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24 Dec

Is It Dangerous to Drive on the Winter Holidays?

Christmas and New Year’s Day are almost here. While Austin, Texas may not get the same wintery conditions that Colorado or Michigan might get, we are susceptible to holiday traffic and isolated days of true wintry weat...

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22 Dec

How Common Are Fatal Car Accidents Involving Children?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 2002 to 2011, 9,000 children 12 years old and younger were killed in auto wrecks. In the last year of this study, researchers found that one-third o...

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22 Dec

What Do New Workers’ Comp Disciplinary Actions Mean for Texas Workers?

Austin Personal Injury Attorneys Explain Workers’ Comp Violations The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has recently released information about fines levied against companies that failed to provide health care ...

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19 Dec

Are Defective Toy Injuries on the Rise?

As we get closer to the holiday season, we would like to inform our readers of a sharp rise in toy-related injuries. The most recent edition of Clinical Pediatrics reports that injuries from toys have increased by 40 per...

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17 Dec

How Common Are Train Accidents in Texas?

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, a person or vehicle gets involved in a train accident every two hours. In 2012, Texas accounted for 106 of these accidents. Additionally, Politico reports that certain...

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15 Dec

What is the Rate of Texas Workplace Injuries?

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics has released new information on the Texas workplace injury and illness rate for the year 2013. Overall, the statistics show a decrease in both injuries and illness. Here are a...

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12 Dec

Are Distracted Driving Accidents on the Rise in Texas?

Texas is one of only seven states without a law banning drivers from texting while driving their vehicle. Many efforts have been made to pass a law, but all attempts have failed. Some local ordinances have been made, but...

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10 Dec

Can I Secure Lost Wages if I Have Been Injured on the Job?

Texas workers often work long hours, which can sometimes lead to severe injuries or even death. Regulations, training and other safety measures are in place to protect workers; however, workplace injuries will still occu...

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8 Dec

When Do Most Pedestrian Accidents Occur?

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, as of 2010, over half of all pedestrian deaths have occurred between 3 p.m. and midnight. Of these, about 4 out of 10 occurred on weekends. However, most accidents, inc...

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5 Dec

How Safe is it to Let Elderly Relatives Drive?

An elderly Austin woman was seriously injured in an accident last month during rush hour. The cause of this accident has not yet been reported in the news. Elderly drivers, along with teen drivers, are at the most ris...

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3 Dec

Are Tour Bus Accidents Common in Texas?

The band Dropkick Murphys was involved in an Austin-area crash, killing a 23-year-old pedestrian around 3 a.m. The band was unhurt, but they cancelled their next concert. Notable Texas Tour Bus Accidents of the Last Y...

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1 Dec

How Common Are Garbage Truck Accidents?

In Galveston, Texas, two people were killed when a car crashed into a garbage truck. Accidents involving garbage trucks rarely make the news, but they are a major source of traumatic injuries, either for the workers aboa...

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28 Nov

Is Your Loved One a TBI Victim from a Personal Attack?

A 36-year-old Austin man named Kenneth Johnson has suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) by an unknown rock thrower. The victim has had part of his skull removed. Currently, he is unable to communicate more than a few ...

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26 Nov

How Common are Seat Belt Fatalities in Car Crashes?

A Beaumont man was killed in Austin during the early morning. Early reports indicated that he flipped his truck while trying to get back on the road after he had veered off. The man flew out of his truck, as he was not w...

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24 Nov

What Accidents are Common at a Chemical Plant?

A chemical leak at the DuPont chemical plant in La Porte, Texas has led to the deaths of four workers. The fatalities were caused by a valve failure, which led to a leaking of methyl mercaptan. For one family, this event...

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