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Dallas Personal Injury

Dallas Personal Injury Attorney

Injured in a Dallas-area accident? We deal with the insurance companies, the medical bills, and the paperwork so you can concentrate on getting better.
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Overview

Personal Injury Attorney Serving Dallas, Texas

A Dallas personal injury attorney represents people who were hurt by someone else’s negligence — in a crash, on someone else’s property, at work, or by an animal — and pursues compensation from the at-fault party’s insurer for medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering. In Texas, these claims run on three tracks: an insurance claim against the at-fault party’s liability carrier; a civil lawsuit filed in a Dallas County court when the insurer will not pay fairly; and, when someone has died, a wrongful death and survival action brought under Chapter 71 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code on behalf of surviving family and the estate.

Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code §16.003 sets a two-year statute of limitations for most personal injury claims, running from the date of the injury.
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Our Dallas personal injury team represents clients across Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Rockwall, and Kaufman Counties, bringing plain-language guidance to a process that can otherwise feel overwhelming.

The insurance company starts working on your claim the day of the accident. An adjuster is assigned, a recorded statement is requested, and an early offer is sometimes made before anyone knows the full extent of an injury — often before a treating physician has ordered imaging. That offer is not a valuation of your case. It is a measurement of what the carrier thinks it can close the file for while you are still uncertain about what happens next.

Texas is an at-fault state, which means the burden of proving what happened falls on the injured person, not on the driver or property owner who caused it. Evidence goes stale quickly: intersection camera footage is overwritten, commercial vehicles are repaired, and witness memory fades. The work in the first weeks — preserving records, documenting the scene, getting treatment on the calendar and in writing — is what a settlement or a verdict is eventually built from.

We handle injury cases on a contingency fee, so there is no cost to have your case reviewed and no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you. If your injury involves a claim against a governmental unit, a commercial trucking company, or a health care provider, tell us early — each of those runs on a different set of deadlines and rules than an ordinary car accident claim.

Key Facts

Key Facts About Texas Personal Injury Claims

  • Most Texas personal injury lawsuits must be filed within two years of the date of the injury. Miss it and the claim is generally barred no matter how strong the facts are.
  • Texas follows a modified comparative fault rule — an injured person can generally still recover damages unless they are found more than 50% responsible for the accident.
  • Texas is an at-fault insurance state, meaning the responsible driver's liability coverage — not just your own policy — is generally the first source of compensation.
  • Dallas is served by major freight corridors — I-35E, I-30, I-20, and US-75 — which concentrates commercial-vehicle traffic across the county.
  • Texas requires only minimum liability coverage of $30,000 per injured person, $60,000 per accident, and $25,000 for property damage — routinely less than a serious injury actually costs.
  • Claims against a city, county, or state agency require early written notice — far sooner than the two-year filing deadline, and a home-rule city charter can shorten it further.
  • A hospital that admits an injured patient shortly after an accident can attach a lien to any eventual recovery — which is why what you actually take home depends on lien negotiation, not just settlement size.
  • Ordinary negligence claims in Texas have no cap on economic or non-economic damages. Exemplary damages are capped by statute, and health care liability claims are governed by an entirely separate chapter with its own caps and expert-report deadlines.

How It Works

How Our Personal Injury Process Works

Free Case Review

We evaluate the accident, insurance coverage, and injuries at no cost to determine your options — including coverage you may not know you have, like underinsured motorist or medical payments coverage on your own policy.

Investigation & Evidence Preservation

We gather evidence before it disappears: the crash report and 911 records, photographs of the scene and vehicles, available camera footage, and witness statements. Where a commercial vehicle is involved, we send a preservation letter so driver logs and telematics are not overwritten on the carrier's ordinary retention schedule.

Medical Treatment & Documentation

We coordinate with your medical providers while you focus on recovery. Consistent, documented treatment is what turns an injury into a provable claim — gaps in care are the single most common reason an insurer discounts an otherwise legitimate case.

Demand Package & Negotiation

We pursue a fair settlement. Once treatment is complete or your condition has stabilized, we assemble the medical records, billing, wage documentation, and liability evidence into a demand package and negotiate directly with the carrier.

Filing Suit & Litigation

We are prepared to file suit in Dallas County if the insurer won't offer one. Filing moves the case onto a court's schedule and opens discovery — depositions, written discovery, and expert opinions. Most cases still resolve before trial, but the credible willingness to try one is what moves an offer.

Resolution, Liens & Disbursement

Settlement is not the last step. Hospital liens, health insurance subrogation, and provider balances all have to be negotiated down before funds are disbursed, and that work is often the difference between a headline number and what you actually keep. You receive a written accounting showing every deduction.

What We Handle

Personal Injury Matters We Handle in Dallas

If your situation isn’t listed here, it’s still worth a call — the case review is free and takes about fifteen minutes.

Car & Auto Accidents

Rear-end and intersection collisions, multi-vehicle pileups on I-635 and the Dallas North Tollway, hit-and-run, and rideshare crashes.

18-Wheeler & Commercial Truck

Claims against motor carriers and their insurers, where federal safety regulations, driver logs, and telematics data change the whole shape of the case.

Motorcycle Accidents

Riders face both severe injuries and a built-in bias from adjusters. We build the liability record so the claim is judged on the facts.

