Car Accident

September 17, 2021

Shoulder Injury After A Car Wreck

by William K. Berenson

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What should you do about your shoulder injury?

No one ever expects to be in a car or truck collision but their brute force and high speed can easily hurt different parts of your body. You may have just suffered a shoulder injury.

Your pain can be excruciating. And your financial damage can be serious if not handled properly. You can be left with huge medical bills, substantial lost wages, and other adverse effects.

Fortunately, medical treatment and the passage of time often resolve someone’s injury.

We thought to write about this topic because we just resolved a case for a man who underwent an arthroscopic shoulder surgery and a man on a motorcycle was diagnosed yesterday with shoulder tears that will require surgery.

We only represent people injured in collisions so we have seen countless people who have suffered a shoulder injury over the last 41 years.

July 29, 2021

Proving Liability in a Fort Worth Car Accident

by William K. Berenson

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How do you win your case?

Car accidents can be overwhelming. If you have been injured in a car accident and believe that someone else is at fault, you naturally feel that you are entitled to recover compensation for your damages. Screaming at her or him is not going to help you. Proving liability is the key, as the at-fault driver often denies responsibility and their insurance carrier refuses to make any payments.

Accidents, by definition, are not intentional. They occur due to someone’s negligence, i.e. carelessness. The first step to winning your case is proving liability. To show that the other driver was at fault, you must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she and/or the company that hired them or owned the vehicle was negligent.

July 23, 2021

Injured in a Car Accident in Fort Worth?

by William K. Berenson

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The most maddening thing about being in a car accident in Fort Worth — or anywhere in Texas — is that it was easily avoidable. It would not have happened if the other driver had followed basic traffic laws.

But sadly our number of motor vehicle crashes is soaring along with our sky-rocketing population. What used to be a sleepy Cowtown when Mr. Berenson moved here back in 1979 after graduating from SMU Law School in Dallas is suddenly the 12th largest city in the country. Almost one million people live in Fort Worth and there are 7,500,000 in the Metroplex — and more every day.

Cattle ranches are now bustling suburbs. A sprawling new subdivision in North Fort Worth with 10,000 houses was just announced. But more people = more vehicles = more roads = more collisions. And to make the chances of being injured even higher, it seems that almost every one has an oversized truck or SUV and and is texting as they race around town.

May 26, 2021

Deadly Crashes Soar in DFW

by William K. Berenson

9 people lost in 3 days in 3 deadly crashes

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Tuesday’s collision north of Fort Worth

In the first of the three deadly crashes, a high-speed wreck happened between two pickup trucks. They collided outside of Springtown on FM 51 (Main Street) two miles north of the intersection with State Highway 199. Tragically, there were no survivors.

It is not known at this time what caused this wreck. The police report has not been released yet. If this happened at an intersection, either the silver truck failed to yield the right of way or the other truck failed to slow down and it turned.

We see that young men driving oversized trucks and speeding, wrongfully passing or turning, and driving while looking down at their cell phones – or all of the above – often cause deadly crashes like this one.

May 19, 2021

Don’t Fall For These Insurance Company Tricks

by William K. Berenson

Average Compensation for a Whiplash Settlement

If you’ve been in a car or truck crash, you will experience a lot of pain. But who will pay for your medical bills, lost wages, vehicle damage, and other expenses? Unfortunately, the insurance company for the driver who caused the wreck has clever ways to pay you as little money as possible. Here are a few of them.

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The next day you may get a call or text from an insurance representative who says he or she wants to pay you money immediately. But usually the amount offered is only between $500 and $1,000. They might also make a vague promise to pay some of your medical bills – if their company decides they are reasonably priced.

April 23, 2021

Street Racing and Speeding Are Serious Problems in DFW

by William K. Berenson

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Street racing has been deadly in North Texas

EDITED: Last night after street racing had closed a Duncanville intersection, a 54-year-old woman who was walking was fatally struck by a bullet.

Last month, a Frisco couple tragically lost their lives after two 19-year-olds who were street racing crashed into their vehicle. They were shockingly driving over 100 mph on a a road with a 40 mph limit just after lunch.

April 16, 2021

How Colossus Can Hurt Car Accident Claim

by William K. Berenson

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Insurance companies use Colossus program to pay less money. Here’s what you can do about it.

If you have been injured in a vehicle crash, you want to know how you can recover your damages. Our personal injury law firm will fight to get you fairly compensated. But almost every car insurance company uses a manipulative software program called Colossus to minimize the amount of money they pay to injured victims. This post explains how you can combat this software to make more money.

March 19, 2021

Fatal Car Accidents Up — But Driving Down — in 2020

by William K. Berenson

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The pandemic caused people to drive less last year. Roads were almost empty for months due to lockdowns, virtual work and school, and home deliveries. So a new report showing that 2020 was one of the worst years for fatal car accidents came as a shock to safety officials.

All time high for fatal car accidents

According to the National Safety Council

Over 42,000 Americans lost their lives in car accidents in 2020 — a huge increase over the year before and the highest total in 13 years;
A shocking 5,000,000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes last year;
For the first half of 2020, while the number of miles dropped by 17%, the number of fatal car accidents increased by 20%;
Collisions are now the leading cause of death for our children and young people from ages 1-25; and
The cost to our country is an astonishing one-half trillion dollars a year.
Almost 4,000 Texans perished in a vehicle crash, the highest total in years. Year after year, Texas has the highest number of fatal car accidents in the United States.

This is crazy. How could this possibly have happened?

March 15, 2021

Fort Worth’s Deadly Crash Must Be Investigated

by William K. Berenson

After the horrific February 11th chain reaction that took the lives of six people and injured scores of others, it was announced that a federal agency would investigate. Well, that was the least that could happen. We need to find out what caused Fort Worth’s deadly crash and how another tragedy like this can be avoided.

However, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported that the National Transportation Safety Board will only look into whether the toll lanes had been deiced before the historic storm shut down Texas for a week – if it makes a report at all.

Critics say a complete investigation and remedial action is needed. We wholeheartedly agree.

March 4, 2021

What Happens If My Child is Injured in a Car Accident?

by William K. Berenson

Few things in life can be more devastating than to see your child injured, especially at the hands of another driver. I have represented many parents who unfortunately had their child injured in a car accident. I am involved with four settlement hearings involving children this month, including one yesterday, so I thought that this was a good time to answer questions I am often asked including

How does a child collect money from the other driver’s insurance company?
Is the money paid now?