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Luggage Identification: Use You Work Address, Not Home Address
Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put ‘PHOTO ID REQUIRED.’ When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the ‘For’ line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, [...] Read More
Interesting Insight into a Juror’s Mind After a Long and Contentious Criminal Trial
This is an intriguing quote following a long and contentious criminal trial with an interesting insight into a juror’s mind. In the end, a Motion for New Trial was overruled. I think you may see why judges are so loath to grant new trials. We, the jury, spent 18 days on the case. I didn't pick my [...] Read More
Texas’ State-Wide Ban on Texting and Driving Starts September 1st
A new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this summer goes into effect next week, banning texting and driving in every county in Texas. “By enacting this public safety legislation, the governor is saving lives by deterring this dangerous and deadly behavior," said State Representative Tom [...] Read More
Texas Legislature Increases Risk of Foreclosures
Losing your home is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone, and now the Texas Legislature has voted to make it easier for banks and other lenders to foreclose on homeowners who have taken out a home equity loan. This new amended legislation would change the section of the Texas [...] Read More
Oil, Gas Health Threat in Texas
There are 398,787 active oil and gas field facilities in Texas. Within a half-mile of these facilities, there are: 3 million Texans 904 schools 78 medical facilities Research shows proximity to oil and gas facilities is connected to a variety of health issues that arise within a [...] Read More
Your Texas Driver License
Something all Texans should know. Your Texas Driver License has a phone number on the back, just above the barcode on the lower right side: 1-800-525-5555. (It’s VERY SMALL PRINT, but it IS there.) This number can be called for emergency assistance on the highway or wherever you might have [...] Read More
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Martin Luther King preached about The fierce urgency of now. What does this law firm do when we have the chance to make a difference – all the difference? We respond. We at the Law Office of Bob Osburn have responded to tragedy and have over 44 years of success representing those injured and [...] Read More
Walk This Way: How to Stay Safe When Travelling by Foot
Over the past few years, a host of innovations in automotive safety and improvements to roads have resulted in an overall decline in driver and passenger fatalities. But, unfortunately, although automotive safety has improved, pedestrians have become increasingly vulnerable. In fact, a recently [...] Read More
The Injured Worker in Texas
Truck drivers crash daily. Construction workers fall or get crushed. Refinery workers die in explosions. Oil field workers fall from the platform. No one in Texas knows how many injured workers there are – unreported and underreported – swept under the rug. And no one knows how the worker’s [...] Read More