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The small steps that you take immediately after a motorcycle accident can make a big difference when it comes to your personal injury case. It is important that you are prepared in the event of a motorcycle accident. Here are some important steps that you would be well advised to take if you or a loved one has been injured in a motorcycle accident:

Contacting the Authorities
* If you or someone else has been injured in an accident, remember that it is illegal to leave the scene without exchanging information and contacting the authorities. If you have been involved in a motorcycle accident, make sure that the authorities are contacted, a report is made and that your account of the incident gets into the police report.

* Exchange Information
In the chaos following the accident, you may be in a state of shock and it may not be possible for you to get all the information. The first step is to make sure that you are safe and that you receive the necessary medical attention. If possible, it will be in your best interest to carefully collect the following information:

* The other driver’s insurance information, driver’s license details, name, address, policy number and license plate number
* Contact information from anyone who may have witnessed the crash
* The exact location and time of the crash
* A written description of each car involved including year, make model and color

Collecting Evidence from the Scene
The more details and evidence you have from the accident scene, the better your chances of receiving the compensation you need. If you do not have a camera with you, you may be able to use your phone to take photos. Remember to photograph the crash site, the damage to the vehicles involved, the positioning of the vehicles and any injuries you may have suffered.

File an Accident Report
Unless there is a serious injury, it is common for police officers to not respond to an accident. In such cases, motorcycle riders would be well advised to file a state vehicle accident report. This can be done at a local police station. This report can help speed along the claim process as well as document the details of the crash.

Seek Medical Attention Immediately
There are a number of reasons why it is crucial that you seek immediate medical care. First and foremost, obtaining early diagnosis and treatment will increase your chances of having a full recovery. Secondly, if you choose to file an injury claim in the future but fail to seek medical attention, it will take away from the credibility of your claim. Your medical records can also serve as evidence documenting the extent of your physical injuries and the type of treatment you sought after the accident.

Contact an Experienced Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
The next step in the process will involve contacting the insurance company of the at-fault driver. Unfortunately, insurance companies are notoriously difficult to deal with because most insurance companies aim to reduce the value of your injury claim. If you have suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident, it would be in your best interest to refrain from talking with an insurance adjuster or lawyers for other parties. Instead, speak first to an experienced motorcycle accident lawyer who will fight for your rights and look out for your best interests. Please do not sign any agreements or grant anyone other than your attorney access to your medical records. These are actions that may prove fatal to your personal injury claim.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a motorcycle accident, the skilled motorcycle accident lawyers at our Law Firm can help you better understand your legal rights and options. We will put our knowledge, skills and resources to work for you and help you obtain the best possible outcome in your case.

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Unlike the drivers of other vehicles, motorcyclists and their passengers are not surrounded by a steel frame. There are no seatbelts or airbags. The only thing between a motorcyclist and the road is the protective gear they choose to wear. A number of motorcycle accident injuries can be prevented by wearing a helmet and other protective gear.

Protective Gear for Motorcyclists and their Passengers
A few examples of protective gear all motorcyclists and their passengers should consider wearing include:

Helmet: Many of the most devastating injuries suffered in motorcycle accidents involve head and brain trauma. While wearing a helmet will not prevent all head injuries, it often greatly increases riders’ chances of surviving the accident and preventing most catastrophic head injuries.

Gloves and boots: It is common for motorcycle riders to suffer crushed bones in their feet and hands during a collision. Boots should be heavy-duty leather with protective armor around the ankle. Gloves should be long and they should have protection on the knuckles.

Leather jacket/pants: Well-designed motorcycle clothing can protect a rider from sunburn, windburn and exhaust burns. In case of an accident, the protective clothing will be the first line of defense. Many riders choose to wear regular pants when riding their motorcycle, but wearing leather can reduce the chances of serious lacerations, burns, and severe road rash injuries.

Choosing the Right Helmet
Having the right helmet is an important part of protecting yourself. Riders should purchase a full-face helmet that will not only protect their head in case of a collision but also protect their face from windburn and flying objects. It is also important that a helmet fits properly. When worn, a well-fitted helmet will not have any pressure points that feel tighter than any other area and it should not shift when shaken. A helmet should be snug and it should always be fastened.

Rights of Injured Riders
Even the best gear in the world cannot protect all riders from suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident. Injured motorcyclists have the right to pursue compensation for their losses, especially when the accident is the result of someone else’s negligence. Examples of motorist negligence include speeding, failing to yield the right-of-way, running a red light or stop sign, distracted driving and driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

When a motorcyclist wears protective gear, it shows that he or she cares about safety and that he or she took every possible precaution while on the road. Often, there is a misperception among the general public that motorcyclists are thrill seekers who care very little about their own safety or the safety of others. Using protective gear often works strongly in the motorcyclist’s favor, should the personal injury case go to trial. Not only does the gear keep you safe, but it also helps demonstrate that you care about safety.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a motorcycle accident, our experienced motorcycle accident attorneys are here to help you better understand your legal rights and options. We will fight for your rights, help hold negligent parties accountable, and help ensure that you receive fair compensation for your injuries, damages, and losses.

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DAYCARE ABUSE & NEGLECT

What You Must do to Protect Your Child who is the Victim of Daycare Abuse or Neglect

Child abuse or neglect is a very sensitive issue. It causes great pain for both the child victim and the parents who must share this ordeal with them while they seek justice for their harmed child. Parents or any legal guardian who even suspect their child might be the victim of any sort of physical or emotional abuse or neglect by a daycare worker are right to feel outraged. Though their anger may seem boundless, it is very important to think clearly and proceed carefully. If one of your minor children whom you entrust to a daycare worker, foster parent, or institutional caregiver is the victim of neglect or even worse sexual or physical abuse, not only must you deal with your child’s terrifying experience, you must curb your emotions that surround this reprehensible crime committed against your child. It is common to want to lash out or quickly jump to incorrect conclusions. This is the first of many reasons why, if your child has suffered physical, emotional, or sexual abuse while in someone else’s care, a daycare abuse attorney with our Law Office can counsel and assist you in investigating your suspicions. If your fears are justified, this legal professional will help you seek justice from predatory caregivers who victimize and harm children.

