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A Maine State Trooper was killed in the second “freak” accident in the past month. Read more from the commercial truck accident lawyers at The Doan Law Firm about how “freak” accidents happen and the legal implications that follow.

Although it has no stated definition in law, the term “freak accident” is often used to describe an accident that is caused by a sequence of unlikely events occurring at roughly the same time. These accidents are sometimes called “perfect storm” accidents. In today’s post, the commercial truck accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm reviews the known facts of one such accident. He then discusses how the law determines liability when dealing with an accident that may, at first…

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…