Houston Personal Injury Attorneys – Smith & Hassler

Houston drivers’ evening commute ground to a halt Tuesday May 10 when a 3 vehicle accident caused multiple lane closures. All 3 vehicles involved flipped over on the outbound lanes of US59 near Shepherd. Police arrested a driver who may have been drinking: that driver hit another vehicle and caused the crashes. Witness Alicia Gainer described the accident as a “domino effect” where one car flipped over into the next. ABC’s report on the accident did not include any details of injuries sustained in the crash: hopefully everyone involved is okay. A grainy image captured from Transtar’s footage shows one vehicle flipped over onto its roof.

A three vehicle accident on US59 at Shepherd involved a driver who may have been drinking

If you or a loved on have been victimized by an automobile accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, bicycle accident or truck accident caused by adrunk driver, call the experienced Houston personal injury attorneys at Smith & Hassler for a free consultation. The earlier in your case you call, the better: theinsurance company will want you to settle for a small amount as early as possible and have you sign a release. This will limit the insurance company’s liability and prevent them from having to pay more later. Smith & Hassler’s personal injury attorneys have aggressively represented injured people in the Houston area and throughout Texas for more than 20-years, including bereaved family members bringing wrongful death lawsuits.

Tragedy struck in Manvel, Texas on Mother’s Day this past weekend when 9-year old Phillip Koterba was killed in a golf cart accident. Manvel police say that the golf cart Phillip was riding in hit a ditch and then flipped over. Phillip was a student at C.J. Harris Elementary School, and grief counselors were on hand in an effort to help students and teachers deal with Phillip’s death. In an act of great generosity at a terribly sad time, Phillip’s family made the decision to donate his organs which will help three other children live.

Phillip Koterba (9) who died Mother's Day in a golf cart accident in Manvel, TX.

Golf cart accident injuries appear to be an unexpectedly commonly occurring problem. An article of the web site of Technology Associates quotes the Consumer Products Safety Commission’s statistic that 15,000 golf cart related injuries requiring emergency room treatment occur in the U.S. each year. The article says that one significant mode of injury is passenger ejection, which can lead to serious injuries, especially of the head. CPSC injury statistics indicate that approximately 40% of all golf cart related accidents involve children under the age of 16, and 50% of those accidents involve a fall from a moving golf cart.