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Katy, Texas Fatal Tire Blowout Accident
According to Harris County Sheriff’s investigators, a bad tire and perhaps some speeding appears to have resulted in a fatal accident overnight in Katy, Texas. Witnesses say the accident happened at around midnight, when a pickup truck that was traveling west on Morton Road at about 80 miles per hour blew its right front tire….
Texas Construction Fatalities 22% Higher than Other States
A very extensive report was recently released showing that any worker in Texas has a 12 percent greater likelihood of dying on the job than the same worker doing the same job in any other state. However, if that worker is in the Texas construction industry, that worker has a 22 percent greater likelihood to be…
A Delayed Recall Will Cost Automaker $17.35 Million
After consumers were burned by General Motors (GM), and their extremely long delay in recalling millions of cars because of defective safety switches, apparently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has decided to be more aggressive with automakers when it comes to making sure they recall defective vehicles in a timely manner, as soon as…
Hyundai Recalls Affect Nearly 419,000 Vehicles
Korean automaker Hyundai announced three voluntary recalls Friday, August 1, affecting nearly 420,000 of its cars and SUVs. The recalls are to repair suspension, brake and oil leak problems. The largest of the Hyundai recalls is for 225,000 Santa Fe SUVs from model years 2001 through 2006. The recall doesn’t cover every Santa Fe…
FSIS Issues Health Alert
Because a Missouri chicken processor, VU Foods, LLC, produced some breaded chicken products without inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) asked them to issue a voluntary recall. The company refused, claiming there was no reason to consider them dangerous to consumers, so the FSIS has made the decision…
July 23 Accident
A terrible Texas car-truck accident occurred last Wednesday evening, July 23, and took the life of an 18-year-old woman as she was on her way to Lufkin, where she was planning to stay with a cousin before beginning freshman orientation at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches Saturday morning. According to an accident report, the accident…
Fracking Spill
The Karnes County Sheriff wants to charge On Point Services LLC, a waste hauling company based in Falfurrias, Texas, with several criminal charges for an incident on March 10, in which one of the company’s trucks spilled more than 1,200 gallons of liquid fracking waste along eight miles of rural roadway between Hobson and…
Honda, Subaru, and Harley Davidson Vehicles Recalled
This has been a banner year for recalls of vehicles of all types. The most prominent example, of course, is General Motors, which has already set records this year, and it’s only half over. Then there’s the problem with Takata airbags, which have a defect that could result in the airbags improperly inflating in…
California Bus-Truck Crash Update
Earlier this week, the sheriff-coroner for Glenn County, California reported on its autopsy results in the wake of a fiery bus-truck crash that occurred on a Northern California highway back on April 10. According to their data, coroners suggest that most of the ten people who died in the crash, including five students, three adult…
Fruit Recall Attorney
Contaminated Fruit Recalled for Listeria A California produce packer, Wawona Packing Co has undertaken a voluntary big fruit recall of produce that was packed at their Cutler, California plant during the first 12 days of June. The recall is being conducted out of concern about possible Listeria contamination. The recall covers a wide variety of…