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People sometimes do dangerous jobs. However, even though a job is dangerous, a person has a right to be safe at their place of employment. Safeguards, policies and procedures should be in place at all workplaces to ensure employees have proper equipment and knowledge...
When most of us think of truck accidents, we think of big rigs. After all, the image of an 18-wheeler jackknifing or otherwise going out of control, putting others on the road at risk, is a vivid one. And big trucks do cause thousands of accidents with serious...
In 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger landed a plane on the Hudson River in an emergency after birds destroyed both engines on a commercial airplane. After the crash landing, the pilot told his story about the emergency. Now, he is travelling the country to...
Intersections are the front lines of traffic safety. It's all too easy, gliding along out on the interstate, to forget this fundamental fact. But last week, a terrible truck accident at an intersection in southern Texas served as a vivid reminder of the tragic...
We all could use a little more sleep. The majority of American operate on very little sleep. This can lead to fatigue during the day and problems focusing. To help get more sleep, some people ask their doctors for prescription sleep aids such as Ambien. These sleep...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
