Need Help After a Car Accident? Just Call, No Need to Drive-Through.

It's not every day that we Galveston car accident lawyers get to write about a car accident that actually impacts a law firm building. But it's actually not very unusual for car collisions to impact nearby buildings. This two-car accident in Galveston on August 12, 2011 fortunately caused no major injuries.

But as Kathleen Collins, the law office's owner, points out: this Galveston car accident will necessitate major structural repairs to her building on Broadway. This will be the third major rehab to her Galveston building since she took ownership in 2006. The first renovation was to refurbish the abandoned drug store into a stately law office. The second renovation followed Hurricane Ike. And many of Galveston's buildings needed repair after that particular hurricane. And now a car making an unintended drive-through precipitates another redo.

The building's owner is a sensible lawyer, and she mentions that she has insurance coverage on the building. Her policy likely insures the building against disasters both foreseen (Galveston hurricanes) and unforeseen (cars that try to use her building for drive-through legal service). In the news interview, the lawyer owner of the building seems to view the Galveston car accident with both the expected exasperation and a touch of sardonic humor. She perhaps sees the irony of this unexpected lesson on the value of accident insurance taking place in the law firm setting.