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• Another hazardous product from China

  Wanda Logan | December 06, 2007 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Sales have been halted of another Chinese made product after causing injuries in the form of rashes or chemical burns on the skin of unsuspecting people. Flip-flops that were manufactured in China and sold at WalMart stores have been found to have caused rashes and chemical burns in the shape of the straps from the flip-flops. If you feel you have been injured by a defective or unsafe product it...

• ConAgra Halts Banquet Pot Pie Production

  Courtney Mills | October 10, 2007 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  ConAgra Foods of Omaha, Nebraska stopped production of their Banquet line of chicken pot pies after reports of at least 139 cases of salmonella bacteria poisoning in 30 states. The FDA has not yet asked that ConAgra take action; it is a preemptive step by the company to review safety standards to ascertain what steps need to be taken to correct the situation. Even so, the USDA released a...

• Pit Bulls More Likely to Injure and Kill

  Will Sciba | October 04, 2007 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Pit bulls have been seen roaming Victoria. This is particularly troubling because this breed has been known to injure and kill people and other animals at an alarming rate. During 1997 and 1998, at least 27 people died of dog bite attacks (18 in 1997 and 9 in 1998). At least 25 breeds of dogs have been involved in 238 human DBRF during the past 20 years. Pit bull-type dogs and Rottweilers were...

• Elderly More Likely to Die in Pedestrian Accident

  Will Sciba | October 04, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Older Texans are more likely to die in pedestrian accidents. The Death rate in Texas is significantly higher than the national average. According to the Victoria advocate:From 2002 to 2005, the Texas pedestrian fatality rate was 2.0 per 100,000, 17 percent higher than the national rate. Among older Texans, the per 100,000 rate was 2.7, 35 percent higher than the state rate, according to the...

• Ford Cruise Cotrol Switch Recall After Fires

  Mike Parker | October 03, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Ford Motor Company has issued a recall on an estimated 3.8 million vehicles. The recall involved the faulty speed control deactivation switch (cruise control switch).The brake fluid in the recalled vehicles may leak through the speed control deactivation switch into the speed control system electrical components, potentially corroding them and leading to fires, the company said.Numerous fires...

• Truck accident kills two

  Wanda Logan | September 20, 2007 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  A tragic accident in San Antonio, Texas took the lives of two truck drivers. For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Tractor-trailer accidents.

• Preserving Evidence is Vital

  Wanda Logan | September 20, 2007 4:57 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  When you are involved in an accident, preserving evidence can be extremely vital to your claim. Names and contact information for witnesses, photographs, keeping a defective product such as a tire, seatbelt, or smoke alarm, can prove important in pursuing a negligence case.Preserving evidence may clear a man of a 1982 Dallas rape. Had the evidence not been collected when the incident occurred...

• Escalator Accidents/Injuries Involving Crocs

  Mike Parker | September 19, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  With the Crocs craze in full swing, a potential danger has surfaced involving Crocs and escalators. It has been reported recently that accidents causing foot injuries are on the rise. Many of these accidents have involving Crocs and other soft rubber sole shoes becoming caught in escalators. Escalators have long been a cause of hand and foot injuries even before Crocs. "I don't know if...

• Paris Hilton Disinherited

  David Coffey | September 17, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  The head of the Hilton clan, Barron Hilton, has decided to disinherit all of his grandchildren. He is particularly "embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris." He has chosen, instead, to leave his fortune to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

• Fatalities largely caused by impaired drivers

  Chuck Cole | September 12, 2007 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsVictoria, TX

  Driving while intoxicated is a leading factor contributing to fatal collisions in Texas, according to the National Highway Trafic Safety Administration. A DPS spokesman, Tom Vinger, says that the DPS writes more tickets and arrest more drunk drivers during holiday weekends.Impaired driving is a contributing factor in nearly half of all Texas fatal traffic accidents, according to the National...