Under the guise of controlling rising healthcare costs, the Texas legislature began passing laws in the early 2000s claiming that they “reformed” the legal system to discourage frivolous lawsuits. In reality, medical malpractice tort reform discouraged frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits by making all medical malpractice lawsuits more expensive and risky for lawyers to pursue. The…

Houston, Texas. As a continuing sponsor of the annual Walk Like MADD fundraising event for 2024 Southeast Texas, the attorneys at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. are proud to be teaming up with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to provide a sober ride home on New Year’s Eve. About Walk Like Madd Walklikemadd.org Southeast Texas will…

A birthday celebration turned into a tragedy at an exclusive Houston area fitness club on Sunday, August 25, 2024, when the body of a 7-year-old girl was recovered from the main resort-style pool. The girl was rushed to Texas Children’s Hospital but did not survive. The Houston police department has not concluded its investigation into…

On June 20, 2024, A 16-year-old boy and his mother were tragically killed when they were struck as they exited a parking lot by a speeding police car with no lights or sirens on. The police car was driven by third-year police officer, Blademir Viveros, of the Missouri City Police Department. Viveros was responding to…

An 18-wheeler truck driver died over the weekend when he crashed into a row of stopped vehicles on U.S. 287 in Arlington between Fort Worth and Dallas. The vehicles ahead of the big rig had come to a stop due to construction when the truck driver apparently did not notice in time to slow down.…

In the past eight days, there were two motorcycle crashes on the northeast side of San Antonio involving police crashes. In both cases, the motorcycle operator was killed while evading arrest. In one of the two crashes, an innocent driver who was hit was also killed. These crashes demonstrate the risks of police chases.  When…

A Fort Worth fatal crash this morning around 1 a.m. between a Camero and another vehicle left 5 occupants of the stricken vehicle dead. The struck vehicle was pushed into a concrete barrier and burst into flames. Three adults and two children were killed inside the vehicle. While identities of the deceased have not yet…