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Car enthusiast website Jalopnik.com is reporting that John McCain's Straight Talk Express left its mark on the election season when it ran over a minivan yesterday. The post has several great photos...

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Professors from Harvard Medical School and the University of Alabama-Birmingham have just released a study predicting that higher gas prices and the resulting decrease in driving could reduce auto...

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It's not unusual for publications to print articles touting Austin as a great place to live, but last week, we were tops on the wrong kind of list. A study by Allstate Insurance Company found that...

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I have previously written on the rapid increase in the number of Austin's hit and run car wrecks. This week, KXAN ran a story that detailed the problem. The story notes that there were 10,786 hit...

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Last week, I posted about a hit and run accident where the victim was hit by two separate vehicles, neither of whom stopped. Then this weekend, there was another fatal hit and run wreck. I'd like to...

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Yesterday, I reported that a city-led task force has made recommendations designed to decrease the number of bicycle accidents in Austin. Now, preliminary results of a new study were released by the...

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Since 2003, there have been six fatalities and over 1000 other injuries stemming from collisions between bicycles and automobiles in Austin. Now, some city leaders are trying to lower those numbers....

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It seems like hit and run car wrecks are becoming the norm in Austin. Last night, an unlucky pedestrian was the victim of two hit and run accidents. As the pedestrian was crossing Riverside Drive,...

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I have recently written a series on the danger of being hit by others' loose tires or unsecured loads, and whether uninsured motorist coverage might be available for those claims. Now, Lansing...

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In the last two days, I've posted about cases involving car wrecks caused by stray tires or wrecks caused by other loose objects. Today, I want to address who you can sue if you're injured in one of...

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Yesterday's post about stray tires causing car wrecks made me think back to my own youth. On the last day of school of my junior year of high school, I was driving south on I-35 between Austin and...

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Last night, one of the Austin news stations ran a story that had stunning video that showed the surprising amount of damage that a loose tire could cause to cars (and their occupants)....

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It is pretty well known that one of the most dangerous stretches of roads in the Austin area is Highway 71 in Bee Cave, west of Austin. TxDot has already taken road graders to the road to increase...

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Those of us who practice personal injury law in Texas don't normally get any good news from the Texas legislature. But we did receive a small nugget last session. Effective April 1, the minimum...

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In the mid-1990s, Allstate Insurance underwent a radical change designed to increase its profits. With the help of McKinsey Consulting, Allstate made a radical shift in its policies that aimed to...

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