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Suing For Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress in Texas

Suing for emotional distress can be challenging. Strictly speaking, suing for emotional distress in Texas is impossible if emotional distress is your only complaint. In Texas, negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) is not an independent claim. Instead, you must assert non-economic damages as part of a personal injury claim....

Negligence

Should You Call the Cops for a Fender Bender in Austin?

In one recent year, there were 2,464 suspected minor vehicle crashes in Austin, Texas, and 3,304 suspected minor injuries, according...

Car Accidents

The Role of a Litigation Lawyer in Handling Civil Lawsuits

If you are injured by another party’s negligence or intentional tort, you can pursue damages under Texas personal injury laws....

Personal Injury

How To Write a Settlement Demand Letter

After an accident or personal injury, you’ll primarily focus on your medical care and healing from your injuries. However, at...

Personal Injury

What To Do When the Adjuster Doesn’t Return Your Calls After an Accident in Austin

In Austin, Texas, as well as elsewhere in the country, liability insurance companies pay most personal injury claims. The most...

Personal Injury

What Does It Cost To Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer in Austin?

Our Austin personal injury lawyers at FVF Law take cases on a contingency fee basis. This approach to hiring a...

Personal Injury

Traffic and Red Light Cameras in Austin, TX

Red light cameras are the bane of drivers just about anywhere in the country. A red light camera takes photos...

Car Accidents

How Long Does It Take To Get a Settlement Check From an Austin Car Accident?

After a car accident, you face urgent needs. You must repair or replace your vehicle so you can get to...

Car Accidents

The Deadliest Highway Stretches in Texas

The Lone Star State is known for its sprawling highways. These roads span some of the nation’s most picturesque landscapes...

Car Accidents

How Fast Can Commercial Trucks Safely Travel on Highways in Texas?

It is a common misconception that not exceeding the speed limit means that you are driving safely. While speed is...

Truck Accidents

How Much Does a Semi Truck Weigh?

Thousands of semi trucks barrel down our roads and highways every day. And every year, about 150 Travis County citizens...

Truck Accidents

What Are My Options After an Accident With a USPS Mail Truck in Austin?

United States Postal Service (USPS mail trucks can be seen throughout Austin each day. They deliver mail to homes and...

Truck Accidents

Motorcycle Accidents

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Facts About Road Rash

The thrill and freedom of motorcycle riding can, unfortunately, come with the increased possibility of suffering painful injuries in the...

Motorcycle Accidents

Do I Need a Lawyer if I Have Been Hurt in a Motorcycle Accident in Austin?

Motorcyclists continue to face high risks of accidents. According to reports, motorcycle riders are 29 times more likely to die...

Motorcycle Accidents

What Do You Do After a Motorcycle Accident?

Although riding a motorcycle is fun, it can also be dangerous: the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety notes that a...

Motorcycle Accidents

What Are the Insurance Requirements for Commercial Trucks in Austin, TX?

Most drivers in Austin, TX, don’t give a moment’s thought to commercial trucking insurance requirements — until they’re injured in...

Texas Law

Right-of-Way Laws in Texas

Some of the most basic Texas right-of-way laws are so familiar that they seem like common sense. For example, everyone...

Texas Law

Exceptions To the Texas Statute of Limitations, Explained

If you have been injured by someone’s wrongful or negligent actions in Texas, you may have the right to file...

Texas Law

Slip and Fall Accidents

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Can I Sue if I Fall on a Sidewalk in Austin, TX?

Slips, trips, and falls are among the most common causes of unintentional injuries in the United States. Millions of people...

Slip and Fall Accidents

Does Insurance Cover Injuries from Trips, Slips, and Falls?

Slips, trips, and falls are surprisingly serious causes of injury, resulting in 42,114 deaths and about 8 million emergency room...

Slip and Fall Accidents

What Should I Do After a Slip-and-Fall Accident?

It can happen anywhere — in a restaurant where someone spilled something, a supermarket where slippery fruit gets in the...

