What Qualifies As A Personal Injury?

What Injuries Can a Car Accident Cause?

Injuries a victim can recover from due to a car accident may include pain and suffering, mental anguish, inconvenience because of bodily injury, sickness or disease, medical expenses, or lost wages. Even though some of these injuries are less severe than others, a personal injury lawyer like Salazar & Velazquez may be able to fight for compensation in these cases.

More severe injuries may occur also, such as significant or permanent loss of bodily functions, crucial scarring, permanent disfigurement, dismemberment, and even death. Other serious injuries include back and spinal cord injuries, second or third-degree burns, paralysis, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, and broken bones. Salazar & Velazquez will fight to support those who’ve suffered these injuries.

Texas Car Accident and Personal Injury Laws

Here are a few (but not limited to) Texas personal injury laws involving a motor vehicle:

• Accidents Involving Death, Personal Injury, or Substantial Bodily Injury – a driver involved in an accident resulting in injury or death of any person must immediately stop and remain at the scene of the accident until the driver has provided information and aid.
• Accidents Involving Only Damage to Another Car or Property – a driver involved in an accident resulting only in damage to property or another car which is driven or attended by any person must immediately stop at the scene of the accident, or as close to it as possible, and must remain at the scene until the driver has provided information and aid.
• Accidents Involving Damage to an Unattended Car or Property – a driver who collides with a parked car or other property which is unattended, must stay at the scene and attempt to locate and notify the driver or owner of the damaged car or property. Once located, the driver who caused the accident must give their name and address. If the driver or owner of the damaged car or property cannot be located, the driver who caused the accident must attach a written note to the damaged property in an obvious place providing the name and address of the driver, the owner of the vehicle that struck the unattended vehicle, and a statement of the circumstances of the collision.

Filing a Personal Lawsuit

Depending on the circumstances of your injury, you may be entitled to the following damages under Texas Law: economic damages, non-economic damages, and exemplary damages. Economic damages compensate you financially for losses you suffered due to your injury, including medical and hospital expenses, lost wages, and property damages. Non-economic damages compensate you for pain and suffering, mental anguish, scarring, and disfigurement. Exemplary damages (also known as punitive damages) punish the at-fault party for reckless or negligent driving.

Under Texas law, the victim has two years to file a legal claim against an at-fault party in a personal injury case. Personal injury lawyers will file a complaint in court, serve the victim’s complaint, file pre-trial motions, attend pre-trial hearings, present the victim’s case to a jury and resolve post-trial matters.

How We Can Help

Our mission at Salazar & Velazquez is to maximize compensation for our clients by creating a personalized treatment plan for their cases and helping customers understand their rights. If you don’t win the case, you don’t pay us for our legal services.