HOUSTON The Texas Department of Transportation is facing a negligence claim after a piece of grating on Highway 146 came off the road and flew into a driver s windshield.
Jose Gonzalez filed a complaint April 28 in Harris County District Court against Texas Department of Transportation alleging negligence.
Gonzalez alleges in his complaint that on July 10, 2020, while driving his vehicle on Highway 146 towards Baytown, a piece of metal came flying from the freeway and went through his front windshield.
He claims the metal piece came from the highway grating and caused him to suffer serious injuries. Gonzalez alleges the Texas Department of Transportation was negligent in failing to inspect and maintain Highway 146 and as a result, the metal piece came off the road and flew into his car windshield.
by Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC NewsProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.HOUSTON When Shalemu Bekele aw.
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They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves.
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. It was also produced in partnership with NBC News.
When Shalemu Bekele awoke on the morning of Feb. 15, the townhouse he shared with his wife and two children was so cold, his fingers felt numb.
After bundling up in extra layers, Bekele looked out a frosted window: A winter storm had swept across Texas, knocking out power to millions of homes, including his own, and blanketing Houston in a thin layer of icy snow.
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HOUSTON A Pyburn s Food Market customer claims he was attacked by an employee with a boxcutter who slashed him across the throat while shopping at one of its Houston stores.
Joseph Brown filed a complaint April 24 in Harris County District Court against Bob and NHI Corporation, Bob & NHI Corp doing business as Pyburn s Food Market and Jamal Anthony Brooks alleging liability and negligence.
Brown alleges in his complaint that he was shopping at Pyburn s Food Market on Alemda Road in Houston on April 26, 2019. He claims that Brooks, a Pyburn s employee, attacked him and slashed him across his throat with a boxcutter and caused him to suffer serious bodily injury.