Monthly Archives: September 2024
Vicarious Liability in Car Crash Cases: Breaking it Down
Texas has one of the lowest auto insurance minimum coverage requirements in the state. Many drivers only have $55,000 per person (personal injury and property damage) coverage. The average personal injury and property damage amount in a catastrophic (life-threatening) injury case is more than $150,000. Something needs to fill in the gap between these… Read More »
What is the Most Frequent Cause of Pedestrian Accidents?
The most frequent cause of pedestrian accidents is driver error. These mistakes cause more than 98 percent of the vehicle collisions in Texas. The two major kinds of driver error are outlined below. Regardless of the cause of the pedestrian accident, these victims usually sustain catastrophic (life-threatening) injuries. Pedestrians bear the full force of… Read More »
Fatal Wreck on North Freeway During Morning Commute
Few details were available after a multi-vehicle collision on a rain-slick freeway killed one person. Preliminary information from Houston Police indicates that one person has been pronounced deceased as a result of the crash. Emergency units responded to the accident at 5:24 a.m. in the morning. Both the left and right shoulders, along with… Read More »
FMCSA’s Fatigued Truck Driver Regulation Woes Continue
Bureaucrats at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration added four more electronic logging devices to the naughty list, on the grounds that they failed to meet minimum requirements. The revoked devices are the CTE-LOG ELD, ELD VOLT, Powertrucks ELD and TFM ELDs. The ELDs can be placed back on the registered device list if… Read More »