Hobson, TX Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

You should hire a qualified and experienced injury attorney to pursue a claim for all your injuries, damages and losses caused by this drunk driver. A good injury lawyer will pursue any and all avenues of financial recovery, including her insurance and/or personal assets, any UIM insurance you may have on your insurance policy, and any restitution which may be ordered from the county which prosecutes her DUI case. An injury lawyer will also make sure all health insurance and/or medical payments coverage (this is on an auto insurance policy) covers your medical care as well. Finally, any and all sources of liability should be examined as well. For example, while she is obviously liable for most/all of the damages, there are potential other third parties who could be at fault (the bar or private party where she got drunk if applicable, roadway design, emergency personnel for not moving the vehicle or setting up cones, flashers, etc., and potential others). But yes, you should hire a personal injury attorney for this situation.

You should seek immediate treatment for the broken and/or fractured thumb. You need to contact a local personal injury attorney as you have only two years to file a lawsuit for the sustained damages. If you were involved in a car accident at the time of injury, the defendant's insurance company will need to be contacted. Hopefully, you exchanged insurance information. If not, then this information will need to be acquired.

One cannot automatically make a claim just because one falls on someone's property. In this instance, clearly your wife is an innocent victim and not at fault. However, she would still have the burden of proving that the store did something wrong, or committed negligence. If water spilled on the floor seconds before your wife encountered it, it would be difficult to find fault with the store. The store would not be expected to have found the slippery substance in such short a time period. However, if the slippery substance was on the floor for quite some time, giving the store time to discover it, then it may be responsible. Certainly, if the spill was caused by the store or an employee, then the store is liable. My best suggestion is to contact an experienced slip and fall lawyer.