Reports today indicate that witnesses to a fatal car crash in Houston told officers that the car wreck was caused by street racing. Investigators arrived at the scene to find a mother and her teenage son crushed inside a 2007 Nissan quest Tuesday afternoon. A six-year-old daughter survived the car accident and was taken to [...]
While truck accidents create a lot of wrongful death lawsuits, wrongful deaths may occur elsewhere as well – and might even be considered to abound in some places. For instance, elderly patients who populate nursing homes across the country are inherently at risk for abuse and wrongful death. The elderly in retirement facilities are often [...]
When we think of vehicular accidents we often omit the thought of any type of water craft. Yet, boats are classified as water vehicles and the rate of mishaps has been steadily increasing over the last ten years. Let’s consider some statistics. There were 709 fatalities related to boating in 2008. It probably comes as [...]
Most of the deadly, frightening roadways accidents occurring in Texas have one reason in common and that is the drivers being drunk. This is a very unfortunate yet prevalent thing in Texas. According to reports, the latest instance happened on this Saturday night when a teenage girl hit two men while driving off the road. [...]
Distracted driving is a major focus of a variety of organizations around the country. In a recent year 6000 highway deaths were attributed to distracted driving. The greatest culprit is the driver who attempts to receive and send text messages while driving. This single act has been found to have the same potential for deadly [...]
A Houston woman was killed by a semi truck in northwest Houston this weekend. According to reports, the bike rider was stopped on Stuebner Airline in north west Harris County about 2 AM on Saturday. The victim was wearing a helmet and was struck in the head by the turn signal of the big rig. [...]
A driver who is drinking and driving not only poses dangers for himself or herself but to many others. This includes others in the vehicle, and those who are around or on the road. In fact driving under intoxication is one of the greatest social evils today. Consequences of Drunk Driving Some of the major [...]
Government officials are reporting that overall we have the lowest number of traffic accident fatalities and injury cases in recent history. Credit is being given to campaigns such as “click it or ticket” and don’t drive drunk. While Houston and most of the area reported a decrease in fatal car accidents Fort Bend County and [...]
Headlines commonly offer that several people were injured in an automobile or truck crash – and taken to the hospital but those simple words do not begin to tell the story of the wide variety of afflictions wrought from vehicle wrecks – or the recuperation processes associated with such. Some accidents can result in sprains, [...]
The spinal cord is the part of us that controls movement and connects nerve cells, muscle tissue and nerve endings to the brain. When someone has been disabled by a spinal cord injury the prognosis can vary depending on the severity of the injury and damage to the spinal cord. In severe cases paralysis of [...]
