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The Insurance Company is Not Your Friend

The insurance company is not your friend. I feel like I say this to every potential client, and I get the same response “they’ve been really friendly so far.” Then we get into the claims process and get down to brass tacks and the client quickly realizes that, had they gone…

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How Long Do I Have to Sue the Other Driver for My Personal Injury?

We get this question a lot from our clients and potential clients here in Forney, Rockwall and Dallas. The question often boils down to “how long do I have to sue the other driver?” The easy answer is two years. But, that is not the legal answer. The legal answer involves a…

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Car Accidents Suck

Let’s be honest for a minute. Car wrecks suck. They really do. They hurt our bodies. They destroy our property. We miss time from work. Insurance companies. Hospital bills. Rental cars. Rehabilitation. Did I mention insurance companies? Because they suck, too. Hold on a second…. Sorry, I just went and asked an associate who was…

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Rollover Crash Injures One Overnight in Forney

One person was injured in an overnight rollover crash in Forney.  The crash was reported at approximately 11:50 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2017, on the south service road of U.S. Highway 80 just east of Cedar Street. A pickup truck overturned and came to a rest on its roof…

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Commercial Traffic Accidents Increase by 34.5% in Rockwall County, 20% in Kaufman County in Just One Year

According to recently released crash data from TXDot, both Rockwall and Kaufman counties are experiencing significant increases in commercial traffic accidents. The data just released is from 2015, so 2016 statistics are not known. However, the number of commercial vehicle accidents increased by 34.5% year-over-year from 2014 to 2015 for…

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Negligence: Just What Does This Word Mean?

So often we hear legal terms such as “negligence” and “wrongful death” used by attorney’s and non-attorney’s alike. It is almost common place for people to use the word when describing an accident or a person’s behavior. If you listen to some of the local radio stations here in Dallas-Fort Worth you will probably…

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Increased Traffic and Increased risk of accidents: the Unintended Consequences of Forney’s Rapid Growth

Ask anyone who has lived in Forney for a while and they will tell you how much Forney has changed. It doesn’t matter if you have lived here one year, five years, or your whole life. Forney is not a little town anymore. Some places, like old downtown, still retain that small-town…

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Maximizing Personal Injury Settlements: The Stowers Doctrine

Sounds cool, doesn’t it? Stower’s Doctrine. Its got moxy. The Stowers Doctrine is as Texan as they come. From the Stowers Doctrine flows the Stowers Demand, a powerful settlement tool in personal injury practice. But what is a Stowers Demand, exactly? Where does it come from? What does it do? Well, ask any attorney…

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Why Do I Need A Personal Injury Attorney?

The answer is simple, but to understand importance of the work they do, and the value they bring to their clients, you must understand a little more about the process of handling personal injury claims. It is no cake walk, even for experienced personal injury attorneys. Notifying Insurance Companies and…

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Negligence and Negligence Per Se: Parking 18-Wheelers and Tractor-Trailers on the Roadway

Every now and then you may come across a semi-truck or car-hauler parked on the side of the road, or even partially in the road and think to yourself, “that is so dangerous,” or “they should not be allowed to do that.” Well, technically they aren’t supposed to do that.…

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