There are over a million burn injuries reported in the United States every year. Sadly, it is the fifth most preventable cause of deaths in this country – which means that with a little forethought and proper planning fires and resulting burns could be avoided. Burn injuries are truly some of the worst for a [...]
The application of the law in cases of wrongful deaths can be confusing to the layman. One of the most basic concepts related to wrongful death litigation is the delineation between punitive and compensatory damages. The word ‘punitive’ derives from the word ‘punishment’ and that is the gist of this type of monetary award. Punitive [...]
Perhaps one of the most valuable agencies in all of the federal government is the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration or NHTSA – established in 1970. The organization is part of the larger Transportation Department and their mission is simple – “save lives, prevent injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes”. Their responsibilities are actually quite diverse and [...]
If a person were to walk into a youth oriented meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, they would be shocked to find that seventy percent of the room’s attendees are under the age of eighteen, and many are court appointed by a judge’s order to attend AA for the duration of their probation. What is even more [...]
In what seems to be an ongoing event on Houston highways, a semi truck accident shut down 610 today for many hours while crews worked to clean up a fuel spill from the truck accident. The 18-wheeler accident occurred early Monday morning between a minivan and a tractor-trailer on the East Loop of Houston. What [...]
New automobiles, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles all have something in common these days besides the obvious category of transportation they fall in, and it is they have little high tech black boxes installed to record the five-seconds leading up to the air bags deploying during a accident. It records rate of speed, Rpms [...]
Reports out today indicated that a fourth child has died from the daycare fire that took the life of three other children earlier in the week. The scrutiny of the fatal fire has been ongoing and led to many questions. Were there working smoke detectors on the premises? Why were not all of the children [...]
A Houston day care caught fire today and left two children dead and five injured. The day care center was located in West Houston and apparently had previous issues concerning lack of fire protection, according to reports. This tragic accident is an example of a parents worst nightmare. The initial indications indicate that the fire [...]
Garbage trucks are a common sight on city roads. They come through and pick up the trash – and are usually unobtrusive – their existence often melding into the background of our consciousness as we go about our daily business. However, garbage trucks have the potential to be deadly – and often at a moment’s [...]
A tragic episode that is very common still today happened in Montgomery county early Sunday morning. Reports indicate a one and one half year old girl was burned to death in a mobile home, before anyone could rescue her. The grandmother tried to save her but passed out from smoke inhalation, and was severely burned [...]
