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Accidents happen every day in Houston. Some occur in public places, such as streets or sidewalks, while others occur in stores, restaurants, and hotels. Still other people are injured when they visit a government building or a private residence. The circumstances surrounding these accidents differ considerably, but they all share one thing in common: innocent people suffer serious injuries and need financial help.
Please contact our Houston personal injury lawyers at Baumgartner Law Firm as soon as possible. Our firm has focused on personal injury trial law exclusively for the past 35 years. We have experience negotiating settlements or suing the person or business who is responsible for injuring you. Let our team of personal injury lawyers represent your voice in the claims process. Call today to schedule a free consultation.
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We Can Help with Your Houston Personal Injury Case
Our personal injury law firm has handled hundreds of cases from start to finish. We have a deep and broad practice which includes helping those injured by the following:
The above is only a partial list. If someone accidentally hurt you, chances are we can assist. Please reach out to our Houston, Tx law firm today to schedule a free, confidential consultation. We can review the facts and identify whether you can bring a claim for compensation or not.
Are Accidents Are Common in Texas?
If you were hurt in an accident recently, you are not alone. As the following statistics show, thousands of people suffer serious injuries in Houston and across the state:
- In 2021, the Texas Department of Transportation reported 4,489 fatalities in the state, which was an increase over the 3,896 deaths in 2020.
- That same year, 19,448 people suffered a serious injury in a car accident.
- Houston specifically saw 312 fatal crashes in 2021, along with 1,595 people suffering serious injuries in car wrecks.
- In 2021, there were 536 accidents in the state involving tractor-trailers.
- An alarming 42,114 people across the country died in a fall, either at home or at work.
These accidents are often preventable—but only if people remember to act with sufficient care. If you believe that you have been injured due to someone else’s negligence or misconduct, call our lawyers today for a free consultation!
CALL NOW (281) 587-1111.
How Can Baumgartner Law Firm Help Me?
Accidents often leave victims in considerable pain. Victims don’t know what steps to take or how to seek compensation to cover their medical and other expenses. Some of them can do nothing but stay at home and take medication to help them get through the day.
This is where Baumgartner Law Firm can immediately step in and help you. We have the experience to build a claim for compensation. You should not have to suffer financial stress because someone injured you. Instead, they should pay you—it’s that simple.
Our team can lift a heavy load from your shoulders and immediately take the following steps:
- Analyze the evidence to determine who is responsible for injuring you.
- Fill out paperwork and answer questions from insurance adjusters.
- Help you secure medical care from a doctor, especially if you lack insurance.
- Investigate the accident to uncover other helpful evidence.
- Determine whether you have a valid legal claim under personal injury law.
- Estimate the settlement value of your injuries.
- Work with expert witnesses to reconstruct the accident and recreate how it happened.
- Submit a demand for compensation to the person responsible for your accident and injuries.
- Negotiate a fair settlement and resist insurance companies’ attempts to blame you for your own accident.
- File a lawsuit, where necessary, to protect your rights.
Many of our clients want to know how long it will take to settle their claim. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. Some cases are settled amicably within six months. Other cases could take years to fully resolve, usually with litigation in court. Contact us to schedule a free consult with some of the best personal injury lawyers in Texas!
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Contact a Leading Personal Injury Lawyer Right Away
The sooner you contact our Houston accident lawyers, the better. We will fight for justice and to get you the help you need to fully recover from your injuries! Investigate the lawyers you are considering for your case before signing with that firm. You must find the most experienced and successful lawyer for your injury case.
Our experienced personal injury attorney has the knowledge and proven results that speak for themselves. We can help you with your personal injury claim today with your free consult! Call today to schedule yours!
How Much Compensation Can I Receive?
This is one of the most difficult questions in personal injury law. The fact is that no two cases are exactly alike. To determine how much you might receive, we need to learn more about your accident and injuries.
Generally, the following factors will determine the size of a settlement:
- The severity of your injuries: Are they permanent, or did your injuries heal in a few months? Do you suffer emotional injuries, like post-traumatic stress disorder? Do you have scarring on visible parts of your body, like your face?
- The defendant’s actions: Did someone intentionally harm you, or did they suffer a momentary lapse of concentration and accidentally back into you?
- Whether you could work: Did you miss months of work to recuperate, or were you immediately back on the job after taking some painkillers? Do your permanent injuries prevent you from going back to your old job? Can you work at all?
- Whether you received and followed medical advice: Did you go quickly to the hospital and take all medication or rehabilitation prescribed by your doctor? Or did you self-diagnose and stop going to physical therapy?
- The defendant’s insurance coverage: Did the driver who struck you have the bare minimum required by the state, or are they completely uninsured?
- Whether you were injured at work: Does your employer have workers’ compensation? Did a dangerous or defective product injure you?
