Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Red Light, Green Light, Yellow Light
In a pedestrian accident, the color of the light doesn’t change the fact that a vehicle hit a pedestrian and caused injury. However, the light’s color often affects the extent of injury, because it often affects the tortfeasor’s (negligent driver’s) speed. At impact speeds below 30mph, the pedestrian death rate is below 10 percent…. Read More »
Crazy Police Chase Ends in Fatal Collision
A teenage girl is dead after a 16-year-old boy driving a stolen car drove on the wrong side of the freeway to evade police. Houston police officers saw a silver Kia Rio that had been reported stolen. Officers attempted to stop the car, but the driver did not comply, sparking the pursuit. The driver… Read More »
Obstacles to Maximum Compensation in Car Crash Cases
Casinos don’t pay for lavish buildings by paying winners, and insurance companies don’t earn $1 trillion a year by compensating crash victims. Whether you walk up to a blackjack table or file an accident claim, the deck is stacked against you. The main difference is that, in most cases, blackjack losses are not life… Read More »
Leading Causes of Motorcycle Crashes
Vehicle safety technology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past century. But today’s motorcycles aren’t much safer than they were in 1935, when Lawrence of Arabia was killed in a controversial motorcycle crash. Today’s cars and trucks are also infinitely bigger and faster than they were in 1935. So, motorcycle riders face… Read More »
What Causes a Houston Pedestrian Accident?
Driver error, usually one of the two kinds of errors discussed below, causes 98 percent of the pedestrian accidents in Texas. Defective products, such as defective tires that suddenly and unexpectedly blow out, cause most of the rest. We should point out that pedestrian injuries, which include head injuries and serious broken bones, aren’t… Read More »
Fireball Collision on Interstate 45
Few details were available after a box truck and a pickup truck collided on Interstate 45, seriously injuring one person. Several northbound lanes were shut down at Spring Stuebner while the crash was investigated. According to the Spring Fire Department, the collision between the van and the box truck sparked a fire, and the… Read More »
Presenting a Car Crash Claim in Court
Each year, vehicle collisions kill or injure millions of Americans. These serious injuries are usually permanent. Such injuries cause significant economic losses. On top of ongoing medical bills, permanent injuries often destroy earning capacity. The emotional distress these injuries cause often exceed the physical pain. As a result, most car crash victims are entitled… Read More »
Settlement Roadblocks in Motorcycle Crash Claims
Because these wrecks cause such serious injuries (the motorcycle rider crash fatality rate is thirty times higher than the vehicle occupant fatality rate), significant compensation is available in these claims. Therefore, insurance company lawyers usually pull out all the stops in an effort to deny, or at least reduce, the victim’s compensation, regardless of… Read More »
Fatal Car Crash on MLK
Police investigators provided very few details about a deadly wreck that involved a teenager in southeast Houston. According to officials, a driver, identified as a teenager, was traveling northbound on MLK in a white SUV when they collided with a gray vehicle heading westbound on Willow Glen. The driver of the gray vehicle died… Read More »
FMCSA Addresses the Indirect Effects of Fatigue
Drowsy truck drivers cause about a third of the truck wrecks in Texas. A bold new initiative seeks to destroy the roots of this problem. “The first priority we have is to go upstream in the safety life cycle all the way to prevention,” FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson said during the Midwest Commercial Vehicle… Read More »