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As we have stated in other posts, we are concerned that “self-driving” (also known as “autonomous vehicle”) technology is not as sophisticated or as safe as some manufacturers would have you believe. Specifically, we believe that problems with object detection and object recognition are the “Achilles Heel” of autonomous vehicle technology. In today’s post, the automobile accident injury lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will review a recent, but largely unknown, study suggesting that “autonomous” or “self-driving” vehicle technology still…

An explosion occurred early this morning at a KMCO specialty chemical plant in Crosby, Texas. Authorities report that two people have been injured. One of the injured is stable while the other is currently in critical condition. Hazmat is currently on site and monitoring air quality. The cause of the blast is currently unknown but authorities have evacuated the immediate area as part of precautionary measures. The KMCO plant in Crosby handles multiple products from antifreeze to brake fluid. There…

One worker has been killed and two injured in an explosion and fire at the KMCO chemical plant in Crosby, Texas Tuesday morning. The dead worker had been transported in critical condition to a Houston hospital, and the other two are said to be in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. The types of injuries suffered by the victims is unknown at this time. According to Bloomberg.com, KMCO “… provides specialty chemical manufacturing, and custom and toll chemicals…

Emergency crews were dispatched to a chemical processing plant in east Harris County, Texas, about 25 miles northeast of Houston, in the late morning hours of April 2. The plant is located in Crosby, Texas. An explosion was reported at the Crosby chemical plant. Directly after the incident, officials with Harris County reported that two people at the Crosby chemical plant were injured in the initial explosion. Officials did use the term “initial explosion” without further elaboration. The extent of…

Sadly, we must report that many of our veterans have developed significant hearing loss and that a factor in their hearing loss were defective earplugs that weredeliberately sold to the Defense Department by 3Mwith the full knowledge that they were defective! History of the Earplugs and Hearing Loss Hearing loss is the second most common cause of disability in the Veterans Administration system. Many of these cases are found in our older veterans and are related to the natural aging…