Category: Work Injuries

Texas UST Leaks Lawyer Taking Action for Victims of Land Contamination Our Texas law firm is committed to protecting the rights of people harmed or put at risk by the release of toxic substances from underground storage tanks (USTs). We are trial-proven Houston lawyers ready to take action for those…

Royalty Claims / Disputes Texas Oil and gas royalties and lease agreements are often the source of a variety of legal disputes between oil companies and landowners. The Callahan Law Firm based in Houston, Texas represents landowners and leaseholders in all aspects of lease and royalty litigation issues including: claims…

A construction worker suffered a fatal work injury in League City, Texas on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. According to news reports, including ABC Local and The Galveston County Daily News, the 49-year-old man was working on a project to widen League City Parkway when the compactor he has driving overturned,…

Three contract workers were injured in an East Texas oilfield explosion Saturday, August 10, 2013. The blast, occurring at an oilfield site in Gregg County, Texas is believed to have been caused by welding on a pipe thought to be clear of hydrocarbons. The injured workers, contracted by Exxon-Mobil, included…

Five workers were injured in an oil rig accident near Alexander, North Dakota on July 16, 2013. According to news reports, investigators believe the oil rig accident occurred when employees removed a cover from an oil fuel tank and an electric drill ignited the fumes, causing an explosion. One worker,…

Two more oilfield workers were killed on the job in Texas last week, both in Howard County and residents of Big Spring. On Thursday, June 20, Juan Manual Estrada-Duarte, 59, died after a large heat treat rolled onto him. Only 24 hours earlier a drilling rig collapse had taken the…