A car accident happens in an instant, but the impacts can have long-term consequences on an injury victim and their family. Most Texans rarely think twice about stepping into a car, yet one person suffers a car accident injury every two minutes and five seconds in Texas, according to 2024 car accident statistics.
After experiencing a car accident with resulting injuries, you don’t have to face the financial consequences alone while also dealing with the painful physical and emotional effects. Instead, call Greening Law to speak to the car accident attorneys in Fort Worth who achieve exceptional results for injured clients.
Why Select Greening Law as Your Fort Worth Car Accident Law Firm?
Greening Law has a decades-long history of representing car accident victims, putting the following advantages behind your case:
- Over 40 years of experience, knowledge, and skills with deep insight into the state’s fault-based car accident laws, insurance system, and civil courts
- A lead attorney with a rating as a preeminent lawyer by prestigious Martindale-Hubbell
- An attorney dedicated to your case who will craft a personalized strategy to recover the maximum compensation available to you
- An entire legal staff behind the scenes, working to move your case forward to a favorable outcome
Greening Law offers new clients a free consultation and then charges no fees until after obtaining your compensation through a settlement or court award for your damages.
What Are the Most Common Causes of Car Accidents In Texas?
Under the modified comparative negligence system in Texas, it matters who causes an accident. When a driver’s careless, reckless, or wrongful actions behind the wheel result in an accident with injuries to others, they are responsible for all accident-related damages. The most common causes of Texas car accidents include the following:
- Speeding
- Distracted driving
- Failure to yield the right of way
- Unsafe lane changes
- Tailgating
- Improper passing
- Impaired driving
- Improper merging
- Drowsy driving
Less commonly, other entities cause or contribute to car accidents in Fort Worth, such as a negligent road maintenance agency that failed to repair a dangerous pothole or the manufacturer of a defective car part. An experienced car accident lawyer pursues all available avenues for compensation.
What Types of Injuries Occur In Car Accidents In Fort Worth?
The crash force of an accident is far more devastating than many motorists realize. According to crash force calculations, a 140-pound person becomes a 6,300-pound force in an accident at only 45 miles per hour. When a collision propels the body forward at high speed and force, and then the seatbelt snaps them back, it places tremendous strain on the body’s muscles, bones, and organs, causing injuries. At the same time, the vehicle occupant often suffers blunt force trauma from the structure of the vehicle as it collapses inward from the crash.
Common injuries resulting from car accidents in Fort Worth and elsewhere in Texas include the following:
- Single and multiple fractures
- Soft-tissue injuries like sprains, torn ligaments, and tendon damage
- Neck injuries
- Back injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Lacerations, contusions, and abrasions
- Internal organ injuries
- External head, facial, and dental injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Burns
- Traumatic amputations
If a car accident caused by someone else results in fatal injury to a loved one, the closest surviving family member can recover compensation through a wrongful death accident claim.
Proving Liability In Fort Worth Car Accident Cases
A successful Texas car accident claim requires the injury victim to present evidence of the at-fault party’s liability. A car accident attorney from Greening Law investigates the accident by examining police reports, photos, videos, and eyewitness testimony, as well as consulting with traffic accident reconstruction specialists. The evidence gathered must demonstrate the following:
- The at-fault party owed a duty of care to the injury victim (all drivers owe a duty of care to follow traffic laws and take reasonable measures to avoid an accident)
- They breached this duty of care through negligence or recklessness
- The breach of duty caused an accident and injuries
- The injury victim suffered damages from the injury
Once the evidence proves fault and negligence, an accident attorney also submits clear evidence of the full extent of an injury victim’s damages to the at-fault party’s insurance company.
What Damages Can I Recover In a Fort Worth Car Accident Claim?
The word “damages” may refer to far more than property damage to a vehicle in a car accident claim. An injury victim has the right to seek compensation for their injury-related damages as well. Common damages recovered in Texas car accident claims include the following:
- Reimbursement for medical expenses
- Future medical expenses
- Lost earnings
- Future income loss
- Diminished future earning ability
- Compensation for pain and suffering
In catastrophic injury cases, additional compensation may be available, such as compensation for loss of limb, disfigurement, loss of vision, hearing loss, or diminished quality of life.
Protecting Yourself After a Fort Worth Car Accident
After an accident, you may be incapacitated or too seriously injured to take action; however, many car accident victims can use their phones while awaiting help. A cell phone becomes an essential tool you or an uninjured companion can use to protect your physical and financial future by doing the following:
- First, call 911 to report the accident
- Apply reasonable first aid
- Use the phone’s camera to take photos of the damaged vehicles, the accident scene, and anything relevant, such as a traffic signal, traffic signs, or skid marks
- Photograph any visible injuries
- Add the contact information of the involved driver or drivers
- Add the contact information of any eyewitnesses
Eyewitnesses are often the key to a successful car accident claim in Texas, especially in places lacking traffic cameras or nearby security cameras to capture the crash.
After a car accident, always seek medical care immediately from the accident scene. Then obtain a detailed medical report and carefully follow your doctor’s instructions. Hire an experienced car accident attorney before accepting an early settlement offer or speaking with the at-fault party’s insurance company.
Call Greening Law for Your Fort Worth Car Accident Case
Instead of leaving your car accident claim in the hands of an insurance company that is not on your side and may protect its profits at your expense, you deserve strong legal protection throughout every step of your car accident claim to recover the maximum compensation available to you. Reach out to Greening Law today to speak to a car accident lawyer about your rights and options for full financial recovery.