You were hurt because someone else got careless, and now an insurance adjuster wants to decide what that’s worth. A Dallas personal injury lawyer can get your treatment moving, lock down the evidence, and handle every call so you can focus on getting better.
We represent people injured in car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare, and pedestrian crashes, along with other serious injuries, throughout Dallas and the wider DFW Metroplex from our headquarters on West Mockingbird Lane.
Bring in the Muscle: call 888-231-1341 24/7 for a 100% free consultation, in English or Spanish.
What Does a Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer Do for You First?
Your Dallas personal injury lawyer takes over your claim from the moment you hire us, so you’re not trading phone calls with adjusters while you’re still in pain. What happens during the early weeks determines how much evidence exists later, which is why we move fast rather than waiting for the insurer to set the pace.
Here’s how we help:
- Get you to the right care: We help you line up treatment and keep the records that prove it.
- Take over the insurance calls: Once you hire us, adjusters deal with our office. You stop fielding questions designed to pin down your story before your injuries are fully known.
- Lock down the evidence: We pull the Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report, request nearby business and traffic video, photograph the vehicles, and track down witnesses. In commercial cases, we send preservation letters for driver logs and the truck's electronic data.
- Find every policy: The at-fault driver's coverage is only the start. We look at employers, vehicle owners, rideshare policies, and your own coverage.
- Build your claim: We document future treatment, lost earning capacity, and how the injury changed your daily life, not just the first round of bills.
- Push the claim forward: We present a demand backed by proof, and if the insurer will not pay what the evidence supports, we file suit.
You make the final call at every step, including whether to accept any settlement.
The Types of Cases Our Dallas Personal Injury Lawyers Take On
DFW Injury Lawyers handles the crashes and injuries that send Dallas residents to the emergency room, with extensive experience in motor vehicle and commercial truck cases.
- Car accidents: Our team handles car accident claims involving distracted driving, speeding, rear-end collisions, and failure to yield.
- Truck and 18-wheeler wrecks: We investigate truck accidents by reviewing driver logs, maintenance records, and other evidence to identify responsible parties.
- Motorcycle crashes: Our attorneys help riders injured in motorcycle crashes involving unsafe lane changes, left-turn collisions, and drivers who fail to yield.
- Uber and Lyft accidents: We handle rideshare claims and determine which coverage applies based on the driver's status at the time of the crash.
- Pedestrian accidents: Our Dallas personal injury lawyers represent injured pedestrians and use available footage, witness statements, and traffic evidence to establish fault.
- Wrongful death: We help families pursue wrongful death claims that account for lost financial support, household services, and companionship.
Brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, slip and fall cases, and dog bites also come through our door. If your situation is not on this list, call anyway, and we’ll tell you straight whether you have a claim.
Why Insurers Treat a Represented Claim Differently
Insurers tend to take a claim more seriously when a trial lawyer is behind it, because a lawsuit puts the outcome in front of a judge and jury instead of an adjuster. Both of our founders started their careers on the defense side.
Kevin Edwards spent about five years at a Dallas civil litigation and insurance defense firm, defending insurers, trucking companies, and other businesses, before he moved to representing injured people in 2008.
Pedro “Peter” de la Cerda began his career defending trucking and manufacturing companies before he, too, crossed the courtroom aisle. That background shapes how we build cases to stand up to tough insurers. As Kevin explains, “I know those pressure points. I know what gets to them.”
Trial Readiness Changes the Conversation
An injured person negotiating alone has very little leverage, because the adjuster knows that person is unlikely to sue. “An individual doesn't have that hammer of litigation,” Kevin says. “We've been to trial, we'll go to trial, we're not afraid of trial.”
When an offer comes in low, we treat it as the opening move in the negotiation, not the final word on your injury. A lowball offer is not the end of your case. It is the start of the fight.
What Have Our Personal Injury Lawyers in Dallas Recovered for Clients?
A few examples from our case results page:
- $1,000,000 for a client injured in a trucking accident
- $400,000 for a motorcyclist with a broken leg after a car crash, in a litigated case where the final presuit offer was $200,000
- $132,500, the full policy limits, for a client with a traumatic brain injury and spinal injuries from a rear-end collision on I-35 in Dallas
- $100,055, the full policy limits, in a T-bone intersection collision that went to litigation after a presuit offer of $26,000
- $550,000 for a client hurt in a slip and fall
Attorney Advertising – Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
These figures reflect the specific facts of those cases. What matters for you is that we build every file with the same intensity, whether the insurer starts at a fair number or not.
How Do Texas Deadlines and Fault Rules Shape a Dallas Injury Claim?
