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Vicarious Liability, Cell Phone Use, & Insurance in Employee Wrecks

Insurance companies are recommending to their corporate clients that they establish and consistently enforce distracted driving policies prohibiting company workers from texting and talking on their cell phones while driving on the job. Why? Because recent shows have shown a sharp upward trend for injured accident victims suing employers under the legal theory of vicarious […]

Here’s What Happens in Texas When DWI Offenders Repeat their Crimes

Our Coastal Bend accident lawyers point to a recent, tragic DWI wreck that claimed the life of a Port Aransas man. Jonathan Roos, 52, was driving his Jeep down SH 361 just after midnight on Tuesday when John Eric Dominguez, 32, rear-ended the Jeep. The force of the impact sent the Jeep careening from the […]

Aggressive Driving Can Land You in a Texas Jail; It Injures & Kills

Aggressive driving might just be a frustrated driver who can’t control his or her impulses acting out in an immature fashion. But it can injure innocent people and take lives. In one fatal Montgomery County highway crash recently, aggressive driving and a failure to yield right of way took the life of an aggressive driver, […]

Responsible Texas Citizens Can Aid Justice After an Accident

They say that Justice is blind. But Texas accident attorneys know that responsible Texas citizens with good eyes and/or good instincts can always help her to find her way clear. A recent story from Austin, TX reports that a suspect has been named and a warrant issued for the driver allegedly behind a fatal hit […]

Toyota Recall for Steering Issue Affects 447,000 North American Owners

Pasadena injury lawyers pass along news of an important Toyota recall that could affect your safety. Toyota Motor Corp. has issued a recall notice on 550,000 vehicles worldwide, most in the United States for a defect that affects steering and handling of the vehicle. The Toyota recall problem derives from the possibility that the outer […]

Structure in Brighton Beach, NY Collapses Under Weight of Floors

An apartment building under construction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY collapsed Tuesday, November 8, 2011 with 5 workers inside. A concrete supplier says that the Brighton Beach building collapse occurred just as concrete from his truck was being pumped up onto the 2nd and 3rd floors. So far, it looks like the 2nd floor of […]

Do DWI Awareness Campaigns Make any Difference to Texas Drunk Drivers?

The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) traffic safety director Terry Pence states that Texas leads the nation in the number of alcohol-related crashes and fatal accidents. As our Pearland accident attorneys have said before, everything’s bigger in Texas, even our traffic problems. TXDOT conducts a number of traffic safety programs campaigns designed to cut down […]

Houston, TX Car Accidents Can Happen at any Time & any Place

As a car accident that occurred in the Montrose area shows, car accidents can happen at any time and at any place. Our Houston injury lawyers stress that you can be at home in bed and still suffer injuries from a car accident caused by a negligent driver. In the Montrose area car accident, a […]

Lake Jackson Accident Lawyers on the Effect of Texting & Driving Laws

Our Lake Jackson accident lawyers have written previously on Texas laws relating that penalize texting while driving. Texas is only one of a majority of states that have enacted laws seeking to curb the dangerous problem of driver distraction caused by texting. A number of horrific fatal wrecks, particularly among teenagers and young people in […]