Injuries

A crossroads collision in Arlington sent a vehicle careening into a utility pole, killing the driver almost instantly. Doctors speculated that a head injury may have delivered the fatal blow. Police state that a man in a southbound Altima struck another vehicle attempting to mak...

Most people go to nursing homes to receive the care and attention they need. Sadly, in many cases, things do not work out that way. Largely because of nursing home overcrowding, about 60 percent of nursing home residents sustain serious falls. A majority of these people can no lo...

Investigators say that adverse weather may have been a factor in a deadly crash which occurred on South Loop 820 near the Highway 287 interchange. According to police and witnesses, a 19-year-old man apparently lost control of his vehicle, hit a guardrail, and careened into an ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, dogs bite over 4.7 million Americans a year. A significant number of these incidents require emergency care for serious injuries. Legally, these victims have several options in Texas. The Lone Star State uses the one-bite rule. Owner...

Nearly half of all fatal car wrecks in Texas occur in the energy-producing zones centered around the Barnett Shale/Permian Basin areas of North and West Texas. Over 1,600 people lost their lives in this area during 2018, many of them along Interstate 20. According to TxDOT, spee...

One of the great novelty Christmas songs of all time may have involved a negligent Santa Claus who was not up on the housetops where he belonged. According to the song, Grandma left the house late Christmas Eve, although she had been drinking too much eggnog and had not taken he...

Most car crashes are not accidents. In fact, human error accounts for over 90 percent of these incidents. Frequently, that error involves one of the five types of impairment, as outlined below. Most jurors award rather large damages in driver impairment claims. Frequently, these...

The early North Texas winter prompted many families to seek solace in one of the area’s indoor swimming pools. That sudden attendance spike caught some local pools off guard, setting the stage for serious injury. Indoor pools usually depend on a careful balance between drains ...

The multi-vehicle collision, which shut down I35W in both directions, killed three people and injured three others. Investigators believe that speed may have caused the crash. But by the time emergency responders arrived, little was left other than wreckage. The collision involv...

In 2018, homeowners’ insurance companies paid some $675 million to resolve dog bite claims. That amount has increased steadily over the past several years, as have the number of claims and the per-claim average dollar amount. Typically, dog bites cause very serious injuries. A...