11

Mar

Causes and Prevention of Jackknife Truck Accidents

Bad weather, poor vehicle maintenance, and lack of safety checks can all contribute to a tractor-trailer jackknifing, which occurs when the front of the truck bends toward the trailer in the shape of an opened pocketknife. Our truck wreck attorneys have the experience you need to...

View More

11

Mar

Motorcycle Crashes Resulting in Death Radically Increase in Texas in 2020

With less traffic on the road in 2020 and a 2 percent reduction in motorcycle crashes, you would expect there to be fewer cyclist killed in crashes, but the opposite occurred. In Texas, there was a 17 percent increase in Texas motorcycle fatalities compared to 2019. The Texa...

View More

11

Mar

Texas Lawmakers look To End Swoop and Settle Tactics After Accidents

Car accidents can result in a variety of economic and non-economic losses. These losses, or damages, include medical bills, vehicle damage costs, pain and suffering, mental suffering, and more. As such, the total recoverable damages is often substantial. However, a defendant driv...

View More

11

Mar

Amazon Subcontractors Discouraging Safety?

Amazon subs out its delivery drivers to a number of subcontractors. To promote safe driving within the fleet, Amazon created an app called Mentor to track how a driver deals with various driving situations and gives the drivers a safety score.   Sounds good right?  ...

View More

11

Mar

Swoop and Settle: Time for the Abuse of Our Injured to End

It has long been against the law for a lawyer to swoop in after an injury and use pressure tactics to gain new clients. If a lawyer or a representative of a law firm does so, and does not have a prior or existing relationship with the client, the lawyer can go to jail, lose...

View More

11

Mar

New Phone Laws for CMV Drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) put out a new rule regarding the use of mobile phones while driving commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The FMCSA is now restricting drivers from holding a mobile device while operating their vehicle. CMV drivers are only allo...

View More

11

Mar

Coronavirus and Legal Liability

For the last several weeks, deaths from the Coronavirus have exceeded 3,000 Americans a day. Some of the epidemiologist measuring the impact of the virus estimate close to a total of 500,000 deaths from the virus by the end of February.   We really do live in unpreceden...

View More

11

Mar

What Should People Bring to Their Initial Consultation After a Slip and Fall Injury?

If you were injured in a slip and fall accident, you may be wondering what you need to bring to your first case consultation. Fortunately, there are some standard materials that we at the McCraw Law Group often encourage claimants to provide. One of the first things I want to see...

View More

11

Mar

Tesla Autopilot Technology Causes More Distracted Drivers

MIT researchers released a study that found that Tesla drivers are more distracted when they use the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot feature that are in these vehicles. According to the study “drivers glanced more frequently away from the road, and thus...

View More

11

Mar

What Is the Worst Month to Drive?

If you were to guess which month is the riskiest to drive, would you think it is January, when revelers tend to crash on New Year's Day? Or perhaps July, when the same thing happens on Independence Day? Is it November or December when people hit the road for Thanksgiving an...

View More