If you visit Las Vegas, you may need Lady Luck on your side more than just to win big. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reported a total of 19,526 traffic collisions in Las Vegas during 2023. This was only a slight decrease from 2022, when 19,884 collisions occurred. This means that there are about 53 traffic wrecks that happen every day in Sin City. […]
Whether you’re just visiting Chicago or call the city home, Chicago’s infamous traffic is something you can’t avoid. Chicago has been ranked the second worst city for drivers thanks to gridlock, a high number of distracted driving accidents, and time lost to congestion. Driving in Chicago isn’t just frustrating; in 2023 alone, there were 2,033 accidents that caused incapacitating or fatal injuries. Accidents in intersections […]
Fort Worth has relatively safe roads. Based on its share of Texas’s population, it has fewer total car accidents and fewer fatal crashes than it should have. The city has even earned a place on a list of America’s most bike-friendly cities in 2021. But “safe” does not mean “accident-free.” Fort Worth still had over 13,400 crashes in 2022. These crashes killed or injured over […]
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the estimated economic loss of all motor vehicle crashes statewide during 2021 totaled more than $51 billion. A reportable crash occurred every 57 seconds. Traffic deaths increased by 15.22% in 2021. Every two hours, someone died on Texas roads in 2021. In addition to the deaths, someone was injured in a traffic accident every two minutes and 12 […]
Yes, while the government has sovereign immunity that protects them from lawsuits in certain cases, in most cases you can sue the government if you are injured due to a dangerous condition. In Florida, this right is enshrined in the Florida Tort Claims Act. Suing the Government for Accidents Caused by Poor Road Conditions in Florida: What You Need to Know Governments are protected by […]
The Texas Legislature is considering a new bill that would impact trucking accident claims. The bill would affect a trucking accident victim’s ability to recover fair compensation for truck accident injuries and damages. The bill, known as House Bill 19 (HB 19), amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code. If the bill is enacted into law, truck accident victims would need to fight harder to […]