Child abuse can occur in several forms. It can involve neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse, less dire but just as harmful as emotional mistreatment or other acts that harm children physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Over the years, national trends reveal consistent increases in the number of such cases reported, and also the number of civil liability and other damage-related lawsuits that are filed against those who neglect or abuse young children. Throughout America, at least five children die daily due to child abuse. Well over 20,000 children in the U.S. suffer every day from some form of abuse. There are at least a quarter million active child abuse cases investigated every year. Across the nation, child neglect makes up about half of the reported abuse cases; physical abuse is found in 15-20% of child abuse offenses, sexual abuse occurs about 10-15% of the time, while emotional and other less-destructive forms of child abuse comprise the rest of the reported complaints. This is truly disturbing. It strengthens the fact that every responsible adult must report suspected child abuse to law officials and the state agencies charged with investigating these destructive and predatory crimes. Small children can’t defend themselves from this monstrous behavior. So we must!

While daycare abuse incidents create attention-grabbing headlines, Texas agencies and law enforcement officials tell us that daycare-related abuse, foster parent abuse, and institutional abuse probably don’t comprise more than 10 percent of confirmed child abuse cases. So even though daycare abuse tends to be often over-amplified by media sensationalization, the actually confirmed episodes of “daycare or institutional child abuse” is smaller in proportion to the overall problem. When your child is the victim of such abuse or neglect it’s hard to find comfort when the percentages suggest your victimized child is the exception rather than the rule.

Recognizing Evidence of Possible Child Daycare Abuse in Your Child
If you suspect your child is the victim of abuse while at the daycare center, you can probably see subtle changes in behavior if you look carefully. Usually, a parent’s instincts and intuition will tell them, if their child suddenly begins to act differently. Sometimes those signs can be subtle and hard to pin down because, as all parents know, children, especially the very young ones, often have difficulty expressing their emotions or saying exactly what is happening inside their little minds. One thing is certain. Abused children often appear confused and afraid, especially when placed in situations, or with people, they don’t trust. Since children by nature are usually very trusting, quite often because they have no experience with abusive behavior, they don’t sense it is wrong. They may have been made to think if they tell you about their abuse, something even worse will happen to them or someone else in the family. There are many reasons why your child’s continuing ordeal of abuse at the hands of a daycare or other childcare professional can remain hidden and force your little one to suffer in silence. Below are some behavior patterns to look for in your child. They can provide clues that might tell you if he or she suffers abuse by someone who is supposedly a trusted childcare professional.

Any of these signs may characterize physical abuse:
If there are unexplained bruises or swollen areas on your child’s body.
There is evidence of unexplained injuries such as burns, cuts, scratches, or fractures.
They cry, fight, or display other aggressive behavior.
There are noticeable mood swings.
They display an abnormal fear of daycare.
There is an aversion to normal child-like activities or play.
They complain of pain but show an inability or reluctance to fully or truthfully describe how it happened.

Sexual abuse may be apparent due to any of these signs:
Difficulty sitting or walking.
Torn or stained underclothes.
Bleeding, bruises, or rashes in or near the genital area.
Sudden development of urinary tract or yeast infections.
An abnormal interest in sexual issues.
Inappropriate sexual playing anytime the child is with friends.
Fear of even innocent physical contact.

Emotional abuse may be apparent if you detect any of these signs in your child:
Speech disorders.
Delays in normal development.
Severe allergies, asthma, or ulcers.
The sudden appearance of habitual behavior, such as thumb-sucking, rocking back and forth, or aggression, such as biting.
Anti-social or hyper-aggressive behavior.
An inability to sleep or some other form of sleep disorder.
Pronounced extremes in the behavior, possibly even manic episodes such as quickly moving back and forth between passive to aggressive actions.

Signs that your child may be neglected at a daycare center may include the following:
A daycare that discourages unscheduled parent or guardian visitations.
Dirty diapers or dirty appearance.
Understaffing or a disproportionately small number of daycare supervisors to children.
Abnormal thirst or hunger after your child leaves daycare.
Withdrawal from normal children’s activities.
Aggressive behavior.

Just because you might suddenly see one or two such symptoms doesn’t necessarily mean there is abuse. Little children are changelings, and behavior you see one week might be gone the next. But if you see several symptoms listed above, take them seriously after a reasonable observation period. Maybe it’s time to investigate if something is wrong and why quietly.

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If You Suspect Daycare Abuse, Don’t Panic: but Carefully Search for Answers

If you suspect your child is a victim of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse at a daycare center, you should quietly visit with your spouse or partner. Compare notes. Determine if your child is behaving unusually or acting differently than normal, especially immediately before or after the little one is at daycare. If you remain suspicious, the next step is to gently reach out to other parents with children at the same daycare center. Ask if they also have similar concerns or suspicions. They might also notice subtle changes in their children’s behavior too. If you reach a collective consensus that something might be wrong, don’t immediately conclude that a daycare worker is responsible. Sometimes the unusual behavior might be attributed to a bully at the center. Carefully conferring with other parents may help you identify this as the reason for children’s altered behavior and build a support system if something is amiss. Comparing notes with other concerned parents could help decide your future course of action. Typically, the signs of physical and sexual abuse are more apparent than those of emotional abuse or neglect. But emotional abuse or child neglect can leave deep and lasting emotional scars.

One way to monitor a child’s emotional health or behavioral changes in daycare is to pay meticulous attention to the words and expressions they use to describe their time there. Daily routine conversations about how things are going at the daycare facility can tell you a lot. So let your children know that you are interested and put them at ease when talking about it. If there is something wrong, if you and your child “visit about their daycare day” every day, they’re more liable to tell you if something is wrong and maybe why. Sometimes you must read their actions and listen to their words. You’ll get the story, if there is one, by encouraging them in an easygoing, conversational, and interested manner. If they are reluctant to talk about their daycare experiences or become sad or fearful when they do talk about them, your concerns might be genuine. If your child is consistently exhibiting any of the signs previously described or shows symptoms of child abuse or child neglect, and you are satisfied that the problem is a daycare worker, contact your local police or county sheriff at once, or contact the nearest office of the Child Protective Services Division of the Texas Department of Human Resources. Calling a daycare abuse attorney is also good.

