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San Antonio Trucking Accident Leaves Woman Trapped Inside SUV
At around 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 23, a woman driving an SUV was involved in an accident with an 18-wheeler on the north side of San Antonio. Her vehicle became lodged underneath the semi’s trailer while attempting a turn, which left her trapped insider her own vehicle. Eventually, she was removed from her SUV…
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Settlement Reached in NFL Concussion Lawsuit; Appeals to Follow?
On Wednesday, a federal district judge in Philadelphia approved a settlement in the NFL concussion lawsuit, which was filed by over 5,000 former NFL players against the league for intentionally concealing the dangers of concussions. While the case will likely face further appeal(s), this settlement represents a significant step in bringing an end toward this…
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Rising Fatalities and Trucking Accidents in the Eagle Ford Shale
New statistics for the 2014 calendar year indicate that both traffic fatalities and crashes rose in 2014 compared to 2013 in the Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin. In 2014, 696 drivers were killed and over 8,600 crashes involving fatal or serious injury occurred. In the Eagle Ford alone, there were 272 fatalities due to…
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The Most Common Car Accident Injuries
Car accidents can vary in severity from annoying fender benders to fatal freeway rollovers. In the same way that these accidents can cause varying degrees of damage to vehicles, they can also cause varying degrees of injuries to the people involved – from mild bumps and bruises to severe TBI, spinal injuries, and even death.…
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What is E-Discovery?
Although we like to think that our electronic activities are personal and private, we are quickly learning that they are anything but. The activities we conduct on our phones, computers, and social media profiles comprise some of the most easily accessible information in existence, especially with the creation, permeation, and proliferation of the cloud. Although…
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What is Insurance? Why is it such a Profitable Industry?
Photo credit: PaperScraps / Foter / CC BY-NC Insurance, today, is an enormous industry. Back in 2006, non-life insurance claims averaged almost a billion dollars – every day. In 2013 in the United States, the net premiums written for all types of insurance totaled $1 trillion dollars (that’s over $2.7 billion a day). And despite the…
