Category: Personal Injury

Statistics tell us that people who drive will be involved in at least one accident – a fender bender or a major injury accident – at least once every 10 years. Two out of three people will become involved in an injury accident at least once in their lives. If you are involved in a minor...

While many states have strict liability laws for dog bite cases, Texas is not one of them. In fact, Texas does not have a dog bite statute -- instead, the state relies on what is known as the “one bite rule,” which means that a dog bite victim can only recover compensation if the owner or keeper...

When a serious accident occurs, it is generally assumed that one party is more at fault than the other for the accident. However, most personal injury claims are not this simple. Most states have contributory negligence statutes that allow plaintiffs who may be partially at fault in an accident to...

False Claims Act Cases The definition of the false claim act explains that it is an American federal law that imposes liability on persons and companies (typically federal contractors) who defraud governmental programs. You may have heard it referred to as the Lincoln Law. In an effort to fight...

Proving damages means to show evidence that an individual or organization caused harm and losses to another. If you slip and fall in a store due to water on the ground, an attorney would need to prove that the store was negligent in cleaning up the hazard or failed to warn about a wet floor and due...

It is already difficult when you place a loved one into a nursing home, but the thought of your loved one being neglected or even abused enrages those who put their trust into a facility to take care of someone they care deeply about. Elder abuse often occurs to those that are frail and unable to...

Many people ask the question “What exactly constitutes as abuse by caregivers”. It’s an interesting question as elderly residents in a nursing home are under daily medical supervision for a reason. Sometimes abuse in these facilities can be difficult to confirm. Studies show that assisted...

The employees of a nursing home have a very big responsibility and because the responsibility is so great, there are many staff members who help run the day to day operations. When a facility has so many employees handling medication, cooking food for residents, assisting with personal hygiene...

Many readers, unless they have a legal background, will have no idea what “restore joint and several liability” means. Joint and several liability is an old concept that basically held that if two people, both negligent, injured a third person, then both people will be fully responsible for the...

If you have seen commercials by the personal injury attorneys for Roberts and Roberts, you know many of our attorneys are board certified in personal injury trial law. Many people may not understand what that means and why we advertise that fact so often. The reason is, there are many attorneys who...