Monthly Archives: July 2024
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian on the North Freeway
Few details were available after a driver fatally struck a pedestrian on northbound Interstate 45 at approximately 10:30 p.m. The identity of the deceased adult female, believed to have been a pedestrian struck by an unknown vehicle, is yet to be verified by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The driver involved in… Read More »
Nursing Home Falls: A Closer Look
In many cases, falls send people to nursing homes and keep them there much longer than anticipated. Falls account for about a third of nursing home admissions, and two-thirds of residents fall at a long-term care facility. These incidents cause physical and emotional injuries which are usually permanent. Broken bones and other physical injuries… Read More »
New Developments in Dog Bite Cases
The number of dog bite attack claims has increased significantly since 2019. Pandemic puppies are responsible for much of this increase. Many people bought cute puppies to comfort themselves during pandemic lockdowns. Those cute puppies are now full-grown dogs that aren’t used to strangers. Pandemic puppies aren’t entirely responsible for the increase. Dog bite… Read More »
If I Fall at a Nursing Home, Do I Automatically Get a Settlement?
It would be nice, but no. The financial costs of fall-related injuries among people over 65 exceed $50 billion per year. Government and private health insurance companies cover most of these costs. In other words, you and I pay these costs, in the form of higher taxes and higher insurance premiums. A Sugar Land… Read More »
Reckless Police Chase Kills Two People
HPD vowed to investigate a high-speed chase in southeast Houston that killed two people and seriously injured two others. Houston police said officers tried to pull over a driver for running a red light on Broadway and almost hitting another car but the driver refused to stop. Police said they weren’t sure how fast… Read More »
Available Car Crash-Related PTSD Medical Treatments
According to popular myth, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a combat-related condition which randomly affects some people who “can’t take it.” Reality is different. Any extremely stressful situation, like a car crash, could cause PTSD. In fact, this condition affects about 50 percent of car crash victims. Furthermore, PTSD is a physical brain injury,… Read More »
Common Defenses in Fatal Car Crash Cases
Supposedly, fewer car crashes would be one of the “silver linings” of the dark coronavirus pandemic lockdown cloud. But instead of decreasing, the number of fatal wrecks increased dramatically in 2020. The numbers haven’t gone down much since then. The bad habits that many drivers picked up during the pandemic, such as drinking and… Read More »
What Causes Bicycle Crashes?
Driver error, usually operator impairment or aggressive driving, causes about 98 percent of the bicycle collisions in Texas. These collisions usually cause serious injuries, as another statistic shows. Bicyclists make up less than 1 percent of vehicle traffic, but they account for almost 3 percent of fatal accident victims. Serious bicycle collision injuries include… Read More »