Texas Legal Blog | Polewski & Associates

If you have suffered a personal injury due to the negligent actions of another, you may be entitled to receive compensation for your damages. However, in order to achieve a successful outcome to your claim, you must be able to prove two important conditions:

In some cases involving personal injury, determining negligence is clear-cut. One party’s actions were 100% responsible for causing the injuries of the victim. In these situations, the victim is entitled to receive full compensation for all damages. Unfortunately, not all personal injury cases are this straight forward. In fact, in many cases both parties are at least partially responsible for the accident. If both parties share negligence, determining compensation becomes much more complicated.

As the victim of an auto accident caused by a careless and negligent drunk driver, you have certain rights related to court proceedings if the person is charged with a criminal act.

Because a drunk driver may be found guilty of criminal charges, you may be able to recover compensation from a crime victims' program; however, you also have the right to seek compensation and punitive damages for your injury through a civil lawsuit.

After being injured by a drunk driver, you may face:

Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of auto accidents, and cell phone use is one of the most common ways drivers become distracted. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 5,500 traffic fatalities were caused by distracted driving in 2009. More than a million traffic accidents are caused by cell phone use yearly.

Current Texas laws regarding cell phone use while driving include: