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Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers

A Texas traumatic brain injury lawyer fights for the injury an insurer cannot see and loves to deny: the headaches, memory loss, and personality changes that do not show on a routine scan but change a life. We bring in neuropsychologists, brain imaging, and a life care plan to prove what happened and what the years ahead will cost. You pay nothing unless we win.

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01Texas catastrophic injury

A brain injury case is a fight over an injury you cannot always see.

A Texas traumatic brain injury case is different from any other injury claim because the harm hides. A broken bone shows on an x-ray. A concussion or a brain injury often does not, even when it changes how you think, feel, work, and live.

That changes what we have to prove, and how:

The invisible injury, when a routine CT or MRI looks normal but the symptoms are real and lasting.

The change in the person, the memory, mood, and focus that family and coworkers notice first.

Lifetime cost, the therapy, lost work, and care a brain injury can demand for years.

214,110TBI-related hospitalizations in the United States in a single year.
About 3 in 4Traumatic brain injuries are labeled mild, even when the effects last for years.
Leading causeMotor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of TBI-related death.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention TBI data. National figures, not case values.
02How these injuries happen

Most brain injuries come from a blow someone else could have prevented.

A traumatic brain injury comes from a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or a penetrating wound. Across the country, falls and motor vehicle crashes cause the most TBIs, followed by being struck by an object and assaults. In the cases we handle, the cause usually traces back to someone’s negligence.

Crashes

Vehicle & truck crashes

The whip of a crash slams the brain against the skull, with or without a direct head strike. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of fatal brain injury.

Falls

Falls

Falls cause the most TBIs overall, especially for older adults and young children. A fall on an unsafe stair, a wet floor, or an unguarded edge can cause a lasting brain injury.

On the job

Construction & workplace

A fall from height or a struck-by-object on a job site is a common cause of severe brain injury. A third-party claim can reach beyond workers’ compensation.

Struck

Struck by an object

Being hit by a falling tool, load, or debris is a leading cause of brain injury, and often points to a property owner or contractor who ignored a known hazard.

Sports

Sports & recreation

Repeated concussions and hard impacts in sports can cause lasting harm, especially to children. When a program or facility ignored concussion safety, that negligence is part of the case.

Assault

Assault & unsafe premises

A brain injury from an assault, or from a property owner’s failure to provide safe premises and security, can support a civil claim separate from any criminal case.

03How we prove it

The scan looked normal. We prove the injury is real.

Brain injury cases are won by making an invisible injury visible. The insurer points to a clean CT scan and calls you fine. We build the medical and human proof that shows what actually changed, and what it will cost.

What we build

Neuropsychological testing that measures memory, attention, and processing against where you were before.

Advanced brain imaging when it helps, the kind that can show damage a routine CT or MRI misses.

Before-and-after testimony from family, friends, and coworkers on how you have changed.

A life care plan that prices future therapy, treatment, and care across your lifetime.

An economist’s report putting decades of future cost and lost earnings into today’s dollars.

Your medical and work records, tied to the injury on the record.

Who we bring in

Neurologists and neuropsychologists to diagnose the injury and explain it to a jury.

Treating physicians and therapists on your prognosis and the care you will need.

Life care planners to turn that future into a line-by-line lifetime cost.

Economists to value future care and lost earning capacity across your life.

Accident reconstruction engineers to prove how the crash or fall happened and who caused it.

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 fall, a workplace injury, carries no cap on the compensatory damages a jury can award for future medical care, 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 on a clean scan before anyone measures what changed. We refuse to talk numbers until the real injury, and its 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
04Who we help

The brain injury cases we handle across Texas.

We represent people with every severity of traumatic brain injury, from a concussion that never fully healed to a severe injury that changed everything, and the families of those who did not survive. How you were hurt decides who is responsible, and how much insurance stands behind your care.

Concussion

Concussion & mild TBI

A “mild” TBI is anything but mild when symptoms linger. We make sure a concussion with lasting effects is taken seriously, not written off because a scan looked clean.

Severe

Moderate & severe TBI

A moderate or severe brain injury can affect memory, speech, movement, and personality for life. Proving the full future cost is everything.

Crash

Crash-related brain injury

Most of our brain injury cases start with a vehicle or truck crash. We trace the injury back to who caused it, and to every policy behind them.

Premises

Fall & premises injury

A brain injury from a fall on unsafe property is a premises case. The owner’s failure to fix a known hazard is what we prove.

On the job

Workplace brain injury

A brain injury on the job can support a third-party claim beyond workers’ compensation, against whoever created the danger.

Fatal

Wrongful death

When a brain injury takes 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.

05Value & risk

What a brain injury case is worth, and how we think about it.

There is no average for a traumatic brain injury case. The value is driven by how the injury changes your life and your ability to work, and by how clearly we can prove it. The more we prove, and the more insurance we reach, the more there is to recover.

Lifetime medical & care

Therapy, treatment, and care can run for years. We price it year by year, not guess at it.

Cognitive & personality change

Lost memory, focus, and the person you were is a real, compensable harm in Texas, not just a medical bill.

How clear the proof is

Because the injury is invisible, proving it cleanly with testing and imaging is what drives the value.

How much coverage exists

Auto, commercial, employer, premises, and umbrella policies can each add a layer. Finding all of them is part of the job.

