Who Is Liable for the Amarillo Phosphine Gas Deaths?
On January 2, 2017, accidental exposure to phosphine gas led to the deaths of 7-year-old Felipe Balderas, 9-year-old Johnnie Balderas, 11-year-old Josue Balderas, and 17-year-old Yasmeen Balderas. In addition, 5 family members, including 45-year-old Martha Balderas, who is in critical condition, and 10 first-responders were injured. According to initial reports, it is believed that a...
“Blade” Crossbows with Faulty Safety Recalled by Carbon Express
A popular model of crossbow has recently been recalled by its manufacturer after a consumer experienced injury from a misfire. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the manufacturer has issued a voluntary recall after receiving reports that a faulty safety still permits the crossbow to fire when engaged. Obviously this poses a...
Brawl in the Mall: An Outbreak of Holiday Violence
I want to look at at an interesting phenomenon that happened on the day after Christmas: On December 26, over a dozen shopping malls suffered large-scale melee brawls on their premises. Boxing Day Mall Brawls December 26th is often a crowded day at the mall; shoppers have an extra day off and no specific plans,...
Anthony Lefteris and Fraudulent Truck Driver Physicals
While it should have been a shock that federal prosecutors brought charges in early December against an Atlanta chiropractor for falsifying hundreds of truckers' medical exams, it wasn't. Over the years, our truck accident injury attorneys have come across cases where we were left wondering how a driver passed their mandatory bi-annual physical. In some...
Attorneys Indicted for $6 Million Porn-Piracy Extortion Scam
Ingenuity is by its nature the idea of approaching an issue in a novel manner. The ability to creatively solve problems is invaluable. To take a perpendicular approach to a matter that has stymied traditional methods is sometimes the only way to solve it. Unfortunately, people perceive "problems" differently; for instance, two attorneys recently decided...
Don’t Drink the Water: Corpus Christi Industries Leak Chemicals into Public Water System
Ah, Corpus Christi. The brackish water and scorching sands of this Gulf city are often a spot for frolic and tourism around Spring Break. All you need is a tequila-heavy margarita, 2 pints of sunscreen, and a hideously airbrushed tank-top commemorating your visit to "CCTX," and you can snatch all that up while heading out...
Due Process: Cuisinart Issues Large Recall for Faulty Food-Processor Blades
On Tuesday, December 13, Cuisinart issued a nationwide recall after receiving several reports that customers found metal shards in their prepared food. These customers allege that the shards are pieces of their food processor blades, which the official recall confirms can crack and disintegrate over time. Who Makes The Affected Products? Cuisinart is the only...
Volvo Recalls 79,000 Cars and SUVS for Defects in the Seat Belts They Invented
One would think that the company that invents a life-saving product found in millions of vehicles around the world that they would be the last ones to have issues with that product. If one had Volvo and the three-point safety belt in mind, one would be in for a surprise. Whose Cars Have This Problem?...
Robert Cornish’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit and the Law
It should be noted that Grossman Law Offices has no involvement in the case I am about to discuss. No one in our firm is privy to inside information and no one is working on the case, or knows any of the participants. It's just an interesting case from a legal standpoint that happened to...
Johnson & Johnson Seeks Change of Venue for Talcum Powder MDL
I wrote recently about the results of the third test case in the ongoing talcum powder lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. For those emerging from an Internet-free cave for the first time in a few years, allow me to quickly recap: the allegations against the company involve the idea that talc, the primary ingredient in...
TxDOT #EndthestreakTX Campaign Highlights Unbroken 16-year Period of Daily Traffic Fatalities
November 7, 2016 marked an anniversary, which the Texas Department of Transportation marked by issuing a release to commemorate a grim Texas milestone: "At least one person has died each and every day on Texas roads since November 7, 2000." Sixteen Years?! Just How Many Fatalities Have There Been? Over the last sixteen years--that's 5,845...
ARC Automotive Under NHTSA Investigation for Possibly Faulty Airbags, Refuses to Cooperate
I'm sure by now most people are familiar with the word "Takata." If they don't recognize the name, the controversy that popularized it is even more familiar; the Japanese auto-parts manufacturer is responsible for one of the largest worldwide vehicle recalls of all time. American and Japanese automakers contracted with Takata to provide airbag assemblies...
U.S. Safety Agencies Commit to Eliminating Traffic Fatalities in Next 30 Years…But How?
As I recently learned, several regulatory agencies and private safety firms have pledged to try and eliminate traffic fatalities within the next 30 years. The details of the conference and the proposed initiatives haven't been made public yet, but it is likely that they will borrow heavily from similar projects taking place across Europe, particularly...
Crash Statistics Reflect Increased Traffic Fatalities in First Half of 2016
In early October, federal officials released the preliminary estimates of U.S. traffic fatalities during the first six months of 2016. Fatalities have risen by an estimated 10.4 percent since the government's last assessment. This continues an unpleasant trend that began during 2014's economic recovery and hasn't stopped climbing since. For example, 2015's fatalities clocked in...
Law Professors Misunderstand Texas Work Injury Law
Way to go Austin American Statesmen, it appears the editorial has been removed from their website. An editorial appeared in the Austin American-Statesman that was troubling, to say the least. Law professors Thomas McGarity and Sid Shapiro opined on the need for Texas to strengthen its workers' compensation laws and among other things end the...
Gandy v Camp Thurman: Trespassing and Texas Premises Liability Law
In late 2011, 30-year-old Arlington man Jeremy Gandy broke into the premises of popular outdoor-adventure destination Camp Thurman after hours in Pantego. Arriving on the grounds between 3 and 4 a.m., Gandy had been drinking heavily before his decision to enter the camp; after climbing over a rear fence, he scaled a 30-foot zip line...
Tesla Model S Crashes, Battery Cells Ignite in Pyrotechnic Display
Does anybody else like retro-futurism? You may have seen examples of it without knowing its name, but the label applies to what people of previous periods in history thought the future would look like. For instance, concept art generated in the fifties depicts smiling people in silvery jumpsuits strolling across a gleaming Martian city toward...
Attorney Versus Food: Fried Chicken, Frivolity, and Tort Reform
While personal injury lawsuits typically result from injuries or loss of life in motor vehicle crashes, defective premises, or botched medical procedures, some lawsuits have a more colorful origin. Unfortunately, these oddball lawsuits are the ones that get lots of press coverage and raise the ire of people who think that lawyers are looking to...
Wisconsin HS Admin. and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Students were awaiting morning announcements, when over the a Brodhead, Wisconsin school's PA system, they were informed that four of their classmates had been killed in a car accident. Having heard announcements of other student's deaths when I was an high school, I can only imagine the shock, confusion, and strange array of emotions that...
Lawsuit of Jared Fogle’s Ex-Wife May Have Merit
A quick confession before I begin; I fully intended to start writing this article about how frivolous Katie McLaughlin's, Jared Fogle's ex-wife, lawsuit against Subway was. After all, one of the elements to prove in a lawsuit is that the defendant owed the plaintiff a duty, which the failed to fulfill. This failure has to...
