Category Archives: Car Accident
Car Crash PTSD: What You Should Know
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome is normally associated with combat stress. Indeed, combat stress is the number one cause of this physical brain injury. However, extreme stress creates a chemical imbalance inside the brain of everyone who experiences extreme stress, not just soldiers. PTSD is also a common effect of sexual abuse. More importantly for… Read More »
Charges Filed After Fatal High-Speed Chase Wreck
A 25-year-old man faces multiple charges after he allegedly stole a vehicle, fled from police, and caused a fatal collision. When Humble Police Department officers tried to detain the man, he refused to stop, prompting a chase that involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Houston Police Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and… Read More »
Rollover Wreck Seriously Injures Three People
Few details were available after a rollover wreck on the East Freeway seriously injured two children and one adult. Harris County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a major crash on the main lanes of the East Freeway at Freeport. A two-car crash where one of the cars flipped over several times causing ejection. The car… Read More »
Dual Fatal Wrong-Way Wreck in Sugar Land
A third person barely survived the crash, which occurred on September 2, 2024, on U.S. 90 at Gillingham Lane, just east of Eldridge Road. Sugar Land police said a Honda Pilot was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes when the driver hit a Toyota Highlander, with two people inside, head-on. The two drivers died… Read More »
Direct and Supplemental Evidence in a Car Crash Claim
Cold, hard facts usually make a difference in life. That’s certainly true for victims in personal injury cases. To obtain compensation for their injuries, victims must prove negligence, or a lack of care, by a preponderance of the evidence, or more likely than not. While technically the standard of proof is low, there’s usually… Read More »
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 »
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 »
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Motorcyclist in Houston
According to witnesses, a Kia driver failed to stop at a stoplight in Houston, rear-ended a motorcycle, and fled from the scene on foot. When officers arrived at the accident scene in the 5800 block of Mesa Drive, they found a motorcycle hit from behind by a gray Kia. The male motorcyclist was pronounced… Read More »
Legal Issues in Rear End Wreck Cases
Driver negligence, usually driver inattention or improper driver judgment, causes most rear-end collisions. These crashes constitute about a third of the motor vehicle collisions in Texas. Sometimes, traffic backs up and the tortfeasor (negligent driver) fails to reduce speed appropriately. Other times, tortfeasor misjudge the distance between their vehicles and the vehicles in front… Read More »
The Five Kinds of Driver Impairment
Most car accidents aren’t “accidents.” Driver error causes over 98 percent of the vehicle collisions in Texas. Sometimes, this driver error is speeding, turning illegally, or another form of aggressive driving. Generally, however, driver error includes driver impairment. Arguably, these tortfeasors (negligent drivers) know they shouldn’t get behind the wheel, but they do so… Read More »