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What Impact Has COVID-19 Had on Estate Planning?
What Measures Can You Take to Protect Yourself and Loved Ones? If we’ve learned anything over the past 18 months, it’s that life is tenuous and fragile. That knowledge can be reflected in the dramatic increase over the last year and a half in the … [Read more...]
The Truth Behind the McDonalds Hot Coffee Case
We have all heard it for years. A woman spilled hot coffee in her lap and received a settlement of $3 million. This outrageous miscarriage of justice why we need to change the law and enact more tort reform. Here are the actual facts: Tella … [Read more...]
Rights of the unborn
By Greg Jackson I had a phone call today from a lady who recently suffered a miscarriage. She had been prescribed medication during her pregnancy which she believed caused the miscarriage. Without getting into the issue of whether the medication … [Read more...]
Suing the City, County, State and School Districts in Texas
Texas Tort Claims Act Prior to adoption of the Texas Tort Claims Act a governmental entity such as the state, county, city, hospital district, and school district enjoyed sovereign immunity and could not be sued. People who were injured by the … [Read more...]
SAY NO TO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
As the Texas legislature again readies to pass another no-texting law, Governor Perry's office again said it will veto that law if passed. Governor Perry did last session because he believes that such a law is governmental interference in an … [Read more...]
Taking away right to sue when wrong has been done isn’t helping Texans
Op-Ed in the American Statesman by Alex Winslow, Local Contributor and Executive Director of Texas Watch Texaswatch.org While the state is crumbling under a real health care crisis, Gov. Rick Perry and his friends in the special interest lobby … [Read more...]
Med Mal: Winning the PR Battle
From the Consumer Protection, Corporate Accountability, and Citizen Advocacy Group, TEXAS WATCH Almost a decade after enactment of dangerously radical medical liability restrictions, the medical and insurance lobby continues to pour nearly $1 … [Read more...]