Texas law sets hard deadlines and reduces your recovery if you share any blame, so a delay or a careless statement can cost real money. These rules are a big reason injured people in Dallas hire a lawyer before talking to the other side.
In Texas, you generally have two years from the date of the injury to file a personal injury lawsuit, under the two-year limitations period. For a wrongful death claim, the two years run from the date of death.
Some exceptions apply. The clock generally doesn’t run while an injured person is under 18, for example. Evidence fades long before the deadline does, so we start building the case right away.
Government Vehicles Have a Much Shorter Window
A crash involving a city truck, a county vehicle, or another government unit follows the Texas Tort Claims Act. That law gives the government the right to written notice within six months of the incident, and a city charter can require notice even sooner. Missing that notice can end an otherwise strong claim.
Sharing Some of the Blame Doesn’t End Your Case
Texas uses a proportionate responsibility rule. You can recover as long as your share of fault is 50% or less, and your award is reduced by your percentage. If you’re found more than 50 % responsible, you recover nothing.
Where Will Your Dallas Injury Case Be Heard?
A Dallas injury lawsuit filed in state court often goes to the Dallas County civil district courts or county courts at law, which sit in the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building at 600 Commerce Street downtown.
Where a case can be filed depends on Texas venue rules:
- The county where all or a substantial part of the events happened, such as a crash on I-35E or LBJ Freeway in Dallas County
- The county where an individual defendant lived when the claim arose
- The county where a company defendant has its principal office in Texas
- Your county of residence, in limited situations where none of the others apply
Some cases, such as those against out-of-state trucking companies, can end up in federal court. We plan for those possibilities from the start, so your case is ready wherever it lands.
Why Dallas Clients Bring In the Muscle
DFW Injury Lawyers gives injured people the same kind of firepower the other side brings. That shows up in how we run your case, not just in our ads.
Here’s why Dallas trusts our personal injury lawyers:
- Trial-ready from the first file: We prepare every case as if it may go before a Dallas County jury.
- Clear communication: Our team keeps you updated without you having to chase anyone down.
- Bilingual service: You can work with our team in English or Spanish, from the first call to the final paperwork.
- No win, no fee: Your consultation is free, and we don’t collect a fee unless we recover money for you.
- Close to home: Our Dallas headquarters is at 1341 W. Mockingbird Ln., Ste. 580W, and we have a second Dallas office in Oak Cliff at 1005 W. Jefferson, Ste. #200.
Whether you were hit on Central Expressway, Stemmons Freeway, or a side street in East Dallas, you don’t have to come to us. We can meet by phone or video. Put the Muscle on your side by calling 888-231-1341 today.
FAQs: Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer
Should I accept the first settlement offer from the insurance company?
Accepting the first offer in a Texas injury claim usually means signing a release that ends your right to seek more money later, even if your injuries turn out to be worse than expected. Early offers often come before anyone knows the full cost of your treatment. Before you sign anything, have a Dallas personal injury attorney compare the offer to your documented losses.
Can a Dallas personal injury lawyer help me if I waited a few days to see a doctor after my accident?
A delay in medical treatment after an accident doesn’t automatically sink a claim, but insurers often use the gap to argue that something else caused your injuries. The strongest response is to get evaluated now and tell your doctor exactly when your symptoms started. Your Dallas personal injury lawyer can then connect your medical records to the crash.
Can I still file a claim if the police report says I caused the crash?
A Texas crash report that lists you as at fault doesn’t decide a civil injury claim on its own. An officer's conclusion is an opinion formed quickly at the scene, and video, witness statements, and vehicle data can tell a different story. Under Texas proportionate responsibility rules, you may still recover if your share of fault is 50% or less.
Will my Dallas personal injury case go to trial?
Most Dallas personal injury cases resolve through a negotiated settlement without a trial, but some do go before a jury when the insurer won’t make a fair offer. Filing a lawsuit doesn’t mean a trial is certain, since many cases settle during litigation. You decide whether to accept a settlement or let a jury hear your case.
Do I have to pay my medical bills while my injury case is pending?
Medical providers in Texas can bill you while an injury claim is open, but there are often ways to manage those bills until the case resolves. Health insurance, PIP coverage, or a letter of protection, where a provider agrees to wait for payment from the settlement, may help.
Hospitals can also assert liens on an injury recovery under Texas law, so your lawyer will account for those balances before any money is paid out.
Put the Muscle on Your Side in Dallas
The insurance company doesn’t get the final word on what your injury is worth. Let DFW Injury Lawyers handle the calls, the evidence, and the fight for your money. Your only job is healing. We’ve got the rest.
Call a Dallas personal injury lawyer today at 888-231-1341 for a 100% free consultation.