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Hispanic worker deaths up 76% since 1992
July 20, 2009

The statistics prove the unfortunate truth: more hispanic workers die every year in construction accidents, truck and motor vehicle crashes and other work related incidents. (USA Today 7/19/09). There might be many reasons for these tragic deaths - language confusion, unskilled laborers and the like. All too often, though, the deaths can and should be avoided. Simple safety harneses can prevent falls from rooftops, and do not require a great deal of skill to understand. Care in erecting scaffolding can and should prevent collapses. Training and enforcement of safety rules can and should prevent machinery injuries. Trying to attribute the increase in deaths based on the increase in workers ignores the dangers hispanic workers face every day on the job. And ignores the safety rule violations that happen every day on jobsites around Texas and the USA.

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Uninsured and on the road
July 07, 2009

A fact that should frighten all Texas drivers: studies show one of every five vehicles on the road does not have liability insurance. That means, next time you are sitting at a stop light, the odds are you are next to a car or truck that is not carrying insurance. LINK

The effect this has on drivers is profound. When that uninsured driver runs a light and hits an innocent person, that person will probably have no ability to recover for their injuries. Allowing insurance companies in Texas to sell a month or a week of insurance coverage (long enough to get an auto inspected or a license renewed) should not be possible. Unfortunately, it is another example of how the Texas Insurance Comission simply does not protect Texas consumers.

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Commentary on General Motors
July 07, 2009

The Federal bankruptcy judge in New York has approved the sale of GM's assets to a new company created by the federal government. That is good news, in the sense that it will allow GM to continue operating as a business. For the employees of GM and all the different companies that work with GM, the continuing of the business is vital.

However, as the Wall Street Journal reports (LINK), part of that sale will allow for the dismissal of product liability lawsuits against GM. That means that consumers who were injured or killed in GM vehicles, and who filed lawsuits against GM, will have their cases dismissed with no remedy. So the terrible injuries and damages will not be the responsibility of the maker of the defective vehicle, but will instead be the responsibility of the taxpayer. The medical bills and costs of supporting these injured consumers will now fall to the federal and state agencies.

The principals of responsibility should not have been forgotten in the GM case. The need to protect the company did not require the dismissal of the liability cases. And the result is that the taxpayer, not the maker of the defective product, will be responsible for the injuries.

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