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Mood changes often manifest after a brain injury
Serious motor vehicle accidents often result in victims suffering blunt force trauma that can leave them with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). There aren’t two types of TBIs that are alike. Some of them, like concussions, may only leave behind temporary impairments. Others may cause residual problems, such as cognitive deficits or emotional and behavioral…
What makes an override crash different from an underride crash?
Whether you call them big rigs, tractor-trailers or semitrucks, there is little question that commercial trucks are dangerous vehicles. Their drivers have to go through specialized education just to legally operate them, and they are also subject to stricter rules about how they behave on the roads. Commercial trucks can cause some of the…
Are city buses safer than passenger cars?
Many people throughout the Houston metro area rely on the use of buses to get around. They wouldn’t be able to get to school, work, the store or wherever else they needed to travel here in the city if it weren’t for the availability of mass transit options like city buses. But are city…
Can expert witnesses help with your Texas injury claim?
Any motor vehicle accident has the potential to cause the human body physical harm. In a best-case scenario, victims walk away with just a few scrapes and bruises. In a worst-case situation, victims die or suffer life-changing injuries, including amputations, paralysis, a traumatic brain injury, disfigurement or spinal cord damage. Catastrophic injuries like these…
Traumatic amputation after a collision with an 18-wheeler
A passenger vehicle is much smaller and lighter than an 18-wheeler. This means that the driver or passengers in the passenger vehicle may be more likely to suffer traumatic injuries after colliding with the much bigger vehicle. Vehicular accidents may happen with the people in the vehicle or vehicles either experiencing no injury or…
Traffic fatalities are on the rise (again) in 2021
More people than ever are working from home and limiting their travel, so the roads are less congested than they were just a few years ago — yet traffic fatalities have risen sharply. According to early estimates by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an estimated 8,730 people have…