If you’re injured on publicly owned property, you might want to know who is liable. The attorneys at Springer & Lyle would refer you to the Texas Tort Claims Act for guidance. It gives the state, counties and municipalities certain immunities when they’re performing government functions unless they clearly and…
Unlike many other states, Texas doesn’t have strict statutory liability on animal bites. In fact, the State of Texas has no statute at all that governs liability and compensation for injuries in animal bite cases. That’s just one reason why Texans who are injured by animal bites need Springer &…
When you look out your front window and see a pizza delivery kid writhing in pain on the sidewalk in front of your house from slipping or tripping and falling, one of the things that goes through your mind is whether you’re liable for his injury. You didn’t even order…
With the holidays quickly approaching, parents everywhere will be flocking to the toy department in an effort to fill their child’s wish list. Unfortunately, thousands of children are hurt each year while playing with toys, many of which were on the “hottest toy” of the year list. Many of the…
Springer & Lyle wants you to know that millions of vehicles have been recalled by their manufacturers because of dangerously defective air bags. Injuries attributed to air bag deployment include brain, eye, cervical spine and chest injuries. Deaths have also been claimed. There’s strong evidence that the chemical propellant…
There is nothing more frightening for a driver than to have something mechanical go wrong with their vehicle that is the fault of the manufacturer. Occasionally an auto manufacturer will recall a vehicle part due to malfunction and the consumer must present the vehicle to the dealership for repair of…
No matter how it occurs, the consequences of a spinal cord injury can be overwhelming for a victim and their family. The medical costs alone over the course of a lifetime are gigantic. Springer & Lyle is a premier Texas catastrophic injury law firm. If you or somebody close to…
Construction work has the highest rate of job related injuries and fatalities in the country. There’s a major misunderstanding of the law involving construction accidents in the belief that workers’ compensation is the only available remedy when somebody is hurt or killed on a job site. That statement might generally…
The 2011 Texas Supreme Court ruling, Texas Mutual vs. Ruttiger, states that injured workers no longer can seek damages against insurance companies who deny claims “in bad faith.” Since this ruling, denials to workers comp claims have skyrocketed while claimants’ efforts in desputing denials has fallen to a success rate of…
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