Where the money actually comes from

A serious brain injury almost never fits inside a single insurance policy. A standard auto policy can be a fraction of the cost of long-term care. So we look everywhere: the at-fault driver, a commercial or trucking policy, the vehicle’s owner, a property owner, an employer, a product manufacturer, 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.

Bilingual representation

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 & Spanish
06Client voices

What our clients actually say.

Real reviews and video testimonials from people the firm has represented. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Video testimonials · in their own words
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“They took the time to answer all my questions and made me feel confident in them. The whole staff was very friendly and professional.”

Cecilia G.
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“After speaking with them I could finally relax. Rodrigo made sure my physical therapy was covered and has been invaluable to us.”

Kelly H.
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“A very good experience with Rodrigo. He was knowledgeable and responsive to every question I had about my situation.”

Rolando M.
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“The team was professional, and knowledgeable. They made the whole legal process smooth and stress free.”

Ricardo S.
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“Their communication went above and beyond. They handled all my medical visits and my settlement was way more than I expected.”

Maudie B.
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“Muchas gracias Rodrigo y a todo el equipo. si están envueltos en un accidente te ayudan en todo el proceso.”

Miguel
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“Excelente servicio al cliente, muy atentos con sus clientes. La comunicación es muy buena.”

Salvador T.
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“She walked me through the whole process and kept checking in, not just on the next step but on how I was doing.”

McKenna B.
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“They took the time to answer all my questions and made me feel confident in them. The whole staff was very friendly and professional.”

Cecilia G.
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“After speaking with them I could finally relax. Rodrigo made sure my physical therapy was covered and has been invaluable to us.”

Kelly H.
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“A very good experience with Rodrigo. He was knowledgeable and responsive to every question I had about my situation.”

Rolando M.
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“The team was professional, and knowledgeable. They made the whole legal process smooth and stress free.”

Ricardo S.
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“Their communication went above and beyond. They handled all my medical visits and my settlement was way more than I expected.”

Maudie B.
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“Muchas gracias Rodrigo y a todo el equipo. si están envueltos en un accidente te ayudan en todo el proceso.”

Miguel
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“Excelente servicio al cliente, muy atentos con sus clientes. La comunicación es muy buena.”

Salvador T.
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“She walked me through the whole process and kept checking in, not just on the next step but on how I was doing.”

McKenna B.
Reviews reflect individual client experiences. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
07Common questions

Texas traumatic brain injury FAQ.

Straight answers, specific to Texas, to what families ask most after a brain injury. Not sure how it applies to you? A free review sorts it out.

How long do I have to file a brain injury claim in Texas?
Under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003, you generally have two years from the date of injury to file suit, and a wrongful death claim runs two years from the date of death. Some claims, like medical negligence or cases against a government body, follow different deadlines and notice rules, so confirm yours early while evidence is fresh.
Can I have a brain injury if my CT or MRI was normal?
Yes. Many traumatic brain injuries, especially concussions, do not show on a routine CT or MRI. Diagnosis often relies on your symptoms, neuropsychological testing, and sometimes advanced imaging. A normal scan does not mean you are fine, and we make sure your records say so.
What is my brain injury case worth?
There is no honest average. Value is driven by the severity of the injury, how it changes your life and your ability to work, how clearly we can prove it, and how much insurance is available. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome, and any lawyer who quotes a number before reviewing your records is guessing.
How do you prove a traumatic brain injury?
Through neuropsychological testing, your treating doctors, advanced imaging when it helps, and before-and-after testimony from the people who know you. A life care planner and an economist then put a number on the years ahead. That combination is how an invisible injury is made visible to a jury.
Does Texas cap brain injury damages?
In an ordinary negligence case, such as a crash, a fall, or a workplace injury, Texas does not cap the compensatory damages a jury can award for future care, lost earnings, or pain. Caps mainly apply to medical malpractice and certain claims against government entities. Which rules apply to you is one of the first things we confirm.
Who can be held responsible besides the driver?
Depending on the facts, a trucking company, an employer, a property owner, a product manufacturer, or the owner of the vehicle may share responsibility, and each often carries its own insurance. Because a brain injury rarely fits inside one policy, finding every responsible party is central to the case.
Can I file a claim if the injury happened at work?
Often, yes, beyond workers’ compensation. A third-party claim can be brought against someone other than your employer whose negligence caused the injury, such as a subcontractor, an equipment maker, or a property owner. That claim can reach damages workers’ comp does not pay.
Is a concussion really a brain injury?
Yes. A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury. Most TBIs are classified as mild, but “mild” describes the initial event, not the long-term effect, which can include lasting headaches, memory loss, and mood changes. When those symptoms persist, the injury deserves to be taken seriously.
Should I talk to the insurance company myself?
Not without a lawyer. A recorded statement is used to make you sound fine and to lock in words that can later be turned against you, which is especially dangerous with a brain injury. Let our office handle all communication so nothing you say is used to shrink your claim.
How much does a brain injury lawyer cost?
We work on a contingency fee: nothing upfront, and fees are collected only if we recover for you. In most cases that arrangement also funds the investigation and the experts, including the neuropsychologist and the life care plan, along the way.
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Living with a brain
injury in Texas? Let’s talk.

Tell us what happened and we will tell you, honestly, where you stand under Texas law and what it will take to prove your injury and fund the care ahead. We represent brain injury survivors and their families across Texas. The review is free, and you owe nothing unless we win.

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