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Dallas Greyhound Bus Injury Lawyer

Posted on | May 8, 2012 | No Comments

Under Texas law Greyhound bus lines and other companies that provide transportation for a fee are common carriers. Under this designation, Greyhound bus lines and other bus companies are held to a higher standard of responsibility for protecting passenger safety than a private party is held when driving his or her vehicle.

Therefore a bus driver has a higher responsibility to ensure your safety while transporting you to your destination. Unfortunately, drivers and bus companies who fail to take necessary steps and precautions in safety can endanger their passengers. Common failures can include:

• Improper maintenance of braking systems
• Not inspecting and/or replacing worn tires
• Hiring unqualified drivers
• Drivers operating the bus while under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• Drivers operating the bus while sleep deprived

Buses are large, heavy vehicles that typically have no passenger seatbelts or restraint systems to protect passengers. When a bus is involved in an accident, passengers can be tossed about and/or sustain injuries from falling luggage or other unsecured items and become seriously injured.

There are many factors that can contribute and cause a bus accident which can range from bad road conditions to negligent driving. An experienced Dallas Greyhound bus injury lawyer understands these factors and will conduct a thorough investigation of the facts to determine if negligence caused your injuries.

Talk to a Dallas Greyhound bus injury lawyer today

Whether you were a passenger, a motorist, or pedestrian, our bus accident lawyers fight to get you fair compensation for your injuries. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call 214-638-0345 and schedule a free consultation to discuss your Greyhound bus accident. We accept cases on a contingency-fee basis and you pay no fee unless we win your case or negotiate a settlement for you.

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DART Bus Injury Attorney in Dallas

Posted on | April 24, 2012 | No Comments

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) provides public transportation in Dallas and twelve surrounding cities on buses, rail and railway vehicles. The DART system provides transportation to hundreds of thousands of Dallas area residents daily over its several hundred square mile area. With that kind of volume it isn’t surprising that sometimes accidents happen and pedestrians, motorists, and passengers can sustain serious injuries from such accidents.

Whether you are a driver, a pedestrian or a DART bus passenger, simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time can result in serious injuries and losses. There can be many causes and contributing factors for a bus accident but the most common causes are:

• Safety violations
• Poor bus maintenance
• Failure to yield
• Driver negligence/ recklessness
• Driver fatigue
• Negligent hiring/untrained personnel

Accidents involving city vehicles can be very complex because fault may apply to more than one party, and several injured individuals may file claims for the same accident. If you were injured because of or directly by a DART bus, there may be fewer individual claims, but you may also have sustained more serious injuries. However, regardless of the facts of your DART bus accident an experienced Dallas DART bus injury attorney can help you obtain any compensation to which you are legally entitled and to protect your rights.

Contact an experienced Dallas DART bus injury attorney

Our DART bus injury attorneys provide aggressive representation to clients in DART injury accident claims and work to get the best resolution for your case. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call us at 214-638-0345 to schedule a free consultation to discuss your DART accident injury case. We accept personal injury cases on a contingency-fee basis, and you pay no fees unless we win your case or negotiate a settlement on your behalf

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Dallas Foreclosure Attorney

Posted on | April 10, 2012 | No Comments

One of the great traditions of American life is home ownership. Often an individual’s most valued asset is their home—both in financial and emotional terms. If you are facing foreclosure or you have gotten behind on your mortgage payments, you are at risk for losing your home. However, you may still have options including:

• Non – bankruptcy solutions. Depending on your circumstances an experienced Dallas foreclosure attorney can help you determine if there are solutions outside of bankruptcy available to you such as:

o Refinancing. By refinancing your mortgage you may be able to make your payments more affordable by lowering your interest rate or switching from an adjustable-interest rate to a fixed interest rate loan (http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fixedinterestrate.asp#axzz1bueAhFgl).

o Forbearance. Through forbearance your payments are reduced or suspended for a short time period which gives you a chance to get back on your financial feet again. However, forbearance applies in cases of a temporary financial hardship and you must be able to resume payments within 90 days, as well as catch up on missed payments through a payment plan.

o Short sale. A short sale enables you to sell your home and settle your mortgage for less than the amount owed on the mortgage. However, while a short sale can help you to avoid foreclosure you still lose your home.

• Bankruptcy. If you want to keep your home, a Chapter 13 may give you the time you need to catch up on your back mortgage payments. If you want to sell your home, a Chapter 13 can provide more time so that you can get a better price than a foreclosure or short sale would yield. In either case a Chapter 13 does stop a foreclosure proceeding.

Contact a Board-Certified Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer

If you are facing foreclosure get legal help immediately. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call 214-638-0345 today and schedule a free consultation to see how we can help you.

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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Dallas

Posted on | March 27, 2012 | No Comments

A Dallas Chapter 13 bankruptcy is for individuals with regular income who want to pay their debts but are having difficulty doing so under their current repayment plans. Under court supervision, consumers propose a repayment plan to pay all or most of their debt over a three or five year period. You may file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy as long as you have sufficient disposable income and your debts do not exceed a certain amount.