All educators and adults who supervise children for a living know Texas law requires that if they even remotely suspect that child abuse may have occurred, they must immediately contact CPS. Incidents of suspected child abuse that may require immediate action can be reported to the CPS toll-free abuse hotline at 1-800-252-5400 any time of the day, seven days a week. If the abuse has caused an emergency, they must contact local law enforcement (911) without delay. But if an emergency response is unnecessary, the CPS online reporting system on the Web () may be used. Allegations of child abuse sent through the CPS Web site can take up to 24 hours to process and generate a response. The next step is to seek medical attention for your child quickly. Your primary doctor should know the symptoms (both physical and emotional) to look for in cases of child abuse and will conduct a thorough examination of your child to determine whether or not daycare child abuse exists fully. If you need assistance finding proper medical attention, Grossman Law Office’s daycare abuse attorneys can help you find appropriate medical or psychological help for your child. Once you’ve notified the proper authorities, sought medical attention for your child, and still have reason to believe that your child has suffered daycare abuse and has not yet contacted a civil attorney, it’s time for that appropriate step. Law enforcement and the Texas CPS take child abuse allegations very seriously. If such allegations are made, a criminal investigation will be conducted to determine the validity of the charge. With the help of a knowledgeable daycare abuse lawyer, this emotionally difficult time can be much more manageable. It’s a blessing to have an experienced daycare abuse lawyer stand with you at this critical time to ensure your and your child’s rights are fully protected. Any daycare child abuse or neglect charge must be carefully considered before initiating any formal investigation. Improper, ill-founded, or reckless allegations against those suspected of child abuse that prove false can severely damage a good worker’s reputation. The parents who leveled such allegations run a genuine risk of being the target of civil slander or liable charges in court by the accused person; once he or she is forgiven. Any investigation must begin very quietly so that everyone gets things 100 percent right and that the daycare worker who is investigated is the one who abused your child. Our Law Office’s daycare abuse attorneys can help you understand why you must carefully approach this issue and investigate very quietly.

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The Differences between Child Neglect and Child Abuse“

“Duty of care” is a legal term that establishes the obligations a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit has for others. Daycare centers have a rather high duty of care. So they must prove they have made “over and above” efforts to assure the safety of the small children within whom parents have placed their trust to provide for a child’s safety. A daycare worker and the center can become the target of civil litigation through a charge of general negligence if they fail to meet their duty of care. Negligent hiring practices may violate that duty of care if it is proven that the daycare center did not perform due diligence in vetting an employee before they came to work. In cases where the negligence or abuse is ongoing, a fair argument for gross or willful negligence may be more appropriate, even if gross negligence is harder to prove in Texas personal injury cases. Another claim of negligent supervision may be brought even if a child suffers an injury due to an adult becoming distracted for even a few seconds. Unlike many other personal injury cases that only have one or only a few legal options when alleging claims of negligence, child abuse cases may involve many different types of inattentive or negligent behavior as contributing factors to your child’s abuse-related injury. Again, if just one negligence claim is substantiated against, for example, a daycare center, you may rightfully seek compensation for the damages to your child. By definition, you and the rest of your family have suffered.

Multiple Defendants Could be Involved in Your daycare Center Child Abuse Civil Action
One of the first questions that an aggrieved family often wants to be answered, “Who did this terrible thing to my child?” In the legal world, the person or entity (the defendant) responsible for an injury is called the “liable party” The specific circumstances surrounding a daycare abuse case will likely dictate who the liable parties are. There have also been several past instances of daycare abuse where the offender turns out not to be a daycare worker or teacher but rather an employee who doesn’t normally come in consistent contact with children at the daycare center: such as a janitor, bus driver, delivery person or someone else who may, in one form or another, have the opportunity to have unsupervised contact with the children who attend the daycare center, even if it’s very brief. Sometimes family members of daycare workers are implicated in daycare abuse cases. If an employee of a daycare center or worker with another company who has dealings with the center is guilty of child abuse at your daycare center, both the employee and the employer, as third parties, can be held liable for this employee’s negligent or predatory behavior. This also could include the employer of a delivery person to the daycare center who is responsible for the abuse. In many Texas civil cases, employers are viewed as legally liable for the offenses committed by their employees during their time at work, just as much as the offending employee. This term is called respondent superior. It is important to bring employees to justice in daycare child abuse cases and punishing employers for allowing this to happen. The buck stops with the owner/employer of the worker who abuses a child at daycare just as much as the actual perpetrator. In cases where one or more predators/defendants are involved in a child abuse case daycare facility, civil lawsuits may be pursued against each liable party. Because of the highly delicate nature of such cases, a careful investigation must be made for all liable parties to be properly identified and held fully accountable for the full measure of their negligent behavior. This investigation often includes an asset check on all defendants to ensure they have the financial means to pay damages once they are found guilty.

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Be Prepared for a Vicious Fight When Protecting Your Child’s Rights in Court

We’ve already noted that when an employee of a daycare center is found liable for a child abuse incident, the employers and their company will also be held liable for the child abuse incident. But, determining the actual owner of a daycare center can sometimes pose several challenges. While most daycare centers are privately owned, others are owned by corporations that often have substantial legal clout. All Texas daycare centers must carry some personal liability insurance to be granted a state license. Without an experienced daycare abuse attorney to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the matter and assist you against such formidable defendants, your quest for justice on behalf of your child could end before it begins. If you did your due diligence before enrolling your child in a daycare center, you certainly asked if the center had insurance, what type, and how much. Assuming you were wise enough not to place your child in the daycare center unless the questions were answered satisfactorily. That defendant daycare center, or the company that owns it, will rely on its insurance carrier to pay their compensation damages in a liability case. So when a company or employer is involved in a personal injury claim, that company’s insurance carrier is all but certain to be involved in a daycare liability case because the carrier is the one who pays the damages. Beware that insurance companies all too often have previous experience in dealing with similar cases, not to mention civil liability cases in general. They and their attorneys (either in-house or on permanent retainer) are well-prepared (and well-armed) to aggressively defend their interests to their fullest capability. Such forceful defense, if successful, ultimately means that a great deal of money is saved by the defendants and the insurance carriers who fund their defense. So if your case ends up in court, be prepared for anything, including an assault on your character. They’ll certainly try to turn the tables and allege that someone in your family is the abuser. Emotional cases such as this bring out the worst in defendants and their lawyers. Not only is the burden of proof on you, but the burden to disprove their allegations against you, which are a part of any child abuse case, is also on you and your daycare abuse lawyer. With the help of an experienced child abuse attorney, you can receive the vital legal assistance you need against any strong defense tactics that are certain to be leveled against you by an insurance company and their lawyers who represent the defendants at an abusive daycare center.

