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When you are injured driving for work in Texas and a third party caused the crash, two separate legal paths are open at the same time. Workers’ compensation pays your medical bills and a portion of your lost wages regardless of fault. A civil lawsuit against the negligent driver can recover what comp will not pay, […]

Texas is the only state in the country where a private employer can choose not to carry workers’ compensation insurance. When that choice is made, the employer gives up three powerful legal shields in any negligence lawsuit you bring: the contributory negligence defence, the assumption of risk defence, and the fellow servant rule. That shift […]

A collision on I-35E near downtown Dallas may begin with another driver’s negligence, but the injuries a person suffers do not always end with that driver’s conduct. If a seat back collapses, a roof folds inward during a rollover, an airbag fires at the wrong moment, or a fuel system ruptures and ignites, the vehicle […]

Texas law allows injured people to bring civil claims against government entities for road defects and dangerous highway conditions, but only within a narrow framework set by the Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA). The most important thing to understand before anything else is the deadline: the window to formally notify many Texas cities of a […]

Fault in a Dallas freeway pileup is divided under Texas’s proportionate responsibility system. Each driver or party whose negligence contributed to the chain-reaction crash is assigned a percentage of fault, and each pays damages in proportion to that share. The driver who caused the first collision is the most obvious target, but any driver who […]

After a crash on a Dallas road, proving that the other driver was distracted at the moment of impact is one of the most challenging parts of a civil injury claim. Texas has a statewide ban on reading, writing, or sending electronic messages while driving, and the City of Dallas also enforces a hands-free ordinance. […]

The short answer: In Texas, a driver who strikes another vehicle from behind does not automatically bear full liability. Insurers and defence attorneys routinely deploy specific arguments, including the sudden stop defence, the low property damage argument, brake-light failure, and contributory negligence in chain-reaction collisions, to reduce or eliminate what they pay. Understanding how each […]

Proving who had the right of way at a Dallas intersection often determines which driver bears liability for an injury crash. Texas law assigns the right of way to the vehicle that lawfully enters the intersection first or that responds correctly to traffic control signals, but when both drivers claim a green light or allege […]

When both drivers dispute who caused a collision, physical science fills the gap that conflicting witness accounts cannot. Accident reconstruction is the discipline that translates crash evidence, vehicle damage, tire marks, road surface conditions, electronic data, and geometry into a factual narrative about what happened. In a disputed Dallas crash, where the other driver’s insurer […]

A Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report (CR-3) that contains wrong facts or an unfavorable “contributing factor” notation is not the end of your personal injury claim. Under Texas law, the report is generally excluded from evidence as hearsay at trial, the officer’s fault opinion carries no binding legal weight, and correctable factual errors can be […]