Category Archives: General News

Three Pit Bulls Run Wild in Cypress; One Hit By Car

May 5, 2013. This morning three pit bulls were spotted running loose in Cypress near the Buc-ees along Highway 290.  Apparently, the dogs got loose and were roaming the area unwatched.

One of the pit bulls was stuck and killed by a car.  It is not clear whether the pit…

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Fertilizer Plant Explosion Rocks West, Texas, Showing Magnitude of Industrial Accidents

On April 17th, 2012, shortly before 8:00 p.m., a huge explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas, destroyed surrounding homes and buildings leaving  over 130 injured.  A fire broke out at the plant earlier and emergency responders were trying to put the fire out when the explosion occurred. Seven…

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Fall at Texas Apartment Complex Leaves Unanswered Questions

Many questions remain to be answered after A man and woman fell from an apartment balcony in Carrollton, Texas on Sunday, April 14th, 2013.  The fall left the young woman dead and the man with several broken bones and other injuries.  The incident occurred at The Mansions at Sunset Ridge…

Posted in General News, Premises Liability | Tagged balciny rail failure, balcony rail collapse, carrollton news, dallas news, texas news | Leave a comment

Texas Supreme Court Says: “No Mental Anguish for Fallen Pets”

On April 5th, 2013, the Texas Supreme Court handed down a less-than-surprising opinion that no matter how much you may love your dog, you cannot recover mental anguish damages when someone else negligently kills or injures them.  Cause No. 12-0047, Strickland v. Medlen was the first case since…

Posted in Dog Bite/Animal Attack, General News | Tagged animal rights, mental anguish, pets rights, Texas Supreme Court Opinions, types of damages | Leave a comment

Houston Hero: Laurenzo’s Prime Rib Waiter, Michael Garcia, Exercises Right to Refuse Service

Want to know what a local Houston hero looks like?  Its easy. Just go to Laurenzo’s Prime Rib located at 4412 Washington.

Laurenzo’s Prime Rib is the employer of a waiter named Michael Garcia.  On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, one of the restaurant’s regular customers, Milo Castillo (age 5) and…

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Four Houston Area Firefighters Injured after Accident with Truck

Six Houston area firefighters were injured on the evening of January 11, 2013 when a truck slammed into their fire truck.  The collision was so powerful that the fire truck flipped over onto its side. Truck #14 from the Cloverleaf Fire Department had to be lifted…

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Update On the Christina Lopez Case In Galveston County, Texas

Hector A. Pena, age 45, the driver of the 18 wheeler truck that ran over Christina Marie Lopez, age 11, has been indicted for manslaughter by a Galveston County Grand Jury.  Lopez was run over while waiting on a school bus at a bus stop on September 24, 2012 near…

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Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting Brings Need For Prayer

Numerous news channels have reported on the horrible mass murder that took place this morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman (whom I will not give the dignity of a name too for that sick recognition could only be his goal of all this) entered…

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Houston Rockets Honor Coach Kevin McHale’s Daughter, Alexandra “Sasha”

Alexandra “Sasha” McHale(23), daughter of Houston Rockets Coach, Kevin McHale, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 24, 2012.  She is the young lady in the picture on the left. Alexandra was one of 1.5 million Americans who lived with Lupus and passed away as a result of…

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Only 2 Deaths in Massive Car Pile Up Thanks to Witnesses

Looking at photos of the wreckage, it’s hard to believe that only two people were killed in the massive 140 car pileup between Houston and Beaumont on Thanksgiving morning.  Just before 9am, the congested highway was suddenly covered in a thick blanket of fog.  The fog was so thick; witnesses…

Posted in Auto Injury, General News | Tagged auto accidents, Fog Causes Car Pile Up, houston local, Injures 100, regional news, Texas Car Pile Up Kills 2, Texas Fog Car Accident, Thansgiving Day car Pile Up | 1 Comment