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LHWCA vs. Jones Act: Which Maritime Law Covers Your Houston Injury?
The LHWCA vs Jones Act question decides more than which form gets filed. It determines whether you have a lawsuit or a benefits claim, whether...
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Texas Jones Act Claims: What Offshore Workers Need to Know
The Jones Act protects Texas offshore workers in a way ordinary workers’ compensation does not, because it treats an injured seaman as someone with a...
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What Makes a Houston Funeral Home Negligent?
Funeral home negligence in Houston happens when a funeral home fails to use reasonable care with a loved one’s remains, records, or service contract, and...
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CDL & Driver-Qualification Violations in Texas Truck Crashes
After a truck crash, almost everyone focuses on what happened in the final seconds. But some cases are decided by a document created months earlier,...
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Blind-Spot (“No-Zone”) Truck Accidents in Houston: Causes and Fault
If a truck sideswiped or merged into you, expect the trucking company’s insurer to say it was your fault for driving in the blind spot....
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Fatigued Truckers & Hours-of-Service Violations: Proving Negligence in Texas
Here’s something the trucking industry doesn’t advertise: the pressure to keep a truck moving often outweighs the rules meant to keep a tired driver off...
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Overloaded & Improperly Secured Cargo: Liability in Texas Truck Crashes
Most people assume the truck driver caused the crash. Sometimes that’s true. But when a load shifts on a curve, spills across a Houston freeway,...
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Jackknife Truck Accidents in Houston: Why They Happen and Who’s Liable
Picture an 18-wheeler braking hard on a rain-slicked stretch of the 610 Loop. The cab slows, but 40,000 pounds of trailer behind it does not...
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How Soft Tissue Injuries Occur in Rear-End Collisions
A rear-end collision can happen in less than a second, but the motion it creates inside your body can cause real, lasting harm. Soft tissue...
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