Austin Personal Injury Blog
Austin news station KXAN ran a story last night about truck drivers “dodging the scales” to avoid weigh stations and inspections. Texas has several permanent weigh stations operated by the Department of Public Safety. Unfortunately, truckers are becoming resourceful about ways to get around the inspection stations. The thing that really struck me in the…
Read MoreThis is not really personal injury news, but the Florida insurance commissioner issued a ruling this morning that Allstate was not allowed to write any more auto policies in Florida. The action comes after Allstate chose not to produce subpoened records and instead wrote a 51 page letter from one of its attorneys with an…
Read MoreI’ve had a chance to catch my breath, and we have some very interesting links this week. First, to the tort “reform” news… I’ll start with the best post of the week, Eric Turkewitz’s How to Fool A Jury (Is It Insurance Fraud?). If you don’t click on any more of the links, click on…
Read MoreTort reform lobbying groups took an unusual step this week by filing a declaratory action suit here in Austin trying to establish that the 2003 medical malpractice caps on liability are constitutional. The suit stems from a lawsuit against Corpus Christi doctor John McKeever. In that suit, patient Adrian Cerny sued Dr. McKeever after Cerny developed…
Read MoreAs we’ve previously written, Republican Supreme Court Justice Medina and his wife were indicted last month by a Harris County grand jury for conduct relating to a fire at their home. Shortly thereafter, the Republican district attorney had the indictments dismissed. Now the case takes another twist. Six members of the grand jury have sued…
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