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DPS and TxDOT Announce Holiday Weekend Crackdowns Just in time for the summer season, which begins unofficially with Memorial Day weekend, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have announced two initiatives designed to tackle two of the biggest problems on Texas roads. One of them is…

Important! Subaru Emergency Recall for Steering Defect Over the last several years, the number of vehicle recalls has been staggering. The numbers are so high that some experts are warning that a sort of “recall fatigue” may have set in for some people. However, if you own a 2016 or 2017 Subaru Legacy or Outback,…

Texas Drunk Driver Kills One Teen, Injures Another After Prom Due to events that happened last weekend, two Texas families are having to deal with the unthinkable consequences when a Texas drunk driver chose to get behind the wheel and drive on a Texas highway. As a result of that decision, one teen girl…

In recent days, there seem to be a significant number of pedestrian accidents involving cars or large trucks. For example, last Thursday, Ernest Lee Brown, a 55-year-old Vidor resident, was attempting to cross the south service road of Interstate 10 at State Highway 62 at about 4:45 p.m. He crossed in front of a…

On Monday, medical device manufacturer Cook Medical issued a voluntary recall of more than 4 million catheters. This is actually a follow-up recall, as the company previously issued four recalls, covering more than 400,000 catheters. It is the largest recall in Cook Medical history. These catheters are typically used for vascular procedures like minimally-invasive…

Ex-employee Gets $225,000 in OSHA Whistleblower Protection Case All employers, in Texas and elsewhere are required to keep all workplaces as safe and healthy as possible for the people who work there. When an employee finds a hazard on the job, they should bring it to the attention of the employer or at least an…

Just within the last few weeks, at least three workers with landscape companies in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have been killed on the job when the riding mowers or tractors overturned into a stream bed or other source of water. This sudden spate of fatalities has caught the attention of the U.S. Occupational Safety and…

OSHA Issues New Final Food Safety Whistleblower Rule It can’t be denied that among the people on the front lines of the fight for better food safety are food production workers, from field workers to grocery store clerks. However, when they see problems that may cause possible health problems for the people who consume…

A New Tool for Catching Distracted Drivers The Hill Law Firm would like to remind everyone that April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Our goal is to see to it that everyone gets to wherever they’re going safely, and we urge everyone to put away their cell phones while they’re driving and make everyone…

When new parents buy products for their infant children, they rightfully expect the products to have been tested and determined to be safe for their child to use. Unfortunately, sometimes a manufacturer fails in their duty. Case in point: Due to a possible risk of the baby falling, Fisher-Price has decided to issue a voluntary…