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A personal injury lawyer helps you recover money when someone else’s negligence leaves you hurt, covering your medical bills, your lost income, and the harm that never shows up on a receipt. A Dallas personal injury lawyer at Tate Law Offices handles your claim on a contingency-fee basis, so you pay no attorney’s fee unless we win. Texas gives you 2 years from the date of injury to act.
Call (903) 892-4440 any time, day or night, for a free consultation.
Personal injury is the whole category, the umbrella over car and truck wrecks, falls, and fatal accidents alike, and Dallas is where this firm was built. What ties all of these cases together is simple: a person was hurt because someone else failed to exercise reasonable care, and now an insurance company is deciding how little it can pay.
Our job is to take that decision out of the insurer’s hands and put it back where it belongs, on the evidence. The Tate and Rehmet families run this firm, and whether your case is a rear-end collision or the loss of a family member, you get lawyers who treat it as the serious matter it is.
Why Choose Tate Law Offices as
Your Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer
Two things usually decide a personal injury case: whether your lawyer actually knows your file, and whether the insurer believes that lawyer will go to trial. A family-owned firm gives you both. We keep the caseload small enough that the attorney on your case knows its details without pulling up a summary, and we have handled enough crash, premises, and catastrophic cases that a lowball offer is understood to be the start of a conversation, not the end of one.
- You work with an attorney from start to finish, not a rotating cast of case managers who hand your file down the line.
- We take the cases we believe in and press them, instead of settling a high volume of files fast and cheap.
- We fund the entire cost of building your claim, from records to experts, and take a fee only out of what we recover.
That combination, genuine access paired with a real willingness to try a case, is the part a billboard operation cannot copy. It is also what tends to move an insurer from its first number to a fair one.
What Types of Cases Do Personal
Injury Lawyers Handle?
Almost any serious injury caused by another party’s negligence can become a personal injury case, and our practice covers the ones that hurt people most across Dallas. The table below maps the main areas we handle, and each is a starting point for a more detailed conversation about your specific claim.
Practice Area | What It Covers |
Crashes caused by distracted, impaired, or reckless drivers | |
Collisions with commercial trucks and the companies behind them | |
Rider injuries and the bias riders face from insurers | |
People struck while walking or crossing | |
Cyclists hit by drivers who failed to yield | |
Rideshare accidents | Uber and Lyft crashes and their tangled coverage |
Premises liability | Injuries from dangerous property conditions |
Falls caused by a hazard an owner ignored | |
Non-subscriber and third-party job injury claims | |
Fatal injuries caused by another party’s negligence |
If your situation is on this list, there is a page and a plan for it. If it is not, a short call still tells you quickly whether it is a case we handle or one we can point you toward.
How Does a Personal Injury Claim Work?
Most claims move through the same four stages, and the large majority settle without ever reaching a courtroom. Knowing the path ahead of time takes some of the uncertainty out of a stressful process.
- Investigation and treatment, where we gather the proof of fault while you focus on getting well.
- The demand, a documented package sent to the at-fault party’s insurer laying out liability and damages.
- Negotiation, where a well-supported demand from a firm prepared to sue carries real weight.
- Litigation, filed when the insurer will not deal fairly, which opens discovery and moves the case toward trial.
We do not put a value on your case until your medical picture is clear, because settling early is how people get shortchanged. If a fair number never comes, filing suit in the Texas civil courts keeps the pressure on and puts the decision in front of a jury. Most cases resolve well before that point.
How Much Is Your Personal Injury Case Worth?
There is no flat rate, because value comes from the specific harm the injury caused and how thoroughly it is documented. Two cases with the same diagnosis can be worth very different amounts depending on the losses that follow. A few factors drive the number more than any others.
- How serious and how permanent the injury is.
- The full medical cost, both what you have already paid and what future care will require.
- The income and earning capacity you lose while recovering, and afterward if the injury lingers.
- The non-economic toll, meaning the pain, the limitations, and the ways the injury changes daily life.
- The other party’s conduct, since especially reckless behavior can support exemplary damages.
The through line is documentation. A claim is only worth what you can prove, which is why we build the record with your treating providers and, in serious cases, medical and economic experts. Because our fee is a share of the result, we have every reason to get that number right rather than rush it.
What Texas Law Applies to Your Claim?
Texas is a fault-based state, so the negligent party and its insurer are responsible for your damages, and two rules shape nearly every personal injury claim. Both are worth understanding before you talk to an insurer.
How Long Do You Have to File a Personal Injury Claim in Texas?
Two years from the date of the injury, under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003. Miss it, and the court will almost certainly dismiss your case regardless of how strong it was. You can read the statute on Texas Legislature Online. A few narrow exceptions exist, such as claims involving a minor, but two years is the safe assumption, and evidence is far easier to secure long before then.
Can You Recover If You Were Partly at Fault?
Yes, as long as your share of the blame is 50 percent or less. Under the state’s proportionate responsibility rule, your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault and barred only if that share tops half. If your damages come to 100,000 dollars and you are found 30 percent at fault, you recover 70,000 dollars, which is precisely why insurers work to pin as much blame on you as they can.
Get Your Free Case Review
Let one of our personal injury lawyers review your case, explain your legal options, and answer all your questions in a free case evaluation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I really need a personal injury lawyer?
For a minor claim with no injury, maybe not. But once there are real injuries, an insurer’s goal is to resolve your claim for as little as possible, and studies and experience both show represented claimants tend to recover more even after fees. A free consultation is a low-cost way to find out whether your case is one worth pursuing.
How does the fee actually work?
You pay nothing unless we recover. Our fee is an agreed percentage of the settlement or verdict, and we advance the case costs along the way, so there is no bill to you if the case does not succeed. You will know the terms in writing before we begin.
What if the insurance company already made me an offer?
Talk to a lawyer before you accept it. First offers tend to arrive before the full extent of your injuries is known, and once you sign a release, the claim is closed for good. There is no harm in having the offer reviewed at no cost.
How long will my case take?
It depends on the injuries and how the insurer behaves. Straightforward claims can resolve in months, while serious cases that require full treatment and litigation may take a year or more. We would rather get the result right than settle before your recovery is clear.
Will I have to go to court?
Probably not. Most personal injury claims settle, but we prepare each one as though it will be tried, because that readiness is often what produces a fair settlement. If the case does need a courtroom, we are ready for it.
What does it cost to just ask?
Nothing. The consultation is free, there is no obligation, and you will leave it knowing more about where you stand than when you called.
Legally Reviewed By
Tim Tate, of Tate Law Offices, PC, has represented victims of injuries day-in and day-out throughout the state of Texas as well as in numerous other states throughout America over the last two decades. In addition to being licensed as an Attorney at Law by the Supreme Court of Texas, Tim is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice, both of which advocate and advance the rights of injured victims against insurance companies.
Talk to a Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer
If another party’s negligence left you or someone you love hurt anywhere in Dallas or across the metro, the first step is simple: find out what your claim is actually worth before an insurer tells you. That first conversation is free, and it comes with no obligation to hire us.
Whatever kind of accident you are dealing with, from a highway crash to a fall to a fatal injury, this is the place to start. We will listen, tell you honestly whether you have a case, and if you do, take it on with no fee unless we win. Call (903) 892-4440 today. Someone is available around the clock, because the questions that follow a serious injury tend not to wait for business hours.
