A few years ago, the folk singer Lucinda Williams titled an album "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road." The gravel road was meant to evoke rural ambience - the freedom associated with driving in open spaces. But from the perspective of 2013, the phrase has a new resonance....
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Month: July 2013
Six Flags continues to investigate Texas Giant fatality
Most of the readers of our San Antonio Personal Injury Law Blog have probably heard about the recent amusement park accident. In fact, if you live in the state of Texas it is hard to avoid news reports of the horrific accident that occurred at Six Flags Over Texas...
Texting isn’t the only danger on a cellphone
Cellphones have fallen squarely in the traffic safety spotlight -- and not in a good way. Distracted driving has been the focus of debate, education and legislation across the country. Texting while driving garners a large percentage of the discussion time, but it...
Natural gas well catches fire overnight, crew evacuated
Last night, a natural gas well off the coast caught fire, prompting the evacuation of the crew on the platform. Although government officials and the company that operates the well are actively trying to stop the leak, they are saying that this leak is not even close...
Brain injuries: doctors seek more options for responding to TBI
Like it or not, as a society the U.S. is becoming more familiar with the causes and effects of brain injuries. There are several reasons for this. For starters, thousands of military service veterans have come home from Iraq, Afghanistan or other deployments with...
Texas is third in the number of dog bite incidents
Dog bites and animal attacks appear to be an increasing problem across our state. It was reported that Texas has the third highest amount of reported dog bite incidents in the country. It appears that the number of dog bite incidents in the Texas area may actually...
Dueling proposals in Congress on allowable truck weights, part 2
Let's pick up the threads of the discussion we began in part one of this post on dueling proposals in Congress on truck weight limits. One proposal is SETA, for Safe and Efficient Transportation Act. The other is SHIPA, for Safe Highways and Infrastructure Act. What...
Dueling proposals in Congress on allowable truck weights, part 1
It's already been a month since we last posted on the subject of weight limits for trucks. In our June 13 post, we noted that some trucking industry interests want Congress to raise the limits to 97,000 pounds on six axles. The issue remains in play. Formally, the...