Pedestrian & Bicycle

Crosswalk and parking-lot strikes, injuries in Deep Ellum, Uptown, and Bishop Arts, and collisions involving bike lanes and shared roadways.

Premises Liability & Negligent Security

Slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall injuries, unsafe stairwells and parking garages, and assaults enabled by inadequate security at apartments, hotels, and retail properties.

Workplace Injury & Non-Subscriber Claims

Texas lets employers opt out of workers' compensation. If yours did, you may have a direct negligence claim against the company rather than a limited comp benefit.

Dog Bites & Animal Attacks

Recovering medical costs, scarring damages, and lost income from an owner's homeowner's or renter's policy after a bite or attack. Facing a dangerous-dog designation, seizure, or a hearing under Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 822? That's handled on our Animal Law page.

Wrongful Death & Survival Claims

Claims under Chapter 71 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code for a surviving spouse, children, and parents, and survival claims brought on behalf of the estate. A survival claim runs through the estate, so it often needs a probate filing first — see Probate for opening the estate and appointing a representative.

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The Dallas office has 7 attorneys, backed by 170+ legal professionals firmwide across Texas — including the criminal defense and personal injury attorneys who handle the charge and claim sides of animal cases. Meet the Dallas team or meet the full legal team.

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Personal Injury FAQ

A straightforward claim that settles without a lawsuit often resolves within several months of completing treatment; a case that has to be filed and litigated in Dallas County takes considerably longer.
The single biggest variable is medical treatment. A demand package cannot be assembled until you have finished treating or your condition has stabilized, because until then no one knows what the injury actually cost.
Claims against a governmental unit run under the Texas Tort Claims Act, which requires early written notice — much sooner than the two-year lawsuit deadline — and caps the damages recoverable.
The statutory notice period is set by Civil Practice & Remedies Code §101.101, and a home-rule city’s charter can require notice even sooner. If a DART bus, a municipal vehicle, a county truck, or a public hospital may be involved, say so on the first call. This is the category of case where waiting a few weeks can end the claim entirely.
The at-fault insurer does not pay bills as they come in — it pays once, at settlement. In the meantime bills are typically covered by your health insurance, medical payments coverage, or a provider treating under a letter of protection.
Each route has a consequence at the end. Health insurers often assert subrogation rights against the recovery, hospitals can file liens under Chapter 55 of the Property Code, and letter-of-protection balances come out of the settlement. This is why step 06 of our process exists. Negotiating those balances down is a real part of the case, and it is where the difference between the gross settlement and your net recovery is decided.
You are generally not required to give a recorded statement to the other driver’s insurer, and it is worth speaking with an attorney before you do.
The adjuster asking is not neutral. Statements are usually taken early, before the full extent of an injury is known, and answers like “I’m doing okay” or “I’m not sure how fast I was going” get quoted back later as admissions. Your obligations to your own insurer are different — most policies require cooperation. If you are unsure which carrier is calling, ask, and call us before the interview.
Your own uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage may pay the claim — and many Texas drivers carry it without realizing it, because it has to be rejected in writing to be excluded.
UM/UIM also applies when the at-fault driver had insurance but not enough of it, which is common given Texas’s low minimum limits. It can additionally cover a hit-and-run where the other driver is never identified. UM/UIM claims are made against your own carrier, which changes the dynamic: the company you have been paying premiums to is now the opposing party in the claim. Bring your declarations page to the case review and we will tell you what coverage you actually have.
We handle personal injury cases on a contingency fee: the case review is free, and there is no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you.
The fee is a percentage of the recovery, set out in a written agreement before we begin. Case expenses — records, filing fees, expert opinions — are handled separately and itemized in the written accounting you receive at disbursement. Ask for the percentage, how expenses are treated, and what happens if there is no recovery. Any firm should answer all three without hesitating.
Case value depends on the medical treatment required, whether the injury is permanent, lost income, available insurance coverage, and your share of fault — no attorney can responsibly quote a figure before reviewing those.
In practice, available coverage is the ceiling more often than the injury is. Texas only requires $30,000 per person in liability coverage, so a serious injury caused by a minimum-limits driver may need to reach underinsured motorist coverage, an employer’s commercial policy, or an umbrella policy to be made whole. Be skeptical of any firm that quotes a number on a first call. What they are valuing at that point is the phone call, not the case.
Texas generally gives injured people two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit, per Civil Practice & Remedies Code §16.003.
Certain claims — such as those against a government entity — have much shorter notice deadlines, sometimes as short as six months, so it’s important to speak with an attorney promptly after an accident.
Yes. Prompt medical evaluation both protects your health and creates the medical record insurance companies expect to see before taking a claim seriously.
Gaps in treatment are one of the most common reasons insurers dispute the value of an otherwise legitimate injury claim, even when the injury is real.
Yes, under Texas’s modified comparative fault rule you can generally still recover damages as long as you are not found more than 50% responsible for the accident.
Your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault — for example, a jury finding you 20% at fault would reduce your award by 20% — which makes clear evidence of the other driver’s fault important.

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The case review is free, and there’s no fee unless we recover for you. If your injury happened more than a year ago, or involves a city, county, or state agency, call today rather than this week — those deadlines run out first.

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