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Hospital Falls Can be Tragic – and Preventable According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, between 700,000 and 1 million people fall in U.S. hospitals every single year. These falls, mostly by patients who are already physically vulnerable, result in thousands of injuries and deaths. These incidents are all the more…

What Exactly is an “On-the-Job” Injury Under Texas Workers’ Comp. Law? A serious injury can keep you from working for a long time, leaving you without a paycheck while also leaving you with a growing pile of medical bills and other expenses. When the injury that is keeping you off the job happened on…

Big Rig Accidents Involve Big Issues The bigger they are, the more damage they can do. It’s not hard to understand why a collision between a large commercial truck and a passenger car can lead to catastrophic injuries and deaths. You can almost feel the sheer size of tractor-trailers when you drive next to…

After a Car Accident, You’re Not in “Good Hands” With the Other Driver’s Insurance Company If singing a little “Like a good neighbor…” jingle was all it took to get an insurance company to magically appear with a check after one of its drivers hit and injured you, car accident attorneys wouldn’t have much…

Three Things to Do After You’ve Been Injured by a “Hit-and-Run” Driver Getting into an auto accident is bad enough. Getting into a car accident caused by another driver’s negligence or reckless driving is worse. Getting hit by a driver who immediately leaves the scene of the crash to avoid having to take responsibility…

What is an “Expert Witness” and How Are They Used in Injury Cases? Most folks who sit on a jury in a personal injury case are not going to have a good understanding of the complex causes and effects of a spinal injury, the engineering and other technical issues involved in determining whether a…

Getting Injured In a Hospital May Not Always Be Considered a Medical Malpractice Claim, Texas Supreme Court Says are governed by specific and complex laws that don’t apply to other types of personal injury lawsuits. Whether an injury claim is subject to those laws can have a significant impact on how the suit will…

Three Ways Video Can Be Used – For or Against You – in Your Injury Case Sometimes it seems that every moment of modern life is captured on video. From amusing clips posted on YouTube, to surveillance cameras that can record a criminal act in progress, to police dash-cams that can show misconduct or…

No Accident: Personal Injury Claims for Intentional Torts Most of the cases I handle as a personal injury attorney arise out of the negligence or reckless conduct of the defendant. That driver who hit you may have run a red light, but he didn’t intend to t-bone your car, just like the giant pharmaceutical…

If I Was Partially at Fault for My Car Accident, Do I Still Have a Case? If you’ve been injured in a car accident and are seeking compensation for your injuries from the other driver or drivers, you have to prove that they were at fault for the accident. If you can’t prove that…