Be honest: Are you diligent about wearing a seat belt every time you get behind the wheel, regardless of how far you might be traveling? If not, you should make doing so a New Year’s resolution, even when you’re just heading down the road to pick up a gallon of milk or fill the gas tank.
If you sustained serious injuries in a truck accident in Texas, you are not alone. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Texas had the most trucks involved in fatal collisions in 2014, and accidents that cause debilitating injuries remain common across the state.
Thanksgiving may be just one day, but many Americans take time off before Turkey Day to prepare for it, and still others skip work after to spend more time with family. Although it should be a joyous holiday, the fact that so many people spend the week driving to and from love ones has caused Thanksgiving to become one of the deadliest days of the year for road travel.
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There’s a reason why personal injury attorneys urge accident victims to obtain testimony from witnesses while they are still at the scene of the crash. Memory is notoriously unreliable, especially after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, and the sooner you obtain testimony following a collision, the more accurate it will likely be. Of course, witness testimony is not the only kind of evidence that you should aim to gather as soon as possible following a truck accident.
Drunk driving is a serious problem around the nation, and each state takes its own measures to prevent it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sobriety checkpoints are one of the most popular strategies for deterring drunk driving and identifying offenders.
Halloween may be on a Tuesday this year, but that won’t stop people from taking a break in the middle of their workweek and letting loose well into the early hours of Wednesday morning. You can also expect the weekend before Halloween to be busier than usual for partygoers.
Attending a deposition and answering questions about your accident and injuries can be intimidating because a single misguided statement could have a significant impact on the outcome of your case. A personal injury lawyer from the Cooper Law Firm can help you prepare for the deposition by explaining the process and the questions that you will likely have to answer. This alone will reduce much of the stress you feel going into the proceedings, and it will prevent you from making critical misstatements that would compromise your case.
Compared to other states, the weather in Texas is relatively mild and does not affect road conditions in a considerable way. There are other factors that put motorists across the state at risk, though, and heavy freight traffic is one of them.
In 2016, a collision occurred on Texas roads every 57 seconds, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Although not all of these collisions warranted a personal injury or wrongful death claim, many of them did, and the accident victims who received a settlement were able to maintain their financial security while they recovered.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans spend more than 1 million days in various hospitals across the country annually as a direct result of car crash injuries. This figure highlights the fact that hefty medical bills are not the only cost accident victims incur; lost wages due to an extended hospital stay can also hurt your family’s financial security.
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Disclaimer: The following are representative verdicts and settlements obtained by The Cooper Law Firm for its clients. The value of a personal injury claim is highly dependent on the facts of each individual case and the severity of the injuries sustained. As such, the following should not be considered a guarantee of a particular result in any potential case or claim.
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Death
18-WHEELER WRECK
Death
18-WHEELER WRECK
Brain/Neck Injury
18-WHEELER WRECK
Neck Injury
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
Scaffold Collapse
Cooper Law Firm handles cases throughout the state of Texas and Oklahoma.
