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Ninety percent of accidents in the Oil & Gas sector are a direct result of cost cutting. As a lawyer focused on helping the industry’s victims and their families, I know too well that the vast majority of deadly accidents involving oil tankers, oil and gas pipelines, wells, and offshore...

COVID-19 has killed hundreds of oil and gas workers in Mexico. By July 22, the death toll at Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) was 227, a world record for COVID deaths reported at a single company.
Coronavirus infection can spread rapidly on offshore platforms. Hospitals are far away, workers...

A major gas explosion killed two people, crumbled three homes, and injured seven residents of Reisterstown Station, Baltimore. The blast, which blew out windows and tore doors from their hinges, could be heard from miles away. The incident took place on August 9.
Home explosions caused by gas...

The coronavirus pandemic has affected virtually every business in America, but none more so than restaurants. Restaurants and other food businesses, like bars, coffee shops, and bakeries, typically carry significant debt and need steady cash flow to stay afloat.
It was bad enough when these...

Bedsores are the completely unnecessary yet shockingly common problem that plagues Texas nursing homes. Studies have shown that at any given time, eight to 10 percent of residents at a nursing home have one or more bed sores.
In truth, that percentage should be almost zero. Even in cases...

Here’s a discouraging fact for any Texas resident with an elderly loved one: The Lone Star State consistently ranks dead last in the quality of its nursing home facilities. That ranking comes courtesy of Families for Better Care, a nonprofit watchdog group that issues annual nursing home...

When you place a loved one in a nursing home, you have the right to expect the highest quality care. Unfortunately, too many nursing homes are poorly, negligently or corruptly run, so patients and residents are put at great risk of preventable injuries, neglect, and abuse.
To protect your...

If you have a loved one in a nursing home, you have every right to be concerned about their health and safety. Nursing home abuse and neglect are real problems that impact far too many of our vulnerable seniors. What’s worse is that many nursing home residents are intimidated and silenced, so...

A third worker has now died from injuries caused in a Chesapeake Energy Inc. oil well explosion that occurred around 3:30 pm, Wednesday, January 29 just south of Caldwell, Texas. According to Chesapeake, one worker died on-site and a second worker died from severe injuries the next...

Texas holds the dubious distinction of leading the nation in the number of commercial truck accidents. Many of these accidents and subsequent fatalities were preventable had the trucks received proper maintenance and the drivers adhered to federal transportation safety regulations.
Each...