Month: November 2012

The brain is pretty important. As the control center of all of our body's functions, not to mention what drives our motions and interactions with others, it has a lot going on.Needless to say, that means that injuries to the brain can have a pretty significant impact...

A toxicology test is often used by potential employers to determine whether or not an individual has been under the influence of an illegal drug.The test is typically performed by taking a saliva or urine sample. Blood tests can also be used, but they require more...

Matt Kyle has acquired a new recognition for his superb trial advocacy skills.The National Trial Lawyers have recently named Matt Kyle as one of the Top 100 trial lawyers in Texas. Each year, the exclusive organization chooses 100 trial lawyers from each state to...

At the , we care about our community. That's one of the reasons we decided to become a sponsor of the TEAM Youth Foundation Football League in New Braunfels this fall.The TEAM (short for Texas Education Athletics & Mentoring) Youth...

Motorcycle-related deaths and injuries are on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1.74 per 100,000 people in the U.S. died frommotorcycle accidents in 2008, a 55% increase over the 2001 rate of 1.12 per 100,000.Similarly, there...

What is the difference between a DUI and DWI in Texas? The terms are often used interchangeably. But do they mean different things?Yes. First of all, they stand for different things. DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence, while DWI is an acronym for Driving While...

Texas' zero tolerance policy means that minors can't drive a car after having consumed any amount of alcohol. For this reason, minors don't have to be intoxicated in order to break an alcohol law related to driving. They merely have to be under the influence of any...

Over the weekend, a head-on car crash on Highway 46 south resulted in three injuries. In the early hours of Saturday morning, two small cars traveling in opposite directions on the highway collided.Two of the passengers in one of the vehicles involved in the accident...

211,006 people were injured in car accidents on Texas roads in 2011. 57,919 of these Texas car accidents resulted in a serious injury, making for a total of 79,573 people seriously injured in car wrecks.Of the 3,015 people killed in Texas road accidents in 2011, 419...

This past month the city of Amarillo joined a number of other Texas cities in banning or severely restricting the use of cell phones while driving.By a 4-1 vote, the Amarillo City Commission passed a ban on the use of all hand-held devices while driving. The use of...