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A new National Highway Transportation Safety Administration study has found that driving while drunk is more dangerous than driving under the influence of other drugs.    Under the data, positive test results for several types of drugs found only small increases in the risk of a crash, but being under the...

Yesterday, an attorney friend bought me lunch in exchange for me giving him some advice about making a claim after he and family members were rear-ended (likely by someone on a cell phone).  One of the things he was disappointed about was that the insurance company wasn't taking responsibility and...

A couple of months ago, I wrote about the increasing issue we're seeing with "trauma activation fees" being charged by local hospitals, most notably Brackenridge. Yesterday, the Austin American Statesman ran a front page investigatory story on these fees. These fees are what the hospitals are adding to bills just...

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...

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...