On April 20, the tragic Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and explosion killed 11 workers on the oil platform operated by BP. Since then BP’s negligence also has led to environmental and economic devastation along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, ruining businesses and livelihoods.
Such innocent victims of the BP oil spill deserve and have a legal right to financial compensation, and veteran Gulf Coast law firm Jim S. Adler & Associates is determined to get it for them.
Seven weeks after BP’s negligence led to oil being vented into the Gulf of Mexico, millions of gallons of crude oil continue to spill into its waters, with BP failing again and again to stop it. As a result of this toxic oil spill clouding Gulf waters, thousands of individuals and businesses face financial devastation. Such innocent victims include oystermen, fishermen, shrimpers and owners of restaurants, motels, hotels and other tourism businesses venues up and down the coasts of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida.
BP’s poor safety record and cost-cutting in crucial places makes the British company liable for damages. Indeed, American victims have a legal right to pursue an oil spill lawsuit against BP to claim fitting economic compensation for oil spill losses and damages. Gulf Coast law firm Jim S. Adler & Associates can provide this help via an oil spill lawsuit or BP lawsuit.
“That oil is destroying a precious habitat and a way of life that make us strong and independent,” says Jim Adler, founder of Jim S. Adler & Associates. “It’s as toxic as British Petroleum’s safety record,” he said, noting the deaths of 15 BP workers at a Texas City, TX refinery in 2005.
The Obama administration is pushing BP to launch an independent victims’ compensation fund to help Americans whose livelihood has been damaged if not devastated BP’s oil spill. Such a fund, perhaps administered by a third party, could provide some economic recovery for oil spill victims of BP’s negligence.
In mid-June President Obama toured the coasts of Mississippi, Florida and Alabama to gather facts on the BP fiasco. Also financially harmed by the oil spill crisis are the states of Louisiana and Texas. These Gulf Coast states have had fishing and tourism industries worth billions of dollars, but BP’s catastrophic failures have changed that.
“BP is ruining lives and families in five states,” Adler says. “Your family does not have to suffer because some foreign company wanted to profit at your expense and ignored common sense safety rules. A lawsuit is your fundamental American right. I’ll take your outrage and get what you deserve.
Jim S. Adler & Associates is a longtime Gulf Coast law firm that’s been helping injury victims for more than 30 years. With principal offices in Houston, TX, Adler & Associates is based in the heart of the energy industry and knows what it takes to get justice for victims of oil rig disasters. The veteran Gulf Coast law firm offers a free case review.
Did you know that almost a fourth of all Texas drivers don’t have auto insurance? That means drivers of 4.1 million vehicles are in violation of state law. Obviously, not enough is being done to reverse the problem, but there is something you can do to protect your family from it: You can buy uninsured motorist coverage for your auto insurance policy.
Otherwise, when an uninsured or underinsured driver harms you or a family member, you may face substantial difficulty obtaining monetary compensation for your medical costs and other setbacks. It won’t matter that you weren’t to blame or that you have auto insurance for your vehicle. After an uninsured motorist causes a car crash because of negligent or reckless driving, innocent victims can get stuck with the bill.
But a solution is basic and simple. Uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage may cost as little as 30 per cent of what you pay for liability insurance, yet can offer a tremendous degree of protection. After a costly car accident, if the negligent driver who harmed you has little or no insurance, your UM/UIM coverage can provide the protection you need.
For traffic collisions, state-mandated liability coverage in Texas is $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident. If your damages are more than this, your UM/UIM coverage can protect you. The cost of such coverage is a small price to pay when you consider the enormous savings it can provide you if you are injured by an uninsured driver.
Persons who ride motorcycles in Texas especially should consider getting UM/UIM coverage. Texas has a higher rate than most states of motorcycle accident injuries and deaths, and since motorcyclists are more vulnerable, their post-accident costs can be enormous. Also keep in mind that most motorcycle crashes are caused by negligent drivers of cars that fail to yield, and since many such drivers don’t carry insurance, a motorcyclist must have added UM/UIM protection.
Nor can you rely only on your health insurance after an accident, since health insurance doesn’t cover lost present and future wages or pain and suffering. By contrast, UM/UIM coverage can lend these protections.
