Personal Injury Lawyer Baytown, TX
If you’ve been seriously hurt in Baytown, or you’ve lost a loved one to someone else’s negligence, our team is here to help you. We protect you, your rights, and the integrity of your claim.
At Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers, we’ve represented injured people and grieving families across Texas for more than a decade, in cases ranging from catastrophic commercial vehicle crashes to refinery disasters and industrial fatalities. We work only for the injured side, not for companies or insurers, and every case is on a contingency basis. No retainer, no hourly billing, no fee unless we recover.
If you need a Baytown, TX personal injury lawyer, contact us today.
Why Choose Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers for Personal Injury Cases in Baytown, TX?
Trial Experience in High-Stakes 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 include a $37.5 million wrongful death verdict in Dallas County, a $35 million settlement against Ben E. Keith in an 18-wheeler wrongful death case that was the largest Tarrant County settlement at the time, and a $20 million oilfield burn settlement. He earned his J.D. at Baylor Law School and has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Lawdragon, and the National Trial Lawyers. Matt is also a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
Mike Streich has represented injured people for 13 years. He graduated cum laude from the Houston Law Center and has been named a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers every year from 2017 through 2021 and again from 2023 through 2025. 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 across trucking, refinery, oilfield, and offshore industries.
Results That Matter
Our attorneys have recovered over $375 million for clients across Texas. Those outcomes span multiple practice areas and include an $11 million mid-trial settlement for a family whose mother died in a vehicle fire after being rear-ended by a construction 18-wheeler, an $11 million mid-trial settlement for a worker killed at the Port of Freeport, a $7.75 million mid-trial settlement for a worker who lost part of his leg in an industrial incident, and a $5.9 million recovery for a worker injured at a construction site.
Contingency Fee Representation
People recovering from a serious injury or the loss of a loved one do not need another bill. Our firm advances investigation costs, accident reconstruction, life care planning, and economic analysis, and our attorney fees come out of the recovery only if we win.
Client Feedback
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I have had a chance to work with Matt and Mike on a handful of different personal injury matters. They are passionate lawyers who are fantastic in the courtroom and give their clients outstanding representation. Highly recommend!”
Nicholas Bruno
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Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Baytown
Baytown’s economy runs on highways, the ship channel, and the industrial corridor. That mix produces a wide range of serious injury and fatality cases. Our firm focuses on the most significant matters in which a catastrophic injury or death has changed a family’s long-term trajectory.
- Car accidents. A serious car accident caused by a drunk, distracted, or impaired driver remains the most common source of serious personal injury claims in the area.
- Truck accidents. We handle matters arising from truck accidents and 18-wheeler crashes involving hours-of-service violations, driver fatigue, and inadequate training.
- Motorcycle accidents. Riders face disproportionately severe injuries in collisions, and motorcycle accident cases typically turn on driver inattention and left-turn violations.
- Rideshare and bus crashes. Crashes involving an Uber or Lyft driver or a school or commercial bus raise specialized coverage and government-entity questions.
- Workplace and industrial injuries. Fires, falls, crush incidents, and electrocutions on the job produce serious harm. Our firm handles workplace injury and construction accident claims across the region.
- Refinery, plant, and oilfield incidents. Baytown sits near some of the largest petrochemical facilities in the country. We handle refinery cases, oilfield claims, and plant explosion matters for workers and families.
- Maritime and offshore work. Longshoremen, seamen, and offshore platform workers have specialized federal remedies. Our firm handles maritime injury claims, offshore injury matters, and Jones Act cases, as well as boating accident claims.
- Catastrophic injuries. A traumatic brain injury or severe burn injury can end a career and require decades of medical care.
- Premises liability. Property owners who ignore known hazards can be held accountable under a premises liability claim, whether the site is a parking lot, a store, a construction area, or an industrial facility.
- Wrongful death. When a loved one dies because of someone else’s negligence, surviving spouses, children, and parents may pursue a wrongful death claim under Texas law.
Texas Legal Requirements for Personal Injury Claims
Texas personal injury law is built on a handful of statutes that every injured person and grieving family should understand before signing a release or giving a recorded statement.
Statute of limitations. Under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, most personal injury and wrongful death claims must be filed within two years of the date of the incident or death. Miss that deadline, and the claim is almost always barred regardless of its merits. Evidence also moves quickly, and the steps taken after a serious accident 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 person more than 50 percent at fault, the injured person recovers nothing. At 50 percent or less, the recovery is reduced by the assigned share. Defense lawyers routinely try to pin fault on the injured person, which is why early investigation matters.
Texas Wrongful Death Act. The Texas Wrongful Death Act, codified at CPRC Chapter 71, limits who may bring a wrongful death action to surviving spouses, children, and parents. A separate survival action allows the estate to pursue damages the decedent could have recovered had the decedent lived.
Injury and fatality data. CDC injury data shows that unintentional injuries remain a leading cause of death in the United States, with motor vehicle crashes, falls, and poisoning at the top. BLS occupational data also confirm that the industries surrounding Baytown regularly rank among the highest in the country for injury rates.
What Damages Are Recoverable in a Baytown Personal Injury Case?
Texas law allows injured people and their families to pursue three broad categories of damages. The appropriate mix depends on the nature of the injury, the defendant’s conduct, and the available coverage.
Economic damages. These are the measurable financial losses tied to the incident. They include past and future medical bills, surgery, physical therapy, rehabilitation, prescription costs, assistive devices, home and vehicle modifications, lost wages, lost earning capacity, and, in fatal cases, funeral and burial costs. Serious cases frequently require a forensic economist and a vocational analyst to project future losses accurately, especially when a career-ending injury involves brain trauma, spinal cord damage, amputation, or severe burns.
Non-economic damages. Texas law permits recovery for physical pain, mental anguish, disfigurement, physical impairment, and loss of enjoyment of life. In fatal 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 personal injury verdict.
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. Gross negligence could include drunk driving with a high BAC, falsified commercial trucking logs, or a company’s decision to ignore a documented hazard. NHTSA fatality data confirms that alcohol impairment, speeding, and distraction are responsible for a significant share of serious highway injuries.
If the injury involves a commercial vehicle, a third-party contractor, or a defective product, additional sources of coverage often apply beyond the at-fault party’s personal policy.
Contact Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers
A serious personal injury can upend a career, a household, and a family’s long-term security all at once. You deserve a firm that takes the case as seriously as you do. Our Baytown personal injury lawyer listens carefully, reviews the evidence, and gives you an honest assessment of your options, including whether a lawsuit is the right next step.
Consultations at Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers are complimentary. 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 a personal injury lawyer about what happened and what comes next.
