On Oct. 1, a jury found that neither party was to blame for a collision that resulted in neck and back injuries for one driver. In 2004, Christy Chaney’s car was struck by a vehicle driven by Alan Sunberg as both drivers were traveling in opposite directions on Hwy. 190…
On Sept. 19, a jury sided with a doctor accused of failing to prevent a patient’s heart attack. In 2004, Phyllis Jackson, then 49, underwent a hysterectomy, which had been recommended by her doctor, Suvij Upatham. The day after the procedure, Jackson complained of chest discomfort and tests showed an…
FORT WORTH — A man had walked his southeast Fort Worth neighborhood for years without any problems from dogs. Until Tuesday morning. A pit bull terrier mauled the 61-year-old man in a vacant field as he strolled home from a neighborhood convenience store. “He charged straight at me,” the man…
MARSHALL TEXAS- The family of a man killed while working at a Texas sawmill is suing the company for alleged safety violations. According to the complaint filed Dec. 28 in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas, the man was employed at Southern Hardwood Co. on Jan. 20,…
LEONARD TEXAS— An ambulance collided with a car at a rural North Texas intersection, killing all three people inside the sedan. Police in Leonard say the ambulance driver failed to see the Chevrolet Malibu before turning onto U.S. Highway 69. The car slammed into the ambulance, sending both vehicles off…
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Police Department will begin enforcing the Uninsured Motorist Ordinance with the start of the new year. Approved by the Dallas City Council on May 28, the new law says that drivers who are stopped for a traffic violation and cannot provide proof of the state-required auto…
TEXAS-Johnson County officials are concerned about “mud” spills, the mess that some companies leave behind when waste is hauled away from drilling sites. When trucks loaded with the mud used in the gas drilling process travel too fast along county roads, some of it spills out, and county officials are…
DALLAS — Four people, including a 14-month-old toddler, died in accidents on icy roadways as a wintry storm moved through Texas over the past week. Authorities blamed icy roads for all four traffic fatalities. In three of the four deadly accidents, Monday night and early Tuesday, the drivers of the…
Driver fatigue is responsible for up to 40% of all accidents caused by semi-truck drivers. Data from the Deptartment of Transportation show that driver fatigue causes as many as 750 deaths and nearly 200,000 injuries on an annual basis. Under the current rules, a driver must be allowed 10 hours…
The family of a man who died at a San Francisco jail has filed a $10 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, saying sheriff’s officials ignored prisoners’ pleas that he needed medical help in the hours before he died. The 48 year old man, died in his cell,…