Enforcing state law requires far more to be done to get uninsured drivers off our roads. The Houston-area cities of Richmond and Pasadena, TX have one solution: impound uninsured drivers’ cars until they get insurance. After all, they’re being driven illegally. But you can provide your own counter-action: Buy UM/UIM coverage to protect your family – and possibly ensure your peace of mind.
Personal injury law firm Jim S. Adler & Associates, of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Channelview, TX, strongly advises that Texas drivers protect themselves via uninsured motorist coverage. Also, an Adler car accident attorney can help make sure proper financial compensation comes from a car accident insurance claim.
Each year, the national death toll from drunk drivers hits its peak during what should be a joyous season. The year-end holidays bring increased revelry, and thus increased drunk driving, leading to serious injuries and even death for innocent victims.
If a loved one in your family is such a victim, take comfort in the fact that you can fight back via a drunk driving lawsuit. A drunk driving lawyer or car accident attorney can press for financial compensation for your losses, including medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering.
This form of legal action is necessary and vital, in that America’s drunk driving toll is catastrophically high. In 2007 alone,-,000 Americans died due to drunk drivers — almost a third of all who died in traffic collisions. And in the state of Texas in 2008, drunk drivers slaughtered 975 persons. That’s 28 per cent of the total traffic accident fatalities.
Historically, it looks even worse. More than a half million Americans have died due to drunk drivers since’82. In short, drunk drivers have killed more Americans than have all foreign enemies in combat in each American war or military action for 70 years, including World War II. In effect, Americans are being slaughtered by domestic enemies in an undeclared war which never ceases.
Texas recently beefed up its laws to assist police officers in making drunk driving arrests. Starting on Sept. 1, 2009, police were authorized to take blood samples to ascertain blood alcohol levels (BAC) in suspected drunk drivers without first obtaining a warrant. This only can be done: if the suspect already has a drunk driving record; if a victim other than the suspect dies or is expected to die; if a victim other than the suspect suffers an injury and must be hospitalized; or if at least one passenger in any vehicle in the accident is a child under 15 years old.
Further fighting drunk drivers is the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, a nationwide organization which has chapters throughout Texas. MADD helps drunk driving victims and their families or survivors to cope with grief, but that’s not all. It also supports new laws to combat drunk driving carnage, including a law mandating breath-testing devices in cars to keep a drunk driver from starting the engine.
While these kinds of efforts certainly can help, the devastating impact of drunk driving goes on. A clear and loud message must be sent to drunk drivers that they will be held responsible for what they do, both legally and monetarily. A knowledgeable car accident attorney or drunk driving lawyer can send that message while fighting for victims’ rights – and justice.
Jim S. Adler & Associates is a longtime Texas personal injury law firm with offices in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Channelview. The law firm offers a free case review and represents victims of auto, car, SUV, truck, motorcycle, bus and other traffic accidents.
Traffic accidents impact Texans more than any other personal injury event. Each year, as many as 3,400 Texans are killed in a traffic accident or auto collision, and many more thousands are injured, sometimes for life.
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When a car, auto, motorcycle, bus, SUV or truck accident is caused by another person’s negligence, victims are entitled by law to full and fair financial compensation for their losses, including medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering. Yet gaining such recovery often isn’t easy and requires special help – legal help.
One big problem is that so many Texas drivers are uninsured. In Houston, an estimated 15 per cent of drivers lack insurance. If such drivers injure others in a car crash, victims must depend on their own insurance company for protection, which they often don’t receive.
As a practice, insurance companies often delay, deny or underpay coverage. Some offer a quick settlement to customers that’s far less than what they are really owed.
That can be overcome with help from an experienced Houston car accident lawyer who knows the true value of a client’s claim. For decades, many thousands of Texans have found such experience in the law firm of Jim S. Adler … Associates.
Based in Houston but with offices also in San Antonio, Channelview and Dallas, the veteran car accident law firm makes greedy insurance companies meet their obligations to customers, even if that means filing a car accident lawsuit.
Yet few cases go to court. In fact, 90 per cent are settled out of court, without litigation. Texans depend on the Houston car accident lawyers of Jim “the Texas Hammer” Adler to gain such results, and the financial recovery to which they are entitled by law.
Jim S. Adler & Associates is an established Dallas personal injury lawyer with offices also in Houston, San Antonio and Channelview. The law firm offers a free case review and represents victims of auto, car, SUV, truck, motorcycle, bus and other traffic accidents, as well as defective drug and defective medical device victims.
