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Yet again, an explosion has occurred in Martin County, Texas, that has resulted in a midnight black plume of smoke that potentially contains dangerous chemicals skyward. The thick spire of smoke could be seen as far away as Midland and Odessa. The Martin County explosion occurred at a saltwater disposal plant located near the intersection of SH 829 and County Road 2600. The blast occurred at about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters arrived at the scene of the Martin County explosion…

A federal grand jury in California handed down a 34-count indictment for manslaughter against Jerry Nehl Boylan, the 67-year-old captain of the dive boat christened Conception. The indictment, stemming from the deaths of 34 people on the pleasure watercraft, was announced overnight December 1-2, 2020, on a statement from United States Attorney Nick Hanna. The catastrophic blaze that destroyed the 75-foot dive boat and took the lives of 34 people occurred late in 2019 off the California coast, near Santa…

Every year, tens of thousands of people across the United States sustain injuries as the result of product defects. Some of these unfortunate people suffer very serious and even fatal injuries. There is a spike in certain types of product defect injuries during the winter holiday season as a result of an increase in retail sales and because of gift giving. In order to be better abreast of issues surrounding product defects when gift giving (and receiving) during the holiday…