Chelsie King Garza

AI tools can generate nude or sexually explicit images that appear to depict real people who never consented to the images being made. Nudification apps and sexual deepfakes have lowered the barrier to creating and circulating this kind of material. Effective September 1, 2025, amendments to Chapter 98B of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code expanded civil liability to cover ‘artificial intimate visual material’: computer-generated intimate material in which a real person is recognizable by their face, likeness, voice or another distinguishing characteristic. Who can face liability under Chapter 98B? Chapter 98B allows a civil claim against a person who produces, solicits, discloses or promotes artificial intimate visual material without effective consent, intends to cause harm and actually causes harm. The depicted person must also be identifiable from the material. A person who creates the image, requests its creation or promotes it can also face liability if...

Adult survivors of child sexual abuse may have a substantial legal window to pursue civil claims in Texas. These claims can include failures that allegedly enabled or concealed abuse. Texas law provides a 30-year limitations period for specified child sexual abuse injury claims, making a careful review of historical facts and accrual dates essential. There is profound emotional weight that adult survivors carry when confronting past institutional (school, church, daycare, or youth organization) failure. The institution's leadership, rules, and records may have changed, but that doesn't eliminate the possibility of filing a civil claim. Texas laws provide some adult survivors a meaningful opportunity to examine institutional failures that occurred years earlier. A specialized Houston child sexual abuse attorney can evaluate the limitations period, evidence, and potential institutional liability to determine whether a claim remains viable and pursue justice decades later. What I...

An 18-wheeler crash can be devastating. The trucking company's insurance often steps in immediately. They claim, "It wasn't our fault; the driver had a sudden heart attack." This defense is legally recognized and incredibly difficult to prove. An experienced truck accident attorney can often pierce it by uncovering corporate corner-cutting. Here are more details on how to proceed if you're in a similar situation. What Is the Sudden Medical Emergency Defense in Texas Trucking Accidents? Many truck accidents involve an unavoidable theory when a driver's sudden, unforeseeable loss of consciousness causes a crash. The defense asks whether the driver was incapacitated before impact, whether that incapacity caused the crash, and whether it could reasonably have been anticipated.  Simply saying the driver had a heart attack isn't enough. Investigators ask whether symptoms appeared before impact, whether there were warning signs, what the medical records show, and...