Our Law Office Can Help You Win Legal Action for Child Daycare Abuse i
If you are convinced that daycare abuse has caused harm to your child, the Texas daycare abuse team at our Law Office can assist you in several significant ways. By seeking legal action through a personal injury lawsuit, fair compensation can be won for your child’s injury and fund treatment for this trauma, including the emotional pain your child has suffered. Such emotional disturbance and the psychological scars suffered by child abuse or neglect victims are well-documented. All of these problematic issues are taken into full account when considering the amount of fair compensation for daycare child abuse once the defendants are found guilty. In addition to pain and suffering, fair compensation damages can be sought for your family’s financial losses, such as the child’s past and future medical bills and any physical and psychological impairment caused by the abuse. And finally, punitive damages may be awarded to an aggrieved family, depending on the severity of the child abuse incident. Punitive damages are intended to make the guilty defendant in a civil lawsuit pay so much money over-and-above the actual damages that they will never repeat the child abuse or neglect that has harmed and scarred not only your child but your whole family. A wounded family wants and deserves both criminal and civil justice regarding child abuse or neglect. Those responsible for your child’s suffering must take legal responsibility for their actions so they will never commit this heinous act again. It is quite certain the actual abusive perpetrator will face criminal charges. But the center that allowed this abuser to prey on small children, even through ignorance of such offenses, must also be made to pay for their civil negligence. Whether these defendants must answer criminal charges or not, a personal injury lawsuit can be brought against these liable parties responsible for child abuse at any daycare facility. While no amount of money might seem to be fair compensation for the suffering caused to your child, the legal damages won against those liable defendants can be viewed as something like “just desserts” and bring a certain amount of closure.

By winning a civil case against those who are negligent with your child, actively abuse your little one, or hire and pay that abusive or neglectful employee, you are working to help save others from the grief and pain now thrust upon your family. If you suspect your child may suffer from physical, emotional, or sexual abuse at a daycare center, contact a Texas daycare abuse attorney at our Law Office, toll-free. We provide a free, comprehensive, and fully confidential legal consultation. We encourage you to ask every question you can think of so you’ll completely understand your child’s daycare abuse injury case and how it is best pursued. Our interest is in your child’s safety. Once we are engaged, we fully investigate every aspect of the daycare provider, its workers, all others who come in contact with the center, and the abuse. We work closely with law enforcement officials in their pursuit of criminal justice. We aggressively negotiate with all insurance companies to reach a fair settlement. They know who we are and know that if we have the strongest case, it’s better to cut their losses and settle for a reasonable amount rather than risk a trial. But if push comes to shove, we’ll just as aggressively represent you and your child in court. We want to hold these monstrous people accountable for their actions, bring them to full justice, and help end this nightmare brought about by a daycare worker who preyed on your innocent child.

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WORKPLACE INJURY / WORKERS’ COMP

The Most Important Thing You Need to Do Right Now, and Why:
This is the first thing you must understand after a serious work injury. Before you speak with an insurance company, accept even a single dollar of payment or compensation from your employer, sign anything, or attempt to file a lawsuit on your own, you must contact a competent lawyer. All of your opponents want you to accept a substandard settlement so that they can save their own money. Don’t be taken advantage of. Then, you must realize the critical importance of acting swiftly. In work accident cases, the evidence begins to fade immediately following the accident. The physical details of the accident scene itself can change overnight, especially if there is something to hide. And witnesses change their stories or forget what they saw because the mind is mysterious. Sometimes, they’ve even been paid to forget or to “take a nice long vacation.” If you wait too long to hire an attorney and put him to work investigating the trail of evidence, then you are doing untold damage to your ability to secure the fair restitution you deserve.

An experienced work accident attorney with our Law Office helps injured Texas employees deal with their challenging work-injury cases. We have spent over 20 years accumulating the expertise required to help injured workers like you receive the compensation they deserve for their medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, and disability, as well as family survivors of wrongful death accident victims in the workplace. You have the opportunity to put our experience to work for you. We can answer your questions if you want to know your rights, how to proceed with your claim, and how much compensation you can reasonably expect to secure. Call our Law Office now at (toll-free) for a free consultation and find out how we can help you. You’ve been hurt once. Don’t let those who negligently caused you work accident injuries continue victimizing you and your family.

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DWI

Discuss Your Case With An Attorney From Our Law Firm Following a DWI Accident Causing Injury or Death

What is a dram shop, you ask? In the United States, “dram shop” isn’t a term that people easily recognize. During colonial times, alcohol-serving establishments were referred to as “dram shops” because they used liquid measurement units called drams to serve alcohol. Accordingly, any drinking establishment where liquor is sold for consumption on the premises is known as a dram shop. Bars and, in some cases, restaurants are examples of dram shops. Dram shop laws dictate that the seller of liquor can be sued by an individual who an intoxicated person injures. These laws protect the injured third party against personal injuries and property damages resulting directly from the actions of the intoxicated individual (such as those resulting from drunken driving) but also against the loss of family support owing to such injuries. Generally, the person who became intoxicated cannot sue the seller if she or he is injured. The principle upon which the dram shop laws are based states that anyone who profits from alcoholic beverages should be held liable for any resulting damages. Provided that it can be proven that the seller sold liquor to a person who was already intoxicated, which is generally illegal, it is not necessary to show that the seller was negligent in proving his or her liability.

Dram Shop History
In the mid-1800s, dram shop laws were created during the Temperance Movement. The first of these laws was passed in 1872 and was amended in the decades that followed. By the 1990s, over forty states had either dram shop laws or court rulings that held a commercial server or seller of alcohol liable if an intoxicated patron caused an accident or injury upon leaving the seller’s establishment. More recent laws include limitations on the compensation amounts that may be awarded, the seller or server’s type and degree of responsibility, and a statute of limitations. During the late 1980s, a dramatic increase in liquor liability lawsuits arose due to the dram shop laws. Accompanying this rise was the increase in the number of damages that could be awarded to victims.

Consequently, liquor liability insurance became difficult to obtain and afford. To avoid costly dram shop lawsuits, alcohol vendors have implemented various strategies to prevent negligent behavior. These strategies include:

Eliminating “happy hours.”
Reducing late-night operation
Offering free Breathalyzer tests
Instituting designated driver programs
Training servers on how to deal with intoxicated customers

Many states have made these precautions mandatory. Additionally, many insurance companies now require that these preventive measures be implemented or provide incentive offerings for their use. Dram shop liability in many states has been expanded to include corporate or individual social hosts who provide free alcoholic beverages. As may have been expected, many lawsuits have resulted from this new source of liability. Owing to this, individuals wishing to host a social or business function in these states must take several of the same preventive measures that drinking establishments do. Specifically, they must obtain liquor liability insurance or hold their event at an insured bar or hotel.

