Texas Injury Law Blog

In today's opinion entitled In Re Allstate, the Texas Supreme Court rendered an opinion guaranteed to clutter Texas Courts with more litigation in personal injury cases. In Re Allstate, (rendered 5/7/2021) holds that the long-time cost and time-saving statute is suddenly no... Read More >

When Do You Need to Hire a Bed Bug Lawyer? If you have suffered a significant economic loss due to having to throw out property and/or medical illnesses due to a bed bug infestation that your landlord allowed and failed to warn you about, you should speak to a bed bug lawyer to... Read More >

Class 1 Recall of HVAD Pump Implant Kits Medtronic is recalling HVAD Pump Implant Kits for the HeartWare HVAD System under a Class 1 Recall. This class of recall indicates that continued use poses the risk of serious injury or death.  If you have been implanted in one of these... Read More >

Street racing has long held a presence in the Houston area.  The Tomball Parkway is known for its share of car wrecks due to vehicle drag racing up and down the roadway. This past weekend two separate Houston street-racing incidents made local and national news—news Houston... Read More >

For the last week, Houstonians have been dealing with weather issues that are extremely uncommon to our area: ice and snow. Not only do many of us not know how to drive on it, but we also do not know how to walk on it. With this new weather comes questions regarding a... Read More >

San Antonio, Texas Tragedy struck on January 23, 2021, when an 18 wheeler flew off of an I-37 overpass and crashed, bursting into flames.  The trapped driver was unable to escape before flames engulfed the cab. According to investigators, the truck struck a guard rail and... Read More >

The Houston Bicycle Lanes Project  The city of Houston has started a new bicycle lane project that is expected to make the city more active and safer. The Houston bicycle lanes project is predicted to result in many new miles of bike lanes throughout the greater Houston area.... Read More >

The Freedom of Driving is Not the Same for Kids Today When I was a teen, obtaining a driver’s license represented freedom. We could not wait to get our licenses and be able to drive and go see our friends.  Back then, there were not too many restrictions on teenage drivers.... Read More >

When a Judgment is taken against you and you do not want your credit ruined, you have two choices: pay the judgment or fight it.  If you decide to fight the judgment there are four main ways a judgment can be challenged: a motion for new trial, an appeal, a restricted appeal,... Read More >

Dog bites can happen for many reasons. Sometimes, the dog is playing, and things get a little too rough. Sometimes, the dog simply misunderstands someone’s actions or intentions. Sometimes dog bites happen because they have negligent owners. When dogs are neglected,... Read More >

To better understand and assist our employees to succeed in their respective roles in the firm, the attorneys at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. sent out an anonymous Remote Working Survey regarding the employees' experience with remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More >

Some people think that just because they get injured on someone else’s property, the property owner is liable. This is simply not the case in Texas. Whether a property owner is liable when someone falls and is injured on their property depends upon what caused the person to... Read More >

Update 8/3/2024: The Houston Chronicle reported today that Amtrack just received 64 million in federal funds to start the Texas Bullet Train project. The Texas Bullet Train project has been discussed for many years and has finally received the federal approval needed to begin... Read More >

Unlike commercial motor vehicle requirements, there are no statewide regulations of ambulance insurance minimum limits apart from what passenger cars must carry. There is also no federal minimum nor any law preventing the use of eroding limits for ambulance policies. Instead,... Read More >

A lot has changed around Houston since March of 2020. Overall traffic has decreased due to stay-at-home orders and more businesses moving to remote workforces to weather the storm. You would expect a reduction in traffic to result in fewer serious bicycle accidents.... Read More >