Like the knights and warriors of old, I was preparing this week for all out pitched battle. Is there no captain of Gondor who can come to our aid? Sadly not, we were alone in our campaign for justice.There was going to be a winner and a loser; a victor…
Today I settled one of my trucking-car accident cases through mediation. Mediation for those of you who are not familiar with the process, is an alternative dispute resolution process that I frequently employ with good results. As a Dallas Wrongful Death Attorney, I use mediation as a settlement instrument in…
This weekend I am in a contemplative mood. I was thinking about one of the medical malpractice cases I am handling. As a Fort Worth Medical Malpractice Attorney and licensed medical doctor, I receive up to 100 telephone calls and email inquiries per month. After talking and carefully screening all…
Folks I am a man of simple tastes. When I woke up this morning I sat down with a steaming cup of java and opened up my lap top. I looked out over the back yard, the temperature was cool for Texas (70 F) and the sky was a deep…
There are thousands of car, truck and motor bike accidents through out the Dallas Fort Worth multiplex on an annual basis. Many people get severely injured, maimed for life or die as a result of the motor vehicle accident. I got a call today from a potential client in San…
I like dogs but I would not describe myself as a dog person. We have a client who while working for a dog grooming/boarding facility was bitten pretty severely by the owner’s pet dog. The owner of the establishment is a self professed dog lover. She has 6-7 dogs but…
Thirteen workers jump to safety after an explosion on the offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The company, Mariner Energy, says the site’s seven active wells have been ‘shut in’ and are not leaking. Another offshore oil facility caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, sending 13 workers into…
According to OSHA, 4,340 workers died on the job in 2009. “With every one of these fatalities, the lives of a worker’s family members were shattered and forever changed. We can’t forget that fact.” -Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor Poorly Managed Construction Sites Are Dangerous. Construction site injuries include: *…
I am proud of our work this week. We just settled another car accident injury claim. My client was minding his own business, one night in Dallas. Somebody plowed into him and rear ended him. The folks who hit him were drunk and tried to run. They were caught by…
A Houston company failed to adequately mark the path of a buried 36-inch natural gas pipeline in Johnson County that was struck and exploded in June, killing one person, according to the Texas Railroad Commission. Enterprise Products Operating Llc. violated several state regulations, the commission said in a report. Fines…