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
$109,500.00 Recovery - Third-Party Dram Shop Accident (Broken Leg)
Recovery for passenger who suffered broken leg in a drunken driving accident.
Total Recovery:
$109,500.00
Attorney Fees:
$41,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$30.00
$100,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Back Injury Resulting in Surgery)
Recovery for car accident victim who suffered back injury resulting in surgery.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$33,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00
$100,000.00 Recovery - Third-Party Dram Shop Accident (Broken Arm)
Recovered for client injured in a liquor liability accident.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$40,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$5,000.00
$100,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Injuries)
Recovery for client injured in an automobile accident.
Total Recovery:
$100,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$33,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$500.00
$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
$1,450,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Brain Injury)
Our firm was hired by a delivery driver who suffered a closed head injury resulting in the permanent loss of smell in a head-on accident. The incident occurred as the driver of an 18-wheeler lost control of his vehicle and veered into oncoming traffic. Our client's delivery vehicle was struck head-on, causing massive damage to both vehicles.

Our client was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for minor bodily injuries and a closed head injury which originally manifested itself as a concussion and temporary memory loss.

Suit was filed against the defendants following their failure to respond to our correspondence in a timely manner and litigation began. Included in the suit were both the defendant truck driver and his employer. The results of our investigation and the physical evidence from the accident scene made it apparent that the defendants had indeed caused the accident. Defense counsel soon conceded liability
Total Recovery:
$1,450,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$560,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$31,410.00
$70,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Soft-Tissue Neck & Back Injury)
(policy limits) Recovered for client who suffered soft-tissue back and neck injuries in a motor-vehicle accident.
Total Recovery:
$70,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$23,333.00
Litigation Expenses:
$656.00
$50,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Whiplash)
Recovery for client who sustained whiplash after being rear-ended in a car accident.
Total Recovery:
$50,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$20,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$5,334.00
$335,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death/ Commercial Vehicle Accident
The mother of a young man hired our firm to investigate the death of her son following a fatal car accident. The incident occurred as one of the two vehicles involved ran a red light and drive into the path of the other. The defendant was driving a work vehicle for a construction company. The defendant survived the accident and stated to police that the decedent caused the accident. The police could not conclusively determine who was at fault, yet the police report strongly implied that the decedent was likely at fault based on the statement provided by the defendant.

The plaintiff's mother was not convinced. Through a thorough investigation, we ultimately determined that the stoplight that the defendant claimed that our client ran, in fact, worked on a timer whereby the light was always green between certain hours unless a vehicle traveling on the intersecting road had been stopped at the right light for more than 30 seconds. Based on an analysis of the vehicles and tire markings, it was conclusively determined that both vehicles were traveling at the speed limit, which clearly indicates that the defendant driver had not accelerated from stop, rather, he was traveling at the speed limit, which would not have triggered a green light for the defendant.

The logical implications of this information is that the light could not have been red for the plaintiff, and it certainly would have been red for the defendant. As a consequence of this information, the case was resolved through litigation.
Total Recovery:
$335,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$134,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$63,000.00
$875,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Back Injury Requiring Surgery)
Plaintiff suffered a back injury resulting in spinal fusion surgery when her car was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler. The defendants argued that the accident was unavoidable, thus denying liability. Litigation commenced and the case was satisfactorily resolved soon thereafter.
Total Recovery:
$875,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$288,750.00
Litigation Expenses:
$2,500.00

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