Mazda B-Series light pickup trucks with defective Takata airbags are not being repaired fast enough. NHTSA recently issued a “do not drive” warning on both vehicles, saying[...]

Date: June 12, 2018 / Defective Products / Personal Injury
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What Does the Romaine Lettuce Scare Tell Us About Food Safety?

The source of the fatal toxic strain of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce in the spring of 2018 continues to elude scientists and public health officials. So far, it has killed one person and sickened 172, in 32 states. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7, which has caused kidney failure in some patients, is the specific pathog[...]

Date: June 7, 2018 / Personal Injury / Product Liability
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Lowering Truck Driver Age Limits Could Prove Dangerous

The years-long debate on easing America's trucker shortage by allowing interstate 18-wheeler drivers under 21 has accelerated after a pair of Capitol Hill lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress. Known as the DRIVE Act, and sponsored by Congressmen Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.) and Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.), trucking Industry lea[...]

Date: May 30, 2018 / Accident Attorney / Truck Accidents
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Furniture Tip-Overs

Just about any parent of a small child has either had to deal with a furniture tip-over which injured their youngster or has heard stories from their friends whose young kids caused a tip-over of a chest of drawers or giant television. These accidents can cause crush injuries that land children in the hospital – or worse. Th[...]

Date: May 28, 2018 / Accident Attorney / Product Liability
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EVAL Industrial Plant Explosion (Pasadena)

the accident and injury law office of Terry Bryant Representing Injured EVAL Plant Workers As many workers are left reeling from a major explosion at the Kuraray America EVAL facility in Pasadena, Texas on Saturday morning, the accident and injury law office of Terry Bryant is representing workers injured in the blast. At lea[...]

Date: May 24, 2018 / Burn Injuries / Personal Injury / Workplace Safety News
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Worker Misclassification in Texas

Worker Misclassification Lawyers Employee Misclassifications in Texas Can Lead to Underpaid Wages A study released in March 2018 reveals that immigrants are twice as likely as native-born workers to be employed in industries where violations of core labor standards are pervasive – as much as 17% of the United States labor for[...]

Date: May 23, 2018 / Workers Compensation
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What All Drivers Can Do to Improve Motorcycle Safety

Once again, the National Safety Council is telling us that May is National Motorcycle Safety Month.  Its primary goal is to encourage driver awareness that they share the road with motorcyclists and they should drive with their safety in mind. Bikers need all the help they can get: According to the National Highway Traffic Safet[...]

Date: May 16, 2018 / Accident Attorney / Motorcycle Accidents / Vehicle Wrecks
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Work Zone Deaths Increase in Texas

As the state’s roadway infrastructure continues to expand, the price of progress means more than 2,500 active highway construction and repair work zones. According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in 2017 there were over 27,000 work zone crashes in Texas. That’s an increase of 5% over 2016’s accident cou[...]

Date: May 14, 2018 / Vehicle Wrecks / Workplace Safety News
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Why Maternal Mortality Rates Were so High in Texas

As it turns out, the number of women in Texas who died from pregnancy complications in 2012 has been cut by more than half through a new method for counting and confirming maternal deaths. The previous method made the maternal mortality rate of Texas and quite a few other states the subject of national news coverage. The study [...]

Date: May 9, 2018 / Medical Malpractice
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Bicycle Safety: How to Choose a Helmet

In 2016, a total of 835 U.S. bicyclists were killed in accidents involving a motor vehicle, and 51% of those riders were not wearing a helmet. Wearing a helmet is the most important thing bicyclists hitting Texas roads can do to protect themselves from a serious head injury or death. There are many factors to consider when cho[...]

Date: May 2, 2018 / Accident Attorney / Bicycle Accidents / Personal Injury
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Texas Non-Subscribers Employers: Injuries to Home Depot Workers 

Nobody ever anticipates that they're going to be injured at work, yet it happens every day. In fact, the state of Texas has led the entire country in worker fatalities and injuries for most of the past decade. What's even worse is that when workplace injuries or fatalities occur in Texas, these workers and their families aren't a[...]

Date: April 30, 2018 / Personal Injury / Workers Compensation
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Texas Non-Subscriber Employers: Injuries to H-E-B Workers

H-E-B Workers Compensation and Texas Non-Subscriber Employers Many employees may not know what coverage is available for H-E-B workers' compensation. It's best to start with an understanding of non-subscriber employers in Texas. For the past several years, the economy in Texas has thrived. New positions have been created, and h[...]

Date: April 24, 2018 / Personal Injury / Workers Compensation
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Are You Among the Millions of Texas Drivers with Faulty Airbags?

The biggest auto recall in United States history, involving over 50 million Takata airbags installed in cars, trucks, and SUVs from 19 different automakers, continues to haunt U.S. drivers and the company which manufactured them. Takata airbags’ defective inflators can turn the device into a mini grenade which fires deadly shra[...]

Date: April 12, 2018 / Defective Products
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Here’s Why Back-Seat Passengers Should Always Buckle Up

In the face of warnings being issued for years about the dangers of unbelted back seat passengers in cars, it seems most are ignoring the fact that those same unsecured back seat passengers can suddenly become human missiles in a crash and seriously injure not only themselves, but those in the front seats. This is according to [...]

Date: April 11, 2018 / Personal Injury / Vehicle Wrecks
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It’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month – Here’s How You Can Observe It

Distracted driving is a public health issue that affects us all. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the latest statistics show that each day about 9 Americans are killed and more than 1,000 are injured in crashes involving a distracted driver, including motorcycle crash injuries. It’s one of sev[...]

Date: April 10, 2018 / Pedestrian Injury / Personal Injury / Vehicle Wrecks
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Car Crashes Cause PTSD–It’s Normal!

Every year, approximately 1% of the U.S. population is injured in car crashes; that’s 3,000,000 injured Americans every year! People are accustomed to hearing about damage to necks and backs from car wrecks. However, according to Dr. Todd Buckley with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, “Ment[...]

Date: April 4, 2018 / Traumatic Brain Injuries / Vehicle Wrecks
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Traffic Deaths in Texas Have Increased By 34% Since 2010

According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), 3,720 people died on Texas roadways in 2017. And the Insurance Council of Texas states that since our low of 2,761 in 2010, traffic deaths in our state have increased by over one-third (34%). So many people are moving to Texas — more than 1,000 people a day — wh[...]

Date: March 27, 2018 / Vehicle Wrecks