Slip and Fall Accidents

Suffering a Ruptured Spleen in a Bike Accident Is Serious

Bike riding can be fun and provide a great way to get around and get some exercise. However, bike accidents...

Bicycle Accidents

Most Common Bicycle Accident Injuries

Common Bike Accident Injuries Being in a bicycle accident is more than just an annoyance or inconvenience. In many cases,...

Bicycle Accidents

Bicycle Accident Insurance Claim: Is It Covered?

You might be doing everything correctly when you are riding your bike: wearing a helmet and protective equipment, obeying traffic...

Bicycle Accidents

Commercial Vehicle Accidents

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What You Need to Know If You’re Hit by a UPS Truck

Founded in 1907, the United Parcel Service — better known as UPS — offers supply chain management services and package...

Commercial Vehicle Accidents

What You Need to Know If You're Hit by a FedEx Truck

Here's What You Need To Know if Involved in a FedEx Truck Accident Every day, people in motor vehicles of...

Commercial Vehicle Accidents

What You Need to Know If You're Hit by an Amazon Truck

Texas is booming again. Unfortunately, that boom can have some unwelcome consequences. An investigation by independent technology news site The...

Commercial Vehicle Accidents

Drunk Driving Accidents

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What Factors Can Affect Your Drunk Driving Car Accident Settlement?

Fewer experiences are scarier than realizing — whether in the throes of the collision itself or after waking up in...

Drunk Driving Accidents

Can I Sue If I Was Hit by a Drunk Truck Driver?

Commercial truck drivers are required to be responsible on the road — and that includes not driving drunk. The Federal...

Drunk Driving Accidents

A Passenger's Guide to Drunk Driving Accidents

Most people understand that they can claim compensation for damages from a drunk driver who causes a collision with their...

Drunk Driving Accidents

Can I Sue Someone if My Parents Are Killed in an Austin Car Crash?

If an Austin, TX car accident killed your parents, you may have a wrongful death claim against a liable third...

Wrongful Death

If My Spouse Dies, Am I Responsible for Their Debt?

There is much confusion about whether a spouse is legally liable for a deceased spouse’s debt. The confusion stems from...

Wrongful Death

Recovering Compensation for the Wrongful Death of a Loved One in Austin, TX

Losing a family member is always overwhelming and heartbreaking. The loss is especially difficult when the death was avoidable. Sadly,...

Wrongful Death

What Does Premises Liability Insurance Cover?

Whenever someone steps onto a property — whether they are shopping in a store, visiting a friend at home, or...

Insurance

How to Counter-Offer an Insurance Settlement

Being involved in a personal injury claim often entails lengthy and strenuous negotiations with an insurance company, in hopes of...

Insurance

How Do Insurance Companies Determine Settlement Amounts?

Settlement negotiations with an insurance company can be complex, lengthy, and difficult to navigate. There are many different factors that...

Insurance

Are You Being Overbilled for Medical Treatment After an Accident?

After you are injured in an accident, your health is in the hands of the doctors and medical providers that...

Car Accidents

New Texas Laws Protect Accident Victims from Harmful Medical Billing Practices

Texas accident victims may now have less cause to worry about medical bills. This September, two new laws went into...

Medical Bills

Can Hospital Bills Go to Collections?

The current state of medical debt is dire: one in six Americans have medical debt collections on their credit report,...

Medical Bills

Using Big Data to Prevent 18-Wheeler Accidents

Computerized data collection in the commercial trucking industry began in the 1980s, when motor carriers started implementing electronic logging devices...

Car Accidents

With Lawsuits Mounting, Juul May Be the Next "Big Tobacco"

This year, vaping titan Juul has been the focus of lawsuit after lawsuit. These cases come on the heels of...

Other Injuries

The State of Cycling Safety in Austin

Cyclists are among some of the most vulnerable road users in Austin — or anywhere. With few physical barriers between...

Other Injuries

Dog Breeds That Bite and Injure Most Often

Dogs are known for their loyalty toward their owners, and they make great companions for people of all ages. However,...

Dog Bites