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Will My Car Accident Case Go to Court?
Car accidents are painful, traumatic, and terrifying. Unfortunately, the distress doesn’t quickly dissipate even after a car accident victim begins healing from their injuries. Car accidents involving serious or catastrophic injuries can take many months or even years to resolve. In fault-based car accident insurance states like Texas, recovering compensation after an accident requires…
The Safest Forms Of Transportation [Updated 2024]
Beginning in the 20th century, the options for traveling both near and far drastically increased, moving from literal “horsepower” to motor vehicles and air travel in a single generation. These advances make travel accessible to people from all walks of life, from daily commuters on city buses to celebrities and politicians traveling to multiple…
What If You Are In an Accident While Driving a Rental?
Every traveler has to face that moment of decision when signing a rental car agreement. “Should I pay the extra fee for additional accident insurance or save the money? How likely is it that I’ll have an accident?” No one ever expects to have a car accident, but you may face an elevated risk…
What Are Your Rights As a Passenger In a Texas Car Accident?
There are many informative articles and blog posts about a driver’s rights to compensation under fault-based insurance laws in Texas, but what about a passenger’s rights in a Texas car accident? Passengers cannot bear liability in an accident because a non-driver is not legally at fault in a car accident. So, how do the…
What to Do If Your Car Accident Is Caused by a Defective Part
Most car accidents directly result from driver error. Distracted driving, failure to yield the right of way, reckless driving, and speeding are all major causes of car accidents. However, some car accidents happen because a defective auto part that’s meant to function as part of an important system—like a car’s steering system or brakes—causes…
What Is a Contingency Fee When Paying a Lawyer?
Few people plan ahead for serious injuries with costly medical treatment and days, weeks, or months of missed work days. However, serious injuries happen. CDC data shows around 40 million injury-related emergency room visits annually. Injuries are expensive as well as painful and debilitating. A successful personal injury claim against the person or business…
Texas School Bus Seatbelt Law
Large, lumbering yellow school buses are iconic in the U.S., including in Texas. We typically think of these buses as a safe and nostalgic part of every childhood, but 104 people died in school bus accidents in 2022. While some of these deaths occurred to those in other vehicles involved in the crash or…
What Is Psychiatric Malpractice?
When we seek treatment from a doctor, we place a great deal of trust in them and expect them to provide treatment that meets the current standard of care. In fact, medical providers have a legal duty to treat patients as a reasonable professional would under the same circumstances. They must meet the level…
What If An Obstruction In the Road Causes an Accident?
The most common liable parties in car accident claims are careless or reckless drivers. In these cases, the driver’s negligence leaves them liable for damages to an injury victim like medical expenses and lost wages, but what if the cause of a car accident isn’t another driver but an obstruction in the roadway? Who…
Can Restaurants Be Held Liable If a Customer Gets Sick?
Most people have experienced an upset stomach after a restaurant meal and wondered if they had food poisoning, but some cases of food poisoning are more than an upset stomach. Severe food poisoning is serious and can take weeks of medical treatment for recovery, causing significant financial hardship from medical bills and lost income….