The vast majority of personal injury cases, over 90 percent in some jurisdictions, settle before trial. But this statistic only tells part of the story. A few cases settle right away. A good illustration is a tortfeasor (negligent driver) who makes a rolling right turn at a red ...
Parker County Criminal Defense Blog
Beating Drug Possession Charges in Court
Drug possession cases, mostly marijuana cases, make up about 85 percent of the drug arrests in Parker County. Depending on the type and amount of substance, these offenses are usually felonies. If the defendant has no criminal record, pretrial diversion or deferred adjudication m...
Insurance Company Defenses Go to the Movies
A sudden personal injury has an earth-shattering effect. Medical bills pile up when there is little money coming in to take care of them. This financial stress adds to the stress of the injury, making it difficult to recover. All the while, insurance company representatives call ...
Can I Really Get a Second Chance?
Living life in Parker County is already a challenge. If you have a criminal conviction on your record, life becomes even more difficult. Even a small black smudge on your record makes it difficult to get a good job, find a nice place to live, or pursue certain professional opport...
Top Three Legal Theories in Dog Bite Claims
Mostly due to better injury diagnosis and treatment, the average dog bite claim has increased 94 percent since 2003. Generally, animal attacks cause a wide array of physical injuries. Especially if the victim is a child, the knockdown usually causes head injuries and broken bone...
Does Jail Release Help My Case?
The presumption of innocence is the foundation of any criminal defense case. But if the defendant is in jail, that presumption of innocence essentially becomes a presumption of guilt. Defendants who are behind bars often accept unfavorable plea bargains just to get things over w...
Some Important Points About Nursing Home Falls
Serious falls send quite a few older people to area nursing homes. Additionally, subsequent falls keep many people at these long-term care facilities. Fortunately, the families do not have to pick up the pieces all by themselves. Substantial compensation may be available in these...
Remembering Our D-Day Heroes
It's hard to believe that the liberation of France began seventy-five years ago today. It is even harder to believe that, at the time, the Normandy invasion was a risky and unpopular proposition. The Normandy area was about as far from England as the Allied forces could go and s...
Challenging Chemical Tests in a Parker County DWI
Partially due to the stern warnings about mandatory drivers' license suspension and the use of refusal information in court, about 75 percent of the people who are arrested for DWI submit to a chemical test. Many others probably do not fully understand that they have a right to r...
Five Search Warrant Exceptions in Criminal Cases
In a series of decisions during the 1960s, the Supreme Court applied the Fourth Amendment and other Constitutional protections to the states. So, Tarrant County law enforcement agencies must respect the same rules as the FBI, ATF, DEA, and other federal law enforcement agencies. ...
