Who Decides Who Caused a Car Crash in Texas? Insurance adjusters make the first call, and a jury makes the final one. In the days after a crash, each insurer investigates and assigns a percentage of blame to every driver, and that percentage drives the settlement offer. If the case does not settle, a…
Texas roads were connected to more fatal crashes than any other state’s roads between 2020 and 2024, according to a new nationwide study we reviewed from George Salinas Injury Lawyers. The report analyzed condition-related fatalities, meaning deaths tied to work zones, poor surface conditions, or road defects, across 49 states, and Texas topped the…
Which Vehicles Qualify as CMVs Under Texas and Federal Law? A commercial motor vehicle is one used in commerce that meets any of four triggers: a weight rating of 10,001 pounds or more, carrying more than 8 passengers for compensation, carrying more than 15 passengers without compensation, or hauling placarded hazardous materials. Texas adopts…
What Are the Commercial Driver License Classes in Texas? Texas issues three commercial driver license classes. A Class B license in Texas covers a single vehicle rated at 26,001 pounds or more, or a bus built to carry 24 or more people including the driver. Class A covers combination vehicles such as tractor-trailers, and…
The answer hinges on a detail almost nobody thinks to preserve: what the delivery app was showing when the crash happened. That single fact can be the difference between a policy worth a few thousand dollars and one worth far more. It is also the reason these claims get denied more often than ordinary…
A FedEx truck looks like a single company on the road. Legally, it often is not. The driver, the truck, and the delivery route can belong to three different businesses, and the name painted on the side may be the only thing FedEx directly supplied. That structure is not an accident of history. It…
Getting hit by a van with an Amazon logo on the side feels like it should make the claim simple. It usually does the opposite, because the person driving may not work for Amazon at all. Amazon delivers through a layered structure of contracted businesses and independent drivers. Sorting out which layer applies is…
Figuring out who is liable in a truck accident is more complicated than it is after a two-car collision, because a single tractor-trailer often ties together four or five separate businesses. The driver may work for one company, the trailer may belong to another, and the freight may have been loaded by a third….
Most articles on this topic list whatever Uber’s website said the week they were written. That is why they disagree with each other and why they go stale quickly. There are really two layers here. Texas has statewide rules for rideshare companies, written into the Occupations Code and enforced through the Texas Department of…
A broken tailbone rarely sounds serious when described out loud, which is part of the problem. The coccyx is small, the injury is usually treated conservatively, and people are often told to sit on a cushion and wait it out. Then weeks pass, sitting still hurts, and work becomes difficult. Coccyx injuries take longer…