Hitching a ride has never been easier thanks to smartphone-enabled car services like Uber. This service allows users to book a private car or SUV straight from their phone. It even provides a cost estimate and a tracking tool to identify when your car is getting close. Not carrying cash? Not an issue, Uber drivers
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Archives for August 2013
Getting the Most from Your Insurance Company
Investing in insurance offers security, shielding us from the exorbitant costs associated with accidents and disasters beyond our control. We rely on insurance carriers to uphold their end of the bargain when we need it the most. Unfortunately, insurance companies first priorities will always be their own interests. They are for-profit entities, and they do
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70 for 70: Happy Birthday Al Ellis
The law offices of Sommerman, McCaffity, Quesada & Geisler, L.L.P. pulled off a small miracle yesterday, we surprised our own Al Ellis with a “Hunka Hunka Happy Birthday” party. For those of you who have yet to meet Al, to say he is an Elvis Presley fan is an understatement. His office houses two life-sized Elvis
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Your Facebook Can and Will Be Used Against You in the Court of Law?
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Skype have transformed the way that the world communicates and connects. Information is shared more quickly than ever before. Individuals have access to news as it’s happening. Users can exchange ideas and opinions with people across the globe with the click of a mouse. At the same time,
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What to do After a Car Accident
A car wreck is a traumatic, frightening, and confusing event. As a result, individuals often do not know how to react on the scene of the accident. At the same time, this high-pressure time period immediately following the car accident is among the most important for individuals that wish to pursue a legal claim. Follow
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Ten Years Later: How House Bill 4 Has Harmed Texans
The Texas Watch Foundation examines how House Bill 4 has affected patients’ rights, healthcare and medical malpractice suits: “Riding an electoral wave that saw the election of Rick Perry to his first full term as governor,[1] a large class of impressionable freshman members in the House, and a hard-line speaker, Tom Craddick, the corporate immunity
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