Recent Blog Posts
Coming back from an auto-bicycle collision
Any type of auto accident can end badly, with not only severe damages to your vehicle, but catastrophic injuries or death. This is not news to anyone. But those injuries can be even more severe if it is an auto-pedestrian or auto-bicycle accident. A pedestrian or bicycle rider are much less protected than a… Read More »
Cost for traumatic brain injuries
Do you have any idea how much a traumatic brain injury can cost? Depending on the extent of the injury, and in the event long-term care is needed, it can be astronomical. According to Medscape, $75 to $100 billion dollars is spent annually in the United States on brain injuries. The most expensive type… Read More »
Fatal pedestrian accident in Dallas may have more than 1 cause
A fatal accident in Dallas on Tuesday took the life of a 34-year-old woman in the prime of her life. The woman had just started her own side business, enjoyed playing the violin and was getting ready for a workout when a drunk driver slammed into her parked car. The 34-year-old was leaning into… Read More »
Sexual abuse in children or young adult sports activities
Parents who nurture their children in sports’ activities, whether at their local school or Dallas recreational parks, are usually admired for their involvement and parenting. Most of these parents are also very trusting when it comes to the leaders and coaches of these activities. Unfortunately, there are times when that trust is misplaced. Sports… Read More »
Accident kills Texas AM Football player and two others
The accident that claimed the lives of Polo Manukainiu, age 19 a Texas A&M football player, Gaius Vaenuku, an incoming freshman football player for the Utah Utes, and 13 year old Lolo Uhatafe, the younger brother of Utes lineman Salesi Uhatafe, points to the need for proper window glazing of cars, trucks and SUVs…. Read More »
Texas May Join 30 Other States to Ban Texting While Driving
At a recent press conference promoting House Bill 243, the Alex Brown Memorial Act, Jeanne and Johnny Mac Brown told the tragic story of their 17 year-old daughter, Alex Brown, who was killed in a rollover accident while texting on her way to school. As a reminder of the damage texting while driving can… Read More »
Collision between a car and a truck shuts down highway for hours
An accident so bad investigators called it “Frankencrash” recently shut down Interstate-35E for about three hours. The accident occurred after a driver in a passenger vehicle cut off an 18-wheeler truck. As a result, a tractor-trailer rig overturned and about a dozen other vehicles were damaged. Investigators say that the driver who caused the… Read More »
Texas Lawsuit Illustrates Complexity of Safe Crane Operation
In October 2011, a Longview, Texas, oil-rig worker brought a lawsuit in federal court for damages from injuries suffered in a crane accident. The suit reportedly accuses the rig’s owner of negligence and gross negligence in the incident during which the worker was allegedly hit by 5,000 pounds of winches during a lift attempt…. Read More »
Texas remains focused on enacting distracted driving laws
Texas has long been one of the few states in the country that has refused to pass a statewide ban on texting while driving. The most recent efforts to pass such a law were vetoed by Governor Rick Perry, and some feel that a new administration may be more inclined to enact a texting… Read More »
Fatal truck accident leads to two lawsuits in Tarrant County
Four college students were killed when truck collided with bus A fatal truck accident in Oklahoma that killed four members of a college softball team from Texas has resulted in two lawsuits being filed in Tarrant County, according to the Dallas Morning News. The accident happened when the truck crossed a highway median and… Read More »
