Car accidents are sadly common in the United States with nearly four million accidents per year resulting in property damage and 1,593,390 accidents with injuries. In a single recent year, 35,766 fatal car accidents occurred. When accidents happen, some victims aren’t immediately aware of all of their injuries. Adrenaline and other stress hormones sometimes mask…
The trauma and painful injuries associated with car accidents often leave accident victims vulnerable to the insurance companies that protect their profits at the victim’s expense. In fault-based insurance states like Texas, an injury victim must prove the at-fault party’s liability to gain compensation for their property damage, medical expenses, lost income, and pain and…
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…