Dallas Personal Injury Lawyers

Nothing up front. We work on a contingency fee: our fee is a percentage of what we recover for you, and if we do not win, you owe us no fee.

The first consultation is free, and we explain the fee agreement in writing before you sign anything.

It depends on your medical bills (past and future), lost wages and earning capacity, physical pain, mental anguish and impairment, and how clearly the other side was at fault.

The practical limit is often insurance. Texas only requires drivers to carry $30,000 per injured person, which a serious injury can exceed quickly, so we look early for every policy that may apply, including your own underinsured motorist coverage. Anyone who quotes you a number before seeing your records is guessing.

Usually a mix: your own PIP or MedPay coverage, your health insurance, and in some cases providers who agree to wait for payment until the case resolves.

Health insurers and some providers may have a right to be repaid from the settlement. We negotiate those balances down where we can, so more of the recovery stays with you.

Most claims cannot be valued until you finish treatment or your doctor says you have reached maximum medical improvement. Many cases settle within months after that.

If the insurer will not pay a fair amount and we file suit, a case in the Dallas County district courts commonly takes a year or more to reach trial. We will give you a realistic timeline once we know your injuries and the insurance involved.

You can still recover as long as you were not more than 50% responsible. Texas uses modified comparative fault (Chapter 33 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code): your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault, and at 51% or more you recover nothing.

Insurers know this, which is why adjusters often try to push some of the blame onto you in the first phone call.

You can report the claim and give basic facts, but you are not required to give the other side’s insurer a recorded statement, and you should not sign a release or medical authorization before talking to a lawyer.

Anything you say about how you feel, or how the crash happened, can be used to reduce the claim later.

Look to your own policy. Texas insurers must offer uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage and Personal Injury Protection (PIP), and both are included unless you rejected them in writing.

UM/UIM can pay for injuries caused by a driver with no insurance, too little insurance or a hit-and-run driver. Your own insurer still has to be dealt with carefully, because on a UM claim it stands in the shoes of the at-fault driver.

Most personal injury cases settle without a trial. The ones that settle well are usually the ones the insurer believes are ready for trial.

We prepare every case as if it will be tried, and the decision to settle or go to trial is always yours.

In most cases, two years from the date of the injury (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code §16.003). A wrongful death claim generally has two years from the date of death.

Some deadlines are much shorter. A claim against a city, county, school district or transit agency such as DART usually needs formal written notice within six months, and a city charter can shorten that. For an injured child, the two years generally does not start until their eighteenth birthday. If you are close to any of these dates, call us now.

Get medical care first, even if you feel fine, since many injuries show up hours or days later. Photograph the scene, vehicles and injuries, get the other driver’s insurance and witness contacts, and keep every bill and record.

Do not post about the accident on social media. Our page on what to do after an injury walks through the first days step by step.

Call 911 if anyone is hurt. Texas Transportation Code §550.026 requires a driver to notify the appropriate law-enforcement agency immediately when a collision causes injury, death, or vehicle damage that prevents normal, safe driving.

An officer who investigates a qualifying crash files a Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report (CR-3), which eligible people can obtain through TxDOT. TxDOT no longer retains the Driver’s Crash Report (CR-2). If police do not investigate, preserve your own records and follow any applicable local reporting instructions.

We handle car accidents, 18-wheeler and truck crashes, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, slip and fall and premises liability, daycare injury and abuse, dog bites, brain injuries and wrongful death.

See all of our practice areas.

Usually a court in the county where the accident happened, or where the defendant lives or does business (Civil Practice and Remedies Code §15.002).

Dallas County injury lawsuits are typically heard in the civil district courts at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building downtown. Cases from Plano, Frisco or McKinney go to Collin County, and cases from Arlington or Fort Worth go to Tarrant County.

Yes. Our office is at 12770 Coit Road in North Dallas, and we represent injured people across Dallas, Collin, Denton and Tarrant counties, including Plano, Frisco, Richardson, Garland, Irving, Arlington and Fort Worth.

If you cannot come to us after an injury, we will come to you, at home or in the hospital.

Claims against DART, the City of Dallas, school districts and other public bodies fall under the Texas Tort Claims Act. They come with short written-notice deadlines, often six months, limits on what can be recovered, and rules that do not apply to private defendants.

These cases are won or lost on the early paperwork. See our Dallas bus accident page.

Yes. Under the Texas Wrongful Death Act, the surviving spouse, children and parents can bring a claim for their own losses, and the estate can bring a separate survival claim for what the person suffered before death.

These cases have the same two-year deadline as other injury claims, and evidence disappears quickly. Learn more about wrongful death claims in Dallas.