Were you hurt in an accident in Pasadena, TX?
At Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers, we are plaintiff-focused personal injury lawyers who prepare every case with experience and dedication.
If a collision on Spencer Highway or an incident inside one of the plants along the Ship Channel left you injured, the medical bills arrive well before any insurance company commits to paying them. A Pasadena, TX personal injury lawyer can carry the claim while you concentrate on treatment.
Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers represents injured clients and grieving families throughout Harris County. Matt Greenberg has practiced for 12 years and Mike Streich for 13. Both have spent that time in Texas courtrooms on catastrophic injury and death matters. Reach out to schedule a free consultation and find out what your claim actually involves.
Personal Injury Lawyer Pasadena, TX
A personal injury attorney represents people harmed by someone else’s carelessness and pursues payment from whoever is responsible. The work covers investigating how the incident happened, documenting the medical picture, and pressing the at-fault party or its insurer for compensation. When negotiation stalls, the case goes to court.
Pasadena recorded 3,512 traffic crashes in 2024, and 86 of them produced suspected serious injuries, according to TxDOT city crash data. Thirteen people died. Those numbers cover motor vehicles only. In a city built around refineries, terminals, and chemical plants, industrial incidents add to the count every year.
Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Pasadena
Our attorneys handle matters running from highway collisions to injuries inside the industrial facilities that line the Houston Ship Channel. Some matters resolve through the insurance process. Others require a lawsuit, a jury, and years of preparation before either becomes possible.
- Car accidents. We handle collisions involving distracted drivers, intoxicated drivers, and drivers who ran a light on Fairmont Parkway. Adjusters often move quickly to record a statement and lock in a low valuation, and we deal with them directly instead.
- Truck accidents. Commercial carriers dispatch investigators within hours of a serious wreck. We pursue driver logs, maintenance files, and electronic control module data before that evidence cycles out of the system.
- Motorcycle accidents. Riders absorb forces that a passenger vehicle would have taken instead, and insurers frequently argue the rider was at fault by default. We rebuild the collision using physical evidence rather than the other driver’s account.
- Refinery accidents. Flash fires, releases, and equipment failures at plants along the channel injure contractors and employees alike. These claims involve layers of contractors, and identifying every responsible entity shapes what a worker can recover.
- Construction accidents. Falls, crane incidents, and struck-by injuries on turnaround and expansion projects often involve a general contractor plus several subcontractors. We sort out who controlled the work and who failed to make it safe.
- Premises liability. Property owners owe visitors a duty to address hazards they know about. We pursue claims for falls, inadequate security, and dangerous conditions at stores, apartment complexes, and commercial sites.
- Brain injuries. A head injury can change memory, temperament, and earning capacity without producing an obvious external wound. These cases depend on neuropsychological testing and testimony from people who knew the client beforehand.
- Burn injuries. Thermal and chemical burns require grafting, repeated surgery, and long rehabilitation. We build the damages picture around the full course of treatment rather than the initial hospitalization.
- Maritime injuries. Seamen, longshore workers, and dock personnel fall under federal rules that differ sharply from ordinary state injury claims. We evaluate which framework applies before anything else happens.
- Wrongful death. When a family loses someone, the claim belongs to specific relatives under Texas law. We handle the litigation so the family can attend to everything else.
Why Choose Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers as my Personal Injury Lawyer in Pasadena, TX?
Verdicts and Settlements in Serious Injury Matters
Our attorneys have recovered more than $348 million for injured clients and their families. Individual outcomes include:
- $37.5 million verdict in Dallas County for the family of a truck driver killed by an Oncor electric delivery truck driver
- $35 million settlement for the family of a young woman killed by an 18-wheeler in Fort Worth, the largest Tarrant County settlement at the time
- $20.03 million for an oilfield worker burned after Panhandle contractors failed to close a valve on a blowout preventer
- $16 million settlement for a Jones Act seaman who suffered head and neck injuries offshore
An Attorney Who Once Defended the Other Side
Mike Streich spent close to a decade representing corporations and insurance syndicates, Lloyd’s of London members among them, in catastrophic injury and death claims arising from refinery, pipeline, and commercial vehicle incidents. He knows how those files get evaluated because he used to evaluate them. He graduated cum laude from the Houston Law Center and has been named a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers in nine separate years.
