Catastrophic Personal Injury & Death
When it comes to fatal truck accidents, Texas leads the way
By John Jose Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in fatal truck accidents. In 2018, the last year data is available, there were 658 fatal crashes in Texas, resulting in 664 deaths. Texas’s 664 deaths in truck wrecks accounted for more than 13 percent of the fatalities suffered in truck wrecks in…
Read MoreLoss of Consortium: What You Need To Know
When someone is seriously injured or killed due to another’s negligence, the spouse, parent, or child of the victim may be entitled to compensation on the basis of loss of consortium. Sometimes called “loss of companionship” or “loss of affection,” loss of consortium may be available to someone whose spouse, parent, or child suffered a…
Read MoreCan I Sue My Employer For Negligence?
After being involved in an avoidable accident or sustaining a serious injury at work that was not handled well by your employer, you may be wondering what your rights are and how you should move forward. In more minor cases, workplace injuries are usually resolved internally, either through the company’s Human Resources department or through…
Read MoreHelicopter Crash Statistics: What You Need to Know
The sudden death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant in January 2020 brought the risks of helicopter travel to the forefront of the news as well as the minds of many Americans who followed the tragic story. Bryant died in a helicopter crash that killed the pilot and all eight passengers, including Bryant and his young…
Read MoreTypes of Whistleblowing: Do I Have a Case?
If there is one simple truth about corruption, it’s that it is not a new phenomenon. As long as there have been humans, there have been people and organizations operating in dishonest ways for their own personal gain, whether it be financial or otherwise. Throughout time, countless innocent people have fallen victim to fraud and…
Read MoreIs It Worth It to Hire a Personal Injury Attorney?
If you have been involved in a serious accident, or if someone you love has, you know it’s tough to move forward, especially if the accident was someone else’s fault. At some point after a traumatic event of this type, many people wonder, “Is it worth it to hire a personal injury attorney?” The period…
Read MoreCan You Sue a Trucking Company After an Accident?
If you have sustained life-altering injuries and trauma in a serious crash with a commercial truck, it is only natural to think about your rights. Can you sue the truck driver? Or, thinking more broadly, can you sue the trucking company? The same questions apply for families of truck accident victims who want to know…
Read MoreAviation Accident Compensation: What You Need To Know
Helicopter and airplane crashes can change victims’ lives forever, along with the lives of their families and the people who love them. Whether the crash led to injuries or a tragic loss of life, victims and their loved ones may be entitled to compensation to cover medical bills, lost wages, and emotional pain and suffering.…
Read MoreTypes of Negligence: What Victims and Families Need To Know
When a person suffers a serious injury, or even a tragic loss of life, as a result of a preventable accident, the accident that caused the injury may have been due to someone’s negligence. If an individual’s drunk driving, for example, results in a car crash that injures the occupants of another car, or a…
Read MoreWho Gets the Money in a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
For those people who find themselves in the tragic situation of having lost a loved one in a preventable accident or due to someone else’s intentional act of harm, it is only natural to wonder what happens next. When surviving family members file a wrongful death lawsuit after their loved one died due to someone…
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