San Antonio Injury Attorney Blog

In our last discussion, we reviewed Texas General and Special Warranty Deeds . Quit Claim Deeds transfer real estate from seller to buyer only if the seller has something tangible to transfer. The major key to a quit claim deed is that there is absolutely no promise by the seller that the seller owns the…

Throughout San Antonio and Texas, many people have to buy and sell real estate using a variety of deeds. While it certainly helps to have a Texas real estate lawyer , you should understand the various difference between the deeds so you are at optimal protection when buying property. There are three basic types of…

As a growing number of Texans buy guns from gun shops and flea markets, Texas and the nation as a whole are seeing a rise in gun accident injuries . Product liability design defects contribute to a large number of deaths and tragic injuries each year. Many people are unaware that gun manufacturers often cut…

It is a parent’s worst nightmare. You hear that your child entered the area of a swimming pool and sustained a serious injury like quadriplegia. As the weather heats up, swimming pool injuries and accidents rise in San Antonio and greater Texas. Many Texas residents do not know that swimming pool injuries often occur due…

As a Texas resident, you may have been the victim of what you considered false, misleading, and deceptive business and insurance practices. Perhaps a Texas company you were doing business with breached its warranty or committed an outrageous business practice. What can you do? Luckily, Texas has enacted the Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection…

What do President Abraham Lincoln and Texas billionaire Howard Hughes have in common ? If you guessed they died without a will, you would be right. Today, 60-75% of Texans die without a will, a legal concept called “dying intestate”. Intestacy forces the real and personal property of a Texas resident to pass to individuals…

The state of Texas has become notorious for a lack of construction safety. Recently, the Department of Labor announced increased enforcement of construction safety regulations in San Antonio Texas. An unacceptable 67 workers have died on the job in 2008, and another 33 died to date in 2009. There are many types of Texas industrial…

In the last ten years, SUV rollovers have become a major problem in San Antonio and greater Texas. There are several factors that contribute to this tragic phenomenon in the states. For example, many manufacturers produce SUVs with an excessively high center of gravity. Sometimes, SUVs possess weak suspension systems or shock absorbers that are…

Ebay is a global phenomenon. Recently, the sellers on such auction sites have come under greater scrutiny for potential violation of state consumer fraud acts including Texas. The relevant consumer protection act in Texas is the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act . The state consumer fraud act carries a treble damages award, which means a…

As a follow up to our last entry on defective vehicle door latches in which persons are ejected through the door, San Antonio and Texas are seeing a rash of auto accidents in which occupants are being ejected through the vehicle window. The problem is especially acute in rollovers and other car crashes. Why does…