Our experienced Houston personal injury lawyer can go over these questions with you. Based on your answers, he can estimate a ballpark amount of compensation to seek.
Personal Injury Damages
Accident victims should seek compensation for their losses, called “damages.” Most personal injury victims will have economic and non-economic losses. Depending on the facts, you might seek punitive damages from the defendant as a form of punishment.
Economic damages are fairly easy to calculate. They include any out-of-pocket expense caused by your accident, as well as missed income opportunities:
- Damage to your car or property
- Past and current medical bills
- Future medical care
- Lost wages or self-employment income
- Loss of future earning capacity
Non-economic damages are losses that don’t have a bill or statement with a dollar figure listed. Still, Texas believes anyone suffering from these losses deserves some compensation to make up for them:
- Physical pain
- Mental anguish
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Disfigurement/scarring
- Amputation
- Loss of enjoyment of life
If you lost a loved one in an accident, the damages you seek might be slightly different. Let us walk you through what compensation is available in a wrongful death claim.
Some clients will qualify for punitive damages. You might request them if the defendant intentionally injured you or acted with gross negligence or wanton disregard for your safety. Some common examples include a drunk driver who injures you or someone who doesn’t fix a property defect even though other people were injured by it before.
What is the Effect of Comparative Negligence on a Houston Personal Injury Case?
Texas has a comparative negligence law, called proportionate responsibility. Under the law, you can receive compensation even if your own negligence contributed to an accident. Don’t be surprised if the defendant blames you for also being careless and contributing to your injuries.
Examples of comparative negligence include:
- Texting and driving
- Not watching where you are walking
- Using equipment carelessly at work
- Not reading directions before using a product
- Riding a motorcycle that’s the wrong size for you
In Texas, you can seek compensation so long as you are not more than 50% to blame. If you are 51% or more responsible, then you are barred completely from receiving compensation.
What happens if you are under this threshold? You can still receive compensation, but you will receive less based on your proportion of responsibility. So someone who is 40% to blame will get 40% less than he or she would otherwise.
Baumgartner Law Firm is always ready for defendants to point the finger at you and blame you for the accident. We fully analyze all cases so we can put the responsibility where it belongs: on the person who injured you.
5 Mistakes to Avoid after a Houston Accident
Many accidents strike out of the blue, and accident victims are shocked to find themselves in the hospital. However, we strongly encourage anyone injured to avoid certain mistakes which can compromise their ability to seek a settlement:
- Resist the urge to admit fault for the accident. You might be tempted to take responsibility, but it’s important not to.
- Avoid self-diagnosing injuries. Instead, go to the hospital to have a doctor look at you. Your medical team can order diagnostic tests and then order appropriate treatment.
- Don’t give a recorded statement to an insurance adjuster. Odds are they are looking for evidence of your own negligence, which they will use to reduce the compensation they pay. Instead, tell them to call your Houston personal injury lawyer.
- Never agree to a settlement offer without a lawyer reviewing it first. No matter how generous the offer, it is rare for an insurer to offer fair compensation right out of the gate.
- Don’t assume you have no case. Lawyers study for years to understand the law. You might be surprised that you have a serious claim for meaningful compensation.
If you follow these rules, you can improve the chances of getting fair compensation.
What Evidence
Do I Need in a
Personal Injury Case
The key in a personal injury case is to prove who is responsible for hurting you. This means establishing fault for the accident. Most accidents are caused by a negligent person, meaning someone who did not act with sufficient care. This person didn’t intend to hurt you, but they suffered a lapse and ended up accidentally causing you pain.
To prove negligence, you need evidence. Your Houston personal injury lawyer can find some evidence, but you might have some pieces in your possession. Let’s look at certain categories of evidence:
Evidence that shows how you were injured.
Only you were there. Your lawyer, insurance adjusters, and jurors were not. If you want compensation, you need to help us recreate what happened—and that means you need evidence. Some pieces of evidence include:
- Witness testimony—talk to anyone who saw the accident and ask for their name and contact information to share with your attorney.
- Photographs of the accident scene—if you can move around, take pictures of any hazard that caused you to trip, or the damage to all vehicles involved in the crash.
- Video evidence—you or your attorney can search for nearby video or even dashcam footage that captured the accident.
Evidence of your injuries.
You need to prove that you suffered physical and psychological injuries in the accident. You can help by sharing the following with your lawyer:
- Copies of test results or medical records.
- The names of all doctors you met with, so your lawyer can request medical records.
- A pain journal, where you document where you feel pain every day and how it has interrupted your normal life.
Proof of your losses.
You need to prove your financial losses, so remember to hold onto:
- Pay stubs or proof of income
- Health insurance statements
- Doctor’s bills
- Prescription medication receipts
- Repair estimates for your vehicle or other damaged property
- Receipts for rental cars or wheelchairs
Our legal team is also skilled at requesting evidence that you might not have access to. For example, a trucking company should have employment records, drug test results, and performance evaluations. We might also ask to see the driver’s logs or electronic logging data. Without the right Houston personal injury attorney, you might not have enough evidence to bring a claim.