Under current bankruptcy law all bankruptcy filers are required by law to take pre – bankruptcy credit counseling and post – filing debtor education. These sessions are not complex and typically take less than an hour to complete. Both the counseling course and the education course are inexpensive and generally cost about $50.

The process

Once you have filed all the required documents and forms with the bankruptcy court, a trustee is appointed to your case. The Chapter 13 filing provides an automatic stay which protects you against collection and legal actions against your assets and property, and creditors must stop all collection attempts. Depending on your disposable income you can propose a three or five year plan to repay your debt. Once the court has approved your plan, you begin making payments to your creditors. To receive a Chapter 13 discharge you must complete your repayment plan and the post – filing debtor education course, and submit the certificate of completion to the court.

There is a solution to financial difficulties

During these tough financial times, it is often difficult to know where to turn for help. Our experienced and certified bankruptcy attorneys can help you find the right financial solutions for your circumstances. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call 214-638-0345 for a free consultation to discuss your bankruptcy needs.

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Dallas Attorney to Sue Business for Premises Liability

Posted on | March 13, 2012 | No Comments

Texas property owners are required by law to maintain safe premises. When a property owner fails to do so, and an accident occurs, they can be held legally liable for injuries sustained by another.

Malfunctioning elevators, slippery floors, toxic exposure, broken steps, and other dangerous property conditions can cause serious harm. If you have sustained a serious injury while using or entering a public property, business or private home you may have a premises liability claim and be entitled to compensation for your losses such as:

• Pain and suffering
• Lost wages
• Medical bills

In many cases, even when a dangerous condition or situation is reported to a property owner, he or she does nothing about it and serious injuries that could have been avoided occur. Allowing a dangerous or unsafe condition to exist on a property without fixing it or warning others about it is inexcusable and the property owner will be held accountable if others are injured or harmed. Although Texas law is strict in premises liability cases, the courts still consider serious injuries due to insufficient security and gross negligence a very serious matter.

However, in order to hold a property owner liable for an injury sustained on his or her premises you must be able to prove:

• That the defendant is either the owner, landlord or manager and in control of the property

• That the defendant was aware of or should have been aware of the unsafe condition and did not fix the problem or warn people about it.

Get help from an experienced Dallas premises liability attorney

If you have sustained injuries because of a dangerous or unsafe condition on someone else’s property you need to speak to an experienced Dallas premises liability attorney. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call us at 214-638-0345 to schedule a free consultation to discuss your premises liability case.

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Garland TX Bankruptcy Help

Posted on | February 27, 2012 | No Comments

Many factors can cause or contribute to finding yourself drowning in debt. And today’s economy has only made things more difficult. The loss of a job, a serious illness, or a difficult divorce can wreak havoc with your financial security. Fortunately, the federal bankruptcy code provides a solution for people who have exhausted all other possibilities and still find themselves in financial trouble.

Individual consumers can file either a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy:

Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Chapter 7 liquidates your non-exempt assets to pay some or all of your debt. The court-appointed trustee oversees the process, including the selling of assets. Upon a Chapter 7 filing, an immediate stay goes into effect and creditors must cease collection attempts. Debts not paid through asset liquidation are discharged except for student loans and certain other debts.

Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Under a Chapter 13, you pay some or all of your debt over a three or five year period. You submit a repayment plan to the bankruptcy court and upon approval you begin making payments to your creditors. Once your repayment plan is completed, the bankruptcy is discharged. If you have secured debt such as a mortgage or car loan, under a Chapter 13 you may be able to retain your assets. Further, if your income exceeds median income, Chapter 13 may be your only bankruptcy option. An experienced Garland bankruptcy attorney can help you determine what type of consumer bankruptcy is appropriate for your circumstances.

A Garland bankruptcy attorney can help you get a fresh start

Bankruptcy offers consumers overwhelmed by debt a fresh start. Attorney Roger Fuller is a certified bankruptcy specialist and has helped numerous clients obtain bankruptcy relief since 1993. To regain your peace of mind contact us online or call 214-638-0345 and schedule a free consultation today to see how we can help you.

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Dallas Attorney to Sue Manufacturer for Product Liability

Posted on | February 13, 2012 | No Comments

Products liability law covers injuries resulting from dangerous and defective products. The range of products can be anything from food to medical devices. Because a product typically goes through a distribution chain, actions can be brought against the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, and the maker.

The three common types of product liability claims are:

• Manufacturing defect. A manufacturing defect occurs during the manufacturing process where low quality materials and/or shoddy workmanship is involved. For example, a frying pan with a flimsy handle that falls off during ordinary use would be a manufacturing defect.

• Design defect. A design defect is an ineffectively or even dangerously designed product regardless of method of manufacture. For example, automobile air bags that do not deploy correctly or at all would classify as a design defect.

• A failure to warn or marketing defects. A failure to warn involves products that do not have sufficient warnings of the non-obvious dangers to a consumer, regardless of the quality of manufacture or design. For example, a chemical compound that does not have a warning that when mixed with other chemicals or liquids could create a toxic gas would be a non-obvious danger to the consumer.

