Car Accident Lawyer Baytown, TX
At Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers, we’ve handled serious car accident cases across Texas for more than a decade, from rear-end collisions on I-10 to catastrophic crashes caused by drunk and distracted drivers and by commercial drivers who had no business behind the wheel. We represent injured people and their families, not insurance companies. Every case is on contingency. No retainer, no hourly billing, no fee unless we recover.
If you need a Baytown TX car accident lawyer whom drivers and families can trust with a serious case, we are ready to listen. Call us today for a complimentary case review.
Why Choose Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers for Car Accidents in Baytown, TX?
Trial Experience in Serious Auto Cases
Co-founder Matt Greenberg has practiced personal injury law in Baytown, TX for 12 years and has served as lead trial counsel in cases that produced record-setting verdicts and settlements. Those outcomes include a $37.5 million verdict in Dallas County for a truck driver killed by an Oncor electric vehicle, a $35 million settlement against Ben E. Keith in an 18-wheeler wrongful death case, and additional seven-figure and eight-figure outcomes in motor vehicle cases. He earned his J.D. at Baylor Law School and has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Lawdragon, and the National Trial Lawyers.
Mike Streich has handled serious motor vehicle cases for 13 years. He graduated cum laude from the Houston Law Center and is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Before moving to the plaintiff side, Mike spent close to a decade defending corporations and insurance syndicates, including members of Lloyd’s of London, in catastrophic injury and death claims. That background gives him a working knowledge of how insurers evaluate auto claims, assign reserves, and defend suits when the injured driver hires counsel.
Results That Move Insurers
Our attorneys have recovered over $375 million for clients across Texas. Those outcomes include a $5.47 million settlement in an auto and commercial vehicle rear-end case, a $6 million settlement in a commercial motor vehicle wrongful death matter, a $4 million settlement in a truck driver fall-asleep collision, and a $3.87 million settlement in a construction-company-driver fatigue wrongful death matter. Insurers pay attention when a firm has actually tried cases like yours to verdict.
Contingency Fee Representation
Drivers recovering from a crash should not have to worry about retainer checks. Our firm advances investigation costs, crash reconstruction, medical record retrieval, and filings, and our attorney fees are paid only out of the recovery if we win.
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I have known Matt Greenberg for many years and can confidently say he is an honest, dedicated, and trustworthy attorney. He truly cares about his clients and works hard to get the best possible outcome. I would highly recommend Matt to anyone in need of a personal injury attorney.”
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Types of Car Accident Cases We Handle in Baytown
Baytown sits at the intersection of some of the busiest roads in the region. I-10, SH 146, Loop 201, and the feeder systems around the ship channel carry heavy commuter and commercial traffic every day. Our firm handles the serious categories of auto cases, especially those involving significant injuries, fatalities, or commercial vehicles.
- Rear-end collisions. Distracted driving, tailgating, and following too closely are recurring fact patterns. These cases frequently involve spinal and soft-tissue injuries, and occasionally traumatic brain injury when the impact is severe.
- Left-turn and intersection crashes. Failure to yield and running red lights are among the most serious causes of urban crashes. Our firm often reviews signal timing, dashcam footage, movement and toque data from each vehicle’s event data recorder, and traffic control records in these matters.
- Drunk and impaired driving crashes. DWI collisions are gross-negligence cases in almost every Texas jurisdiction. These often support exemplary damages claims in addition to ordinary compensatory recovery.
- Truck accidents. When the at-fault driver was behind the wheel of a company car, delivery van, 18-wheeler, or fleet vehicle, additional coverage and policies usually apply. Many of these matters involve multiple defendants (the driver and their employer).
- Rideshare accidents. Crashes involving an Uber or Lyft driver bring in specialized commercial coverage under the platform’s policy, which is why rideshare claims have additional layers of complications than those in standard auto cases.
- Motorcycle accidents. Riders are almost always the more seriously injured party. Our firm handles motorcycle crashes involving driver inattention, left-turn failures, and rear-end incidents.
- Multi-vehicle pileups. Chain-reaction crashes on I-10 and SH 146 raise complex fault questions that often require crash reconstruction, and detailed, thorough investigation to properly assign liability.
