The holiday season deserves its reputation as “the most wonderful time of the year” but with the holidays comes wintery weather, poor road conditions, holiday traffic, travel, and shopping in busy, overcrowded stores staffed by exhausted employees and overwhelmed managers. Emergency rooms report increases in patients by as much as 12% during the Christmas holiday…
In 2021, 13,384 people died in alcohol-related car crashes in the United States — more than 30% of all traffic deaths, according to statistics from the National Highway Transit Safety Administration. That works out to a preventable death every 39 minutes, even before you account for any deaths caused by drivers under the influence of…
When you’ve suffered a serious injury through no fault of your own and the injury only occurred due to someone else’s negligence, recklessness, or intentional wrongdoing, you shouldn’t be left responsible for the damages. In personal injury cases, “damages” refers to the consequences of an injury. Damages can be both economic damages like medical expenses…
Most people feel safe and comfortable on the road. We listen to our favorite playlists and podcasts and think about the day ahead of us or the one behind us, forgetting that we’re actually hurtling along at high speeds, often on roads congested with other vehicles doing the same. Despite how comfortable we feel in…
In fault-based insurance states like Texas, an accident or injury victim bears the burden of proving liability in an accident. If the victim’s injuries resulted directly from someone else’s negligence, recklessness, or intentional wrongdoing, the at-fault party is liable for damages. “Damages” in personal injury claims refer to the economic consequences of an injury, like…