The Top Reasons Why Rear-End Crashes Are the Most Frequent Type of Collision According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), rear-end collisions account for the largest percentage of car accidents, responsible for one in … [Read more...]
How Social Media Can Be Used Against You in a Texas Divorce
Don’t Be Surprised If Your Facebook and Twitter Feeds Become Evidence in Court When you’re in the midst of a divorce, you can crave a forum to talk about the challenges in your marriage, a set of ears to listen as you work through your issues. In … [Read more...]
The Deadliest Highways in Texas
I-20 and I-35 Rank Among Worst in the Nation According to data gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the northern part of Texas has a somewhat ignominious honor—it’s home to two of the five deadliest highways in America. … [Read more...]
What Is a Non-Subscriber in a Texas Work Injury Case?
What Are Your Rights if Your Employer is a “Non-Subscriber”? You’ve been hurt on the job in Texas. In most states, your employer is required to either purchase a policy of workers’ compensation insurance or qualify with the state to be self-insured, … [Read more...]
How to Deal with a Low Settlement Offer
Your Options When an Insurance Company Tries to Lowball You When you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident, or if you’ve suffered property damage in a crash, one of your first steps will typically be to contact your insurance provider, so that … [Read more...]
Is Your Estate Plan Out of Date?
How to Know If You Need to Update Your Estate Plan If you have an estate plan in place to ensure the orderly distribution of your assets in the event of your death, you are among the minority of Texans (and Americans). A recent survey found that … [Read more...]
Your Rights if You Are Injured in an Accident with a Rideshare Driver
The Steps to Take When You Have Been in an Uber/Lyft Accident The rideshare concept has exploded across the country, as technology has taken a old concept—the taxicab—and dramatically enhanced the ease and convenience of finding transportation just … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know about PreNuptial Agreements in Texas
Protecting Yourself and Your Assets in a Marriage When you get married, particularly if you’ve built up a substantial net worth beforehand, or you have significant assets that you want to protect, you don’t want to go into your new life together … [Read more...]
What Happens If I Get a DWI While on Probation?
The Potential Consequences of Violating Probation with a DWI Charge Frequently, when you have pleaded guilty or been convicted of a criminal offense in Texas, party of your sentence will include what is now referred to as “community supervision,” … [Read more...]
Common Mistakes That Will Jeopardize Your Car Accident Lawsuit
If you’ve been hurt in a motor vehicle accident because of the carelessness of another driver, you have a right to pursue that driver for full and fair compensation for all your losses. However, you need to be careful that you don’t do anything that … [Read more...]
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
I'm Jay Bailey with Bailey & Galyen. I head our Probate and Estate Planning section with a reminder that you don't know what you don't know. In almost any topic in the universe somebody that does something for a living, someone who's a … [Read more...]
Currently Benefit Review Conferences are Being Held by Zoom
Howdy, this is Kim Wyatt and i'm the managing attorney of the Work Comp Department here at Bailey & Galyen. Currently benefit review conferences are being held by Zoom. It looks like it's going to be this way for awhile. The legislature has … [Read more...]
