We regularly post articles focusing on Texas personal injury rights and recovery options. If you’ve recently been injured in a car collision, construction accident, or other catastrophic mishap, come see the advice we have to offer to get you back on your feet.
Why the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company May Be Watching You Insurance companies, like other businesses, are trying to maximize their profits. While an insurance company may have a legal contract with your employer that requires the insurance company to pay…
Construction Industry Falls According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, falls are the leading cause of private sector worker deaths in the construction industry. During 2015, falls accounted for 38.8 percent of all construction fatalities. Typical injury causes include…
Workers’ Compensation Employer Retaliation In many cases, employers are more than willing to cooperate when an injured worker needs to file a workers’ compensation claim. However, sometimes an employer will attempt to block an employee from filing a legitimate claim,…
Fire on Water: Risks, Causes, and Prevention of Offshore Ship and Oil Rig Fires As an offshore worker, you must be on your “A” game at all times. Risk is an everyday part of your job, and you spend your…
Demand Justice When an Unfit Vessel Does You Wrong Although Jane Austen wrote these words almost 200 years ago, unfit vessels are still being deployed. Admittedly, they’re not being deployed by the “Admiralty,” but rather by seafaring and shipping corporations…
Lessons From Disaster: What We’ve Learned About Safety From the Deepwater Horizon In September 2016, Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, and John Malkovich will star in the movie dramatization of a global tragedy: the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. However,…
Unseaworthy Vessels Make Your Injuries Worthy of Compensation No matter your job, you should feel as though your workspace is relatively safe. It doesn’t matter whether your job requires you to play with puppies all day or traverse the high…
Should You Hire a Maritime Attorney? Yes. Yes, You Should For many people, staying organized simply isn’t easy. This shortcoming isn’t necessarily a bad thing on a day-to-day basis. But when a lack of organization becomes magnified after an injury,…
