Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) is now investigating nine confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), up from seven on Tuesday. The one common thread: every patient visited the State Fair of Texas before falling ill.
Fact checked by Texas Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, Paul H. Cannon. I was hit by a chemical tanker near the Ship Channel. Who handles tanker truck accidents in Houston? Simmons and Fletcher, P.C., a Houston truck accident law
Update 10.28.26: We received a report of another scam targeting Texas attorneys. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston issued a warning cautioning attorneys to beware of a scam that’s on the rise. HSI Houston reports that while some of the details
The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, an initiative of the Dallas Bar Association, Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, and local lawyers, is hosting free virtual and in-person legal clinics for eligible Dallas County residents throughout November.
All virtual clinics run from
Volunteer attorneys will be available to answer legal questions on Wednesdays in November through the Dallas Bar Association’s LegalLine E-Clinic. The clinics are free of cost to participants.
A volunteer attorney will call a participant for up to 15 minutes
In the space of five days this October, three health departments opened investigations into Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections tied to animals at fall attractions: five confirmed cases, four of them hospitalized, at Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen, Illinois; five
In Brief
On Tuesday afternoon, October 27, the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health announcedfive confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and an investigation into a possible link to Brookshire Farms, the pumpkin patch, corn maze and Christmas
Paul Flahive of the Austin-American Statesman has some great investigative reporting that should be required reading for anyone who follows Credit Slips. In “Texas Judges Are Blocking Student Debt Deals — and Borrowers Are Paying the Price” (paywalled), Flahive documents how bankruptcy judges
On October 23, 2026, a federal court in Dallas, Texas, threw out a lawsuit against EssilorLuxottica USA Inc. The case is called Eibensteiner v. EssilorLuxottica USA Inc.
What Happened?
Workers said the people in charge of the company’s 401(k) plan
