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Houston DUI Accident Lawyer

One of the sc

iest things fo

Houston d

ive

s is kno

ing th

t

e live in

st

te

he

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epo

t

ble c

ccident t

kes pl

ce eve

y minute—in f

ct, in less th

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minute. Th

t me

ns up to 1,440 Tex

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e in

ccidents eve

y single d

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tun

tely,

dive into the

ccident numbe

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hy Houston D

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st

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n 2,000 people sust

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ly 30,000,000 people.

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Victims of d

unk d

iving

ccidents often h

ve questions,

nd they dese

ve

ns

e

s. Filing insunce cl

ims c

n feel like

n effo

t in futility—even

hen you c

n p

ove

d

unk d

ive

s

t the

heel. This is

hy it m

kes sense to immedi

tely cont

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n

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ith expe

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nd kno

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ndling Houston d

unk d

iving

ccident cl

ims.

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ve

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s

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d

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ccident. Some questions h

ve simple

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s,

hich

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dd

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om ou

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son

l inju

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    ope

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    nce comp

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    n

    ccident inju

    y

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    ccident? -<

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    n physic

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    phs of the scene, including the d

    m

    ge to

    ny vehicles involved

    nd you

    inju

    ies. You should

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    me, cont

    ct info

    m

    tion, insu

    nce info

    m

    tion,

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    m

    tion of

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    ndle the insu

    nce comp

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    ovide the insu

    eith you

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    me,

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    ess,

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    . Do not p

    ovide

    eco

    ded st

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    ssign bl

    me to the othe

    d

    ive

    , but do not

    pologize eithe

    . Do not

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    e

    ny questions until

    fte

    you spe

    k

    ith

    n

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    nd fully unde

    st

    nd you

    ights.

These

e the b

sics th

t eve

y d

ive

should kno

in the event of

n

ccident. You should

lso m

ke su

e th

t you kno

hen the l

enfo

cement officeill file the

ccident

epo

t

nd obt

in

copy

s quickly

s possible. Some questions th

t

equi

e mo

e info

m

tion

bout you

ccident include:

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    much should my cl

    im settle fo

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    -level="1">

    h

    t should I do

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Eve

y c

se is unique, but

Houston c

ccident

tto

ney c

n

ns

e

these questions fo

you

ith

f

ee consult

tion. C

ll no

;

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e

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dy to he you

sto

y.

Li

bility

nd D

unk D

iving

ccidents in Houston

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f

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ly intoxic

ted p

t

on. To p

ove th

t

b

tende

o

se

ve

is p

tly

esponsible,

pl

intiff must est

blish th

t the

est

unt

o

ke

should h

ve fo

eseen th

t the pe

son they se

ved s too d

unk to d

ive. Some of the signs th

t someone m

y h

ve h

d too much

lcohol include:

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    diness

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    st

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    lcohol on the p

    t

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The se

ve

o

btende

must h

ve kno

n th

t

ny

vege pe

son could not s

fely opete

c

follo

ing such consumption. Next, the inju

ed p

ty must p

ove th

t the d

unk d

ive

c

used the inju

ies. This might constitute the e

siest p

t of filing

cl

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y insu

nce to cove

them foccidents c

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Tex

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uto Insu

nce

nd D

unk D

iving Cl

ims

One of the biggest conce

ns fon inju

ed victim is ho

to h

ndle insu

nce cl

ims follo

ing

Houston d

unk d

iving

ccident. The extent of you

inju

ies c

n vy depending on the ci

cumst

nces of youccident, but you m

y be subjected to the limits of the

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nce policy.

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    p

    ope

    ty d

    m

    ge

This level of cove

ge m

y not fully compens

te you fo

you

medic

l bills

fte

se

ious

ccident. Medic

l t

e

tment

ill v

y b

sed on you

inju

ies. This covege m

y p

ove sufficient if you h

ve mino

inju

ies—

ssuming the insunce comp

ny p

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cl

im But if you

inju

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mo

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ted.

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ies Follo

ing

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n imp

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c

ccident victim could suffe

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ious inju

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ies th

t c

n occu

in

ny type of c

ccident

nd th

t c

n be ex

ce

b

ted in d

unk d

iving

ccidents include:

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These

e only some of the inju

ies you could suffe

in

Houston d

unk d

iving

ccident. You m

y

lso be one of the hund

eds of f

mily membe

s

ho lost

loved one on

Houston

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d

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P

otect Youights Follo

ing

Houston D

unk D

iving

ccident

Unless you

e

lye

o

h

ve extensive kno

ledge of Tex

s’s leg

l system, d

unk d

iving ls,

nd insu

nce

egul

tions, the l

st thing you nt to do is

ttempt to

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cl

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equi

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t they

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ns th

t insu

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void p

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they st

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nnu

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You m

y get lulled into

f

lse sense of compl

cency

hen the insunce

djuste

ppe

s to be symp

thetic to

d you bec

use of you

inju

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ct is, insu

nce comp

nies e often just digging fo

info

m

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n help them

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st thing to keep in mind—if

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settlement,

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ive you

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