Drunk Driving Crashes and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Maximizing Compensation in Dallas-Fort Worth

Drunk Driving Crashes and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Maximizing Compensation in Dallas-Fort Worth Surviving a drunk driving crash on a Dallas Fort Worth roadway such as Interstate 35 can leave people facing a long and uncertain recovery, especially when the collision cause...

Injured by a Drunk Driver in Texas? Your Legal Rights Explained

Injured by a Drunk Driver in Texas? Your Legal Rights Explained If you’ve been injured by a drunk driver in Texas, knowing your legal rights is crucial. Texas law allows victims to pursue compensation through personal injury claims, holding the intoxicated driver—and p...

Drug Testing and Commercial Truck Drivers

Impaired driving is a serious issue for commercial truck drivers. Alcohol and other illicit substances are a problem for all drivers, but the consequences can be particularly high when you're driving a vehicle that is many tons heavier than the vehicles around it. Drug testing ...

Distracted Driving Is an Ongoing Hazard

Research around smartphone addiction paints a bleak picture. It is well-established that modern phone usage is problematic. Cell phone use is tied to problems like depression and anxiety. It's also tied to distracted driving. As distracted driving causes a significant percentag...

Tackling Drunk Driving Fatalities: Where Are We Now?

Nearly a decade ago, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report about its goal to reach zero deaths caused by alcohol-impaired drivers. At the time, drinking and driving accidents accounted for around one-third of all deadly car accidents. Unfortunately, since th...

Can You Sue a Drunk Driver for Hitting You in Texas?

Can You Sue a Drunk Driver for Hitting You in Texas? Many people think of drunk driving as a criminal activity, and it is. A drunk driver can go to jail, especially if they cause a vehicle crash that injures someone or destroys property. However, in addition to...

How American Drivers Feel About Drunk Driving

How American Drivers Feel About Drunk Driving Drunk driving is just one of several unsafe behaviors that have increased over the past two years. The pandemic has increased almost every form of dangerous driving. Speeding, distracted driving, and aggressive driving accide...

Ride-Sharing Services Offer Pluses & Minuses

Ride-Sharing Services Offer Pluses & Minuses Texas was one of five states to receive a grant from the Governors Highway Safety Association to encourage ride-sharing services this holiday season. The grant is meant to help drivers make the decision to call an Uber rat...

Impaired Drivers & Car Accidents

There’s no shortage of dangerous driving on Texas roadways. Car and truck accidents are an everyday reality in Dallas-Fort Worth. For the victims of those accidents, it’s important to understand the cause or causes that led to a crash. The Substances of Impairment ...

How Common Are Drunk Driving Fatalities?

How Common Are Drunk Driving Fatalities? The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is currently running a campaign designed to show people the seriousness of drunk driving. The campaign, “Faces of Drunk Driving,” attacks a problem that is more common than many p...