A How-To: Avoid injuries, minimize liability and protect guests from harm. (It’s generally considered poor etiquette if invited guests have to leave your home by ambulance.) Just what does Texas law say when it comes to the liability of homeowners for conditions on their property? This area of law is well-established but often misunderstood. Here are the basics: First and foremost, realize that you (as the homeowner) are NOT an insurer… Just because someone is injured on your property does not make you automatically liable. Sometimes best friend Joe’s common sense, good judgment and hand-eye coordination simply vacate the premises,

How Texas law bites back hard with liability for pet owners, and what you can do to help stay out of the legal doghouse. Since there’s absolutely no way your gentle, loving and loyal dog could ever-ever-ever harm anyone, this article is about all those other dogs out there. But on the off-chance your adorable pooch has a really bad day (or feels some peer pressure), here’s what Texas law says about your liability should Fido turn Bito… As an owner of a dog, you can be held “strictly liable” under the law (meaning automatically liable!) IF: 1) Your dog previously bit a