Motorcycle accidents are fairly common in Houston. Every year, horrific crashes involving fatalities make the news. This leads many to think the number of motorcycle fatalities is on the rise. Is this true, though? Or is it simply a case of hearing...
A 7-year-old Houston boy was hospitalized Friday morning after being hit by a car while riding his scooter to school. The child was on Reseda heading to Clear Lake City Elementary with his brother when a vehicle hit him at an intersection. The...
One person was killed and two more were seriously injured when the KMCO chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, caught fire last week, news stations reported. Meanwhile, residents of the area were warned to shelter in place, with local schools turning off...
Deer Park residents have been on high alert since Sunday, when a fire broke out at the Intercontinental Terminals Company plant on Independence Parkway, north of Highway 225, along the Houston Ship Channel. Dark smoke pummeled the air above the...
Every day, thousands of people check in and out of hotel rooms in Texas. It’s such a common experience that we rarely give much thought to what might happen if we are injured while staying at or visiting a hotel. In general, Texas law is pretty...
Car accidents can be confusing and disorienting enough without the added danger of a construction zone. We are all familiar with signs that indicate an upcoming construction zone, which remind us of double (or triple) fines. What we are not told is...
Personal injury comes in many forms. The last one that people think of is swimming pool-related issues. These are general swimming pool safety guidelines from your Houston personal injury attorney, Hilda Sibrian. Safety Tips for Staying Safe Around...
Punitive damages are a step above and beyond compensation for injuries or sustained damages. Punitive damages punish the at-fault party after determining that they were grossly negligent, fraudulent or malicious. Punitive damages exist to reprimand...
We’ll all be thinking of Hurricane Harvey for decades to come - Texas just wasn’t prepared for a storm of that magnitude. Going into the future, every Texan should have the proper preparations in place to evade another catastrophe to the best of...
Often times, terms can be confusing when they come with a whole mess of different definitions. You feel like you need a college textbook just to decipher all the gibberish. Defining a personal injury should be simple—you know when you’ve been...
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