Texas Amputation Lawyers
A Texas amputation lawyer fights for the one loss you can never undo: a hand, an arm, a leg, gone because someone else was careless. We prove how the limb was lost and what a lifetime of prosthetics, surgeries, and lost income will really cost, then we go get it. You pay nothing unless we win.
An amputation case is a fight over a lifetime without the limb.
A Texas amputation case is different from almost any other injury claim because the loss is permanent and the cost never stops. A broken bone heals. A lost limb does not, and the prosthetics, surgeries, and lost income stretch across the rest of your life.
That changes what we have to prove, and how:
The cause of the amputation, traced to the crash, machine, or defect that took the limb, and to the party responsible for it.
A lifetime of prosthetics, each device replaced every few years, plus the revision surgeries that follow.
Lost earning capacity, the work and income the injury takes from you, sometimes for good.
Most amputations trace back to a danger someone else ignored.
An amputation can happen at the scene of a crash, or in the operating room days later when a crushed or infected limb cannot be saved. Across the country, vehicle crashes and workplace machinery are leading causes of traumatic limb loss. In the cases we handle, the cause usually traces back to someone’s negligence.
Vehicle & truck crashes
A high-speed car crash or truck crash can crush or sever a limb outright, or leave damage so severe that surgeons cannot save it.
Workplace & machinery
Caught-in and crush injuries on construction sites, oilfields, and factory floors are a leading cause of lost fingers, hands, and arms. A third-party claim can reach beyond workers’ compensation.
Defective machines & products
An unguarded machine, a defective power tool, or equipment with no safety shutoff can take a limb in an instant, and can make the manufacturer responsible.
Electrical & high-voltage
High-voltage contact and electrical burns can destroy tissue so badly that amputation is the only option, often pointing to a utility, a contractor, or a property owner.
Crush & heavy equipment
Forklifts, cranes, falling loads, and heavy equipment cause severe crush injuries that lead to amputation, and often trace back to a safety failure someone else owned.
Preventable surgical amputation
When an infection, a missed compartment syndrome, or a vascular injury is not treated in time, a limb that could have been saved is lost. That can be medical negligence.
The limb is gone. The case is everything that comes after.
Amputation cases are won by proving two things: who caused the limb loss, and what a lifetime without it really costs. The insurer wants to settle before anyone counts the prosthetics and surgeries ahead. We build the proof of both.
The cause of the amputation, traced through the crash, the machine, OSHA findings, or the product that failed.
The full course of care, from the emergency surgery through every revision and round of rehabilitation.
A life care plan that prices a lifetime of prosthetics, replacements, and therapy.
Lost earning capacity, the work the injury takes from you, now and for years ahead.
Loss of the limb and its use documented as the lasting harm it is, not just a medical bill.
An economist’s report that puts decades of future cost into today’s dollars.
Accident reconstruction and safety engineers to prove how the limb was lost and who is responsible.
Prosthetists and treating surgeons on your prognosis and the devices you will need for life.
Life care planners to turn that future into a line-by-line lifetime cost.
Vocational and economic experts to value lost earning capacity.
Product and machine-guarding experts when defective equipment caused the injury.
The rules these cases turn on
In Texas, you generally have two years from the injury to file (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003), and fault is shared under a modified comparative negligence rule that bars recovery only if you are more than half at fault. Unlike medical malpractice, an ordinary negligence case, a crash, a workplace injury, a defective machine, carries no cap on the compensatory damages a jury can award for future medical care, prosthetics, lost earnings, or pain. That is why the life care plan matters so much: in these cases, what you can prove, you can recover.
The insurer wants to settle before the first prosthetic wears out, before anyone counts the ones that follow. We refuse to talk numbers until the full lifetime cost is on paper.
General process; every case is handled on its own facts.“I spent over a decade directing insurance defense. I know exactly what a carrier looks for to deny or shrink your claim, because I found it for them.”Managing Litigation Attorney · former insurance defense director
The amputation cases we handle across Texas.
We represent people who have lost an upper or lower limb, partially or completely, in a preventable accident, and the families of those who did not survive. How and where you lost the limb decides who is responsible, and how much insurance stands behind your care.
Arm, hand & finger loss
The loss of an arm, a hand, or fingers can end a trade and a way of life. We prove the full impact, not just the medical bill.
Leg, foot & toe loss
Lower-limb amputations are the most common, and the prosthetics and mobility care can run for decades. We price every year of it.
