Dallas Personal Injury Law Blog


"News and information regarding personal injuries in the state of Texas."

Author: Jonathan M. LeBlanc is a solo practitioner with offices in Dallas and Plano, Texas. He also authors Dallas Business Law Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • States • Texas • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Dallas Personal Injury Law Blog


  • Biggest Baby Crib Recall In US History

    More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by the Canadian-based Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S. history, after reports that four infants suffocated in them. The U.S. Consumer Product…

  • Negligence Finding in Katrina Floods May Cost Feds

    The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane…

  • Man Gets 433k Due to Construction Accident Injury

    A jury awarded $433,000 to a concrete worker who lost partial vision in one eye in an on-the-job accident. In 2006, Jose Gallegos, then 34, was smoothing concrete on a sidewalk in Killeen. As he…

  • Patient Paralyzed After Spinal Tap Gets 10.9M

    A man who is paralyzed from the waist down after receiving a spinal tap recovered $10.9 million. Thomas Colombrito developed a hematoma at the lumbar puncture site, which compressed his spinal cord, causing paralysis. Two…

  • Mailman Traumatized By Pit Bull Wins Lawsuit

    A jury awarded $79,703 to a mailman who was attacked by two pit bull mixes while he was on his route in Baytown. In May 2006, William Kinsey, then 46, was delivering mail to Ray…

  • Baby Strollers Recalled

    About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies "R" Us were recalled Monday, after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism. The recall includes all nine models of…

  • Oil Field Ordered to Pay 2.66 Million to Injured Worker

    A worker who sustained career-ending injuries in an oil field accident recovered $2.66 million from the owner of the well. In 2007, Leland Taylor, then 47, a flow back hand, was under contract to provide…

  • Family Receives 266K for Family Member Death at Work

    The family of a man who died in a workplace accident received a $266,418 settlement from his employer. On Jan. 20, 2007, Jose Luis Flores Guadarrama was working at the Southern Hardwood Co. mill in…

  • Yaz Potentially Unsafe Drug For Women

    Women have been coming forward in increasing numbers in the last few months to file suit against Yasmin birth control, YAZ birth control, and the generic form Ocella. These contraceptives allegedly cause hyperkalemia and can…

  • Man Obtains $4 Million Dollar Verdict for Error In Colon Surgery

    A jury awarded $4,044,051 to a man who developed multiple infections after a botched colon surgery. In 2003, Dr. Guillermo Ponce De Leon performed a colon resection on William Orton Jr., then 41. Orton alleged…