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I've written this before, but few things cause me as much stress as walking in a parking lot with my kids.  I am scared to death that a car backing out of a parking space won't be able to see them.  They're 12 and 9 now so they're getting older...

As the holidays approach, I know that a number of kids will receive new bikes as gifts this year.  Some will get their first bike, and some will get a new bike with more capabilities than a prior bike.  Whatever the case, it's always good to remind our kids the...

Fellow trial lawyer Bob Kraft, who is Dallas injury lawyer, had a guest post on his blog this morning about things a potential client should tell a personal injury lawyer. The author identified three things: Medical history and pre-existing conditions. Whether you have a criminal history. Whether you are having...

According to this morning's Austin American Statesman, Austin has seen a record number of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities despite the fact that there are still six weeks to go in the year. About half of the pedestrian fatalities were caused in large part by the pedestrians not being careful.  For...

If you read this blog, you know one of my pet peeves/big topics is texting while driving. Yesterday, two texting while driving stories caught my eye.  On the national scene, Yahoo news ran a story about new efforts to enforce texting while driving bans.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

I preach here often about the dangers of texting while driving, but nothing I say could be as effective as the story of Bobby Augusto, who lost his daughter to a car wreck caused by texting while driving.  You should read it here.

I had a maddening exchange with an insurance company this week, and it's an example of why an injured person needs to hire a good lawyer. My client was seriously injured in a car wreck.  We had already settled with the other driver for the driver's policy limits, and we were...

Last week, the Cedar Park City Council discussed the possibility of enacting a ban on texting while driving.   But despite acknowledging the problem  (they passed a resolution saying it's bad), they didn't take any steps to actually curb it.   They seemed to lean against an outright ban for all, and...

Allstate recently released their 8th Annual "Best Driver's Report."  While Austin driver's weren't the worst in the country, they were way down the list.  Austin ranked 149 out of the 200 cities surveyed (and sadly, this was an improvement over last year).   According to the survey, Austin drivers were about...

We've been in trial so we haven't had time to share this, but a week or so ago, Brooks was interviewed for an Austin YNN story about a recent case and judicial tort reform.  For some reason, YNN doesn't allow the embedding of their stories, but you can watch the...