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Attorney Lance Walters, of Tracey & Fox, reached a $100,000 settlement this week with an insurance company on behalf of the family of a pedestrian killed in north Harris County. The 29-year-old pedestrian was fatally struck by a pickup truck. The victim’s survivors include his wife and three children. Walters worked to achieve a settlement...

The Houston-Galveston Area Council Metropolitan Planning Organization has released their 2017 State of Safety report, an analysis of data on car crashes from 2012-2016. The H-GAC report breaks down crashes into a number of categories, with five being identified by the council and the State of Texas as being areas of focus going forward. These...

According to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle, Arkema's failure to fully account for the potential for storm damage led to serious chemical fires at its Crosby plant. The central issue in the Arkema case is that the company was unprepared for more than three feet of flooding, according to the Chronicle article. Arkema's emergency...

In 2016, more than 59,000 people in the United States died from drug overdoses. That number represented the largest annual jump ever recorded in the nation. Americans under 50 are more likely to die from a drug overdose than from any other cause. To address the growing epidemic, the Department of Health and Human Services...

Overzealous Marketing and High-Volume Prescribing at Center of Nuedexta Investigation Nuedexta entered the market in 2011 for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect (PBA). PBA is a condition affecting patients with neurological diseases or brain injuries. The disorder causes uncontrollable laughing or crying in those affected. An estimated 1% of the American population is affected by...

Bouchard Transportation Oil Barge Fire Near Port Aransas Kills Two An oil barge fire off the coast of Port Aransas, Texas caused the deaths of two crew members. The barge exploded around 4:30 a.m. on October 21, 2017 in the Gulf of Mexico while being pulled by a tug boat en route to a Texas...

Technology has greatly changed our lives. Automobiles are designed with advanced technology to make our drive easier and more entertaining. With those benefits come risks if certain features are used by a driver while driving. University of Utah researchers conducted a recent study for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and found most infotainment systems...

Search effort suspended in Lake Pontchartrain; Texas attorney discusses situation Seven people were injured and one Houston-area worker remains missing several days after an explosion Oct. 15 on an oil platform caught fire in Lake Pontchartrain, a saltwater estuary near New Orleans in Louisiana. Timothy Morrison, 44, of Katy, Texas remained missing as of Tuesday,...

Wrong way driving is a notable concern in Texas, causing nearly 240 car accidents per year. In one attempt to combat this issue, TxDOT has invested $1.5 million in a project being produced by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, and it's beginning to show results. KBTX was on site during a test of TTI's new...

Newly-minted drivers have the highest risk of involvement in a deadly car accident, according to a new study released by AAA. Drivers under 18 are three times as likely as adults to be involved in a fatal crash, and back-to-school can be especially precarious. School zones present a particular challenge, given the influx of novice drivers...