According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, millions of people are bitten every year by dogs. And as Ted Griggs writes for the Advocate, more than 800,000 of those people suffer dog bites severe enough to prompt them to seek medical treatment. Dog...
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Month: July 2012
Tanker truck hits and kills three people northeast of San Antonio
As Marvin Hurst reports for KENS 5 News, what would have been a relatively minor accident after a wrong-way driver hit a family in an SUV, turned into a deadly three-person oil tanker crash involving what appears to be distracted or inattentive driving. The accident...
Not just truck accidents on the Eagle Ford Shale
As Vicki Vaughan reports for the San Antonio Express-News, the Eagle Ford Shale is having a tangible impact on education and schools, on health care services, and on social services. And, like the truck accidents caused by more oil and gas traffic, it's not a good...
Sunday night pickup truck crash in South Texas results in multiple deaths
As Christopher Sherman reports for the Associated Press, at least 14 people died in a truck accident last Sunday involving a Ford pickup truck that went off the road and crashed into the trees. The accident happened in South Texas, in Goliad County, on U.S. Highway...
Texas Roadcheck 2012 places more than 1,000 trucks out of service
In a story by the Daingerfield Bee, the numbers are in: 1,763 trucks and other commercial vehicles went out-of-service after Texas Department of Public Safety inspected them during Roadcheck 2012 in early June. Not only were trucks put out of service, but truck...
Driver Using Mobile Phone and Laptop Prior to Fatal Crash
Accidents involving 18-wheelers in Texas aren't always the fault of the truck driver. Car drivers can be just as much at fault, depending on the facts of the case. In a recent accident, the car driver died because he was apparently driving while distracted. It was a...
Patient Has Irreversible Brain Bleed After Taking Pradaxa
In Severe Cases, No Treatment to Reverse Bleeding Caused by the Blood Clot Drug Boehringer Ingelheim's drug Pradaxa has what appears to be a significant problem associated with it: bleeding. And this bleeding cannot be stopped in some cases. Given that doctors simply...
New Eagle Ford Shale roads used for drug trafficking
As personal injury attorneys who represent people injured in truck accidents involving the Eagle Ford Shale 18-wheeler traffic, we've long been advocating for improved roadways in South Texas. It's no secret that local governmental authorities are trying to figure out...
Reducing truck accidents the goal of new regulations
The severity of injuries and the rate of fatalities from truck accidents can be surprising to some but should not be trivialized. The risk of serious consequences to Texas motorists when involved in accidents that involve large commercial trucks is very real. The...
How to Avoid an Oil Lease Dispute on Your Land
Eagle Ford Shale Landowners Can Take Steps to Protect Themselves A recent advisory piece in the San Antonio Express-News, written by a couple of lawyers with an oil-and-gas practice similar to ours at The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery, is essentially spot-on. The...