| Read Time: 2 minutes | Child Injury

Your actions as a parent could derail your child injury case

As parents, we all share one thing and that is the feeling that we would do anything to make our injured child feel better, safer and simply more loved. Child injuries can occur in so many ways. He or she could have a completely accidental bicycle crash and break an arm. In another example, the child could fall off...

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| Read Time: < 1 minute | Premises Liability

An attractive nuisance: The risk of owning a pool

Swimming pools are a lot of fun, especially when the weather gets hot. It’s good exercise to go swimming, and you might love having pool parties at your home. With summer just around the corner, it’s a good idea to think about liability for your home swimming pool. Who is liable if a child falls in and drowns? What...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Truck Accidents

Exhaustion in truckers can lead to danger for everyone else

Driving commercial trucks remains one of the best paid positions that requires minimal education in the United States. After all, truck driving is an incredibly demanding career path. Those who drive professionally will have to work very long hours, making fatigued or exhaustion a constant concern. Additionally, the process of loading and unloading trucks, as well as maintaining control...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Child Injury

Which children are most vulnerable to suffering head injuries?

The terminology “head injury” can sound quite dismal. There are many different conditions including contusions or bruises, skull fractures, concussions, cuts, internal bleeding, open wounds or brain damage that are considered as head injuries though. Some patients can recover from some of these conditions more easily than others. Children often have a better chance of recovery than adults. Children who...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Car Accidents

The types of broken bones that can result from car crashes

Driving should never be thought of as a recreational activity, but many motorists here in Waco treat it that way. Drivers speed, cut fellow car operators off, run lights and don’t yield to others’ right of ways. This often results in crashes. Motorists are vulnerable to breaking their bones in some of the more serious types of accidents. Motorists are most...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Car Accidents

Why do some people still text and drive?

It seems pretty simple: Texting and driving is dangerous. Everyone gets taught about it in driver’s training. Even those who took the training years ago, before texting was a concern, have seen the commercials and ads and Public Service Announcements. People know that texting in the car carries a level of risk and can cause accidents, and that’s why...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Truck Accidents

New technology aims to reduce the number of drowsy truckers

A new technology known as wearable biometric monitors is currently being fine-tuned. Tech companies that are busy developing these devices are hopeful that their technology will be able to hone in on when long-haul truck drivers are drowsy. This technology will be able to send truckers an alert to wake up if it notes this. There’s no exact data for how...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Child Injury

Keep your kids safe while swimming this summer

As the weather in Waco continues to heat up, children will be chafing at the bit to go swimming in neighborhood and municipal pools. While there is nothing wrong with a swim to cool off on a hot day, parents should first make sure that the pool is safe to be used by their children. It should go without...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Premises Liability

What kind of dangers lurk at your local shopping center?

The holiday season has long passed but that doesn’t stop Waco residents from heading out to Texas shopping centers and malls to snag a good deal. Many people view shopping as a type of therapeutic experience — even though there are so many ways that someone can get hurt while out shopping. You don’t even have to leave your vehicle...

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Motorcycle Accidents

How can you make your motorcycle more visible to others?

There are many poorly illuminated streets here within the city limits of Waco. There are even areas like this as you venture out onto the rural Texas roadways. The best thing you can do in these instances is to make both you and your motorcycle more visible to others. One of the best ways for you to catch the attention...

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