Blog Category - Distracted Driving Accidents

Dec

Lawsuit Alleges Cell Phone Use in Fatal Truck Crash

The family of a 4-year old child who was struck by a San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) work truck has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the driver of the truck was using his cellphone at the time of the accident. The 4-year old was one of two children injured in the...

Dec

Parents Face Third Lawsuit in Fatal Crash

The parents of a teenager driving a pickup truck in an accident where four people died face a third lawsuit, Frenkel & Frenkel says.The parents of a teenager who was driving a pickup that crashed and killed four people face a third lawsuit, which was filed by the mothe...

Dec

Texting and Driving | Leads to Manslaughter Charge

Texting and driving led to manslaughter charges against an Anchorage teenager after he killed a young mother of two. Dallas law firm, Frenkel & Frenkel, understands the dangers of texting and driving, but a teenager in Anchorage, Alaska, did not heed the warnings of those da...

Dec

Dangers of Texting While Driving

Statistics show that mobile devices significantly increase the incidence of distracted driving. With the popularity of mobile devices increasing exponentially, many Dallas law firms are seeing first-hand evidence of the dangers of using those mobile devices while driving.&nb...

Dec

Drugged Driving Prevention Month

There are many indications that drugs can affect driving skills, and most of these are similar to those present in drunk-driving situations. The White House has proclaimed December as National Drugged Driving Prevention Month, according to Frenkel & Frenkel, a Dallas law fir...

Dec

Drunken Driving (DWI) case/punative damages

Driving drunk, as well as texting, and talking on the phone can leave a defendant open to punitive damages. These are damages meant to punish someone for their behavior. The below case is believed to be one of , if not the largest, DWI punitive award ever. Record Dam...

Dec

Another Wrong Way Crash

Another tragic crash on I20 last night in Dallas. Three people killed a 45 year old woman who had just finished her shift at Baylor. She was a resident of Cedar Hill. The crash was head on between and Infiniti driven by Ramiro Moreno and his passenger Ian Edward Pierson and a Je...