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
READ MORE
Car Accidents
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
READ MORE
Summer Drinking Spikes Car Accidents in Texas
As the temperatures spike and we head into the dog days of summer, we’re all trying to escape the heat by heading out on the water or to the nearest concert, water park or outdoor celebration. Unfortunately, this also means the likelihood of sharing the road with a drunk driver, or even getting behind the
READ MORE
Preventing Texting and Driving Car Wrecks
As car makers constantly work to reduce injuries that come from car wrecks with faster air bags, stronger steel frames and other measures, we need to take a step back and identify what we, as drivers, can do to prevent car accidents. Texas is working to make roads safer by banning cellphone use while on
READ MORE
Texas Bus Crash Leads to Questions in Safety
Bus Accident – Safety Guidelines Under Review A recent Texas bus accident is leading many to question the safety laws regarding public transportation. With two killed and as many as 23 injured, bus safety laws, and the speed at which those laws are enacted, must be reevaluated. New legislation to prevent fatal bus wrecks passed
READ MORE
Questioning Labor Laws and a Workers Appeal
A worker who suffered personal injuries in a car wreck was the subject of the appeal in Grocer’s Supply, Inc. v. Cabello, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. App.—Dallas 2012, no pet.) (December 21, 2012). The personal injury attorney for the worker struck by an 18-wheeler while changing a tire on the side of the road sought
READ MORE
NFL drunk driving accidents common, deadly
After one Dallas Cowboy was killed and another arrested for a drunk driving accident in early December, people are calling on the National Football League to address drunk driving among its players. The accident that killed Cowboy linebacker Jerry Brown was nose tackle Josh Brent’s second drunk driving arrest in just three years, and he
READ MORE
Paralyzed Texas girl writes letter to drunk driver
A worker who suffered personal injuries in a car wreck was the subject of the appeal in Grocer’s Supply, Inc. v. Cabello, ___ S.W.3d ___ (Tex. App.—Dallas 2012, no pet.) (December 21, 2012). The personal injury attorney for the worker struck by an 18-wheeler while changing a tire on the side of the road sought
READ MORE
Texas Teens in Greater Danger on Roadways this New Year’s Eve
They know it’s the most dangerous night of the year for drinking and driving, yet they do it anyway. According to a recent survey conducted by Liberty Mutual and Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD), teenagers are more likely to drink and drive on New Year’s Eve despite a common belief in the extreme perils of
READ MORE
Texas’ 85 mph toll road opens. Is it safe?
Only a few months ago, we wrote about a new Texas law that allows state highways to increase their speed limits to 75 mph. Now, a toll road near Austin, Texas, allows motorists to drive 85 mph. The toll road opened last week as an alternative to Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Austin. While
READ MORE
