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Houston personal injury attorneyAustin Police Officers responded to an auto- pedestrian accident early last month which occurred in the 1800 block of East State Highway 71. The incident occurred when a black 2002 Volvo, traveling eastbound in the 1800 block of East State Highway 71, struck a pedestrian who was walking across the highway. After the victim was struck by the Volvo, he was hit by several other vehicles. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. His name was…

A group of eight Texans filed suit against the maker of Avandia, the diabetes drug, adding to the growing list of lawsuits over the drug and its maker. The suit alleges GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia caused heart problems, among other issues. Avandia, which is part of a group of drugs described as thiazolidinediones that lower blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance, has been under attack since a 2007 label on the product contains a warning over possible heart attacks. The warning was…

Amanda DeLoach Slappey, the widow of The widow a Leesburg, Ga., man, has filed suit against the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, seeking $40 million in damages for the death of her husband who drowned in 2009 while duck hunting on Lake Seminole, reports say. John Mark Slappey was swept over the Jim Woodruff Dam while hunting on Lake Seminole in (???). Slappey’s body was not recovered until January 2010. The lawsuit reportedly alleges that Slappey’s death was directly…

Houston police were continuing their investigation of a fatal traffic accident that occurred in the 9400 block of Westheimer early laps month. The incident occurred when the male driver of a Ford Explorer driving westbound on Westheimer and approaching Westerland suddenly crossed the center median. The Ford then struck a maroon Plymouth Voyager, driven by Yolanda Lopez Martinez, 54, of Houston, head on. The male was transported to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in stable condition with broken bones. According to…

35-year-old Marlowe Young apparently tried to swim to shore from a pontoon boat he and three friends had rented from a nearby marina recently when he drowned. He was not wearing a life jacket. Young was the fourth person to drown in the lake this summer, reports say. Reports say his friends tried unsuccessfully to rescue but he dropped below the surface of the water. Divers found Young’s body the next day a short distance from where he was last…