Matt Greenberg tries cases in county, state, and federal courts, and other firms bring him complex litigation they need taken to verdict. He earned his J.D. at Baylor Law School. His peers have recognized him through Super Lawyers, Lawdragon, and the National Trial Lawyers.
We handle these matters on a contingency fee. No attorney fee is owed unless we recover compensation.
Understanding Personal Injury Cases
Damages, Liability, and Compensation for Personal Injury Cases
Texas sorts recoverable losses into categories. Economic damages cover amounts you can document with a bill or a pay stub. Non-economic damages cover what the injury took from your daily life. A third category, exemplary damages, applies only where conduct went well beyond ordinary carelessness.
- Medical treatment already received and treatment still ahead
- Lost income and diminished earning capacity
- Physical pain and mental anguish
- Physical impairment and disfigurement
- Loss of household services
- Property damage
Liability rests on negligence: a duty owed, a breach of that duty, and harm traceable to the breach. Fault gets divided by percentage. Under the state’s proportionate responsibility rule, a claimant found more than 50 percent responsible recovers nothing, and any smaller share reduces the award by that percentage. Where an injury proves fatal, Texas wrongful death law reserves the claim for the surviving spouse, children, and parents.
What Are Important Aspects of a Personal Injury Case?
Evidence decides most claims, and evidence has a shelf life. Surveillance footage gets overwritten on a loop. Skid marks weather away within weeks. Company incident reports get filed internally and then become difficult to obtain without a lawsuit.
- Prompt medical treatment that connects the injury to the incident
- Photographs of the scene, the vehicles, and the injuries themselves
- Names and contact information for anyone who saw what happened
- Employment records establishing what the missed time cost you
- Written notice to the responsible company before its records cycle out
Property owners routinely argue they had no notice of the hazard, which makes proving negligence the central fight in a fall case. Trucking files follow retention schedules shorter than most people expect, and commercial vehicle cases suffer when no attorney demands preservation early.
What Is The Personal Injury Case Timeline?
Most Pasadena personal injury claims follow a recognizable sequence, though the length depends on the severity of the injury and the insurer’s willingness to deal.
- Investigation and evidence preservation, generally the first several weeks
- Medical treatment continuing until your condition stabilizes
- Demand package assembled and negotiation opened with the carrier
- Suit filed if the offer remains inadequate
- Discovery, depositions, and mediation
- Trial, for the cases that do not resolve
Texas gives most injured people two years from the date of injury to file suit under the two-year limitations period. For a wrongful death claim, that same two-year clock runs from the date of death instead. Claims against a governmental unit carry earlier notice deadlines.
What Should You Bring to Your Personal Injury Consultation?
Bring whatever you already have. Missing paperwork doesn’t stop the conversation, and we can obtain most of it ourselves.
- The crash or incident report, if one was prepared
- Photographs and video from the scene
- Medical records, bills, and discharge instructions
- Insurance correspondence, including any request for a recorded statement
- Pay records reflecting missed work
We’ll walk through what happened and give you a straight read on the claim, including the parts that are difficult. Whether the meeting concerns a routine collision or a catastrophic injury, you leave knowing what the next step is and what it will require.
Most Dangerous Locations for Personal Injury in Pasadena, TX
Pasadena’s crash pattern concentrates on a handful of corridors carrying commuter traffic and heavy industrial vehicles through the same lanes.
Surface streets that generate frequent collisions:
- Spencer Highway, a commercial corridor dense with turning conflicts and driveway access
- Red Bluff Road, which funnels plant traffic toward the Ship Channel
- Southmore Avenue, running through the older residential core
- Shaver Street, a north-south route lined with retail entrances
- Fairmont Parkway, a wide arterial connecting neighborhoods to industrial sites
Highways with recurring serious-injury crashes:
- State Highway 225, the refinery corridor, where tankers and 18-wheelers share lanes with commuters
- Beltway 8, carrying regional through traffic along the western edge of the city
- State Highway 146, the eastern connection toward La Porte and Baytown
When officers respond to a wreck inside city limits, the report becomes available through the Pasadena Police Department records division for a modest per-copy fee.
Reach Out to Greenberg Streich Injury Lawyers to Schedule a Consultation
Serious injuries create expenses that don’t pause while an adjuster reviews a file. Contact us to schedule a free consultation with a Pasadena personal injury attorney. We work on a contingency fee, so no attorney fee is owed unless we recover compensation for you. Consultations are available by appointment, and the meeting carries no obligation.
