Officials with the W Hotel in Austin recently announced that the hotel will be closed until all glass panels on balconies at the hotel are replaced.  The announcement comes after a third incident at the hotel involving falling glass panels from balconies.

The third incident occurred on the same day a lawsuit was filed against the hotel over the first accident, which occurred on June 10.  The first time glass panels fell at the hotel they fell onto the hotel’s pool deck and injured several people at the pool.

Earlier this week, a second incident occurred in which panels fell from balconies located over 3rd street and onto cars below.  The next day, three more glass panel fell from the hotel’s south side.

If you or a loved one has been injured as the result of a property owner’s negligence, contact the Austin premises liability lawyers of The Law Offices of Vic Feazell, P.C. at 877-948-4842 to discuss your case with one of our attorneys today.

A fire broke out at a south Austin duplex early yesterday morning.  Austin firefighters arrived at the 3300 block of Clawson Road at around 6 AM to see flames and smoke coming from the building.

The five people in the home were able to escape before firefighters arrived, however fire crews did have to rescue a pet ferret and snake.  The residents told officers that they were awoken after the windows in the back of the building broke from the fire.

Austin arson detectives arrived on scene after firefighters had stopped the fire to begin investigations.  Investigators currently believe that the fire was started on patio furniture on the duplex’s back porch.  The home’s residents are not smokers and are unsure of how the patio furniture could have caught fire.

If you or someone you know has been injured in a fire on someone else’s property, contact the Austin fire victim lawyers of The Law Offices of Vic Feazell P.C. at 877-948-4842 to learn more about your rights.