Myth: The Rear Driver is Always at Fault in a Texas Rear-End Crash
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by Michael Grossman
1M ago
Of all the legal myths I've encountered over the years, the one that seems to gain the most public traction may be "The rearmost driver is always at fault in a rear-end collision." You may have heard that a few times yourself over the course of your life, and in most cases people say it out of the earnest belief that it's actually the law: If someone hits someone else from behind, they're to blame, end of story. To use a fancy legal term, that's a bunch of hooey. Fault may sometimes seem pretty clear after an accident, but it's never entirely automatic and it can't be settled right at the scen ..read more
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Scam Alert: Don’t Give Money to Naomi Llanes
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by Jeffrey Carr
2M ago
One of the downsides of being a well-known business that is respected in the community is that scammers like to glom on to our good name and cheat people out of money. Recently, we learned that someone using a social media platform (LinkedIn) is impersonating a Grossman Law Offices employee in an attempt to scam people. Before I get into the details, let me be clear no one at Grossman Law Offices will every ask anyone for money. If someone does, do not give them anything and hang up. "Naomi Llanes" Has No Affiliation with Grossman Law Offices A LinkedIn profile under that name "Naomi Llanes" h ..read more
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The Media Is Ignoring Serious Accidents: What Is to Be Done?
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by Michael Grossman
2M ago
In the course of litigating our cases over the last few years, my staff and I have incidentally come across more and more crashes that the news media isn't reporting on. These aren't just minor fender benders, but crashes where people died or suffered serious injuries and involved commercial vehicles or drunk drivers. That's not all, the media has all but given up on reporting work fatalities. These discoveries leave me with a dilemma. The stories we're uncovering are certainly newsworthy. If there's a trucking company that's breaking the rules, a bar that's dumping drunks on the highway, or a ..read more
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Client Stories: 2 Restaurants Pay a Very Steep Price for a Drunk Driving Accident that Injured a Child
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by Michael Grossman
4M ago
On May 11, 2020, a drunk driver changed one north Texas family's lives forever. A mother, father, and their 2-year-old son were driving home on a Monday evening, when at a non-descript intersection, a speeding drunk driver ran through a stop sign and t-boned their vehicle. As a result of the crash, the mother lost one of her eyes, and their 2-year-old suffered a serious brain injury, which will impact him for the rest of his life. This wasn't just a matter of the drunk driver having a drink or two too many, either. Based on the toxicology tests conducted in the aftermath of the crash, it is qu ..read more
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Texas Texting Ban May Help Victims, But Not the Way You Think It Will
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by Cory Carlson
5M ago
In September 2017, the Lone Star State implemented a new law that bans texting while driving. The number of people I've seen glancing down at their laps on the tollway suggests these new rules haven't soaked in just yet. But even if the fines don't persuade drivers to put down their phones, our lawyers argue that having this law on the books may make it easier for accident victims to sue texters. First, a little history. After three prior failed attempts to pass cell phone restrictions through the legislature, House Bill 62 became law and made Texas the 47th state in the U.S. to prohibit texti ..read more
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What Does “Common Law” Mean?
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by Cory Carlson
5M ago
The term common law is regularly used by members of the legal profession and lay persons alike. However, the fact that it's used so frequently belies the fact that few people truly understand the term in its many iterations and context-specific meanings. In this article, I'm going to explain what the term common law means, what a common law legal system is, and how it applies to modern Texas personal injury cases. Let's Start With Some Semantics My friend and colleague Jeffrey Carr is married to a wonderful Belarusian-turned-freedom-loving American named Tanya. When they first started dating ..read more
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Do All Family Members Get Equal Compensation in a Texas Wrongful Death Case?
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by Cory Carlson
5M ago
One question we're asked quite often is whether Texas law says that all family members get the same amount of compensation in a wrongful death case. The answer is no. The way wrongful death cases work under Texas law is that each of a decedent's close family members are seen as having their own individual right to pursue compensation for their own individual losses. Sure, for convenience sake, the court incorporates all the claims into one lawsuit, but when it comes time for a jury to award compensation, they will award each family member a different amount, based on the merit of each claimant ..read more
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Another Way to Think About Stowers Doctrine – The Bodyguard Analogy
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by Cory Carlson
5M ago
We recently got an email from a law student named Mary R. who wanted to know more about Stowers Doctrine. She asked: My Bar Program did not mention the Stower's doctrine, but I remember my professor mentioning it a couple of semesters ago. I would like to know if this is only for third party claimants or is it for the primary insured or beneficiary of the policy? Mary R. The Stowers Doctrine Mary referenced above was brought into existence in the landmark case G.A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indem. Co., 15 S.W.2D. 544 (Tex. Comm'n App. 1929, holding approved). The case centered on a fu ..read more
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What is Outlaw Trucking?
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by Michael Grossman
1y ago
Over the years we've dealt with hundreds of 18-wheeler accidents where truck drivers were operating negligently—sometimes illegally—when they hurt innocent people. While we researched those cases we encountered the term outlaw trucking, used in commercial driver forums to describe "glory days" of looser regulations and an easier time breaking the rules for greater personal profit. It's a little unsettling to see contemporary truck drivers yearning for a time when breaking the law was not only easier but actually celebrated; to better understand the term, I researched outlaw trucking and what i ..read more
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5 Ways to Ruin Your Truck Accident Case
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by Michael Grossman
1y ago
When people are hurt in a truck accident, they know that the law empowers them to seek compensation even if they don't know the nuts and bolts of how that's done. What they may not realize is that there are many ways that an accident victim can damage their case before they ever begin the process of seeking compensation. In this article we will cover the five most common mistakes that people commit which might sabotage their case. The 5 Mistakes Truck Accident Victims Should Avoid 1. Trying to Be Your Own Lawyer Few truck accident victims, no matter how smart or generally self-sufficient, are ..read more
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