Underinsured/uninsured motorist coverage is coverage which you have the option of buying in order to provide you additional coverage in the event you are injured by a motorist who has insufficient or no coverage. The Texas Financial Responsibility Law only requires that Texas drivers carry the minimum required insurance coverage…
Tractor-Trailer Accidents Caused By Tire Failures Due To Excessive Speeds Tractor-trailer tires being operated at speeds that exceed their design limitations is causing an increasing number of catastrophic accidents. The increase in the allowable highway speed limits has resulted in many heavy truck tires being operated at speeds that are…
Texas’ brutal medical tort reform may have saved the Texas medical industry millions in malpractice insurance premiums and given Texas hospitals near immunity for medical incompetence but it hasn’t done anything to curb the stunning bills that Texas hospitals regular charge patients. The Government Accounting Office reports that Dallas hospital…
From 1992 to 2013 the on-the-job death rate decreased overall but during the same time period the work-related death rate among Latinos increased. Latinos over 16 years old make up just 15.6% of the population but constitute nearly one-third of the workers in the construction and natural resource extraction industries…
The current oilfield fracking boom in Texas is causing a rash of auto accidents and trucking accidents that result in multiple wrongful death cases. The hurried pace, long hours and huge equipment that comes with any oilfield boom produces oilfield accidents that put not only the oil and gas workers…
A family from Mexico hire a coyote to smuggle them into the United States through Mexico. The coyote collected the family and entered a private ranch. An employee of the ranch stopped the coyote and inquired as to why he was on the ranch. The coyote sped away, lost control…
In a Texas Wrongful Death case a wrongful death claimant is entitled to recover “pecuniary losses”. Pecuniary losses have been held to be the present monetary value of the benefits that the claimant had a reasonable expectation of receiving from the deceased had he not been killed. Pecuniary losses in…
General Motors recently admitted that it became aware of the defective ignition switches as far back as 2001 which caused the vehicles to shut off resulting in auto accidents. The defective ignition switches were manufactured by Delphi Automotive. A Dephi spokesman reports that the switches which were installed in approximately…
Whether the settlement of a Texas Wrongful Death case should be structured heavily depends on the facts and circumstances of the case. The answer to this question involves a considerable discussion which should be had with an attorney who has handled a number of these cases. However, some general guidelines…
Jimmie John’s restaurant is being sued for wrongful death by the family of a man who was hit and killed by a speeding Jimmie John’s delivery driver. The lawsuit alleges that Jimmie John’s, which advertises “freaky fast delivery” knew or should have known that their fast delivery policy would encourage…