Texting While Driving

Within the broader personal injury practice of Aulsbrook Car & Truck Wreck Injury Lawyers Arlington, distracted-driving matters tied to texting behind the wheel occupy a distinct and recurring place. The firm, a personal injury attorney practice at 424 E Lamar Blvd #200 in Arlington, Texas, handles car and truck wreck claims across Tarrant County, and collisions caused by drivers reading, writing, or sending electronic messages are a familiar thread running through that car accident work. This page profiles how that particular type of case fits into the firm's overall focus and what such a matter typically involves for injured people in the Arlington area.

How Texting-Related Wrecks Fit Aulsbrook Car & Truck Wreck Injury Lawyers Arlington's Work

Texting while driving sits alongside the firm's other car accident concentrations — rear-end collisions, T-bone crashes, head-on collisions, hit-and-run incidents, and wrecks involving teen drivers, fatigued drivers, and drunk drivers. It also overlaps with the practice's motor vehicle, rideshare, and commercial truck matters, since a distracted motorist behind the wheel of a passenger car, an 18 wheeler, or an Uber, Lyft, or Waymo self-driving vehicle can cause the same severe outcomes. Those outcomes may include traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, paralysis, burn injury, and wrongful death — the catastrophic-injury areas the firm regularly addresses. Treating a texting case as one piece of this larger vehicle-injury practice lets the firm connect the specific conduct of a distracted driver to the full scope of harm a client has suffered.

What a Texting-While-Driving Matter Involves in Plain Language

Texting while driving is prohibited under Arlington's traffic code and under Texas Traffic Code §545.4251, which makes it illegal to use a portable wireless communication device to read, write, or send an electronic communication. The statute carries notable exceptions: using a device while the vehicle is stopped, reading a message when the driver reasonably believes there is an emergency, using a hands-free connection, or using the device for navigation. A first conviction can bring a fine of roughly $25 to $99 and a misdemeanor conviction, while texting that contributes to a crash causing serious bodily injury can carry a jail sentence of up to one year.

The civil side is where the firm's work concentrates. A criminal conviction cannot order compensation for bodily injuries, but it can serve as powerful evidence in a civil claim for damages. Under the doctrine of Res Judicata, a fact already decided by one court generally is not revisited by another, so a criminal finding that a driver was texting may be accepted by a civil court. Because civil courts may presume fault when a driver was violating the law at the time of a collision, a texting conviction can help establish negligence and strengthen an injured person's claim.

How Aulsbrook Car & Truck Wreck Injury Lawyers Arlington Approaches These Cases

The practice, associated with the Texas Law Dog name, works to investigate the outcome of any related criminal case and use those findings to support a civil claim for damages. Even where a conviction simplifies proof, an injured plaintiff still carries the burden of showing that the driver's negligence caused the crash, and the firm's role is to build that connection. A general sequence for a texting-related matter often looks like the following:

1. Review how the collision happened and identify signs that a distracted or texting driver was involved.
2. Gather evidence of the crash, injuries, and any police investigation into device use at the time.
3. Track the status and outcome of any criminal case for texting while driving.
4. Apply findings such as a conviction to help establish that the driver violated traffic law.
5. Connect that violation to the presumption of fault and the negligence required for a civil claim.
6. Document the full extent of the client's injuries and losses for the damages demand.
7. Pursue compensation on the client's behalf through the civil process.

Serving Arlington and the Surrounding North Texas Communities

The firm's office sits along East Lamar Boulevard, a busy corridor near Arlington's entertainment district and landmarks such as AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field, Choctaw Stadium, and The Parks Mall at Arlington. From that central location, Aulsbrook Car & Truck Wreck Injury Lawyers Arlington serves North Arlington, Central Arlington, East Arlington, Southeast Arlington, West Arlington, and neighborhoods including Viridian, Ryanwood, Harmony Hills, Mosier Valley, John T White, and Handley, along with Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Euless, Pantego, Hurst, and Bedford. These are areas where major highways and heavy metroplex traffic pass sites like Six Flags Over Texas, Hurricane Harbor Arlington, River Legacy Parks, and Randol Mill Park — everyday routes where a moment of distracted driving can cause lasting harm.

Reflecting Arlington's identity as a heavily traveled hub between Dallas and Fort Worth, the firm offers a locally rooted point of contact for people injured by distracted motorists. Residents and visitors throughout Tarrant County and the wider Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex can reach Aulsbrook Car & Truck Wreck Injury Lawyers Arlington by phone at +1 817-618-6190.