Talk to a Dallas personal injury lawyer today

Product liability cases can be complex and certain standards must be met to prove liability. An experienced Dallas personal injury lawyer can review the facts of your case and advise you on how to proceed with your product liability issue. Contact us online or call 214-638-0345 and schedule a free consultation today to see how we can help you. We accept personal injury cases on a contingency-fee basis and you pay no fee unless we win or negotiate a settlement on your behalf.

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Dallas Credit Card Debt Attorney

Posted on | January 30, 2012 | No Comments

High unemployment and a sluggish economy have made it difficult for even the most hard working among us to keep our financial house in order. It’s easy to get behind and unfortunately, many people are behind and see no way out. If you are getting dogged by credit card collection agencies it may be time to seriously discuss your debt relief options.

An experienced Dallas credit card debt attorney can review your financial situation and explain the options available to you. The most common solutions to overwhelming credit card debt are:

  • Chapter 7 bankruptcy
  • Chapter 13 bankruptcy
  • A debt settlement plan
  • A debt consolidation plan

You have rights under Texas debt collection law and collection agencies are forbidden to employ unfair debt collection practices including:

  • Harassment, such as:
    • Threats of harm or violence
    • Use of obscene or profane language
    • Repeated telephone calls intended to annoy
  • Lies, such as:
    • Claiming or implying they are attorneys or government agents
    • Representing that they are a credit bureau
    • Intentionally misrepresenting the amount of your debt
    • Misrepresenting notices as legal documents
    • Misrepresenting legal documents as mere notices
    • Threatening unfounded lawsuits
    • Threatening you with arrest for non-payment/imply you have committed a crime
    • Using a false name
    • Giving false credit information about you to anyone or any agency

    There are solutions to your financial problems

    Although overwhelming credit card debt can make you feel there is nothing that can be done, there are legal solutions available to you. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call 214-638-0345 and schedule a free consultation today to see how we can help find the right solution for your financial circumstances.

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    Dallas Property Tax Dispute – Valuation Attorney

    Posted on | January 16, 2012 | No Comments

    Property taxes are local taxes that are assessed based on the value of real property. Local officials value your property, set the rate, and then collect the tax. Often, property owners disagree with the appraisal either due to errors and/or the valuation of the property.

    All Texas property owners have the right to dispute their property taxes, whether it is a residential or commercial property. The Texas definition of property includes but is not limited to:

    • Single family dwellings
    • Condominiums
    • Patio homes
    • Undeveloped land
    • Farm land
    • Office buildings
    • Apartment complexes
    • Shopping malls

    Common reasons that property owners may want to dispute their property tax assessment include:

    • The valuation is higher than other comparable properties
    • The property was taxed by the wrong taxing unit
    • A valid exemption was denied
    • Other discrepancies

    An experienced Dallas property tax dispute attorney can help ensure that you get a fair property tax assessment and:

    • File appraisal protests
    • Provide representation at appraisal review board (ARB) hearings
    • Litigate the matter in court
    • Defend you against a delinquent taxes lawsuit

    Even if you rent a property in which the lease agreement requires that you pay the property owner’s property taxes, you may have grounds to appeal the assessment with the ARB.

    An experienced Dallas valuation attorney can help

    The Texas Property Tax Code and the administrative process of dispute can be complex and often requires the expertise of an experienced attorney. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call 214-638-0345 and make an appointment to talk to one of our valuation attorneys. Whether you are a homeowner, investor, a non-profit organization, or a major corporation you have rights and we can ensure your rights are protected.

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    Garland TX DWI Lawyer

    Posted on | December 30, 2011 | No Comments

    If the police suspect you are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, they may stop you and request you submit to a field sobriety and/or a breathalyzer test. As a general rule of thumb an experienced Garland DWI attorney would likely recommend you refuse such tests. Although refusal results in an immediate license suspension, a conviction on a DWI carries much more severe penalties. However, when refusing tests it is important that you remain calm and politely tell the police officer that you wish to speak with your lawyer before submitting to any tests.

    If you are arrested for a DWI you should speak to an experienced Garland, TX DWI attorney immediately. An experienced DWI attorney understands the issues that arise in a drunk driving case and conducts a thorough investigation of the facts to build an effective defense. Issues your attorney will address may include:

    • Probable cause
    • Accuracy of field sobriety tests
    • Accuracy of blood tests
    • Accuracy of breath tests
    • Civil rights violations
    • Improper administration of tests

    A DWI conviction cannot be expunged and carries more severe penalties if it is a second or third offense. Even a conviction on a first offense can include:

    • Up to 180 days in jail
    • Up to two years in jail if a passenger under 15 was in the vehicle
    • License suspension for up to a year
    • Up to $2,000 in fines
    • Up to $10,000 in fines if underage passengers were present
    • DWI surcharges for three years

    Contact an experienced Garland DWI attorney today

    A DWI can affect your life for years to come and DWI charges should be taken very seriously. Contact Fuller & Eason online or call 214-638-0345 to talk to one of our DWI attorneys today.

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