Car insurance is required by law in every state on the Gulf Coast. If you own a car, you must buy a minimum amount of insurance to cover that car and protect people you injure and property you damage in an accident. One of the most common kinds of insurance that protects you is called uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, or UM [...]
If you are starting a new small business, you know that it’s important to plan ahead and avoid unexpected costs. Before you open your doors to customers, consider how you will answer these three questions. Doing this may help you to reduce potential problems and to maximize your business’s value. First, what risks are you inheriting? This question applies if [...]
Waltzer Wiygul & Garside, LLC proudly announces the addition of Attorney Marc P. Florman to our firm. Mr. Florman currently litigates an active docket from the Westbank office. We are honored to have him.
We represent a large number of first and second generation immigrant clients, many of them injured in an accident. I’ve noticed a disturbing practice by attorneys who represent insurance companies that are supposed to pay when someone gets hurt. As soon as they see a name or hear an accent that seems “different” they turn to intimidation tactics based on [...]
By: Jaon Bacon; USA TODAY 8:32 a.m. EDT March 24, 2014 Three cruise ships were among scores of boats trapped by an "extremely serious" oil spill that closed the shipping channel connecting Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico for a second day Sunday, the Coast Guard said. On Saturday, a barge carrying almost 1 million gallons of heavy oil [...]
The WWG team is actively following the Texas Oil Spill into Galveston Bay. The extent of the damage is unknown at this point in time. Jim Guidry, executive vice president of Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine Corp., said the company - the nation's largest inland barge company and owner of the barge that spilled the oil - was taking responsibility for [...]
