A 27-year-old man diving for golf balls in water traps around a golf course drowned last Wednesday. The death is being considered an industrial accident.

The Las Colinas Country Club golf course hired Christopher Logan to retrieve the golf balls. Logan is scuba certified and worked for the golf course part time.

When Logan had not returned by closing time at 8 p.m., an employee went looking for him.

Logan’s breathing apparatus was found floating in the water near the 18^th hole. The pump which supplies air to Logan was not running. His body was later discovered submerged in the water. The death was ruled an accident due to drowning and carbon monoxide effects by the Dallas County medical examiner.

Because the drowning is being considered an industrial accident, it is being investigated by OSHA.

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Fears | Nachawati is a Texas personal injury law firm that represents individuals who have been injured on the job. If you or a loved one has been hurt in the workplace, contact us today for a free legal consultation. You can reach us by email at info@fnlawfirm.com or by phone at 1.866.705.7584.

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A Galveston, Texas, man is seeking damages in excess of $1 million in a personal injury lawsuit after being thrown from a truck bed during a car accident. 

The plaintiff is seaman Richard Mendez. In the suit, Mendez accuses both his employer William Wright (A&B Seafood) and the driver of the truck of negligence. Both defendants are blamed for what Mendez is calling “severe and disabling injuries.”

Mendez was working as a deckhand for Wright on a commercial fishing vessel named the Alice Mae. The vessel was forced to return to Galveston after four days at sea due to inclement weather.

Upon arriving in Galveston, Mendez secured a ride home from Alva Porterfield of Newport, Virginia. Porterfield, the lawsuit alleges, failed to yield to the right of way at a stop sign. The resulting collision with another car caused Mendez to be thrown from the bed of the truck in which he was riding.

Plaintiff Wright is being sued for his failure to ensure Mendez’s safe transport to and from the vessel.

Both Wright and Porterfield are being sued for the “pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, disability and disfigurement” Mendez claims to have suffered due to the car accident.

To read more about Mendez’s Texas personal injury lawsuit, click here.

The personal injury lawyers of Fears | Nachawati offer free legal consultations to accident victims. Simply email us at info@fnlawfirm.com or call our toll-free helpline at 1.866.705.7584.

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An oilfield worker is dead after an industrial workplace accident on Wednesday morning. The fatal accident took place at around 10:30 a.m. near County Road 1040 and East County Road 120 at an Endeavor resource well.

The victim was 24-year-old Esau Villerial DelaRosa. DelaRosa was working with Excel Well servicing on a pulling unit at the location.

The accident occurred when a swivel swung around and struck the worker in the head. The worker was pronounced dead at Midland Memorial Hospital from massive head injuries.

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Injured on the job? Contact the workplace accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati. You can email us at info@fnlawfirm.com or call our toll-free helpline at 1.866.705.7584.

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Three separate deadly motorcycle accidents that took place on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas, are under investigation.

The first accident involved Dustin Cox, 25, of Forth Worth, Texas. Cox, who did not have a motorcycle license, was killed in a one-vehicle accident. The accident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning in the 6000 block of West FM455.

The second accident resulted in the death of 26-year-old Daniel Reed, also of Forth Worth. Reed was traveling northbound on I-35E in the HOV lane along with another motorcyclist when the two came upon a single vehicle accident. Reed was unable to stop and struck the vehicle. The second motorcyclist was not involved in the accident and left the scene.

The third accident took place Sunday afternoon, leaving 38-year-old Brian Mitchell of Fort Worth dead. Mitchell was riding his motorcycle east on FM455 when he crossed over the center line and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Mitchell was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

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If you or a loved one has been injured in a motorcycle accident, contact the personal injury attorneys of Fears | Nachawati. You can contact us by email at info@fnlawfirm.com or by phone on our toll-free helpline: 1.866.705.7584.

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A construction worker was killed Tuesday morning, June 23rd, when he was run over by a semi-trailer truck at his work site in The Colony.

The construction site where the accident occurred was located at the Office Creek Pump Station in the 4100 block of Main Street. The construction worker was first run over by the truck, then dragged underneath it.

At the time of the accident, the construction worker was under the truck performing some type of repair. The driver, who was unaware of the worker’s location, began to drive forward and away from the site. Other workers saw the man being dragged and stopped the driver.

