24 August

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AUGUST CLE EVENTS HOSTED BY TCLG

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The month of August has been a busy one filled with CLE events for The Cowen Law Group. On August 5th our office hosted "Plaintiff Litigation Insight," a half day CLE seminar at The St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. This event featured attorney Michael Cowen presenting "Big Case Tips and Traps." In the presentation, Mr. Cowen discussed 10 tips when trying a big case which included: using cell phone records to prove fatigue and log book lies, spending time at the client's home and using focus groups to test your visuals. Then on August 13th our office hosted "Maximizing Commercial...

09 July

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PROVING CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE IN COMPANY VEHICLE CRASH CASES

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Proving corporate misconduct is a proven path to a big verdict. Juries are more likely to have a “reptilian” response and render a verdict that protects their community when the evidence shows a corporation made choices that endangered the public. In trucking cases, we have the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations as a guide for what companies are supposed to do. But how do we set the standard for business other than trucking companies? One answer is ANSI Standard Z15.1: Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations. ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, is a non-profit company that sets out consensus safety...

30 June

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HERCULES SUV TIRES RECALLED AFTER COWEN LAW GROUP’S REQUEST

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in Personal Injury, Press Release, Product Liability

Seven months after Michael Cowen of The Cowen Law Group requested a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into defective Chinese-made tires distributed by the Hercules Tire & Rubber Company, the tire importer announced today it will recall seven sizes of certain All Trac A/T SUV tires. In its recall announcement to NHTSA, Hercules said it had not found an increase in warranty adjustments for its SUV tires, however it conceded that the tire model and sizes Cowen identified were similar to those manufactured by the Shandong Yongsheng Rubber Group Co., Ltd. which were recalled by a different U.S. distributor in...

25 June

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INJURED BY A DRUNK DRIVER

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This month Governor Abbott signed a bill into law, which would allow judges throughout the entire state of Texas to require first time drunk drivers to install an ignition interlock system (also known as a breathalyzer) into their vehicles. This new law has reignited conversations about DWIs (driving while intoxicated) in the state of Texas and the number of automobile accidents involving a drunk driver. Did you know an estimated 32% of fatal car crashes involve an intoxicated driver or pedestrian? Each year over 1.4 million arrests for DWI are made in the United States. Even with alcohol awareness campaigns and...

19 June

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TEXAS CONSTRUCTION SITE INJURIES

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In Texas it feels like there is a construction site everywhere you turn. Unfortunately, construction site injuries are just as common. In fact, the construction industry sees a significantly higher amount of work related injuries because of the nature of their business. What are three common construction site injuries? And what do you do if you have been hurt while working on a construction site? These are some of the injuries our clients frequently have on construction sites: FALLING - This injury can include falling off a scaffolding, a ladder, or having something physically fall on a person. Sometimes a safety harness...

15 June

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AUTOMOTIVE RECALLS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2015

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The first half of 2015 has been record-breaking with regards to automotive recalls. This May we witnessed the largest auto recall in US history affecting 34 million vehicles, due to the Takata air bag recall. But the Takata air bag recall is not the only noteworthy automotive recall in the first half of 2015. Here is a recap of three (3) notable recalls in the first half of 2015. Takata air bag recall – The Takata air bag recall is a recall affecting 34 million vehicles manufactured by BMW, Chrysler, Daimler Trucks, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota....