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28 Aug

What Do I Do After a Workplace Injury in Texas?

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a Spring, Texas-based company for violating the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act when it retailiated against an employee. The employee complained t...

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Texas Flag
21 Aug

Does Workers Comp Cover Ambulance Fees?

Injured workers sometimes need to be transported by air ambulance helicopter due to their injuries. The transport may be from the scene of an injury to a hospital or from one hospital to another. In recent years, the num...

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Motorcycle Accident
19 Aug

5 Motorcycle Safety Tips for New and Returning Riders

This summer, many Texans are experiencing riding a motorcycle for the first time, while others are returning to motorcycling after a long layoff. As fun as motorcycles are to ride, they can be dangerous if safety procedu...

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17 Aug

Worker Loses Bid to Sue for Workers Comp, Company May Face Premises Liability Claim

A Texas contract worker injured in an Oklahoma oil field has lost his bid to sue outside of the state’s exclusive remedy rule for workers comp. However, the company he did contract work for may still face a premises li...

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14 Aug

An Argument For A Sandra Bland Wrongful Death Case

The family of Sandra Bland, the Illinois woman found hanging in a Texas jail cell in July, filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week against a Texas trooper, a sheriff’s office and her jailers, accusing them of being re...

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12 Aug

Chrysler Recalls 1.4 Million Hackable Cars

Chrysler is recalling 1.4 million hackable cars that can be remotely manipulated over the Internet. Hackers are able to remotely control several Chrysler models, posing an unprecedented danger for drivers. Hackers can cu...

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10 Aug

Is Texas Tort Reform in Need of Changes? A Recent Fort Worth Medical Malpractice Case Makes a Strong Argument

The family of a Fort Worth mother who died following three seizures is suing the hospital where she was initially taken for treatment. The lawsuit, filed last month in Dallas County, accuses Texas Health Arlington Memori...

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7 Aug

Woman Sues for Wrongful Death After Daughter’s Suicide

A woman living in Corpus Christi is suing an Austin police detective for wrongful death after her teenage daughter committed suicide using the detective's gun. The woman alleges that the suicide could have been prevente...

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5 Aug

Texas Neurosurgeon Faces Medical Malpractice for Botched Surgeries

Last month a Dallas County grand jury indicted a Plano, Texas neurosurgeon on six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with medical malpractice. The deadly weapon in question was the combinatio...

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31 Jul

Texas Supreme Court to Determine Whether Medical Malpractice Laws Apply to Autopsies

The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to determine in November whether a postmortem fraud claim can be a medical malpractice claim under Texas law and therefore subject to dismissal or limitation of liability under the Tex...

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29 Jul

Texas Man Hits Trucking Company With Wrongful Death Suit

A Texas man has sued a trucking business on wrongful death charges in a 2014 collision that claimed the life of a husband and father. The man, acting as estate representative, sued Dickson’s Trucking of Atoka, Oklah...

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28 Jul

Rate of Fatal Car Crashes in Austin Nearly Double What It’s Been In Previous Years

Soon there could be more fatal car crashes this year in Austin so far than in all of 2014. As of mid-July, there were 58 traffic fatalities in Austin for 2015, already nearly reaching the annual average of 64. If the cur...

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24 Jul

Imprisoned Patient Sues Doctor Over Infection and Injuries

A Henderson County, Texas resident has filed a lawsuit against a Huntsville surgeon alleging medical negligence in a 2011 case. The Athens man sued the doctor July 6, alleging liability in a number of medical operations ...

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22 Jul

More Collisions but Fewer Injuries on Austin’s Cap Metro Buses

In Austin, more Capital Metro buses are getting into collisions on its roads. However, fewer people are getting hurt on the buses. An analysis of Capital Metro crash and collision data from January to mid-May found that ...

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17 Jul

Understanding Texting and Driving Laws in Texas

One in five car accidents involve distracted driving, which is any activity, such as texting, that diverts an individual’s attention away from driving. Drivers who text in their vehicles are at a much higher risk for c...

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