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Nothing up front. Our firm works on a contingency fee which means our payment comes as a percentage of what we recover for you. If we recover nothing you owe no attorney fee. The percentage gets stated in writing before you sign and case expenses are advanced by the firm.

A personal injury attorney should never charge you to explain the fee. We go over the full agreement line by line in the free consultation so you know the numbers before you decide anything.

Not always. A true minor crash with no injuries and clear fault can often be handled directly with the carrier. Call an attorney if you felt any pain within seventy two hours or if fault is disputed or if the adjuster asks for a recorded statement or if the offer arrived unusually fast.

Fast offers usually mean the carrier has already priced your injury lower than a doctor would.

Two years from the date of the crash under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. A wrongful death claim runs two years from the date of death. Claims against a city or a transit agency carry a separate written notice deadline that can be as short as six months.

Missing either deadline usually ends the claim permanently. You can read more about the Texas statute of limitations and how it applies to different claims.

You may still recover under the Texas modified comparative fault rule in Section 33.001. Your recovery drops by your percentage of fault. At 51 percent fault or higher you recover nothing at all. Insurance adjusters push fault onto injured people specifically to cross that line.

Fault percentages are negotiable and provable. Do not accept the first version the adjuster offers.

Nobody can answer that honestly in the first week. Value depends on how clear fault is and how serious and permanent your injuries turn out to be and how much insurance coverage exists. A file cannot be valued properly until your doctors know whether you need surgery.

Any lawyer who quotes you a number before reviewing your medical records is guessing.

Most settle between four months and eighteen months. The single biggest factor is your medical treatment because a demand cannot go out until your doctors know your final condition. Simple soft tissue files move faster. Surgical files and disputed fault files and lawsuits take longer.

We give you a realistic timeline at the start and update it as treatment progresses.

Almost never without legal review. First offers come out before the full injury picture is known and they rarely account for future medical care or lost earning capacity. Once you sign a release the claim is closed forever even if you need surgery three months later.

Have an attorney review any offer before you sign. That review costs you nothing.

Your own uninsured motorist coverage may pay. Many Texas drivers carry this protection without knowing it. Underinsured motorist coverage fills the gap when the at fault driver has a small policy and your damages run higher.

Send us your declarations page and we will tell you exactly what coverage you have.

Usually no. The large majority of car accident claims resolve through negotiation or mediation without a trial. Filing suit is a tool used when the carrier refuses to pay fair value. Even most filed cases settle before a jury is ever seated.

If your case does go to trial we prepare you thoroughly for every appearance.

Possibly yes. Texas allows evidence of seat belt use to be considered but it does not automatically bar recovery. The defense will use it to argue comparative fault and to claim your injuries would have been lighter. That argument requires medical proof and it can be challenged.

We have handled these files and the seat belt defense is beatable with the right expert.

Passengers almost never share fault which often makes these the most straightforward claims we handle. You may have a claim against the driver of your own vehicle or the other driver or both depending on who caused the collision. Your friendship with the driver does not change your right to file a personal injury claim.

The payment comes from an insurance policy and not from your friend personally.

Yes but the rules are stricter and the timeline is much shorter. The Texas Tort Claims Act in Chapter 101 governs these claims and requires written notice within a short window that can be as brief as six months. Damage caps also apply to government entities.

Call an attorney immediately in these files. The notice deadline moves faster than anything else in Texas injury law.

Request the Texas Peace Officer Crash Report through the TxDOT crash records information system online. Reports typically become available five to ten days after the wreck. You need the date and the location and the name of a person involved in the accident to search.

Our office pulls the report for every client at no charge.

Coverage depends on what the driver was doing at that moment. If the app was off only their personal policy applies. If the app was on and waiting a smaller contingent policy applies. If a ride was accepted or a passenger was aboard a one million dollar commercial policy typically applies.

Proving which period applies requires records from the rideshare company and we request them right away.

Sí. Hablamos español. Our staff and our attorneys handle every part of the case in Spanish including the consultation and the medical coordination and the settlement paperwork. Nothing gets lost between you and your lawyer because of language.

Llámenos a cualquier hora y le atendemos en español.