Category: Car Accidents

The recent accidents involving self-driving cars have not dampened the optimism of proponents of this exciting feat of engineering. Driverless motor vehicles promise a future of safer highways and fewer car accidents in Texas and across the country. However, it may take a while f...

It is a well-known fact that distracted driving can be extremely dangerous. Scientists from Texas A&M Transportation Institute and the University of Houston have recently reported that their studies compared different types of distractions and yielded fascinating results. Day...

When children survive auto accidents in which their parents die, the tragedy is almost incomprehensible. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported such a tragic car crash that left only children as survivors. The incident reportedly occurred north of Houston on a recent Tues...

Car accidents involving drivers who cross over the center median on Texas highways are all too prevalent. Such a car crash claimed the life of a Houston resident on a recent Tuesday afternoon. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, three vehicles were involved in the...

A Texas driver of a pickup truck was recently hospitalized with serious head injuries. The injuries were suffered in a car crash in which his pickup was struck by a vehicle whose driver had lost control of it. According to a crash report, the collision occurred on State Highway 1...

Devastating accidents can happen in split seconds. Many motorists have lost their lives on Texas roads due to the distractions of other drivers. Cross-over accidents are often the result of distracted or drunken driving. An 81-year-old man recently suffered critical injuries in s...

It is a truism in civil law that most legal disputes will settle before a judge or jury renders a verdict. There are a number of reasons why this is so. Litigation can be expensive and time-consuming, invasive of your privacy, and mentally exhausting. Also, while settlements may ...

If you believe a recent study by the Allstate insurance company, you may want to stay off the roads around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. According to the study, drivers in this area are ranked among the worst in the country. The insurance company, for the obvious reason that it wan...

The negligence laws in Texas give a car accident victim the right to sue a negligent driver for compensation. The amount that a person can recover depends upon the nature and extent of the injuries. Catastrophic injuries that result in medical expenses and lost wages would be com...