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Every day, Texas drivers face the risk of being injured in a car accident. The risk of a crash can be mitigated with appropriate defensive driving behaviors like controlling speed, anticipating sudden movements, and allowing adequate stopping distance. While the risk of being involved in a collision cannot be completely eliminated, when an accident occurs,...

Following a spate of serious crashes in highway construction zones, officials with the Texas Department of Transportation are urging motorists to use caution in these areas. KXAN.com reported the agency unveiled statistics showing 25,000 car accidents in Texas construction zones in Texas. There was also a 27 percent increase in the number of work zone...

A five-vehicle crash on the Southwest Freeway recently resulted in one death in Houston, according to ABC 13.The accident occurred at approximately 2:30 on a Saturday morning. Following the crash, officers shut down Westpark Drive for several hours so police could investigate the cause of the fatal accident. This deadly collision is one of many that will...

Distracted driving is a major public health risk. Drivers use their phones to talk and use apps while driving, which takes their focus away from the road. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that eight people die and 1,161 people get hurt daily in auto accidents that are caused by drivers who are...

V2V technology cure for car accidents? Imagine if cars could talk to each other. One car's coming around a corner. Another's heading towards the same intersection. The two cars then communicate and relay each other's locations, thus avoiding an auto accident. Such a scenario might sound far-fetched. But this technology is closer to reality than...

Today, most new cars are equipped with some kind of infotainment system. These systems allow motorists to talk with their vehicles. Drivers can tell their car to put an address into their GPS system, or to turn on a different kind of music. Drivers who integrate their phones with their cars can also make cell...

In December 2015, Tracey & Fox settled a number of Laparoscopic Power Morcellator cases against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon, which was the country's largest manufacturer of Laparoscopic Power Morcellators before they discontinued and pulled the devices from the market. According to an article by the Wall Street Journal, lawyers representing patients in the remaining...

Johnson & Johnson and Brigham & Women's Hospital may have violated federal law by failing to report adverse effects from morcellation procedures to the FDA. At a hearing earlier this week, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations questioned the director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health in an effort...

In the wake of the seven-story scaffolding accident that occurred last month outside of an apartment building in Houston, many are questioning whether worker watchdog OSHA is really able to keep workers safe. Currently, OSHA investigators do not typically visit a worksite on their own - they usually arrive only after an accident has already...