Traumatic amputation
When a limb is severed or crushed at the scene of a crash or machine accident, we trace it back to who caused it, and to every policy behind them.
Secondary surgical amputation
When a limb is lost days or weeks later to infection or failed treatment, the at-fault party still owns that outcome. We make the connection on the record.
Workplace & oilfield amputation
An amputation on the job can support a third-party claim beyond workers’ compensation, against whoever created the danger.
Wrongful death
When amputation complications take a life, Texas law lets the surviving family recover for their loss in a wrongful death claim, with a separate survival claim for what your loved one endured.
What an amputation case is worth, and how we think about it.
There is no average for an amputation case. The value is driven by which limb was lost, the prosthetics and surgeries ahead, the work you can no longer do, and how clearly we can prove who caused it. The more we prove, and the more insurance we reach, the more there is to recover.
Lifetime prosthetics & devices
A prosthetic is not bought once. It is replaced every few years for life. We price every replacement, not guess at one.
Loss of limb & loss of use
The permanent loss of a limb, and what it takes from daily life, is a real, compensable harm in Texas, separate from the bills.
How clear the cause is
The cleaner the proof of who caused the amputation, the stronger your leverage to recover the full future cost.
How much coverage exists
Auto, commercial, employer, premises, and product policies can each add a layer. Finding all of them is part of the job.
Where the money actually comes from
A serious amputation almost never fits inside a single insurance policy. A lifetime of prosthetics and care can dwarf one liability limit. So we look everywhere: the at-fault driver, an employer or the third party that created the hazard, a product manufacturer, a property owner, a commercial policy, and any umbrella coverage stacked on top. Your own underinsured motorist coverage can add another layer. The size of a recovery depends on how many of these we can reach, which is why finding every policy is part of the work, not an afterthought.
How we handle the risk. You pay nothing up front, and our fee comes out of the recovery only if we win, so we can be honest about whether an offer covers the life ahead of you or falls short. Under Texas law, being more than 50% at fault can bar recovery, so we build the fault case as carefully as the cost case. We will tell you plainly when an offer is fair, and when it is worth pushing further. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Texas bilingual lawyers, in the language you think in.
Yes. Our team works in English and Spanish, so if English is not your first language, you can tell us what happened in your own words and follow every step of your case.
Hablamos español. La consulta es gratis y no paga nada a menos que ganemos.
A native Spanish speaker, Laura handles serious injury and wrongful death cases for Spanish speaking clients across Texas, start to finish, in their own language.
Senior Associate Attorney · bilingual, English & SpanishWhat our clients actually say.
Real reviews and video testimonials from people the firm has represented. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
“They took the time to answer all my questions and made me feel confident in them. The whole staff was very friendly and professional.”
“After speaking with them I could finally relax. Rodrigo made sure my physical therapy was covered and has been invaluable to us.”
“A very good experience with Rodrigo. He was knowledgeable and responsive to every question I had about my situation.”
“The team was professional, and knowledgeable. They made the whole legal process smooth and stress free.”
“Their communication went above and beyond. They handled all my medical visits and my settlement was way more than I expected.”
“Muchas gracias Rodrigo y a todo el equipo. si están envueltos en un accidente te ayudan en todo el proceso.”
“Excelente servicio al cliente, muy atentos con sus clientes. La comunicación es muy buena.”
“She walked me through the whole process and kept checking in, not just on the next step but on how I was doing.”
“They took the time to answer all my questions and made me feel confident in them. The whole staff was very friendly and professional.”
“After speaking with them I could finally relax. Rodrigo made sure my physical therapy was covered and has been invaluable to us.”
“A very good experience with Rodrigo. He was knowledgeable and responsive to every question I had about my situation.”
“The team was professional, and knowledgeable. They made the whole legal process smooth and stress free.”
“Their communication went above and beyond. They handled all my medical visits and my settlement was way more than I expected.”
“Muchas gracias Rodrigo y a todo el equipo. si están envueltos en un accidente te ayudan en todo el proceso.”
“Excelente servicio al cliente, muy atentos con sus clientes. La comunicación es muy buena.”
“She walked me through the whole process and kept checking in, not just on the next step but on how I was doing.”
Texas amputation lawyer FAQ.
Straight answers, specific to Texas, to what families ask most after losing a limb. Not sure how it applies to you? A free review sorts it out.
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