Law Office of Alan Tysinger

Massive Data Breach Affects Injured Texas Workers

The Texas Department of Insurance has confirmed a serious breach of data security. The result was that the personal information of Texas workers who have suffered the pain of an on the job injury now must deal with the indignity and insecurity of having their privacy compromised. The Texas Tribune... Read more →

Does Opting Out of Texas Workers' Compensation Mean "Going Bare?"

This article from a few years back illustrates some of the fallacies involved in defending the Texas employers who opt out of workers' compensation coverage under the state statutory scheme, opting instead for custom-crafted plans under federal ERISA law. I don't necessarily oppose the right of employers to "go bare"... Read more →

Fatal Oilfield Accident Was Preventable, Federal Investigators Say

They have called it the worst oil drilling accident in nearly a decade, and the experts say it was preventable: The 2018 explosion and fire outside Quinton, Okla., killed five people, making it the deadliest accident in the drilling industry since 2010, when a BP oil rig exploded and killed... Read more →

Texas Supreme Court Considers Intentional Act Requirements in Work Related Fatal Accident

In case anybody had wondered how dangerous things have gotten in the oil fields of Texas, the Texas Supreme Court is now being asked to consider whether an exception carved out for intentional acts applies to the death of an employee in the oil field regarding a work related injury.... Read more →

Personal Injury Auto Claims in a Gig Economy

The "gig economy" or "sharing economy" as it is sometimes called is a fast growing segment of the economy. Workers and industries alike are ditching the traditional 9-5, employer/employee relationship for on/off switch of platform/app-enabled and task-driven "gigs" in this new economic frontier. It's astounding the volume of growth in... Read more →

Trucking Accident Cases: False Logs and Excessive Hours

An accident recently reported illustrates how severe the problem of excessive driving hours for commercial truckers can get. The investigation following a fatality accident revealed that the truck driver had been on the road for 38 of the 48 hours previous to the accident. Not only is that a violation... Read more →