Within a roughly 24-hour span, two separate rail incidents ocurred in the Houston area, one involving a freight train derailment carrying industrial materials, and another involving a passenger train collision. While no fatalities have been reported...
Wind tip-over crashes are some of the most violent trucking accidents on Texas roads. A fully loaded tractor-trailer already has a high center of gravity, a long trailer profile, and a large side surface that can catch crosswinds. When strong gusts...
A night at the Houston Rodeo should not end with families running, crowds scattering, and people wondering whether they were ever truly safe in the first place. But according to local reporting on the March 14, 2026 incident, rowdy crowds, fights,...
Late on Thursday, March 12, 2026, a fire broke out at LyondellBasell’s Bayport Choate site in Pasadena, prompting a large overnight emergency response. Early reporting stated that two tanks caught fire, that all personnel were accounted for, and...
A recent headline from the Chron reads: "Rodeo traffic will be worse than usual this year." A bold, if ominous, statement. Every spring, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo draws millions of visitors to NRG Park for rodeo competitions, concerts,...
There is no honest one-size-fits-all dollar figure for a lost finger in Texas, but numbers may be lower than you might expect. A fingertip amputation at work may produce a relatively modest workers’ compensation payout, while the loss of a...
Lights Out: An Entire County in the Dark If you live in or around Atascosa County, you might have found yourself suddenly sitting in the dark recently on March 4th. We usually expect a power outage to be the result of a bad storm or a blown...
On Sunday, March 1, 2026, one of autonomous taxi company Waymo's vehicles was filmed blocking an ambulance in Downtown Austin following the tragic 6th street shooting. The vehicle blocked emergency traffic for 1 to 2 minutes, and law enforcement...
Two of the most catastrophic types are underride and override collisions. Both involve a mismatch in height and mass between a passenger vehicle and a commercial truck or trailer, and both can bypass the passenger vehicle’s crash-protection...
Negligence per se is a doctrine Texas courts use in certain personal injury cases when a defendant violates a safety statute. Instead of arguing about what a “reasonable person” would have done, the statute can supply the standard of care. Texas...