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DWI

Drunk Driving Accidents

More than negligent drivers involved in common traffic accidents, stiffer penalties are often assessed to drunk drivers due to the severity of drunk driving accidents and the grossly negligent actions accompanying them. Much more physical damage and fatalities result from drunk driving accidents due to the driver’s inability to control his reflexes. Further, there are usually multiple parties at fault in the accident. Due to this, the guidance of a seasoned dram shop attorney who can bring independent lawsuits against all liable parties according to their degree of negligence is needed.

Drunk Driving Accident Defendants
In any drunk driving case, the obvious defendant is the driver. When on the road, all drivers have a legal duty to provide for the safety of all drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. If a drunk individual gets behind the wheel of a car, this duty has been violated, and he or she will be held accountable for any harm that may result. Texas law states that the level of intoxication is a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent. Other third parties can be held responsible for the drunk driver’s actions. These parties include bars, restaurants, clubs, and other drinking establishments, which may be held liable under the dram shop laws found in the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code. These laws do not allow these establishments to serve a patron past the point of legal intoxication, and they can be held accountable for the patron’s negligent driving. Under these laws, a drunk driving accident is considered a chain of events that ends with the accident but begins when the driver starts consuming alcohol. The circumstances surrounding how the driver came to be intoxicated can have a bearing on the injured victim’s ability to file a civil claim against the drinking establishment. Dependent upon the bar’s percentage of liability in the accident, the victim may be eligible to seek compensation from the bar. This is crucial since many drunk drivers lack the resources to compensate the injured victims.

Should the Drinking Establishment be Held Accountable?
Due to a lack of knowledge based on the issues involved, many people disagree that drinking establishments should be held responsible for the actions of the patrons they serve. Further, individuals question how a drinking establishment can be held accountable for the patron’s actions after they leave the bar. Texas dram shop laws do not agree with this viewpoint.

Bars Must Provide for Everyone’s Safety
The dram shop laws of Texas expect the drinking establishments to act responsibly so that the roadways can remain safe for everyone. Holding the party that furnishes the drinks accountable reduces the number of drunk drivers on the road. With the state adopting a blood alcohol level of .08, the laws recognize that anyone who has reached this level can no longer make his or her own decisions and has already broken the law of public intoxication. Most individuals who oppose the dram shop laws are unaware that it is illegal for drinking establishments to serve anyone who has reached this level. When a bar over-serves a customer, it has violated the law. Consequently, if the patron leaves the bar and injures someone in an accident, the bar can be held partially liable for the accident because of its negligent over-serving of the patron. To comply with the laws of Texas concerning serving alcohol, businesses, and clubs must obtain a liquor license. Just as drivers are expected to obey the traffic laws of the state to keep their licenses, drinking establishments must obey the drinking laws. The consequences that result from over-serving patrons can be disastrous and harsh penalties have been established to reduce the number of violations. However, this has not stopped some drinking establishments from ignoring the laws and selling as much liquor as they want to patrons to gain as much profit as possible. Inebriated drinkers want to continue drinking, making it easy for the servers to take advantage of the situation. To make the roadways safer and encourage drinking establishments to avoid liquor law violations, they must be held accountable for over-serving.

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DWI

From a scientific point of view, an individual’s inhibitions and ability to make rational decisions are disrupted by alcohol. Therefore, decisions made by individuals while under the influence of alcohol would not have been made had the individual been sober. Further, intoxicated individuals lack the reasoning ability to determine if they can drive. As a result, the servers in drinking establishments must be held accountable for ensuring public safety. Drinking establishments have another responsibility to ensure that their servers can recognize when patrons have reached the legal limit for alcohol consumption. Bartenders must be properly trained concerning the effects and dangers of alcohol as well as how to identify drunks who should be cut off before they are allowed to serve alcohol in Texas.

Further, the drinking establishments are responsible for ensuring that all of their servers have received this training. This is done to prevent any bartender from claiming ignorance of the law to avoid liability for over-serving a customer before he or she became involved in a drunk driving accident. The drinking establishment’s responsibility for its customers’ actions can be likened to that of a dentist who sedates a patient before removing his or her wisdom teeth. Due to the wooziness experienced by the patient after the surgery, the dentist must not allow the patient to drive home afterward. It is easy to see that if the dentist let the patient drive home and was involved in an accident, the dentist should be held responsible. This same principle can be seen in a drinking establishment’s negligence contributing to the drunk driving accident.

Do Dram Shop Laws Hold the Drinking Establishment Completely Responsible?
Although untrue, many people believe that dram shop laws hold drinking establishments responsible for 100% of the damages that result from a drunk driving accident. Generally speaking, an experienced dram shop attorney will bring legal action against the driver and the drinking establishment and attempt to recover damages according to their proportionate negligence for the accident. For example, if a customer is over-served and then goes out and injures someone in a drunk driving accident, the drinking establishment becomes liable for a percentage of damages determined by the court. If the injured party sustains half a million dollars in damages and the bar is found to be twenty percent liable, then the bar owes $100,000. The drinking establishment is never held 100% responsible. The purpose of dram shop laws is not to allow drunk drivers to avoid responsibility for their actions but rather to make all negligent parties accountable for contributing to drunk driving accidents. States vary widely regarding the extent that drinking establishments may be held accountable for a drunken patron’s behavior. There are a few states that do not impose any dram shop laws at all. For example, Nevada’s tourist industry would likely become non-existent quite quickly if dram shop laws were enacted. A few other small states limit the liability of drinking establishments to illegal alcohol sales, such as serving drinks to minors or known alcoholics.

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What Constitutes Proximate Cause?
Most individuals who oppose the dram shop laws are aware of the impact of proximate cause on drunk driving accidents. In any drunk driving accident, the proximate cause is the individual who indirectly contributed to the cause of the accident. Although this possible defendant wasn’t involved directly in the accident, he or she did something to make the accident happen. To illustrate, if a driver swerves into oncoming traffic and another driver must swerve to avoid hitting him, which in turn causes this driver to ram into a storefront, the first driver is the proximate cause of the accident even though he was not actually in the accident. Dram shop laws require a bartender to be aware of the dangers of over-serving his customers and then letting them drive. If the customer injures or causes the death of another individual in a drunk driving accident, then the bar is the proximate cause of the injury or fatality.

