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Your Guide to Texas Parking Lot Accidents

Auto Accidents | Parking Lot Accidents

You’d think that after leaving the traffic-congested streets and pulling into a parking lot, you would be far less likely to have a car accident. Unfortunately, that’s far from what’s happening in Texas today. In fact, the Institute for Highway Safety warns that about 20% of all auto accidents occur within parking lots.

Sure, you might think, but how bad can parking lot crashes really be?

A recent incident that took place in one of the busy strip malls in Dallas puts the seriousness of parking lot accidents into perspective. A family from Wichita, Kansas had just stopped over at the strip mall to eat before heading back home. As the family was walking back to their car, a black [...]

The Bad Faith Rogues Gallery: Texas Insurers Known for Behaving Badly

Bad Faith Insurance

This day and age, it seems nearly every company we each do business with attempts to fleece us in one way or another, and insurance companies are some of the worst.

We pay our premium with the belief that when we need help, our insurers will financially back us. However, time and time again, this isn’t the way it ends. Instead, far too many claimants end up caught in unnecessary and often illegal battles with the very organizations that are supposed to be protecting them.

If you feel you have not been treated fairly when attempting to have an insurance claim processed, don’t just assume you’re overreacting. Not only does this happen, there are actually a number of insurers who [...]

Texas Bounce House Injuries: Who’s Liable?

Bounce House Injuries | Child Injury and Accidents

Your child has likely enjoyed jumping in a bounce house at a party, event, or business grand opening. You may have even taken them to one of the many indoor inflatable play areas that have been sprouting like weeds for the past decade or so.

Because they’re fun. Kids love them, and you get to have a few hard-earned moments to yourself without worrying because they’re basically bouncing themselves silly on big balloons.

Except there’s an increasing amount of evidence that says you probably should be a bit more worried. Why? Because bounce houses can cause serious injury to your child – just as they’ve done to countless others over the years.

In this post, we’re going to detail the [...]

Preventing Texas Construction Accidents: Proven Techniques

Construction Accidents

OSHA says a safe workplace is a sound business, and when the Texas Department of Insurance reports nearly $5k as the average income lost per construction job incident last year, we are inclined to agree.

If you are looking to decrease the likelihood of construction site injuries affecting your business’s productivity, OSHA recently updated their Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs in Construction. These guidelines were designed with a wide variety of small and medium-sized business settings in mind, offering a great step-by-step approach to implementing baseline safety and health programs in the construction industry workplace.

Regarding some of the most common accidents at Texas construction sites in particular, this post addresses three areas where you can apply a [...]