Injured on the Texas Gulf Coast? Your Corpus Christi Injury Claim Guide

You spend a fun day at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi and grab dinner at Whataburger on the way home. Suddenly, another motorist runs a red light and hits your car, resulting in serious injuries, expensive medical bills, and time off work. You need an experienced attorney to help you pursue a personal injury claim and compensation, so you can focus on healing and getting back to work and life as quickly as possible.

The personal injury claim process is complex in Texas, but the South Texas injury lawyers at Carabin Shaw will walk with you every step of the way. We offer our services on a contingency-fee basis and free case reviews in English and Spanish to make legal guidance affordable for our clients. Call us 24/7 at 1-800-862-1260.

To seek damages in a personal injury claim in Texas, your lawyer must prove the at-fault party’s negligence caused your accident and injuries. Negligence is a legal term that involves these elements:

• The at-fault party owed you a duty of care to keep you safe
• The party breached its duty of care
• The breach of duty led directly to the accident
• The accident led directly to your injuries and subsequent losses

Your attorney will prove negligence by conducting a thorough investigation of your accident, gathering key evidence, and interviewing experts to reconstruct the accident based on the evidence presented. The Carabin Shaw legal team has a strong record of building strong personal injury cases for our clients, as our law firm’s client reviews demonstrate.

Some accidents involve more than one responsible party. Under Texas’s comparative fault law, you can seek damages from all at-fault parties based on their percentage of fault for your accident. For example, if a car runs a red light and hits you, and another vehicle exceeding the speed limit hits you from behind, you can seek damages from both parties for your medical bills and other losses.

Your Texas Gulf Coast personal injury attorney will investigate your accident to identify all at-fault parties and hold them accountable. Proportionate responsibility allows you to maximize your damages and ensure you receive sufficient compensation for all your financial losses.

You can seek damages even if you were partially at fault for the accident, as long as your percentage of fault doesn’t exceed 50%. However, your damages will be reduced by your percentage of responsibility. For example, if you are determined to be 30% at fault for your accident, your total damage amount will be reduced by 30%.

Your legal team will calculate economic damages like medical bills, lost wages, and property damages, using evidence like bills, invoices and receipts. Non-economic damages are more difficult to assess, since they cover the intangible losses you incurred as a result of your accident. Non-economic losses might include:

• Pain and suffering
• Mental and emotional anguish
• Disability and disfigurement
• Loss of consortium
• Reduced quality of life

The goal is to help you restore your life to a level similar to what it was before your accident. Lawyers often use formulas to ensure they seek sufficient compensation to cover you now and in the future.

A serious accident can leave you in pain, out of work, and unsure where to turn. Don’t wait to get the expert help you need to build a strong personal injury claim. At Carabin Shaw, we fight to protect our clients’ rights and maximize the compensation they are entitled to. Call us toll-free now at 1-800-862-1260.

For more information:

• Cornell Law School
• Texas Statutes 33
• Texas Statutes 41