Nov 8, 2022 · TEXAS Governor Greg Abbott has revealed more about the freak accident that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair. The story "is one of triumph over tragedy," the Texas …

Jul 15, 2024 · Forty years ago this week, a tree fell on Greg Abbott, paralyzing the future governor from the waist down. He sued for damages and won millions—and then helped stop Texans …

Mar 12, 2014 · A 27 year old Greg Abbott was jogging in the upscale River Oaks Houston neighborhood in 1986. It was a windy day. A limb fell off of a tree and hurt him. The limb sadly …

Aug 2, 2013 · Attorney General Greg Abbott, paralyzed by a falling oak tree in 1984, will receive more than half a million dollars this year from a legal settlement that guarantees him a six …

Feb 18, 2002 · When a 75-foot oak tree snapped and fell, crippling a jogger named Greg Abbott in July 1984, he did what most Texans would do: He sued the owner of the tree. A few months …

Feb 25, 2022 · Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has received the full amount of the lawsuit settlement from the 1984 accident that put him in a wheelchair — $8.9 million. Abbott, 65, was the state’s …

Jul 15, 2019 · AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thirty-five years ago Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott’s life changed forever. He was jogging in a west Houston neighborhood when a large oak tree cracked and …

Aug 3, 2013 · AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has received more than $5 million so far from a lawsuit over a felled tree in 1984 that left the Republican gubernatorial candidate …

Sep 27, 2019 · Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt apologized late Friday for saying Gov. Greg Abbott “hates trees because one fell on him" during a panel discussion at The Texas Tribune …

Aug 2, 2013 · Abbott was 27 at the time of the incident and was out for an afternoon jog when a large oak tree toppled, crushing his spine. Abbott sued the homeowner and tree care company …