Our Blog

Self-driving vehicles have gone from ideas in science fiction (and the Jetsons) to reality in many places around the country. Even though these vehicles have not made it to the mainstream for general use, self-driving vehicles have certainly been tested thoroughly over the last few years, including here in Texas. Here, we want to discuss who is liable for a driverless car accident in Texas, as well as whether or not there is any pending legislation about the future of…

A new law has taken effect in North Carolina in response to child elevator accident deaths in that state and elsewhere across the United States. The North Carolina child elevator safety legislation is christened Weston’s Law. The law is names after Weston Androw, a 7-year-old boy who lost his life in a tragic North Carolina elevator accident. Weston was on vacation from Ohio in North Carolina in July 2021. He and his family were staying at a vacation rental that…

A Texas natural gas pipeline explosion southwest of Houston forced an evacuation, according to authorities. The explosion itself involved what is known as a natural gas transmission line and occurred in a rural area. The blast occurred in the morning hours in Fort Bend County. The nearest community to the blast is Wallis, Texas. The blast resulted in a fire that took firefighters about half a day to contain. There was initially concern that the blast would trigger a large-scale…

Two men ended up hospitalized after an explosion at actor Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop store in Sag Harbor. The explosion and subsequent scene in the aftermath of the blast have been described as “strange” by observers. The store is located at 4 Bay Street in Sag Harbor, New York. The leadup to the Goop store explosion is indeed rather bizarre. Two men were in the specialty stop created by Gwyneth Paltrow some years ago. The men reported that rubbing alcohol had…

An otherwise quiet weekend in and around the Oklahoma town of Medford was shattered when an explosion occurred at the ONEOK natural gas facility in Grant County, about 100 miles northwest from Oklahoma City. The explosion was reported at about 2:00 p.m. The cause of the Oklahoma natural gas facility explosion has not yet been identified. Fortunately, as of Saturday evening, no fatalities had been reported. What is known is that massive black plume of smoke is radiating across the…