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Over144,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, closing beaches and threatening marine and other wildlife. In addition, the most recent oil spill along the California shoreline presents the possibility of dire consequences for coastal commercial fishers as well as a myriad of business that rely upon tourism for their trade and livelihood. Cause and Containment of the California Oil Spill Not only are ocean waters murky as a result of the…

A crane collapse brought a pair of Chicago Transit Authority train lines (the Chicago L) to a dead stop and forced the evacuation of a nearby residential building. Amazingly, no injuries have been reported as a result of the Chicago crane collapse. An eyewitness to the toppling of the crane stated that he saw the crane operator himself crawl out from the equipment wreckage. The crane operator is said to have dodged injuries and declined to be examined at a…

Sordid Tale of Christopher Duntsch Illustrates Harsh Limitations on Rights of Injured Patients in the Lone Star State The State of Texas has some of the harshest laws on the books regarding medical malpractice claims for compensation. These are statutes that severely limit what a patient injured as the result of medical malpractice can obtain in the way of compensation. The arguably widespread inability of a person injured because of a doctor’s negligence results in such an individual being prevented…

The Doan Law Firm opened its Dallas apartment complex explosion lawyer hotline at (214) 307-0000 a couple of days ago to provide injured and displaced people a reliable informational resource. Unfortunately, when it comes to the owners and managers of the apartment complex as well as investigators and governmental officials, little information is yet available on the cause and consequences of the devastating blast. Eight People Injured in the Dallas Apartment Complex Explosion We do know that eight people were…

A tremendous amount of attention has been paid to school safety and the coronavirus as the new educational term begins this fall. There is no doubt that proper steps must be taken to keep children safe from the contagious disease while they are in school. The reality is that there are other types of items that can be hazardous to our children while they are in school. Six items that are most hazardous when it comes to students and which…