A friend of mine looked up Mr. Grossman on the internet and he drove out to Longview, TX, which is a couple hour drive, to see me while I was pretty much on my death bed. He came out there and it's been a situation where I wouldn't have been able to do what I've done without him.

-C. Arguetta
Automobile Accident Case

Damages Available in a Car Accident Case

Are you the victim of a Houston car accident? It is important for you to be aware of the damages that are available to you

Many Houston car accident victims will only seek out compensation for the obvious damages that they have incurred.

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On the contrary, our experienced automobile accident attorneys in Houston approach every case with the goal of recovering the maximum amount of compensation for our clients. This is accomplished by assessing all of our client’s damages, not just their medical expenses and more obvious damages like many other firms do.


Damages That May be Available to a Houston Car Accident Victim Include Compensation for:

  • Property Damage
    If your vehicle or other property was damaged our lawyers can help you receive fair compensation for your property damage.
  • Lost Wages
    If you miss any amount of work as a result of your accident, our attorneys can help you receive compensation for your lost wages.
  • Loss of Consortium
    If, as a result of your car accident, you are unable to engage in your typical routine with your spouse, our attorneys can help you recover fair compensation for this loss.
  • Physical Pain and Suffering
    Naturally, any car accident resulting in injury can be quite a painful ordeal. Our attorneys have the experience and understanding to properly quantify your pain and suffering in order to maximize the amount of compensation you receive for your pain and suffering.
  • Mental Anguish
    In addition to physical pain and suffering, psychological damage is a fairly common byproduct of an automobile accident. The fear of loss can become quite crippling, and, in some cases, may require extensive therapy to get you back into the driver’s seat. Our experienced Houston car wreck attorneys know how to prove up the extent of your psychological damages in order to recover fair compensation for these damages.
  • Physical Impairment
    Our lawyers work to ensure that our clients are compensated for any physical impairment, or limitations in their normal range of motion. Unfortunately, there are many injuries that when repaired to the fullest extent of modern medicine, will still result in long-term limitations. Our lawyers possess the knowledge to properly quantify the extent of these injuries in order to maximize the value of our client’s case.
  • Disfigurement
    While many people think of disfigurement to mean catastrophic alterations to their physical appearance, a knowledgeable attorney can ensure that you are fairly compensated for all manner of physical disfigurement ranging from small scars to more severe burns.
  • Diminished Earning Capacity
    Car Accidents can result in long term injuries that will keep the accident victim from ever regaining the full use of the damaged part of their body. Our attorneys always seek compensation for any moneys that you may miss out in the future, as a result of an injury that can affect your ability to earn a living. More obvious examples of this include construction workers and other physical laborers who are unable to perform manual labor at all, but the same applies to less obvious situations such as an office employee that is unable to sit at a computer for long periods of time. The bottom line is that we seek out fair compensation for our clients who suffer any long term injuries which may impact their ability to earn in the same capacity that they could prior to the accident.
  • Punitive Damages
    In situations where gross negligence played a roll in your car accident, such as street racing,     drunken driving or any other scenario where they knowingly engaged in reckless or dangerous activity, punitive damages may be levied against the defendant. Punitive damages are essentially additional moneys that they defendant must pay as a punishment for acting in a wantonly negligent manner. Whenever one of our clients is injured due to such reckless behavior, our attorneys take a special persona interest in making sure that the defendant is punished accordingly. Often times, criminal charges will not stick and punitive damages enable accident victims to see that justice is served above and beyond the typical forms of compensation.

Regardless of the type of injuries that you clients have incurred, our experienced Houston car accident attorneys put forth every effort to ensure that you are fairly compensated for every type of damages that are available to you.


