Fort Worth Injury Attorney Blog

An Irving fire truck that was parked to protect workers after one traffic accident was hit by another driver in a pickup truck early Monday morning.

Police believe the driver of the pickup may have been intoxicated.

The fire truck was working as a "blocker," parked a few hundred yards behind single-vehicle rollover crash on southbound Walton Walker Blvd. just north of Highway 183.

At approximately 3:00 a.m., the pickup driver was traveling south on Walton Walker and struck the fire truck from behind.

Firefighters had to pry open the wreckage to free the two men in the truck both of whom were injured.

Fortunately, no firefighters or emergency workers were hurt.

If you are injured as a passenger in a wreck, you are almost always entitled to recover money for your injuries. If the driver of your vehicle is at fault, you can file against their policy, and if another driver was responsible, you can file on theirs. Additionally, there may be multiple supplemental coverages on your drivers or your own policy that I can help you recover.

Call my office today at 817-885-8000 for a free case evaluation and a no-obligation consultation to discuss your case. I have been fighting for injured Texans for over 30 years and will get you the maximum amount of money possible. The sooner you call, the sooner I will start working hard for you.

In the five years Chief Justice John G. Roberts has sat on the Supreme Court, the court has not only moved to the right but also become the most conservative one in living memory.

If the Roberts court continues on this course, it will allow a greater role for religion in public life, corporations in elections, and guns in our lives. Abortion rights, affirmative action, and protections for people accused of crimes will be curtailed.

In its first five years, the Roberts court issued conservative decisions 58 percent of the time. And in the term ending a year ago, the rate rose to 65 percent, the highest number in any year since at least 1953.

Four of the six most conservative justices of the 44 who have sat on the court since 1937 are serving now: Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Alito, Antonin Scalia and, most conservative of all, Clarence Thomas. (The other two were Chief Justices Burger and Rehnquist.) Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the swing justice on the current court, is in the top 10. The Roberts court is finding laws unconstitutional and reversing precedent. the ideological direction of the court's activism has undergone a marked change toward conservative results.

As a personal injury trial attorney, the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court affect my clients' rights as well as the future of this great country. A Supreme Court that is overly conservative or overly liberal could make politically biased, outcome-determinitive decisions that would be potentially harmful to our country.

The man who police say caused Monday evening's violent crash that killed a FedEx delivery driver -- is suspected of driving drunk, and it wasn't the first time.

The driver of a FedEx delivery truck, Khaled Abushaaban, was tragically killed yesterday when a drunk driver in a pick-up truck hit his truck head-on on Highway 114 in Irving.

The FedEx truck was split open by the impact and packages were strewn across the highway and into the median, where the vehicle came to a stop.

Abushaaban was a father of a young daughter and his wife is pregnant with a second. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. I wish people would realize that the dangers of driving drunk are real and tragic. It seems like every day another North Texan is being killed in collisions with drunk drivers. It makes me sick.

If you or a family member has been the victim of a drunk drivers despicable and dangerous behavior, call me at (817) 885-8000 and I will help you recover every penny available for your injuries or loss.

I have written about how many insurance companies use illegal and improper handling claims practices Now Travelers has jumped on the bad behavior bandwagon.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, not known for criticizing insurance companies or big businesses, just ordered Travelers Insurance to stop airing a deceptive TV advertisement.

Thursday's cease and desist letter says the ad wrongly tells Texas homeowners to purchase additional vehicle insurance or risk losing their homes if they have inadequate insurance after a traffic accident.

The truth is that state law already protect homeowners, so "it is improper for Travelers to scare Texans into buying insurance they may not need, " Abbot explained.

Under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Travelers could be liable for up to $20,000 for each airing of the ad.

I'm disgusted with Travelers over trying to rip off Texas consumers. Is it not enough that this megabillion dollar corporation already rakes in billions of dollars every year in premiums? Is not enough that they refuse to offer fair compensation to the innocent victims of their drivers' negligence? Now they are scaring people into paying them even more so they can make even bigger profits?

I am currently fighting with Travelers on several cases. In one of them, it is refusing to pay for my client's shoulder surgery that has been recommended by two different doctors. My poor client, David, is unable to work and his pain is unbearable. But of course Travelers only cares about their own bottom line, so it is requiring David to go through very painful physical therapy which is not helping and which both doctors have said will not heal him. I'm fighting hard and I won't stop until my client gets the medical treatment he needs and the maximum recovery he deserves.

If you have been injured in a car wreck, e-mail or call me today at 817-885-8000.

I just got back from running a marathon in Oregon, my fifth marathon in the last five months, so you know I'll go the distance for you.

As I have written about numerous times in the past, something needs to be done to convince motorists that driving drunk is dangerous and stupid. Over 12,000 people die every year as a result of drunk driving -- one-third of all traffic fatalities.

Fortunately, several states have taken a few steps to combat the problem. One adopted by
Texas and five other states allowsthe families of people killed by drunk drivers to put up signs at the spot of the crash to both honor their relatives and to remind people of the danger that drunk driving creates. Across America, makeshift memorials dot two-lane roads, highways and interstates, sad tributes to people killed in crashes. Some feature crosses, teddy bears or flowers. Others have Bibles or pictures of the victim.

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Toyota knew back in 2008 about the engine problem that prompted its latest Lexus recall. They even changed the spring part to correct it but did not think a recall was warranted until recently, a company official said today.

On Monday, Toyota Motor Corp. started a global recall due to engine defects in its several Lexus models sold around the world. 270,000 vehicles will be recalled to replace valve springs -- crucial engine components that are flawed and could cause vehicles to stall.

In August 2008, Toyota changed the sping, making it thicker, to prevent the problem, according to spokesman Hideaki Homma. That is why this recall does not apply to vehicles produced after that time.

Toyota originally thought that it would only affect a few vehicles, but the complaints started pouring in. Still, it did not start a recall until this week.

Toyota should be ashamed of this behavior. After all the recalls they've made in the past year, they should know by now that they need to act quickly to protect consumers -- innocent victims in Toyota's attempts to save money.

Over the weekend I was contacted by a man whose fiancee's 2005 Toyota accelerated as she was parking and caused her to drive through the front of the couple's home. Toyota needs to acknowledge its mistakes and correct them as quickly as possible.

If you have been injured due to a problem with a Toyota vehicle, call my office today at 817-885-8000 for a free case evaluation and to discuss your rights. You may also fill out this form to e-mail us.

Now that Elena Kagan will fortunately be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, I wanted to examine the current Court's philosophy and members.

First, it is exciting for women that for the first time in our country's history, three females will be serving on the highest court. It wasn't so long ago that Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to do so in 1981.

In addition, there will be six Catholics and three Jews on the Court for the first time in history.

As a personal injury trial attorney, the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court affect my clients' rights as well as the future of this great country.

It was just last June that the Court's annual term ended with both restraint and a suspense, as the justices left the Voting Rights Act intact and ordered reargument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the controversial campaign finance case.

Now, just a year later, the decisions from the Court have changed -- for the worse. Judicial activism is rampant. Strict Constitutional construction has gone out the window as outcome-determinitive results rule the day. Republican versus Democratic, conservative versus liberal/moderal fault lines have erupted. Important precedents are often set with the slimmest 5-4 margins. Decisions are frequently unpredictable and logic specious.

That will only intensify with the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, a 35 year veteran of the Court and the leader of its liberal wing, even though he is being replaced by Kagan.

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