Server and Bartender Responsibilities
Bartenders are responsible for regulating their patron’s drinking. As a result, the Texas Alcoholic Beverages Commission has set up rules and regulations to train bartenders and servers to recognize patrons on the verge of intoxication and to stop the sales when they have reached the point of public intoxication. The goal of these laws in dram shop cases is to do whatever possible to ensure the public’s safety. The law states that every establishment that serves alcohol must have a TABC liquor license and that all servers who are employed by a licensed bar be trained to know all the guidelines, rules, and expectations necessary to recognize the warning signs of drunkenness in patrons. Additionally, drinking establishments have put policies in place describing how servers must track the alcohol consumption of various customers. Tally sheets, hand signals, electronic tracking systems, and color-coded glasses or coasters are just a few methods used to monitor the quantity and potency of alcohol patrons consume. For the most part, these methods are usually adequate. However, there are those rare instances when other methods must be used to deal with intoxicated customers.

In most cases, a manager will intervene to cut off service. There are times in which the matter becomes more complicated when the patron sneaks in a flask to consume more liquor than the bar will allow. When this occurs, the manager should confiscate the flask and cut off service to the customer. Further, food should be provided to customers to assist with the absorption of alcohol. Finally, the manager should arrange a safe ride home for the patron. The only way the drinking establishment can avoid liability is to follow these steps.

Spotting Indicators of Intoxication
It is not difficult to recognize drunkenness, and servers are expected to be on the lookout for it. This TABC requirement states that all servers should watch for signs of “obvious intoxication” in their customers. Signs such as slurred speech, falling asleep in a chair or at the bar, swaying while walking, sitting or standing, inability to express thoughts, and aggressive or violent behavior are all signals that the customer has had enough to drink and should be cut off immediately. Recognizing signs of intoxication is more difficult with those who drink regularly and “hold their liquor” better than others. In these individuals, the signs of intoxication are not as easily seen. It is for this reason that servers must make a note of when they have served enough drinks to make the customer intoxicated. At this point, that service to the customer should be cut off. Generally, a patron should not be served more than two beers or glasses of wine or one shot or cocktail per hour. If this limit is exceeded, intoxication will very likely occur.

The Safe Harbor Defense
In cases where every precaution, according to TABC guidelines, was taken and the patron still becomes involved in a drunk driving accident, the drinking establishment can plead the safe harbor defense to avoid liability for the harm caused by accident. However, it should be noted that the defense must prove the bar met every state guideline to use the safe harbor defense. If they can do so, the drinking establishment is immunity from lawsuits.

On the other hand, drinking establishments try to use this defense even though they have not met all the safety guidelines for responsible serving. This being the case, it is very important to have experienced legal representation to receive your deserved compensation from the negligent drinking establishment. The dram shop attorneys with our Law Firm have years of experience with dram shop laws and know how to perform a thorough investigation and conduct depositions that will be used to prove that the drinking establishments failed to fulfill their duty to serve customers responsibly. Our firm can help you to prove your case and obtain fair and reasonable compensation from the negligent drinking establishment that served the patron who caused your injury.

Our Law Firm Can Help
The basic rules concerning drunk driving accidents in Texas are fairly straightforward. However, resolving cases involving dram shop laws can be very challenging. Drinking establishments that do not uphold their duty to serve their patrons responsibly should be held accountable for their liability in contributing to a drunk driving accident, injuries, or death. Unfortunately, this is not easy and should not be attempted without experienced legal representation. The dram shop attorneys with our Law Firm can provide the assistance needed in these cases. Give us a (toll-free) call today for a free consultation, and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding your case and provide information on how we can help you recover from the injuries you have incurred.

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Speak With Our Attorneys if a Loved one has Suffered Injury due to the Negligence or Neglect of a Nursing Professional.

When people consider medical malpractice, they typically think of lawsuits filed against doctors or surgeons. But the truth is that virtually any medical professional can be guilty of medical malpractice and end up as the cause for an insurance claim or become a defendant in a lawsuit. In modern medicine, nurses are given much greater responsibilities and are becoming much more involved in all aspects of patient care. While this is generally a good thing, it means that when nurses make mistakes, the consequences are much more severe. Due to these changes in the medical world, nurse malpractice lawsuits are becoming quite common compared to 20 years ago when they weren’t nearly as prevalent. Suppose you have been injured due to a nurse’s mistake. In that case, Our nurse malpractice lawyers can tell you what options are available and how you can seek compensation for your injuries.

Common Types of Nursing Malpractice Injuries
Any number of mistakes can result in nurse malpractice. Still, in general, as with all medical malpractice cases, nurses are guilty of malpractice if the care they provide fails to reach the standard set by other professionals in the nursing field. More specifically, this type of negligence commonly includes:

Failing to monitor a patient’s vital signs and report to doctors the changes in these signs.
Failing to collect test results promptly so that proper treatment can be given.
Failing to report any changes in a patient’s condition to the physician attending the patient.
Committing some mistake while administering medication or providing any other form of patient care.

Nursing malpractice can occur in various patient care environments:

In a hospital
A privately-managed care facility such as a nursing home
A retirement center
Even visiting nurses who care for patients in their homes have been found to have committed malpractice.

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What are the Parameters of Medical Malpractice, and How do they apply to Nurses?

All medical professionals owe their patients a high “legal duty.” In medical malpractice terms, a legal duty is described as a “standard of care.” Medical professionals owe their patients a certain responsibility of care proportionate to their peers. More put, doctors, nurses, and all healthcare professionals must treat their patients as others in the same field would treat theirs. The healthcare industry falls into a category that calls for a very high standard of care (or “duty”) since medical professionals receive years of unique and highly-specialized training. They must undergo years of extensive education and rigorous certification to treat their patients safely. This education should also make them sensitive to their patient’s physical and emotional needs. This is why society, in general, expects medical professionals to not only be knowledgeable regarding their ability to properly and correctly diagnose; they must treat patients with sensitivity without causing these vulnerable people further injury or discomfort. All caregivers are held to higher standards than people in other professions due to their specialized occupations. This leads to lofty performance expectations in the eyes of the general public and the law.

