Sammons Named One of the Top Rated Lawyers in Texas by Dallas Morning News

Isidro Almendarez sits next to his wife Irma in their Lockhart home. The former construction worker struggled to make sure his employer documented a hand injury and fought a serious infection as a result.

In Texas, Injured Workers Struggle To Be Counted

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2015 On any given day across Texas, truck drivers might crash their vehicles, construction workers tumble from scaffolding or refinery workers inhale nauseating fumes. But many of their injuries will be documented poorly by employers and insurance companies. Some will go unreported entirely — as if they never

Plant Explosion Near Houston – 4 Injured

PASADENA, Texas – According to reports from Pasadena police, at least four workers  have been injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas. The explosion happened this morning at the Sun Edison plant located in the 3000 block of N. South Street.  According to local news reports, one injured worker was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in

Rail Giant BNSF Accused of Telling Arbitrator: “Our Way or The Highway”

According to a recent article published by Rick Schmitt on FairWarning, a run-of-the-mill employment dispute could become a major embarrassment for railroad giant BNSF over an allegation that a senior executive threatened to blackball an arbitrator from the industry if she ruled against the company.  According to the article, the arbitrator at the middle of the