Blog Posts in 2012
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Posted on May 16, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
A Kimerly-Clark paper mill closed in the Seattle area last month, leaving potential developers wondering whether or not they should make the plunge. Since the manufacturing plant has been closed, ...
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Posted on May 15, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The truck accident attorneys at Arnold & Itkin recently filed a case on behalf of a Houston truck driver who was injured in an accident caused by another truck driver. The accident took place in ...
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Posted on May 14, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
A North Houston car accident caused serious injuries to one and killed three people. The accident took place this past Saturday. Four people were traveling in a Honda Civic when they pulled up to a ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Some shocking research over the past thirty years indicates a pattern of drug poisoning that has led to the death of many Americans. The data comes from the National Vital Statistics System Mortality ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
A mother in Harris County has recently filed a wrongful death suit against a bouncer employed at a club in Houston. The mother alleges that the bouncer caused the wrongful death of her son. The ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
According to a new report by the American Journal of Public Health female drivers are at greater risk of injury and death in the event of a car accident because of seat belt design. It seems as if the ...
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Posted on May 9, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
The super store Wal-Mart is poised to pay $4.8 million in back wages to workers whose overtime they violated. This compensation will benefit 4,500 employees of both Wal-Mart and Sam's Club ...
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Posted on May 8, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Transportation Secretary Roy LaHood has called for a complete ban on any cell phone use, either talking or texting, while drivers are behind the wheel. He has asked for the creation of a federal law ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
A car accident can be bad enough. This is why there are certain safety precautions that can be taken in order to avoid further accident and injury after you get into a crash. One of the most common ...
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Posted on May 7, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Attorneys Kurt Arnold, Kyle Findley and Paul Skrabanek of Arnold & Itkin filed a suit in Jefferson County, Texas on behalf of a Jones Act seaman who was injured while performing his job duties. ...
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Posted on May 6, 2012 By Houston Injury Lawyer
A university professor from Finland presented new evidence last week at the 2012 Childhood Cancer conference in London, explaining why an increase in cell phone usage could result in the development ...
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Posted on May 5, 2012 By Houston Injury Lawyer
When an unusual number of people, in a short period of time and in a small geographic area, experience adverse health events, the phenomenon is described by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as a ...
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Posted on May 4, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
AAA recently put texting drivers to the test by conducting simulations on a closed course. Distracted driving is rampant in the United States today. Despite many measures to reduce texting-related ...
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Posted on May 3, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Who would have thought that a little more shut-eye could have prevented so many fatal car accidents? Falling asleep at the wheel is a huge problem that affects every driver on the road. A new study ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Purchasing your home may have seemed like enough money spent, so why would you buy homeowners insurance when you could spend that money furnishing your brand new home? Many people think that a ...
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Posted on May 1, 2012 By Personal Injury Attorney
Study trial participants who were harmed by Coapt System's dangerous dermal filler injectable will have another hurdle to face before being compensated for their injuries. The drug ...
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Posted on Apr 30, 2012 By Houston Injury Lawyer
Results from a new nationwide survey on distracted driving have revealed that while young drivers are aware of what distracted driving is, they still engage in dangerous driving behaviors because they ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Two weeks after a fatal yacht racing accident near the Farallon Islands, about 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco, the U.S. Coast Guard has suspended all offshore-racing permits in the bay area. ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
It has been reported that on Friday, April 27 a school bus crashed near Seguin, Texas with ten people onboard. The collision occurred near 6:30 in the morning according to a Department of Public ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Diamonds Direct USA is filing a claim against another jewelry company, BFJ Holdings (DBA Capri Jewelers) for trademark infringement, unfair competition and false advertising. Allegedly, Diamonds ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
The number is rising at such a steady pace, that it is difficult to state an exact number of plaintiffs who have recently filed suits against the NFL for their head injuries. Many high-profile players ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
In a recent Oklahoma House decision, the workers' compensation opt-out bill has failed to pass. This opt-out bill would have given Oklahoma employers the option of opting out of providing ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
After a gallbladder surgery went wrong, a former U.S. airman is suing the government for medical malpractice. The man lost his legs allegedly as the result of the surgery. Since 1950, a ruling called ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
Because of a North Carolina woman's suspicions, police are investigating the possibility of nursing home abuse at the Maple Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center. Suspicions started to rise when ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
90,000 U.S. pharmaceutical workers may be eligible for overtime pay, dependent upon a U.S. Supreme Court case poised to take place this week in Mesa, Arizona. The case is being filed against the ...
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