Whether They Are Aware or Not, Medical Professionals Can Violate Their Legal Duty
Once a standard of care has been proven in a malpractice case, the next duty of the plaintiff is to clearly illustrate that the responsible medical professional(s) who violated that standard of care is specifically liable for your injuries. A simple example might find that a nurse breaches the standard of care if he or she erroneously gives a patient the wrong prescription or misreads vital data during surgery, causing the operating surgeon to make a mistake. Nurses can misread a patient’s chart and cause an attending physician to make a treatment mistake, which further harms the patient. Many of these same mistakes can occur in a managed care environment, causing mistakes in treatment that might lead to rapid wrongful death. In a home care environment, a nurse might not properly manage the paperwork on which the overall treatment of that home-bound patient is determined; again leading to a case of malpractice when this unfair treatment catches up with the patient. In any instance surrounding administering prescription drugs, any medical professional involved in this vital task must know to avoid taking negligent, incorrect steps in administering and recording the treatments given to the patient. Such a violation is reasonably considered to be outside of the norm for the standard of care. Sometimes, nurses may be the last to know when they make a mistake.

Did You Know? Our Law Firm has been fighting for medical malpractice victims` rights for over 20 years. Call to discuss your case.

Very few people like you have even the smallest amount of necessary legal insight to understand, or even know, why a nurse or some other medical professional chose to do what they did. This is why expert medical witnesses must be sought-out and retained by your nursing malpractice lawyer to determine whether or not a medical professional has violated the standard of care for their profession. These expert witnesses, usually doctors themselves, must have extensive experience in the same fields of medicine as the nursing defendants to be beneficial to your Texas medical malpractice claim. Specialized witnesses can properly and accurately determine whether or not a standard of care was violated, by whom, to what degree, and in what context if more than one healthcare provider might be a defendant, especially if some cover-up might apply to your malpractice lawsuit. We can help you locate these expert medical witnesses in Texas or across the U.S. who are lynchpins in proving your allegations of breach of the high medical standard of care: elemental to the success of your malpractice case. Since Texas has one of the highest concentrations of renowned medical professionals globally, chances are we won’t have to look very far.

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Malpractice Lawsuits against Nurses can be Difficult without an Experienced Attorney.

Medical malpractice lawsuits can often be the most challenging forms of personal injury or wrongful death cases in Texas. One reason for this sad reality is that the medical profession is, by definition, highly technical and sophisticated and holds defendants to a higher standard of care (or duty). Another reason is that several liable parties responsible for the injury can cloud the issue of responsibility for your injuries. If malpractice is added to the original injuries that necessitated your treatment, laying appropriate blame is a very intricate task for your legal investigative team. It can sometimes be likened to looking for a needle in a haystack. These two reasons alone can help you understand why injured victims have no better than a little chance of winning a Texas medical malpractice claim without the legal help of an experienced nursing malpractice injury attorney. A skilled lawyer can locate the perfect medical experts to stringently review your treatment records and determine whether your malpractice lawsuit is justified. They are also very adept at detecting medical records that someone may have altered, which is an immediate tipoff that a case of nursing malpractice might be at the bottom of your injuries. If nothing else, altering medical records is a felony. Why would a medical professional risk going to jail for altering medical records unless some malpractice cover-up was involved? Our medical experts can also help determine the degree of responsibility on the part of everyone who is involved in your medical care.

Our experienced medical malpractice attorneys have the means and skill to thoroughly investigate your case and apply this substantial evidence to a compelling legal strategy for you. With over 20 years of experience in personal injury, malpractice, and wrongful death law, our Law Firm can help you identify all responsible defendants in your malpractice suit so that you can successfully ask for fair compensation from them for their negligent behavior that made your injury even more painful. Our Law Office can also work to ensure their careless actions will not be repeated and harm some other unsuspecting, trusting patient.

It is Far From Easy Proving Medical Malpractice in Texas: but it IS Done Every Day.

Negligent medical professionals believe they owe you nothing unless you legally compel them to pay you proper compensation through a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. To force those liable for your injuries to pay you this fair compensation, your legal advocate must build a compelling case; using strong and substantial evidence that forces all liable parties to accept responsibility by proving the parts they played within the following guidelines: A malpractice victim bears the burden of proof in a civil lawsuit to recover damages in Texas. You, the victim (and your legal counsel), must prove through a “preponderance of the evidence” that a medical defendant caused your injury. It is the plaintiff/victim’s responsibility to seek legal action against that liable party. You can’t simply wait around to be reimbursed for your injury by those who were negligent in your care out of the goodness of their heart. If you don’t have a solid case, defendants will relentlessly chip away at it. So there is a specific sequence of things you must prove to realize the success you wish for in a malpractice lawsuit or insurance claim.

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

A High Plaintiff “Burden of Proof” for so High a Medical Professional’s Legal Duty
As a plaintiff, your medical malpractice lawyer must effectively prove – in this case – that a nurse’s negligence was the cause of your additional injury or illness in a malpractice case. Even if some of those injuries are all too apparent, defense attorneys and insurance companies will demand specific and irrefutable proof that your injuries were sustained through the specific negligence of a medical professional. This is where the forensic skill of your investigators and medical experts comes into play as they provide the proof the defendants demand. You must prove this guilt of negligent treatment beyond a shadow of a doubt. So, fortified by your experts’ specialized knowledge, you and your experienced lawyer can clearly prove to a jury how an injury may have been sustained due to medical negligence by a nurse in a hospital, managed care center, or in your home, and can also work to convince those jury members that this series of events that led to your further injury or illness did indeed happen and that you should be fairly compensated for their wrongdoing. If your case is extreme, the chances of negotiating a reasonable settlement with the guilty defendants grow, which means that an expensive civil trial may be avoided.

Once Liability is Proven, the Malpractice Victim Must Ask for REASONABLE Damages
Damages is the legal term for financial losses sustained due to an injury or loss. Damages must have been incurred in some fashion by a plaintiff due to the injury experienced due to medical malpractice. They can be awarded for economic losses such as medical costs, lost wages, future earnings, and pain and suffering. Calculating damages is a crucial phase to Texas malpractice claims because the number of damages equals the amount of compensation you, as a plaintiff, are entitled to receive once you win your judgment. After all, what’s the value of winning a six-figure case and only being awarded five figures in damages because you didn’t correctly assess the value of the damages you have suffered?

