Rear-end crashes look simple from the outside. The insurance company will still try to shift blame onto you. We make sure the facts, not their assumptions, decide your case.
Texas law generally presumes the driver who hits another vehicle from behind is at fault, but “presumed” isn’t “guaranteed.” Insurance companies still look for angles: sudden braking, brake lights that weren’t working, a stopped vehicle in an unexpected place.
Even a mostly clear-cut case can turn into a fight over percentages of fault, and every percentage point shifted onto you reduces what you can recover.
Whiplash and neck injuries are the most associated with rear-end impacts, but they’re often more serious than people expect, and not always obvious right after the crash.
Back injuries, concussions, and soft tissue damage are also common, even in crashes that look minor from the outside based on vehicle damage alone.
Not always. Texas law generally presumes the driver who hits another vehicle from behind is at fault, but that presumption can be challenged. If the front driver stopped suddenly for no reason, brake-checked, had non-working brake lights, or made an unsafe lane change, fault can shift or be shared. This is exactly the kind of thing an insurance company won’t investigate on its own.
Yes. Whiplash, neck, and back injuries from rear-end crashes often don’t show symptoms until hours or days later. Getting checked right away protects your health and creates the medical record that connects your injury to the crash. A gap in treatment is one of the first things an insurer uses to reduce a claim.
Admitting fault and paying fairly are two different things. Even in a clear-cut rear-end case, insurers argue over how much of your injury the crash actually caused, and try to shift a percentage of blame onto you, because under Texas’s comparative negligence rule, every percentage point they shift reduces what you recover.
Chain-reaction rear-end crashes can involve shared fault among several drivers. The driver who started the chain is often primarily responsible, but sorting out each driver’s share takes investigation. Don’t assume you’re liable just because you made contact with the car ahead of you.
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