Deadlines and Houston Personal Injuries
In Texas, the statute of limitations grants victims two years to file a lawsuit in most situations. The clock usually begins on the day you were hurt in the accident.
What happens if you miss this deadline? The results are devastating: the defendant can ask a judge to dismiss your case, and the judge will toss your lawsuit. You can’t file again later because you went over the deadline, which means you won’t receive any compensation.
Some other accident victims have different deadlines. Someone injured by a government worker will need to submit a claim within six months to the appropriate government agency providing evidence about the claim. This step is necessary if you were struck by a government worker or injured in a government building, like a school.
It is critical not to miss these deadlines. If you do, the person who injured you can skate free without being held accountable. Reach out to our Houston personal injury attorney as soon as possible. We can take quick action to protect your legal rights.
Can I Afford Your Services
Do you have no money to pay a lawyer? Helpfully, Baumgartner Law Firm works with our personal injury clients using contingency fee agreements. These agreements are simple: we agree to represent you without any upfront cost. Instead, you agree that we will take a percentage of your settlement or jury award if we win. That’s it. If for some reason we don’t win your case, you can walk away without owing us anything.
Please do not let fear of paying legal fees keep you from calling us. We know that many accident victims are struggling with financial stress. Those who cannot work fear for their futures and whether they can stay in their homes. Let us explain our contingency fee agreements in more detail and help you decide whether we are the right law firm for you.
What if my child was the one that got hurt?
If your child was injured in an accident, then you need a lawyer attuned to your needs. Texas has unique laws related to children, and these laws impact whether you can bring a case.
For example, if your child was injured while trespassing, you still might be able to sue. Texas allows children who are drawn onto a property by an attractive nuisance to maintain a premises liability action even when they didn’t have permission to be on the property.
There are also unique rules regarding settling a child’s personal injury case. Generally, a judge will hold a hearing to review any proposed settlement, and the judge will likely appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child’s interests. Texas judges want to make sure that a settlement properly compensates the child, especially because those under 18 can’t form their own contracts.
Baumgartner law can help any family whose child was injured. We know how to negotiate settlements and get them approved. We can also help with filing a lawsuit on behalf of a child.
Speak with Our Experienced Houston Personal Injury Lawyer
No one hurt in an accident should try to negotiate a settlement without a seasoned legal advocate in their corner. Sadly, many insurers in Houston try to confuse accident victims and pay them less than they deserve. Let us fight for the maximum compensation you are entitled to under Texas law.
Contact Baumgartner Law Firm today to schedule a consultation. No risk! No Fee! First consultation is on me!
Do you make house calls or hospital visits?
What kind of cases do you accept?
We are very selective in the cases that we agree to handle to provide the best possible service to our clients. By limiting the number of cases that we accept, we can provide the time attention, and resources required to maximize compensation for our clients.
Accordingly, our practice is limited to cases involving substantial injury or a family who has lost a loved one. We have gained a reputation for handling 18-wheeler truck accidents, car and drunk driving crashes, daycare injury cases, and other serious injury and wrongful death matters. To learn more about the cases we cover, visit our practice areas page.
Do I have to pay money out of my pocket to hire you?
Do you handle all types of personal injury cases?
No, we are very selective in the cases that we agree to accept. We intentionally limit the number of cases that we handle and the practice areas for the cases we take to provide the best possible personal service for our clients. To learn more about the cases we cover, visit our practice areas page or you can contact us for individual consultation about your case. (281) 587-1111.
What is the best way to contact you?
We prefer to be contacted by telephone and also respond to our online consultation requests. You can call us 24/7 at (281) 587-1111. We offer Zoom consultations as well.
How successful have you been with your cases?
We are a personal injury law firm with over three decades of experience and are extremely proud of our winning track record of success. Our founder is nationally recognized as among the best personal injury lawyers in the USA. We are undefeated in truck accident cases, wrongful death cases, and daycare negligence and invite you to check out our results page for recent results in cases we won.
For the last 35 years, we have concentrated on maximizing our client’s compensation in serious injury and wrongful death cases. If you are looking for the best personal injury lawyers in Houston – Call us! (281) 587-1111.
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for a job well done!
"I can never express how grateful me and my family are to Greg Baumgartner and his team of truck accident lawyers in Houston. He took care of our injury case and got us a great settlement. Thank you for a job well done!"
- R. G. Client
Houston Personal Injury Victim
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Recommended!
"I was hit in the rear by an 18 wheeler and was lucky enough to have found Greg – I was overjoyed with the results and highly recommend him."
- Raymond
Houston Personal Injury Victim