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By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas A breach of contract demand letter Texas business owners write in anger is usually a gift to the other side. It feels like a message. It works like an exhibit. When I look at

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas Breach of contract statute of limitations Texas questions sound like a calendar problem. They’re usually a document problem. When I look at a late payment or a missed delivery, I start with a different

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas A construction accident wrongful death claim in Texas runs on two frameworks at once, and families are usually told about only one of them. A construction accident wrongful death claim is a civil action

By Marcell Owens, Owner, McCray Law Firm, PLLC · Houston, Texas A trench collapse accident Texas claim is not a case about bad luck. Excavation collapse is among the most predictable hazards in construction, and the federal standard governing it is unusually specific about what

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