Anthony Martinez is a personal injury attorney serving the DFW Metroplex from Carrollton, Texas. Licensed in Texas (State Bar #24137488), North Carolina (#63179), and Oklahoma (#36012). J.D. Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law. Bilingual in English and Spanish. Free 24/7 consultation: (469) 484-4412.
Under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code §33.001, you can recover personal injury damages even if you were partly at fault, as long as you were 50% or less responsible. Cross 51%, you recover nothing. That single percentage point separates...
Uber and Lyft insurance coverage in Texas changes by the second based on which “period” the driver is in when the crash happens. A driver waiting for a ping carries different liability limits than one mid-trip with a passenger. The ...
After a Texas car accident, four sources can pay your medical bills, and the order they pay in decides how much settlement money you actually keep. Texas insurers must offer Personal Injury Protection (PIP), but roughly three out of four driver...
Most Texas personal injury cases settle in 6 to 18 months without ever filing a lawsuit. Cases that go all the way to trial typically take 18 to 36 months, and complex commercial truck or wrongful death matters can stretch beyond three years. A...
You’re reading this on your phone. Maybe you’re in an ER waiting room off I-35E, or pulled over on the President George Bush Turnpike with hazard lights blinking. Take a breath. The next 72 hours matter more than the next 72 days, a...
Most Texas car accident cases settle in three ranges: low (under $25,000), mid ($25,000 to $150,000), and high ($150,000 and up). The Insurance Information Institute reports the average bodily injury liability claim reached $26,501 in 2023 (Ins...