Legal Insights for Austin and Central Texas

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Legal Insights for Austin and Central Texas
Delayed or Underpaid Insurance Claim in Texas? What Chapters 541 and 542 of the Insurance Code Allow

Delayed or Underpaid Insurance Claim in Texas? What Chapters 541 and 542 of the Insurance Code Allow

A delayed insurance claim in Texas can cost your insurer 18 percent interest plus attorney's fees. How Chapters 541 and…

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Sabine Pilot in Texas: When Your Boss Fires You for Refusing to Break the Law

Sabine Pilot in Texas: When Your Boss Fires You for Refusing to Break the Law

Under Sabine Pilot, Texas employees fired solely for refusing to commit a crime can sue. What the 1985 ruling covers,…

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Stiffed on Your Paycheck? The Texas Payday Law Claim Most Workers Miss

Stiffed on Your Paycheck? The Texas Payday Law Claim Most Workers Miss

The Texas Payday Law lets you recover unpaid wages through a free TWC claim, no lawyer needed. Over $15 billion…

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One Employee Is Now Enough: Texas’s 2021 Sexual Harassment Law and Small Employers

One Employee Is Now Enough: Texas’s 2021 Sexual Harassment Law and Small Employers

The Texas sexual harassment law 2021 now covers employers with one or more workers, allows individual liability, and gives you…

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Who Can File a Wrongful Death Claim in Texas (and Who the Law Shuts Out)

Who Can File a Wrongful Death Claim in Texas (and Who the Law Shuts Out)

Who can file wrongful death texas claims? Only the spouse, children, and parents. See who Texas law shuts out and…

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The Arbitration Clause You Signed at Admission: Can Texas Families Still Sue a Nursing Home?

The Arbitration Clause You Signed at Admission: Can Texas Families Still Sue a Nursing Home?

A Texas nursing home arbitration agreement does not automatically bar a lawsuit. See when it fails, plus why 2 in…

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85 Miles Per Hour: How SH 130 Through Bastrop County Raises the Stakes in a Crash

85 Miles Per Hour: How SH 130 Through Bastrop County Raises the Stakes in a Crash

SH 130's 85 mph stretch near Bastrop County makes crashes deadlier. Why an SH 130 accident lawyer and vehicle data…

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Invitee, Licensee, or Trespasser: How Texas Premises Law Decides If a Property Owner Owes You

Invitee, Licensee, or Trespasser: How Texas Premises Law Decides If a Property Owner Owes You

Texas premises liability invitee licensee and trespasser status sets the duty a property owner owed you. Falls send 3M to…

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Filing an Injury Suit in Hays County: What Buda Plaintiffs Should Know About the Local Courts

Filing an Injury Suit in Hays County: What Buda Plaintiffs Should Know About the Local Courts

A Hays County personal injury lawsuit is filed in San Marcos under a 2-year deadline. Learn which courts hear your…

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Hurt by Another Company’s Crew? Third-Party Liability on Texas Construction Sites

Hurt by Another Company’s Crew? Third-Party Liability on Texas Construction Sites

Hurt by another company's crew on a Texas job site? Third-party construction accident claims recover full damages. 128 Texans died…

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