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By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas A construction fall accident Texas claim rarely turns on whether falling from height is dangerous. Everyone agrees it is. It turns on a specific number, and on an obligation the employer had before anyone

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas Who is liable for a construction accident in Texas is almost never a question with one answer, and the reason is structural. On a jobsite there is an owner, a general contractor, a chain

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas An OSHA refinery investigation is not the only investigation running after a plant accident, and understanding what each one produces is more useful to an injured worker than knowing what any of them concluded.

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas Who is liable in a Texas refinery accident is rarely a question with one answer, and that is the most important thing to understand about these cases. During a turnaround there can be a

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas Knowing what to do after a refinery explosion is not about acting fast for the sake of it. It is about understanding that the plant is already doing three things at once, and two

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas A Texas plant injury claim does not start with how badly you were hurt. It starts with a question about paperwork: which company, in the eyes of Texas law, is your employer. On a

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas Wrongful death damages in Texas are not a number on a chart. They are a set of separate categories, each of which has to be proven on its own, and each of which can

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas The wrongful death statute of limitations in Texas is two years, and the date it runs from is not the date most families assume. It runs from the day the injured person died, not

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas A survival action in Texas is not the same claim as a wrongful death claim, and families lose money learning that late. One death produces two separate causes of action under Texas law. They

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas Who can file a wrongful death claim in Texas is not a question about who loved the person most. It is a question about a list, and the list is shorter than most families