Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on May 16, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Texas workers are often surrounded by dangerous conditions at work. With the oil and gas sector, manufacturing industry, offshore and maritime work, and construction sites workers are sometimes the ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Texas Personal Injury Lawyer
The relatives of a Texas woman who died last year aboard a Carnival ship are suing the cruise liner for negligence, claiming the workers onboard were not properly trained to administer help to ...
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Posted on May 4, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
San Antonio – News outlets reported that a motorcyclist was sideswiped in an accident with another vehicle this morning. Authorities said the motorcyclist was hit when the other driver pulled ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Texas Oil platform explosion and injury Lawyer An offshore oil platform is a dangerous place. Workers need to operate or work near heavy machinery and flammable materials. The possibility of rough ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
We trust nursing home staff to care for our loved ones and ensure they receive proper treatment and safe care. It is devastating to find out that a nursing home (or a daycare) has violated this trust. ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2012 By Houston Slip and Fall Injury Lawyer
Slip and Fall attorney Houston, Texas A slip and fall, sometimes referred to as trip and fall, is known as a premise liability case. This personal injury term means someone slipped or fell on another ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2012 By Houston Product Recall Lawyer
Quality control really has plagued Johnson & Johnson lately, and their latest recall involves Infant Tylenol. The company said that it is recalling 574,000 bottles of grape-flavored, liquid ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Most Americans consider the F.D.A a line of defense against dangerous food, pharmaceuticals, or medical devices, but by the agency’s own admission it is understaffed and underfunded. ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Houston Product Recall Lawyer
A packaging error has led to a recall of almost 1 million packets of birth control tablets in the U.S. Pfizer, the manufacturer, found that some packets had incorrect hormone dosages and some had ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Houston DePuy Hip Implant Lawyer
Experts are starting to gauge the cost of the defective metal-on-metal hip implants that have injured patients nationwide. A recent New York Times article highlights how medical and legal experts have ...
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