There are two types of damages: economic and non-economic damages. Non-economic damages are subjective (like pain, suffering, or loss of affection for a loved one). Economic damages are clearer and involve medical bills, lost wages, and other items with a relatively consistent dollar value. You’ll certainly ask for some out of both categories. But calculating those damages to produce a total is best left to an experienced medical injury lawyer because if your total is excessive (or too little), it harms your case. Our Law Office’s experienced medical malpractice attorneys have over 20 years of experience calculating and then proving the proper amount of damages done to our clients. Hence, they can receive the best-negotiated settlement or civil trial award for their injury or loss. Our goal is to help you back onto the road to recovery through reasonable and appropriate compensation amounts.

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Damage Caps and the Challenges you Face from Malpractice Insurance Companies

There is a limit to the number of damages awarded in any Texas malpractice lawsuit. Medical malpractice “damage caps” mean that if your injuries are disastrous or if they produce permanent injury (and untold years of expensive supplemental care), you might not receive truly reflective compensation for your malpractice-related pain and suffering, medical bills, lost wages, and other appropriate damages. You have the special insurance interests, along with THEIR lobbyists and recent tort reform legislation in Austin, to thank for that. Because of intense pressure from those special parties, the legislature passed several laws almost ten years ago. These tort-reform laws have tilted the medical malpractice playing field in their favor. Now, with very few exceptions, there are damage award caps in medical malpractice civil cases. “Non-economic damages” (again, pain, suffering, lost future income) are capped at $250,000. Economic damages (the actual cost of your medical bills due to the malpractice) must be an actual and to-the penny. Before tort reform, anyone could sue any doctor, hospital, CAT scan tech, or another licensed medical professional for as much as they wanted and often collect unreasonable damage amounts. When the medical professional was found guilty of negligence, juries would levy huge damage awards. Now we understand that over the years, many unscrupulous attorneys and their clients took advantage of what they saw as a license to print money. So yes, a certain amount of tort reform appeared necessary in many instances. The legislature failed to adequately address the problem when the insurance and medical lobbies began pressuring our lawmakers in Austin. So the result now gives us a series of malpractice laws that benefit Texas malpractice insurers: but at the expense of both the healthcare providers they serve and those with legitimate malpractice claims. Today, it’s much more difficult for malpractice victims to recover the true value of their injuries, pain, suffering, and lost wages in any lawsuit or insurance claim. That’s why it’s so important for your Texas medical and nursing malpractice lawyer to be adept at investigating all facets of alleged malpractice.

More than one injury claim (and lawsuit) can be sought if other caregivers are responsible for those injuries. Even with this tort reform, healthcare professionals are getting screwed by their insurers. Because tort reform has lowered the money, their insurance companies are paying out. But since 2003, when this tort reform became state law – on average – malpractice premiums have increased by more than one-third. How can insurance companies increase their rates if they pay out much less than they were ten years ago? We’ll let you figure that out, but the answer is obvious to anyone over eight years old.

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

The Challenges in Winning Nursing Malpractice Injury Lawsuits

Filing a lawsuit against a nurse or licensed healthcare professional is extremely complex, and a non-attorney has almost no chance of success. This is due to several hurdles that the plaintiff must overcome. The first comes from the simple fact that the medical field is complicated. Most patients (and most jury members) have very little knowledge of the modern medical world, and it can be almost impossible for a non-attorney to prove that he or she was the victim of negligence. It would be best if you had an attorney familiar with medical issues and with experience convincing juries of a medical professional’s negligence.
In many cases, this requires testimony from expert witnesses who helped investigate your case to argue that the defendant’s conduct does not meet the high standards of care expected of medical professionals in the defendant’s field. Our lawyers can ensure that you have the expert witnesses needed to build a strong case. We also speak the jury’s language, so we can explain even complex medical issues in a way that a jury can understand. In other words, we ensure that the jury knows what happened to you and why you need compensation. The second major hurdle you will have to face is the malpractice insurers themselves. Damage caps have encouraged many to offer substandard settlement offers because they are protected from high payouts. These insurance companies use adjusters and excellent attorneys to help build a sturdy defense wall to shield their medical clients. And they are very good at what they do, especially if you represent yourself or hire an inexperienced attorney who claims he can do the job for a smaller percentage of your damage award. Medical malpractice cases are held to a stringent standard of proof (another reason why expert witnesses are so vital). If you or your inexperienced attorney do not know how to present your case in such a way as to meet these standards of proof, you will walk away empty-handed. In the final analysis, an experienced malpractice attorney who can investigate your allegations, call on the right medical experts to assist in that investigation, and give testimony on your behalf presents the most solid case. Armed with that, your experienced medical malpractice lawyer can aggressively negotiate the most reasonable compensation settlement possible. The attorneys at our Law Firm have over 20 years of experience effectively negotiating reasonable settlements from insurance companies. Our reputation for tenacity on our client’s behalf, coupled with solid cases, often causes these insurance companies to offer the reasonable settlement our clients have been looking for all along.

Let the Nursing Malpractice Injury Lawyers at our Law Firm Help You Seek Justice
There are many malpractice attorneys in Texas. How can you decide which one is right to handle your case? Our respected Texas malpractice attorneys recommend interviewing at least two or three before choosing the lawyer you want to hire. Ask each one about his track record for settling and litigating malpractice insurance claims and cases. Find out what each attorney thinks the strengths and weaknesses of your case are. See if the lawyers can provide you with the names of former clients whose cases were similar to yours. Ask if you can contact them. Then, reach out to them and ask the same question you asked the prospective attorney. If you do all of these things to your satisfaction, you’ll be able to hire an attorney whose experience in handling cases such as yours gives you confidence and peace of mind that this is the lawyer you can trust with your case.

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The legal professionals at our Law Firm are well known for investigating, prosecuting, and successfully resolving nursing malpractice cases. We understand the changes enacted by the recent tort reform and know how to build a strong case to hold nurses and other medical professionals responsible for their negligence. We have filed successful claims against almost every insurance carrier in the country, and their adjusters and defense lawyers know how successful our lawyers have been. They typically cooperate fully with our settlement demands, so they do not have to face us in court. If taking a case to trial is what it takes to get you the settlement you need, we are ready, willing, and able. We will do everything we can to help you get back on your feet. So if you have been the victim of nursing malpractice, contact our Texas nurse malpractice attorneys today for a free initial consultation. Put our years of experience to work for you. If you want to know your rights, how to proceed with your claim, and how much compensation you can secure from your malpractice injury case. Call our Law Office now for a free consultation and find out how we can help you. The legal professionals at our Law Firm will help you seek the justice you deserve and the settlement you need.

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