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Aug

Beyond Medical Expenses and Property Damage: Non-Economic Damages

When a car accident injures you, you may receive compensation for some of your injuries. This compensation is called damages, and you can receive damages for both economic and non-economic injuries. Texas law allows you to receive several kinds of non-economic damages, but every...

Aug

Can Truckers Use Cell Phones?

Your answer: It depends on the phone. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation cracked down on truckers using cell phones and prohibited the use of hand-held devices. However, truckers can still use hands-free cell phones while driving, and they can also use hand-held devic...

Aug

How Much Time Do You Have to Call a Lawyer After a Crash?

For auto accident victims, the days after the crash are spent attending to medical needs, informing family and loved ones about the extent of injuries, notifying employers about the need to take time off, and getting vehicles repaired. These exhausting tasks can consume a lot of...

Aug

Paying for Medical Care After a Car Accident

Any type of traumatic injury can require ongoing medical care for some time—and car accident injuries are no different. You may need emergency treatment right after the accident, but during the following weeks, your doctor may suggest follow-up visits, visits to specialists...

Aug

What You Should Know After a Car Crash

Millions of U.S. car accidents result in property damage as well as serious and even life-threatening injuries. Here are the most important things you should know if you are ever in an automobile accident:Stop the CarNever drive away from the scene of an accident, even if there...

Aug

Truck Drivers Can Get Road Rage, Too

Road rage afflicts truck drivers, too, and victims of such behavior must know their rights. Although you might not attribute road rage to a professional driver, it happens more frequently than you might imagine. If you were ever a victim of road rage, you understand how frustrati...

Aug

The Problem With “Acceptable” Speeding

Many drivers think that going a few miles over the speed limit here and going a few more miles over the speed limit there is acceptable speeding—basically a non-event. Speed limits, however, are posted for one important reason—to protect the safety of everyone on the...

Aug

How to Avoid Pedestrian Accidents

When you're out pounding the Houston pavement, you’re probably not thinking too much about your safety as a pedestrian. You’ve got places to go and people to meet, after all. How dangerous can walking really be? You’ve been crossing the street safely since...

Aug

Are Tired Drivers More Likely to Get into Accidents?

Tired drivers, wake up! Driving while sleepy is dangerous, and even the loss of an hour or two of shut-eye can put you at greater risk of a car accident. A 2016 study by the Foundation for Traffic Safety succinctly outlines the dangers of driving while tired. Know the warning sig...

Aug

What To Do After a Houston Slip and Fall Accident?

Sometimes, people slip and fall down simply due to their own fault or a random unpreventable accident. Other times, however, slip and fall accidents occur because of a dangerous condition or hazard on someone else's property. Such dangerous conditions may include slippery f...

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