Defective roadway traffic accident cases are often very complex. They typically involve suing a government entity, which mean you may have a very short amount of time to take action and that different procedures must be followed than in a regular car accident. Discovering and proving a roadway defect is very important. It some cases it can clear you or another innocent driver of both financial and criminal responsibility. Our Texas traffic accident attorneys are ready to help.
Examples of Defective Roadways
Roadways can be defective in many ways. Anything from a dangerous road design to poor maintenance can cause a serious accident. Some roadway defects do not cause accidents, but cause injuries to be worse than they would have been in the event of an accident. Examples of roadway defects include:
- Malfunctioning traffic signal
- Missing or obscured stop sign
- Missing, obscured or malfunctioning warning signs
- Blind intersections
- Missing or defective guardrails
- Failure to use breakaway posts for road signs, light pole, or signal poles
- Debris or obstacles which are not removed in a timely fashion
- Poorly maintained bridges and overpasses
- Excessive oil or gravel
- Soft shoulder
- Unmarked shoulder drop off
- Inadequately marked constructions zones
- Inadequate highway division
- Defective road design
- Potholes
- Defective streetlights
- Dangerous intersections which have not been corrected despite a history of accidents
If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a traffic accident, please call our Texas traffic accident attorneys or submit an online questionnaire. The initial consultation with our personal injury lawyers is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, in most cases we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a personal injury lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.