A FedEx box truck backing out of a loading zone on 21st Street in Tulsa needs only about four seconds to clear a parking space, and in that narrow window a driver who skips a mirror check can put a pedestrian on the pavement with a broken wrist instead of just a scraped bumper. Multiply […]
A driver rear-ended on the Creek Turnpike near 91st Street in Tulsa this past March spent six weeks in physical therapy before her attorney ever sent the first demand letter to the insurance company. Cases like hers raise the question almost every injured person eventually asks: how long does a personal injury lawsuit take in […]
$750,000 is the federal minimum liability insurance a motor carrier must carry to haul general freight in interstate commerce, and that number has not moved since 1980 even as medical costs and vehicle values have climbed for decades (minimum insurance). For a Tulsa, Oklahoma family facing hospital bills after a collision with an 80,000-pound rig, […]
School zones are designed to protect children, but the combination of heavy traffic, school buses, distracted drivers, pedestrians, bicycles, and rushed drop-off and pickup periods can create serious risks. A moment of inattention can result in a child being struck by a vehicle, injured in a school bus accident, or hurt in a collision near […]
Oklahoma law gives most personal injury victims exactly two years from the date of an accident to file a lawsuit, and once that window closes, the courthouse door typically shuts for good. That single fact is behind one of the most common questions injury victims search for months or even years later: can you still […]
Federal law requires most interstate trucking companies to carry at least $750,000 in liability insurance, yet many injured drivers still assume a semi truck accident settlement is valued the same way as an ordinary fender-bender claim with a passenger car. That assumption is wrong, and treating a truck wreck like a routine car accident can […]
Contingency fees for personal injury lawyers across the United States typically fall between 25 percent and 40 percent of a settlement, with one third, or 33.3 percent, cited most often in industry surveys of fee agreements. That range answers part of the question, but how much does a car accident lawyer take from settlement in […]
A shared chain-link fence along a quiet street in a Tulsa neighborhood is often the only thing separating two families’ backyards, and it only takes a loose gate latch or a few worn-out inches of wire for a dog to slip through and reach a neighbor’s yard, mail carrier, or child playing near the property […]
Oklahoma has required dog owners to pay for bite injuries under a strict liability law since 1947, not a one bite rule that lets a first attack go unpunished. That single fact surprises a lot of people, because the “one bite rule” is such a common phrase that many assume every state, including Oklahoma, still […]
A loaded 18-wheeler weighing up to 80,000 pounds rear-ended four vehicles stopped in traffic on Interstate 44 near downtown Tulsa last winter, and the first question every injured driver asked afterward was the same one that brings most people to this page: semi truck hit my car, who do I sue, the driver or the […]