How to Find Your Lawyer for An Injury Case If you or a loved one is dealing with the implications of an injury after a truck or car accident, assault, dog bite, or other serious incident,  you may have decided you’d like to talk to a lawyer. But how do you find a lawyer that will be able to help you secure compensation for your injuries? Maybe you’ve never had to find a lawyer before.  Maybe you have worked with a lawyer before but not on a personal injury matter. Many people find themselves in situations where their usual lawyer doesn’t suffice, because they haven’t focused o ..read more

Holiday Injuries Holiday Injuries: Don’t Let Your “Ho Ho Ho!” Turn Into An “Oh No Oh No!” Keep Holidays Accident and Injury Free By now, most of us have put up all our holiday decorations and are enjoying the majestic quality of lit up houses and trees in windows. Decorations add to our overall Christmas spirit and spiked eggnog compensates when we start losing our holiday cheer. And we all know traveling with our families for hours on end in holiday traffic while listening to the same Christmas songs again, and again, can sometimes lead to our insanity. Holiday vacation is no break fro ..read more

Texas Car Seat Laws We all think we know about the important role seatbelts and car seats play in staying safe in the vehicle. But it’s not easy to keep up with the latest safety measures, even when parents try to do what’s right for their kids. Did you know that car seats expire? Car seats decay over time due to wear and tear, rising and falling temperature, and time. Metal and plastic components of the seat may wear down from stress and pressure. In order to keep little ones safe, manufacturers are required to test products for durability, and publish an expiration date of materials ..read more

Cameras on Austin school buses will spot drivers who pass illegally Oct. 3, 2015 | by Julie Chang – American-Statesman Staff   Austin school buses will soon start recording drivers who pass them illegally. The school board is contracting with Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions to install cameras on about 300 buses, roughly 60 percent of the fleet. The cameras, which are installed near the stop arms of the buses, start rolling once the bus stops. After a review by Austin school district police, any drivers recorded passing stopped buses will receive a $300 ticket in the mail. Las ..read more

Drivers excluded from insurance policies still hitting the road Posted:Dec 08 2016 05:08PM CST | Updated:Dec 08 2016 06:28PM CST | by OX4News.com Staff   Texas is one of the worst states in the nation for uninsured drivers. In fact, 1 out of every 5 Texas drivers is not covered by basic liability insurance, more than a million and a half drivers. And that number is probably higher because there’s an entire group that has been purposely excluded from insurance policies. And yet, in many cases, they’re still driving. Darold Washington found out the hard way about the exclusion rule when ..read more

Lawsuit claims Lyft driver in fatal wreck was distracted by app Posted Mar 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM Updated Sep 25, 2018 at 10:15 AM | by Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS   A family that already has settled with Uber in a wrongful death lawsuit is now targeting its rideshare rival Lyft, claiming the company’s phone app caused one of its drivers to take his eyes off the road before a wreck that killed a woman and her daughter two years ago in Williamson County. An attorney representing the family of decedents Irene and Kate Edwards said the driver, Kevin Eldredge, was working for Uber on Oct. 10, 2 ..read more

How Texas law treats negligence in a personal injury case. Determining who’s at fault isn’t always straightforward. What is “negligence” in a personal injury case? Negligence is defined by the Legal Dictionary as: In one word, negligence can be described as carelessness. It’s when a person does not take reasonable care over a situation where a prudent person would have taken that level of care. “Conduct that falls below the standards of behavior established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. A person has acted negligently if he or she has departed from the ..read more

Pain and suffering from injuries is a serious component of personal injury law. No client should ever have to endure the pains that they do. No money will ever make amends for the suffering they endure, but it is our duty as personal injury attorneys to advocate for their well-being. That certainly means securing the largest possible settlement or verdict for our clients. Continue reading to better understand this nuanced area of personal injury law. On this Page: Defining pain and suffering Calculating pain and suffering Proving pain and suffering Can Texas damage caps affect pain and suffer ..read more

Seeking Help After an Austin Car Accident Are you an Austin TX resident that’s been involved in a recent car crash? Do you want to seek compensation for your injuries, but are uncertain of how to go about doing so? If so, then you need to learn all you can about hiring an Austin car accident attorney. Some people wonder, “Is it really worth hiring an Austin car accident attorney?” the answer is yes. They can make the difference between thousands of more dollars in your settlement, as well as receiving any compensation at all. See below for an in-depth article on all the reasons you should pri ..read more