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A three-year-old girl died at the scene of a Lubbock car accident after being thrown from a 1996 Chevrolet Suburban.  Hannah Spoon was not in a car seat when the SUV ran a stop sign, colliding with a Sheriff’s patrol car. The accident took place around 10:30 am on Tuesday, May 19^th.

Also thrown from the vehicle was Spoon’s sister, 2-year-old Kyra Nesbitt, who was not sitting in a car seat, either. Nesbitt was taken to the hospital in critical condition. She has since been upgraded to good condition. None of the other five people in the SUV suffered serious injuries.

Nesbitt and Spoon’s mother, Kimberly Flores, was driving the car. Her other two children, a 6-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy, were wearing seatbelts. Neither was seriously injured.

Lubbock County Sheriff's Deputy Ken Mull, who was driving the patrol car, suffered only minor injuries. Spoon is the eighth person to die along a three-mile stretch of FM 2641 in a period of less than three months. All three of the fatal accidents were caused by a driver running a stop sign.

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The Texas House passed House Bill 1657, a piece of legislation that restores an injured worker's right to sue property and premises owners for negligence.  The bill was proposed in response to Entergy v. Summers, a Texas Supreme Court decision involving workers’ compensation which garnered much attention.

The questionable Entergy opinion issued by the often criticized Texas Supreme Court addressed whether a property and premises owner can be sued by an injured employee of a contractor.  Because of the Supreme Court's highly criticized decision, property owners who purchased workers’ compensation insurance for contract workers who perform work on their premises enjoyed complete liability protection.  In response to the allegedly flawed opinion, the Texas House quickly passed a bill to invalidate the Supreme Court's decision, an opinion which many viewed as an opinion that was bought and paid for by Big Insurance and special interest lobbyist groups.

For more information on HB 1657 and the Entergy case, click here for the full article.

Fears | Nachawati works hard for employees and contractors who have been injured on the job. To find out if you have a work-related personal injury claim, contact us today for a free consultation at mn@fnlawfirm.com or toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
 

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