Injuries

This is not a metaphysical blog about whether or not dogs go to heaven. As a Weatherford personal injury attorney, that issue is far above my pay grade. Rather, this article is about what compensation is available in these situations, and who is legally responsible. This problem...

Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, hundreds of people usually drown in swimming pools across the nation. About 70 percent of these victims are children under 5. Many other victims sustain permanent brain injuries. Drownings are the most common and most deadly kind of swimming p...

A car crash in Central Texas profoundly affected the lives of five North Texas families, as the wreck killed one person and seriously injured four others. The collision occurred in Georgetown on State Highway 130. According to witnesses, 18-year-old Dezirae Fregoso lost control ...

A box truck apparently rear-ended a Corvette on the eastbound side of the freeway, killing the Corvette driver almost instantly. According to police and witnesses, the Corvette driver was only travelling about 20mph in the carpool lane, because of mechanical issues. The box truc...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

A man is dead after he rammed his car under an eighteen-wheeler. Police say that 29-year-old Richard Rivas, of Grapevine, ran a red light at the intersection of State Highway 170 and U.S. Highway 377. As a result, he slid underneath the trailer of a large UPS truck. The combinat...

Politicians love attaching policy riders as "amendments" to must-pass spending bill and other such legislation. Typically, these addendums have very little effect on the public at large. But 49 U.S.C. 3106 is a major exception to this rule. In Texas, noncommercial owners who neg...