- Hit-and-run crashes. When the at-fault driver flees, the injured driver typically pursues uninsured motorist coverage under their own policy. We can help you understand your legal options in these situations.
- Fatal car crashes. Surviving spouses, children, and parents may pursue wrongful death claims against the at-fault driver and any employer or third party.
- Bus accidents. Baytown and Houston school and commercial bus crashes raise additional coverage questions for government entities and commercial carriers that require early attention.
Texas Legal Requirements for Car Accident Claims
Texas car accident law is set out in several places, including the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the Transportation Code, and the Texas Department of Insurance. A handful of rules shape most cases.
Statute of limitations. Under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, most personal injury and wrongful death claims from a car accident must be filed within two years of the date of the incident. Evidence also moves quickly in these cases, because vehicles get repaired or totaled, dashcam footage is overwritten within weeks, and body-shop and tow-yard records get purged. The steps taken after a crash often determine how strong the case becomes.
Modified comparative negligence. Texas uses a 51 percent bar rule under CPRC Chapter 33. If a jury finds the injured driver more than 50 percent at fault, the driver recovers nothing. At 50 percent or less, the recovery is reduced by the driver’s share. Defense attorneys often try to pin responsibility on the injured driver, especially when there are no independent witnesses.
Minimum liability coverage. Texas requires drivers to carry at least 30/60/25 liability coverage under the state’s financial responsibility law, which means $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident, and $25,000 for property damage. Serious crashes often blow through those limits within a single hospital stay. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage under the injured driver’s own policy then becomes the next layer of recovery.
Commercial driver considerations. If the at-fault driver was on the job, federal FMCSA hours-of-service rules may apply, and employer liability under respondeat superior typically brings in commercial auto coverage well above individual limits.
Fatality and injury data. NHTSA road safety and CDC injury data confirm that motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of injury and death in the United States, with alcohol impairment, speeding, and distraction among the top contributing factors.
What Damages Are Recoverable in a Baytown Car Accident Case?
Texas law allows injured drivers and their families to pursue three broad categories of damages in a motor vehicle case. The type and amount available in your claim depends on the severity of the injury, the at-fault driver’s conduct, and the available coverage.
Economic damages. These are the measurable financial losses tied to the crash. They include past and future medical bills, surgery, physical therapy, rehabilitation, prescription costs, assistive devices, lost wages, lost earning capacity, property damage, vehicle replacement, and, in fatal cases, funeral and burial costs. For serious injuries, we typically retain a life care planner and a vocational analyst to project future costs accurately, particularly for cases involving burn injuries, spinal cord damage, or a career-ending orthopedic injury.
Non-economic damages. Texas law permits recovery for physical pain, mental anguish, disfigurement, physical impairment, and loss of enjoyment of life. In fatal car crash cases, surviving spouses, children, and parents may recover for loss of companionship, consortium, and household services under Texas’s wrongful death and survival statutes. Non-economic damages are frequently the largest component of a serious auto case, particularly when a crash leaves permanent scarring, chronic pain, or a life-altering disability.
Exemplary (punitive) damages. Under CPRC Chapter 41, a jury may award exemplary damages when the evidence shows gross negligence, fraud, or malice by clear and convincing evidence. In car accident cases, gross negligence often looks like drunk driving above a high BAC, drag racing, knowingly driving with falsified commercial logs, or fleeing the scene after causing injury. DWI crashes in particular support exemplary damages in almost every Texas venue.
If the crash involves a premises owner, a workplace driver, or a third-party cause such as defective roadway design, additional sources of coverage may apply.
Contact Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers
A serious car accident can knock you back on your heels and leave you in pain and overwhelmed for months. You deserve a firm that takes the case as seriously as you do. Our attorneys will listen carefully, review the evidence, and give you an honest assessment of your options, including whether a lawsuit is the right next step.
Initial consultations with the attorneys at Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers are free. You pay nothing unless we recover money for you. We respond to calls and form submissions promptly, and we can meet in person, by phone, or by video, whichever works best for you.
Contact us today to speak with our Baytown car accident lawyer about what happened and what comes next.
