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The Doan Law Firm Fights for Commercial Truck Accident Victims Seven people were injured in San Francisco when a semi-truck crashed into a passenger car as well as two pedestrians. According to law enforcement, the San Francisco semi-truck accident occurred when the big rig driver made an illegal turn. There were five people in the automobile, a family including parents and three children. The pedestrians hit by the truck were an elderly couple. In the aftermath of the San Francisco…

Explosion, Fire at Pasadena’s Kuraray America EVAL Plant Injures 21 Workers Ethylene gas leak quickly contained and posed no danger to Pasadena-area residents, said emergency management officials Previous posts on this site have covered recent explosions and fires in oil refineries located in Texas City TX and Superior WI. However, manufacturing plants that use chemical byproducts that are produced in the refining process are often located close to refineries and may pose significant risks related to industrial accidents that may…

Fiery Explosion Rips Through Chemical Plant After Apparent Mechanical Malfunction at Facility Emergency personnel responded to what is described as “fiery” Kuraray plant explosion in Pasadena late on Saturday morning. According to emergency personnel at the scene of the explosion and fire, at least 21 workers were injured and evacuated to area hospitals. Due to the nature of their injuries, two workers needed to be airlifted to area medical centers. At this time, the 21 workers sent to the hospital…

Fire at Kuraray Specialty Chemical Plant In 2013, Kuraray’s Specialty Chemical division broke ground on a 40,000 ton chemical plant in La Porte, TX. This plant, just outside of Pasadena, TX injured at least 20 people this morning when a fire broke out at 10:30 in the morning. The authorities responded and got the blaze under control which resulted in 20 people being sent to nearby hospitals. All employees on site have been accounted for and those who were injured…

In other blogs posted on this site we have discussed the problem of hazing by college fraternities. In the past week another report of hazing that resulted in a serious injury has emerged, only this incident involves a high school football team rather than a college fraternity. In today’s post, the fraternity hazing lawyer at the Doan Law Firm will discuss this incident and then explain the possible legal options that may be available to the parents of hazing victims….