Houston Personal Injury Attorneys – Smith & Hassler

Around 2:30 a.m. a dark-colored Ford F-series pickup truck was traveling west on FM 1960 in Atascocita, occupied by four male teenagers. As they approached the intersection of Timber Forest a Toyota Camry pulled out of a shopping center parking lot, turning in front of the pickup truck and causing a collision. There were four passengers in the Camry, two male and two female. One of the Camry’s male passengers, identified in a local news report as Colby Fitzgerald, died at the accident scene. The other passengers were transported to area hospitals, two of them by life flight helicopter. Nobody in the pickup truck was injured in the accident according to Channel 11’s report, but the 18-year old driver of the pickup was charged with driving while intoxicated. Despite Colby Fitzgerald’s death in the accident, the pickup driver will probably not be charged with intoxication manslaughter because the accident is not considered to be his fault. Channel 2’s report is here.

The firm is pleased to announce that Smith & Hassler attorney Daragh Carter recently passed the Board Certification exam and is now Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  This brings to four the number of experienced personal injury attorneys at Smith & Hassler that are Board Certified.  The firm’s attorneys who are Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law are: Al Hassler, Roger Sullivan, Brent Cordell and Daragh Carter. According to the TBLS web site, approximately 1 in 10 attorneys in Texas are Board Certified. To become Board Certified an attorney must: devote a significant amount of his/her practice to personal injury trial law in Texas, have tried at least 10 cases to a verdict as lead counsel, provided references from other attorneys, including judges the attorney has appeared before and opposing counsel, and passed a 6 hour written exam.

If you have been seriously injured in an accident and you are seeking experienced, aggressive attorneys to represent you, call Smith & Hassler for a no charge consultation: 713 739 1250.

Two Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies were injured in a car accident January 1, 2013. HCSO said the accident happened at around 4:00 p.m. at the intersection of FM 1960 and Veterans Memorial. The deputies were on their way to join a vehicle pursuit when a citizen made an illegal u-turn, colliding with the police car and flipping it over. One of the deputies was temporarily trapped. Both deputies were taken to Houston Northwest Hospital. Channel 13’s story is here.

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Channel 2 is reporting that a HPD officer was injured in a car accident around 5:00 a.m. this morning at the intersection of Beltway 8 and South Post Oak. The officer was responding to an emergency call to assist another officer with lights and siren activated when another driver hit the officer’s car. The car driven by the other person caught fire a few blocks from where the accident happened and the driver fled the scene on foot. Houston Police Department said the officer suffered minor injuries. Hopefully she will recover soon and be back to work.

Photo credit: Channel 2 News

If you have been hurt in a car accident and you’re thinking of hiring a personal injury attorney to protect your interests, visit Smith & Hassler’s web site to learn more about our highly experienced attorneys’ backgrounds. The Smith & Hassler law firm has focused exclusively on representing injured people since 1989 and has the resources to prosecute injury claims of all sizes. Also run a Google search for “smith and hassler reviews” to see what former clients have been saying about our work.

A driver was killed in a Wednesday morning collision with a Waller Independent School District bus. The accident happened around 6:20 a.m. on FM 2920 at Becker Road west of Tomball. A green-colored sedan, possibly a Honda Accord, rear-ended the school bus as the bus was stopped to collect some children at their stop. The sedan went beneath the rear of the school bus: the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The children on the bus and the driver were not hurt.

A single vehicle accident early this morning has left one man dead, another injured, and the driver is facing drunk driving charges. Houston police say that the driver of the blue-colored sedan missed a curve striking a fence at the Willowbrook Mall at Tomball Parkway around 3:30 this morning. Three men were in the car, one of the passengers was declared dead at the scene. The second passenger was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. Police detained the driver and planned to charge him with intoxication manslaughter. Officers say the driver refused a field sobriety test but did admit that he had been drinking, so he was transported to the hospital for a mandatory blood draw. ABC Channel 13’s story is here.  The personal injury attorneys at Smith & Hassler, half of whom are Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law, aggressively pursue claims against drunk drivers. If you have been the victim of a drunk driving car accident, call (713) 739 1250 or visit www.smithandhassler.com to discuss your claim and see how we can help.

One passenger was killed and another injured in the single vehicle accident this morning