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 from doing …

2 days ago · Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been in a wheelchair since his 20s, and it's all because of a freak accident where a tree fell on him and broke his back.

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 limb snapped off a large oak tree as he was passing under it, crushing his spine and damaging his kidneys. Abbott sued the homeowner and tree care company and won a settlement, which shows tax …

Abbot thus far has collected more than $5 million for his injuries and will receive $15,000 a month, with cost-of-living increases, for the rest of his life. When Abbott was a 26-years-old unemployed law …

Mar 1, 2024 · In 1984, at age 26, while jogging in Houston, Abbott was struck by a falling oak tree that crushed his lower vertebrae, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. After months of surgeries …

Mar 16, 2023 · After graduating from Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1984, Abbott and his wife, Cecilia, returned to Texas. Just weeks later, he was out running in the River Oaks neighborhood …

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 fell on …

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 paralyzed,...

Jul 23, 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 from doing …