Have you been injured in an accident with a J B Hunt 18-wheeler truck? You need an experienced truck accident attorney on your side. Call Jeff Rasansky at 1-877-405-4313! J.B. Hunt is a transportation company with a fleet of over 13,000 18-wheelers and more than 14,000 drivers. The company carries different types of commercial cargo such […]
After car accident fatalities jumped 9.3% in the first nine months of 2015, safety officials are working to improve driver behavior in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, as well as the rest of the nation. Mark Rosekind, an administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), along with 300 others, are spear-heading a series of regional summits held […]
While it is certainly true that people can file a lawsuit for almost anything, you must understand that this means almost nothing. Filing a lawsuit simply means that an individual (or his/her lawyer) sent the court what amounts to a formalized letter of intent. There is a process involved in bringing a lawsuit, and there […]
While just about every US state has banned texting while driving (and many prohibit hand-held phone use as well), Texas does not. Even though there’s no statewide law (yet), cities all over the state are beginning to ban the practice within their jurisdictions. While most cities only ban texting and driving (while specifically allowing drivers […]
The terms “lawyer” and “attorney” are used quite interchangeably, but is there a difference between the two terms? Just what is the difference? Is one more-commonly-used than the other? To put it simply, all attorneys are lawyers, but not all lawyers are necessarily considered attorneys. Practically speaking though, both terms are used interchangeably by most […]
Abuse in nursing homes is an ongoing problem, worse in some facilities than others. Even worse, the families often don’t know about it until later—sometimes not until after their loved ones pass away. Take, for example, the case of Laura Jean Enos - an elderly woman who recently passed away while in a nursing home. On the […]
The unexpected death of a loved one can be devastating. When we see fatal accidents reported in the news, we don’t often think about what comes next for the victim’s family. For those who have experienced the wrongful death of a family member, it’s hard to know what to do to move on and heal […]
If you’ve been injured in a car accident, you may find yourself wondering if you should hire a lawyer or attempt to negotiate a settlement yourself. Sure, the insurance adjuster says that you don’t need a lawyer, but their goal is literally the exact opposite of yours. The decision about whether to engage the services […]
VIDEO: Slow-motion video of Takata airbag inflator testing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has expanded the investigation it has been conducting into the defective Takata airbags involved in the biggest auto recall in U.S. history. In October of 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it had made plans to expand the investigation […]
Numbers just released show that Texas saw 524 fatal workplace accidents in 2014, an increase from 508 the previous year. Over the last 11 years, Texas has taken the top spot when it comes to workplace deaths. If one adjusts to take into consideration population, Texas still outranks 36 other states in work-related wrongful deaths. We […]
