With the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, a collective sigh of relief spread across the U.S. Pharmaceutical giants Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech developed vaccines in less than a year, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving both vaccines for emergency use in December 2020. As…
On Oct. 29, 2019, Melvin Taylor, 57, was killed on the Dallas North Tollway by a drunk driver in a wrong-way crash. Taylor, the father of five children and a military veteran, was driving home from an overnight job. The intoxicated driver, Chaz Thames, whose…
Did you know that Texas has been at the top of the list for traffic-related fatalities since 2017? From March through December 2020, nearly 500 people were killed in car accidents throughout just four counties. Over 3,600 lost their lives across the state in 2019.…
COVID-19 vaccinations are rolling out lightning fast – as of April 1, over 54 million people in the U.S. have received it, and states are lowering the age requirement every day. But now that the vaccine is so widely accessible, the next natural question is,…
At first glance, it seems as if one of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic was less traffic on the roads. People working from home and less rush hour traffic made the commute for those still going to work a lot easier and…
In Texas, the frigid temperatures of February are in the past. However, the repercussions from the bitter cold will linger for months to come as millions are feeling the storm’s domino effect. First, the Texas winter storm caused millions of people to lose power and…
If you are one of the many Americans who can’t work from home during the pandemic, you may be going to work with a heightened level of stress. You may have taken for granted or assumed that your employer would follow protocols and do what…
The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal recently issued an important ruling allowing an offshore worker’s maritime injury case to proceed forward. The case, filed by an African American tankerman against his former employer, Cenac Towing Co., LLC, stemmed from an incident aboard a tugboat.…
The world of online retail (and retail in general) changed in a big way with the advent of not only Amazon Prime, but also Amazon’s marketplace that sells products from third parties. Many other retailers have since jumped on the bandwagon, offering subscriptions for faster…
A Missouri plaintiff recently filed a Paraquat lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. After using the herbicide for years, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Meanwhile, another plaintiff has filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict…