Some of Our Most Recent Successful Cases
$100,000.00 Recovery - Motorcycle Accident (Neck, Back, and Knee Injury)
Recovery for a client who suffered neck, back, and knee injuries in a motor cycle accident.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$33,333.00
Litigation Expenses:
$627.00
$41,500.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Neck Injuries)
Recovery for client who suffered soft tissue neck injuries in a relatively minor car accident.
Total Recovery:
$41,500.00
Attorney Fees:
$16,600.00
Litigation Expenses:
$918.00
$80,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Closed-Head Injury)
Recovered for client who suffered a closed-head injury in a car accident.
Total Recovery:
$80,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$26,666.00
Litigation Expenses:
$200.00
$125,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for homemaker injured in car wreck.
Total Recovery:
$125,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$50,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$1,261.00
$75,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Back Injury)
Recovery for accident victim who suffered soft-tissue back injury caused by rear-end collision.
Total Recovery:
$75,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$30,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$2,700.00
$3,200,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / Automobile Accident
Our attorneys were hired to represent the family of a middle aged woman who was killed in a car accident. The incident occurred as another vehicle struck the car that the decedent was a passenger in, head-on on the passenger side. The impact resulted in catastrophic injuries which claimed the life of the decedent.

Our attorneys were hired soon after the accident and we launched a full investigation. Through the course of our investigation, it was soon determined that the head-on collision was caused a failed component in the defendant's vehicle (the particulars of which cannot be elaborated upon per the resolution agreement). Suit was filed against the manufacturer of said component and litigation commenced. The case was successfully resolved through litigation.
Total Recovery:
$3,200,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$1,280,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$50,000.00
$25,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for the victim of a automobile accident.
Total Recovery:
$25,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$8,250.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00
$19,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Pulled Muscle)
Recovery for client who sustained a pulled muscle in an 18-wheeler accident.
Total Recovery:
$19,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$6,270.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00
$75,000.00 Recovery - Workplace Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for worker who suffered soft tissue injuries when his fork lift was struck by a delivery truck.
Total Recovery:
$75,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$25,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$350.00
$350,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / First Party Dram Shop
Our firm was hired by the minor child and parents of a young man who was killed in a motorcycle accident after being over served alcohol at a South Padre Island bar. The plaintiffs hired our firm to investigate the claim on the basis that the decedent was over the legal limit at the time of his death. In initial attempts to settle the case out of court, the defendants denied liability. Suit was filed soon thereafter.

The defendants initially argued that the decedent never consumed alcohol on their premises. Through physical evidence and deposition testimony to the contrary, we were able to conclusively prove that the decedent had indeed been drinking at the establishment.

The defendants then asserted allegations that the decedent's minor child was not actually his biological child, which would bar his claim entirely. A DNA test was performed and this argument was defeated.

The defendants then asserted the safe harbor defense. Our attorneys argued that the defendants did not qualify for safe harbor protection due to the fact that their servers were not all licensed providers. However, while this element was being addressed, our attorneys focused their attention on addressing the second element of the safe harbor defense regarding the bar's encouragement of the over service of alcohol. The defendants claimed that they would never serve the double-shot Bacardi cocktails that witnesses claimed the decedent drank several of. We sent private investigators into the bar to order the same drinks that the decedent consumed on the night of his death and the very same bar tenders who over served the decedent, without hesitation, served copious amounts of alcohol to the investigators, all of which was captured on hidden camera.

Once the safe harbor defense was defeated, the defendants argued that the decedent's BAC was low enough at the time of his death (as recorded by the hospital) that he would not have necessarily appeared obviously intoxicated to the servers and therefore the bar should not be held liable even if he had been over served. Eyewitness testimony refuted this.

Additionally, our firm's testifying medical expert reviewed the medical records related to the emergency helicopter flight that transported the decedent to the hospital after his accident. She determined that the EMS technicians administered numerous blood transfusions while in flight. Armed with this newfound data, our medical expert reverse extrapolated and determined conclusively that the decedent's BAC was actually in the range of .19-.21 at the time of the accident, though it was drastically diluted by the time he arrived at the hospital, which accounted for the relatively low BAC found in the hospital's medical records. This testimony proved to be pivotal in the case, resulting in a successful recovery for our clients.
Total Recovery:
$350,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$140,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$40,000.00

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