T-bone accidents are often caused by failure to yield the right of way.
Woman Hospitalized With Critical Injuries Following T-Bone Collision Last Week
According to a KSAT News report, a woman was rushed to the hospital after a major accident last week, which also injured 4 other people.
Police reported the accident happened at around 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3rd, at a parking lot in the 7800 block of Grissom Road. A van reportedly made a left turn into a parking lot in front of a pickup truck that had the right of way. The truck hit the van on the passenger side, where the woman was sitting. She was thrown from the front seat to the back and was critically injured. She was taken to the hospital along with four others who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the van was arrested on an active arrest warrant for reasons unrelated to the accident.
Did You Know?
Roughly 8,000 people in the United States die in T-bone accidents every year.
Right of Way in T-bone Collisions: Determining Fault
Many auto accidents across the country are caused by one or more drivers failing to yield the right of way.
Many people assume that if they have the right of way, they are never at fault for an accident — after all, the other driver broke the rules of the road. While having the right-of-way is usually a great benefit to your claim, it doesn’t automatically mean you’re not at fault for a T-bone collision.
Either Vehicle Can Be At-Fault for a T-Bone Collision
To illustrate this point, we’ll look at a hypothetical example.
Driver A and Driver B approach a 4-way stop at the same time. Driver A is the furthest to the right, so they have the right of way and pull out. However, Driver B decided to pull ahead, though they didn’t have the right of way, and a collision occurred.
Who’s at fault in this scenario?
Well, it depends. If Driver A didn’t have time to react to Driver B or tried to avoid a collision but couldn’t, then Driver B would bear the blame. If, on the other hand, Driver A saw Driver B in plenty of time but was angry about their incorrect assumption of the right of way, Driver A would bear some fault for the accident.
Additionally, if Driver A were texting and failed to see Driver B, Driver A would also bear partial blame for the accident, even if they had the right of way.
Suing for a T-Bone Collision Partial Fault
In Texas, if you were only partially responsible for an accident, you can collect reduced compensation for your injuries. However, if you were more than 50% responsible, you are barred from filing a personal injury claim for the accident.
If you are found to be 30% responsible for an accident, you could recover compensation for your injuries minus the 30% that you are deemed responsible for. Therefore, if the claim is for $100,000, you would be able to collect only $70,000, and so on.
Injured in a T-Bone Collision in Texas? Call Carabin Shaw.
If you were hurt in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be entitled to compensation for things like:
- Ambulance Costs,
- ER Treatment,
- Other Medical Care,
- Trauma/PTSD,
- Missed Work,
- Loss of Earning Capacity,
- TBI,
- Spinal Cord Injury,
- Wrongful Death,
- And More.
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