Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On Tuesday afternoon, several explosions heard from the natural gas and liquids plant in Mont Belvieu, Texas, were followed by flames which could be seen from downtown Houston. Local media reported ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2011 By admin in Whistleblowers Act, lawyer
According to reports, a lawsuit filed in Dallas, Texas against one of the nation’s biggest hospice companies highlights how Medicare’s payment methods can offer unintended financial ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By admin in Fracking
According to a recent report, Rep. Joe Barton and Sen. John Cornyn were the top recipients of campaign contributions from companies involved in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2011 By admin in Insurance Claims
According to reports, conditions in the state of Texas have been extremely conducive to wildfires for the past year. Further, officials say there appears to be no end in sight. Currently, authorities ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By admin in Death
According to reports, in what some say could be the first step toward a massive federal lawsuit, 83 people who consist of victims of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage and the family members of those ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By admin in Pipeline Regulation
According to a state auditor’s report, the Texas Railroad Commission inspected only 65 percent of the highest-priority pipelines last year. Reportedly, the pipelines received the high-priority ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Ben Licas
According to reports, the maker of the world's bestselling diabetes drug, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., is facing hundreds of lawsuits as suspicion grows that taking the pill for more than a ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2011 By Pedestrial Accident Attorney
On November 2, 2011, Houston police say a teenager was hit and killed by a pickup truck as she rode a bike in north Houston. Reportedly, the girl was riding a bicycle in the 1000 block of Greens Road. ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2011 By admin in Fracking
According to recent reports, the United States Government is on its way to imposing new mandates on natural gas wells located on public lands. U.S. officials say they will be rewriting badly outdated ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
On November 2, 2011, Houston authorities say the driver of a sport utility vehicle lost control of his SUV and slammed into a northwest Houston freeway guardrail. Reportedly, the crash happened at the ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
Reportedly, a Houston area law maker has recently called for an investigation of State Farm Insurance after homeowners have alleged through a lawsuit that the insurer wrongfully denied more than ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
According to reports, a bill which tightens federal safety regulations over oil and gas pipelines passed through the senate on October 17, 2011. However, sources say the bill was allowed to proceed ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2011 By Insurance Claim Attorney
According to reports, during 2011 Texas wildfires burned thousands of miles of fencing, over 1,500 heads of livestock, and sections of pasture nearly twice as long as Delaware. Sources say the states ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
On September 26, 2011, the city of Port Arthur, Texas hosted a state public hearing to discuss Key Stone XL which is a project to create a crude pipeline system which stretches from Canada to Texas. ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Work Injury Attorney
Several companies involved with the use of chemical dispersants known as Corexit have been denied their motion for immunity from potentially thousands of personal injury lawsuits stemming from the use ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Insurance Claim Attorney
According to reports from Fort Worth, Texas, a lawsuit against Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative has been filed by homeowners who lost their homes in one of the most destructive wildfires in state ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Car Accident Attorney
On September 29, 2011, a man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in northwest Houston. Investigators say the driver of a Toyota Camry was traveling on state Highway 6 and tried to turn onto ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Car Accident
On September 28, 2011, authorities say that three Houston area high school students were killed and two more injured after a rollover wreck near Sorters Road and North Plantation Estates Drive in New ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2011 By Insurance Claim Attorney
Insurance agents have set up temporary work stations inside vans and tents in order to respond to damage claims resulting from the unprecedented wildfires which scorched several parts of Central Texas ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2011 By Oil/Gas Law Attorney
Reportedly, in the summer of 2011, an Exxon Mobil pipeline transporting oil across Montana burst open and flooded Yellowstone River with around 42,000 gallons of crude oil. Sources say that just weeks ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
On September 12, 2011, sources say a 16 year-old high student was riding his bicycle when he was struck by a car in Lumberton, Texas. Reportedly, the teenager was riding west on Williams Road when he ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Insurance Claim Attorney
According to Bastrop County authorities, the remaining active flames stemming from a massive wildfire have been cut off from further advancement by containment lines. Further, sources say that some ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
On September 11, 2011, the Texas Department of Public Safety reports that a Florida man has passed away after crashing his motorcycle into a mailbox in Jefferson County, Texas. Reportedly, the man was ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Car Accident Attorney
On September 8, 2011, Houston authorities report that four people were taken to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash near downtown early in the morning. Reportedly, three individuals riding in a ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Insurance Claim
The state of Texas is currently battling an unprecedented amount of wildfires caused by the worst drought the state has encountered since the 1950s. As a result, many Texans across the state have lost ...
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