Texas has more miles of road than any other state and some of the highest posted speed limits in the country. Driving is a necessary way of life here, but it comes with numerous dangers. When a serious or fatal car accident occurs, you need to be able to count on fair and appropriate compensation. That’s where Perez Collazo Law Firm can help.

Our legal practice focuses on helping motor vehicle accident victims recover money for their injuries, vehicle damage, medical expenses, time away from work and other losses. For more than a decade, we have been a trusted resource for the Hispanic community in the area, and we work tirelessly to help our clients seek the compensation they need to pay their bills, fix their property, and get back to living their lives.

Our firm is ready to represent you after nearly any type of motor vehicle accident scenario, including:

• Car accidents
• Truck accidents (18-wheelers)
• Bus, train and public transportation accidents
• Pedestrian and bicyclist accidents
• Drunk-driving or drugged-driving crashes
• Distracted driving accidents
• Speeding and aggressive driving accidents
• Dangerous road conditions or poor road design

When you contact us, we take the time to understand what happened and what you need right away. We then set to work investigating the accident and walking you through the next steps in your recovery. Throughout the process, we communicate with you to keep you informed and seek your input on how the case should proceed.

Car accidents can have numerous causes and contributing factors. Although the person who struck your vehicle may be primarily at fault for the crash, Texas law looks at all drivers’ actions when determining who can receive payment following a car wreck, as well as how large that payment will be. For example, there will be an examination of not only whether the at-fault driver was speeding or ran a stop sign, but also whether the injured driver was wearing their seat belt or was distracted right before the accident. Depending on the answers to those questions, eligibility for compensation and the amount of compensation received may increase or decrease.

Thankfully, in Texas, you can still recover damages if you were less than 50 percent at fault for the accident. This is known as “proportionate responsibility.” If the other driver is more than 50 percent responsible for the accident, he or she will be asked to pay the full costs of the jury award minus whatever portion you are deemed responsible for. If the jury decides you were 30 percent at fault, for instance, you could recover 70 percent of the full award.

Perez Collazo Law Firm serves clients in Arlington and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If coming to our office is an issue, we are happy to travel to you, upon request. To learn more, call us at 817-366-2380 or send us an email.

Texans are passionate about preserving personal freedom – even if it’s the freedom to make dangerous choices. That’s why Texas was among the last states in the nation to pass a ban on texting while driving. And it’s why two parts of Texas – Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth – lead the country’s major metropolitan areas in rates of distracted driving.

Dangerous choices come with serious consequences. And sadly, it is often other motorists and pedestrians who pay the price for someone’s decision to text and drive. According to the Texas DOT, there are close to 100,000 car accidents in Texas each year caused by distracted driving, resulting in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. Despite knowing how dangerous it is, the behavior only seems to be getting worse.

Our legal practice focuses on helping motor vehicle accident victims recover money for their injuries, vehicle damage, medical expenses, time away from work and other losses. For more than a decade, we have been a trusted resource for the Hispanic community in the area, and we work tirelessly to help our clients seek the compensation they need to pay their bills, fix their property, and get back to living their lives.

If you or a loved one has been injured (or killed) in a car accident caused by a distracted driver, the at-fault driver may face criminal charges. But the consequences he or she will face are minimal compared to the damage caused, and the criminal justice system will not significantly compensate your family for losses suffered because of the crash.

Therefore, one of the best decisions you can make is to hire an experienced personal injury firm like Perez Collazo Law Firm. We work tirelessly to ensure that you and your family are properly compensated for your injuries and other damages and that the at-fault driver is incentivized to change his or her behavior (hopefully preventing future accidents).

Most people think of cellphones as the only driving distraction – and they are perhaps the most common sources of distraction. But drivers can be distracted by many activities, including:

• Eating or drinking
• Putting on makeup
• Changing the radio station or otherwise using the stereo
• Talking to passengers
• Disciplining or focusing too much on children in the backseat
• Daydreaming or just failing to focus on the road

No matter what caused the distraction, inattention can lead to devastating or fatal crashes. Our team will fully investigate the crash to determine its cause and to prove that the other driver was distracted at the time.

Thankfully, in Texas, you can still recover damages if you were less than 50 percent at fault for the accident. This is known as “proportionate responsibility.” If the other driver is more than 50 percent responsible for the accident, he or she will be asked to pay the full costs of the jury award minus whatever portion you are deemed responsible for. If the jury decides you were 30 percent at fault, for instance, you could recover 70 percent of the full award.

Perez Collazo Law Firm is a personal injury firm proudly serving clients throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. To take advantage of a free initial consultation with an experienced attorney, call our office in Arlington at 817-366-2380. You can also reach us online.

Heavy traffic is a daily reality throughout much of Texas, especially in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. This includes commercial traffic from 18-wheelers and other trucks. And with so much traffic flow, crashes are unfortunately common. In any given year, there are about 2,000 commercial vehicle accidents in Tarrant County alone.

Crashes are particularly common on highways and interstates like I-35E and I-35W, I-635 and I-820, and U.S. Routes 65, 75 and 77, just to name a few. Due to high speeds and the sheer size and weight of trucks, 18-wheeler accidents are often highly injurious or deadly for occupants of smaller vehicles.

If you or a loved one has been seriously injured (or worse) in a truck accident caused by a negligent driver, it’s important to know that you have legal options and may be entitled to compensation. The first step in understanding and utilizing those options is to contact Perez Collazo Law Firm.

Our legal practice focuses on helping motor vehicle accident victims recover money for their injuries, vehicle damage, medical expenses, time away from work and other losses. For more than a decade, we have been a trusted resource for the Hispanic community in the area, and we work tirelessly to help our clients seek the compensation they need to pay their bills, fix their property, and get back to living their lives.

18-wheeler accidents are often the result of negligence on the part of the truck driver, the trucking company, or both. Some common risk factors include:

• Truck driver fatigue caused by driving too many hours
• Truck driver fatigue caused by a medical condition (diagnosed or undiagnosed) such as sleep apnea
• Driver distraction from a cellphone, company-issued electronic devices, etc.
• Driver impairment or intoxication (drugs and alcohol)
• Trucking companies that force drivers to spend too many consecutive hours behind the wheel
• Time pressures that encourage truck drivers to drive aggressively or recklessly
• Failure to maintain and repair vehicle equipment – especially worn-out brakes
• Inadequate training and monitoring of drivers

After an accident, both truck drivers and their employers may try to downplay their negligence and obscure the facts of the accident. But thankfully, it is now easier than ever to reconstruct accidents using objective evidence/data gathered from highway cameras, event data recorders in vehicles, GPS navigation systems and other tech devices. We utilize all these tools and more in our investigation of the crash.

Perez Collazo Law Firm is based in Arlington and serves clients throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. To take advantage of a free initial consultation with an experienced personal injury lawyer, send us an email or call 817-366-2380.