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Drivers traveling the wrong way cause more car accidents in Texas than in any other state in the country, according to a recent study focusing on wrong way auto accidents in the Lone Star State. The Texas Department of Transportation recently announced these findings as well as possible solutions to this serious problem, according to...

Recently, NBC News published a troubling report entitled: "Why are More Americans dying on the highway?"   As the report indicated, cars today are safer than vehicles ever were in the past. Not only are vehicles designed with crash-protection features to shield the body if an accident happens but vehicles are also increasingly equipped with...

Click 2 Houston reported on a lawsuit filed recently after a woman was killed in an underride truck accident in Texas. The family of the victim indicated that the woman involved in the accident would have been alive if the truck had a side underride guard. Unfortunately, the truck did not have this safety feature...

If you were in a rear-end crash and you were driving the rear vehicle, you are presumed at fault for the crash. This means you likely can't get your bills paid and your insurer will have to pay other crash victims including passengers in your car and people in the front car. Drivers of rear...

The Herrera Law Firm is proud to announce that our own Javier Herrera is poised to become the next president of the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA), San Antonio Chapter. The MABA is an organization that provides a platform for attorneys to promote social, economic, political and educational advancement for people living and working in...

Both short and long-haul truckers are especially busy this time of year, as a result of increased holiday demand for goods. Long-haul truckers who travel across the United States not only face more demands on their time but also face adverse weather conditions, including snow and ice when traveling to colder parts of the country....

Side impact accidents present unique dangers for all motorists, but especially for children. Side impact accidents are also called T-bone accidents because the two cars form the shape of a T. One vehicle going straight strikes the side of another vehicle going in a perpendicular direction, oftentimes at an intersection. The striking vehicle intrudes into...

In October, a wrong-way driver was killed and another motorist suffered injury in Texas after a driver traveled southbound in the northbound lane.  The Houston Chronicle reports police were still uncertain about when or why the driver entered the freeway going in the wrong direction.   This head-on crash was, like so many others, a...

Underride accidents are some of the most serious truck collisions, but all truck crashes can be deadly. One tragic Texas accident in which an 18-wheeler and another vehicle became entangled serves as a grim reminder of how truck crashes can often cause much more harm than other types of motor vehicle accidents. It is not...

Last year, a driver of a pickup truck allegedly caused a hit-and-run accident leading to the death of a popular staffer at University of Texas. The victim rode his bicycle with a biking group most mornings. According to Texas Monthly, the truck hit the bike rider so hard he flew over the cab of the...