CPR was performed on the worker at the scene of the accident. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.  OSHA will be conducting an investigation of the incident. No criminal charges are expected.

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A Burleson, Texas, woman is dead after a head-on collision with a tractor trailer on Monday evening.

The deadly accident took place about five miles south of Cleburne, Texas. The deceased victim is 24-year-old Megan Porter who was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Porter, who was wearing a seatbelt, was driving on Farm Road 1434 when she entered a curve at an unsafe speed. Her car skidded left into the northbound lane where it collided head-on with a tractor trailer.  The driver of the tractor trailer was Juan Castaneda of Cleburne, Texas.

For more on the car accident, click here for the complete story.

The personal injury attorneys of Fears | Nachawati represent victims of car accidents in Texas. To receive a free legal consultation,email us at info@fnlawfirm.com or call our toll-free helpline at 1.866.705.7584.

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An 18-wheeler struck two parked cars, igniting a fire and killing one woman.

Two cars were pulled over to shoulder of I-35 for unknown reasons when the 18-wheeler crashed into them. The accident took place just south of the George Bush turnpike in Carrollton, Texas.

The 18-wheeler rear-ended one of the cars, pushing it into the other. He then lost control of the truck which jackknifed and crashed through a concrete retainer wall before erupting into flames.

A 52-year-old woman, the driver of one of the two cars hit by the semi-truck, later died of injuries sustained in the accident. The driver of the 18-wheeler was burned and flown to an area hospital. A Good Samaritan who stopped to help the 64-year-old driver of the 18-wheeler also suffered burns.

The accident, which took place on Wednesday afternoon, shut down the southbound lanes of I-35 while the wreckage was cleared. The names of the victims have not yet been released.

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If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, contact the personal injury lawyers of Fears | Nachawati. Simply email us at info@fnlawfirm.com or call our toll-free helpline at 1.866.705.7584.

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With Chrysler and GM being granted Chapter 11 bankruptcy, hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death claims against the corporation are being dropped – and not by the plaintiffs.The upshot of a government plan to bring GM and Chrysler LLC out of bankruptcy free of debt effectively wipes out the pending suits against them.

Before June 10^th, the date on which the company emerged from bankruptcy, Chrysler sold 10 millions vehicles. And now the new Chrysler can’t be held legally responsible for any incidents involving those millions of cars and trucks.

GM is set to emerge from bankruptcy as early as July – and the same rule is likely to apply to the 30 million GM vehicles currently on the road.

The so-called “new Chrysler” is owned by Fiat, which will not be held responsible for liability claims made against Chrysler before the sale. The “old Chrysler” was internally insured. When its assets were vanquished, so too were any funds for legal backing.

Critics are challenging GM’s bankruptcy plan in court, claiming it would essentially deprive consumers of their legal right to pursue a product liability claim. The bankruptcy and sale to Fiat also means that none of the Chrysler vehicles sold before June 10^th will ever be recalled for defects.

Experts also say that even consumers who have already won verdicts against Chrysler and GM will likely be unable to collect on their awards.

For a more in-depth look at these lost personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits, click here for the full story.

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An Arlington, Texas, mother is suing a daycare center after her daughter’s near drowning last year on a daycare field trip.

In 2008, Kyla Shellman, now 7, went on a field trip to an aquatic center with her then daycare Children’s Palace Christian Learning Center. During the field trip, Shellman fell into a 12-foot deep pool where she nearly drowned.

Shellman’s mother, Kendralyn Jessie, says that she noted Shellman’s inability to swim on the field trip permission form. Jessie also adds that she was led to believe the field trip was to a “splash park.”

Child Protective Services says that there was a lack of supervision during the trip. CPS also adds that Shellman was “placed in a situation that could have led to [her] death.”

Jessie is suing for change. She wants to see daycare center violations left online for a longer period of time so that parents can make a more informed choice when selecting care for their children.  Along with Shellman’s accident, Children’s Palace Christian Learning Center has close to 30 violations.

For more on this Arlington, Texas, lawsuit, click here to read the full story.

If you or a loved one has been injured due to the negligence of a third party, contact Fears | Nachawati today. We’re available by email at info@fnlawfirm.com or by phone at 1.866.705.7584.

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