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Texas Distracted Driving Law Proposals The Texas Department of Transportation attributed 94,943 traffic crashes in 2013 to distracted driving. These crashes resulted in 18,576 serious injuries and 459 deaths. Seeing as nearly one in five crashes in Texas involves driver distraction, some members of the Texas Legislature made several attempts to implement a statewide…

New Texas Sunset Advisory Commission Recommendation Would De-Regulate X-Ray Technicians The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission (TSAC) was established in 1977 to evaluate state agencies and make changes their missions or operations if necessary. TSAC has abolished seventy-nine agencies since 1977, saving Texas an estimated $945.6 million. Despite previous success, one of the newest recommendations…

Pope Francis Apologizes to Victims of Sexual Abuse On July 7, 2014, the Dallas Morning News reprinted an Associated Press article reporting that Pope Francis asked victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests to forgive the Church for not preventing these actions and for the length of time the Church took…

Chrysler Recalls Nearly One Million SUV’s in July 2014 The Dallas Morning News reported on July 11, 2014 that Chrysler Group (a division of General Motors) is recalling 895,000 SUVs. The recall is due to Chrysler’s need to re-route or replace wiring in vanity-mirror lights that could potentially cause a fire. The wiring is…

The “Dark Side” of the Texas Economic Boom The Fort Worth Star-Telegram published a story from the Texas Tribune on June 30 suggesting that the current economic boom in Texas also has a “dark side.” According to Texas Tribune author Jay Root, “Texas has led the nation in worker fatalities for seven of the…

Dallas/Fort Worth Area Veterans Complain of Long Waits, Insufficient Help at Dallas VA You may have seen any one of a stream of news stories recently that reveal alleged “waiting lists” at Veterans Administration Hospitals across the country. Veterans in Dallas/Fort Worth and the Metroplex are included in the thousands of veterans who have…

From the CDC: Preventing Burn Injuries in Children According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a US federal government agency based in Atlanta, GA, around 100,000 children aged 14 and younger received treatment for burn injuries in 2010 and approximately 300 actually died from burns. Most of these injuries were preventable. As part…

Texas Dog Bite Laws It is important for both dog owners and dog bite victims to understand the laws in Texas about dog bites. Texas follows the common law “one bite rule.” This means a dog gets one bite – the first time he bites someone the owner is generally not responsible. After that…

Medical Malpractice in Texas: Requirements for Experts and Expert Reports An injured person who files a medical malpractice or other healthcare liability claim in a Texas court is required to serve an expert report and the expert’s curriculum vital on each defendant no later than the 120th day after the date each defendant’s original…

Time Limits for a Texas Medical Malpractice Case A medical malpractice lawsuit is a serious case in which a patient alleges that a doctor made a mistake while treating the patient and harmed the patient by making that mistake. Texas has several laws that are specifically directed at medical malpractice claims filed in the…