Law Office of Alan Tysinger

How will COVID-19 affect my personal injury case?

The COVID-19 public health crisis is not just a novel phenomenon for medical professionals to deal with. It is also having a clear impact on the administration of justice in this country. Unfortunately, that means that many injured parties are having to take a backseat to other more pressing concerns... Read more →

Federal Law to Limit Employer Liability for COVID-19?

Congress is currently considering legislation on a federal level that would limit employer liability for COVID-19 occupational disease claims. This would preempt state level legislation, including workers' compensation and civil laws, regarding such injury claims. This legislation has not yet passed to become law, and it seems unlikely that this... Read more →

COVID-19 and Causation in a Pandemic

In the COVID-19 occupational disease cases, everyone wants to go straight to individual causation. In other words, how can I prove that this employee can only have gotten this disease at work. That is not how these cases are going to go. There will be many widely scattered cases where... 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 →

Wrongful Death Trial Against Employer Begins in Oilfield Accident Case

There is a trial underway in a fatal oilfield accident case involving multiple companies, including Patterson UTI, Red Mountain Operating, and National Oilwell Varco. National Oilwell Varco is the remaining defendant after others settled out. This case illustrates the hazards that workers face in the oilfields in Oklahoma and Texas,... Read more →

Oilfield Boom Brings Injury and Accident Increase

It has recently made headlines when politicians have announced the US as now essentially energy independent. With the fracking oil boom occurring across the country in various locations and specifically in the Permian basin in West Texas and the eagle Ford shell in South Texas, the state of Texas is... 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 →

"Nuclear" verdicts in trucking accident cases

Safety in the trucking industry truly has not kept pace with the volume of commercial trucking activity now on the roadways. With NAFTA and the tremendous trade between the US and Mexico, and the oil boom in west Texas Permian basin and south Texas Eagle Ford shale regions, the number... 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 →

Trucking Accident Case Settlements

A recent article gave a good summary of the elements that go into settling a commercial vehicle trucking accident case. In south Texas, between the Eagle Ford shale region trucking operations and the traffic along I-35 and I-10 coming up from Mexico and going back down between Laredo and San... Read more →