2010 March (3)

Archive for March, 2010

Houston woman ok after automobile accident –dies from head injury

Posted by texastriallawyers on March 4th, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Head Injury, Motorcycle Accidents, Safety Tags:  •  No Comments

A woman injured in a Houston car accident but whom at the scene believed she was fine, died recently in Houston area hospital due to a closed head injury. The woman developed headaches the day after the car wreck and went to the emergency room to be checked out. She died 2 weeks later of [...]

Houston Toyota recall lawyer notes

Posted by texastriallawyers on March 3rd, 2010 under Auto Accidents  •  No Comments

Everyone knows by now about Toyotas massive recall of many of its cars and trucks due to sticking gas pedals.  Toyota’s top US official has gone before Congress and issued an apology- basically, we are sorry and we promise to do better in the future. Several Texas wrongful death lawsuits have been filed  over Toyota [...]

An 8 year old child killed by suspected drunk driver

Posted by texastriallawyers on March 2nd, 2010 under Auto Accidents, Drunk Drivers  •  No Comments

The driver of a sedan with four young girls was coming home from an overnight church function when it was hit head-on by a pick-up truck driven by a suspected drunk driver. According to authorities the pick-up truck was driving on the wrong side of the road when it crashed into the sedan. An 8 [...]

Tort reform or insurance company windfall?

Posted by texastriallawyers on March 1st, 2010 under Firm News  •  No Comments

Texas enacted sweeping and somewhat radical tort reform in 2005 and after 5 years the verdict is clear. Texas consumers lose and insurance companies and foreign manufacturers win. The tort reform bill sold to Texas as medical malpractice reform, has one clear result- record profits for the insurance companies. Have Texas doctor’s malpractice rates dropped [...]