Car Accidents

In 2016, not a single day passed without someone in Texas losing their life in a car accident, according to the state’s Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Statistics published by the Texas Department of Transportation. A reportable car crash in the Lone Star State occurred every 57 seconds and someone was killed every two hours and […]

According to a new analysis of the top 20 states that have the most distracted drivers, Texas can be found. A research study conducted by Zendrive, reported that Texas is the 17th worse state in the United States when it comes to distracted drivers using their phones. In general, distracted driving includes drivers looking at their smartphones

With nearly 110,000 accidents and 455 deaths attributed to distracted driving in 2016 alone, the Lone Star state enacted a new law meant to curb the problem. A ban on texting and other activities while driving went into effect in Texas on Sept. 1 of this year. The law is meant to curb distracted driving

After repeated attempts to settle a personal injury case brought by two men who suffered serious injuries in a car accident caused by an off-duty police officer who allegedly failed to yield to the right-of-way at an intersection, a Texas jury returned a car accident verdict awarding the plaintiffs more than $1 million, according to KLTV.

The owner and operators of a parking garage in Austin, Texas have been hit with a lawsuit after a woman’s car fell seven stories. The lawsuit alleges that Christi B. narrowly escaped death in the plunge her car took to the ground, but still suffered severe personal injuries including a broken back, broken sternum, broken

Texting and driving is a serious issue that claims the lives of many victims, and also leads to severe injuries and high economic costs. Drivers in the Lone Star state should be aware of what the new Texas texting and driving law means and how they can avoid the penalties of violating it. The law

As the incidents of districted driving rises with cell phone use, the court awards and settlements in distracted driver lawsuits are rising as well. Court awards in recent distracted driver lawsuits have exceeded $1 million in recent years. One couple received $1.3 million after they were seriously injured by a distracted driver. $1.4 million was

A Texas couple is suing a collision repair shop alleging that the business is responsible for the serious injuries they suffered in a car accident caused by bad repairs. Matthew and Marcia S. of Murphy, Texas are seeking more than $1 million in their lawsuit against John Eagle Collision Center. According to the car accident caused

A woman is suing the ride share company Uber after her uninsured driver was in a car accident that left her paralyzed. Plaintiff Sarah M. alleges in her lawsuit that her Uber driver was uninsured and had a criminal record that should have prevented him from participating in the ride share service. Sarah, paralyzed after the accident,

The family of a 26-year-old college student who died after being struck by an inattentive driver will receive $900,000 from the insurance company covering the driver. The college student, Weiqi Wang, was struck by a careless driver of a 2004 Subaru Outback while in a crosswalk on her way to school. Weiqi was a graduate student at

Texas is the second-largest state in both size — 261,797-square-miles — and population — more than 27 million people — but the sprawling Lone Star State commanded the No. 1 spot when it came to the number of road fatalities and the number of road deaths per 100,000 people in 2014, according to financial news

Many thousands of U.S. motorists experience automobile accidents each year, and many are killed or injured. In Texas, nearly 270,000 people were injured in car crashes in 2016 alone. Car accident settlements in Texas may help those who were injured or help the family members of those who may have been killed on Texas roadways.

A former television reporter for Houston-based KTRK, Wayne Dolcefino, recently filed a lawsuit against the driver and the company that employed the driver, AT&T, after a Texas car crash, Chron reports. According to the Chron article, Dolcefino was hit head-on by the driver who worked for AT&T. As a result of the Texas car crash,

A man was seriously hurt in a 2012 automobile accident when the car he was a passenger in was struck from behind by a woman who swerved to avoid rear-ending another car. In June 2017, Alvaro R. settled a lawsuit he filed in connection with the crash for $1.4 million, with the majority of the

Thousands of motorists are injured or killed in an auto accident each year. Many drivers and passengers do not know, however, that they may be eligible for monetary compensation outside of any insurance payments they might receive. One such auto accident lawsuit was filed by a man from Hartford, Connecticut, which ended with a settlement