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Texas Personal Injury Practice Areas — How Chris Sanchez Helps
The Law Office of Chris Sanchez represents injury victims across the full spectrum of Texas personal injury law. With offices in McAllen, San Juan, San Antonio, and Houston, Chris fights insurance companies on behalf of clients hurt by car accidents, 18-wheeler crashes, slip and fall incidents, oil refinery explosions, defective products, dog bites, and more. Every case is handled on a contingency fee basis — you pay nothing unless we win.
Why Practice Areas Matter for Your Case
Different injury cases involve different laws, different defendants, and different proof requirements. A car accident case turns on Texas modified comparative negligence (Chapter 33) and the at-fault driver’s insurance policy. A truck accident case adds federal FMCSA regulations and corporate trucking-company liability. A slip and fall case requires proving the property owner had notice of the hazard. An oil refinery case involves OSHA standards, MSHA rules, and complex industrial safety codes.
Choosing the right practice area lawyer matters because the deadlines, evidence preservation requirements, and damages calculations are all different. Texas gives you 2 years from the injury date to file most personal injury lawsuits — but commercial vehicle and government claims may have shorter notice deadlines.
What to Expect From Chris Sanchez
- Free consultation — 24/7 by phone, video, or in-person at any office location
- No fee unless we win — contingency fee, no upfront cost
- Bilingual service — full case handling in English and Spanish
- Direct attorney access — Chris personally handles your case, not a paralegal
- Statewide reach — McAllen, San Juan, Houston, San Antonio offices serving all 254 Texas counties
If you or a family member was injured in Texas, contact Chris Sanchez at (956) 686-4357 for a free, confidential case review.
How Chris Sanchez Handles Texas Personal Injury Practice Areas
The Law Office of Chris Sanchez represents personal injury victims across the full spectrum of Texas tort law. Each practice area below has its own statute of limitations, evidentiary requirements, applicable Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code chapters, and damage models. Choosing an attorney who actively handles your specific case type matters because the case strategy differs significantly between, for example, a wrongful death claim under Chapter 71 and a premises liability case under Chapter 95.
Texas modified comparative negligence (Chapter 33) applies to nearly every injury case — you can recover compensation as long as you are not more than 50% at fault, with your recovery reduced by your percentage of fault. This is why insurance companies aggressively try to push fault onto injured plaintiffs: every percentage point of fault assigned to you reduces your recovery dollar for dollar. Chris fights every fault attribution from the insurance side because it directly affects your bottom-line recovery.
Texas personal injury cases generally have a 2-year statute of limitations from the date of injury (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003), but many exceptions apply: government claims have shorter notice deadlines (6 months for Texas Tort Claims Act, often 90 days for cities), wrongful death has its own timing rules, and minors have tolling protection. Chris Sanchez works on a contingency fee basis statewide — no fee unless we win. Free consultation 24/7 in English and Spanish at (956) 686-4357.
How Texas Personal Injury Cases Are Different
Texas has a unique mix of statutes that shape every case we handle: the 51% modified comparative fault bar, the two-year statute of limitations, the workers’ comp opt-out system, the 60-day insurance claim clock, and the $250,000 governmental cap under the Tort Claims Act. The right strategy in Dallas is wrong in Houston when a school district is involved. The right move on a Permian oilfield case fails in a Hidalgo County premises case. We pick the strategy to fit the facts and the venue.
Our Texas Practice Areas
- Truck and 18-wheeler accidents — FMCSA violations, hours-of-service, driver fatigue, brake failures.
- Car accidents — including UM/UIM and PIP stacking.
- Motorcycle accidents — left-turn collisions, lane-share crashes, helmet defense.
- Bus accidents — Greyhound, charter, school district, METRO, VIA.
- Premises liability — H-E-B, Walmart, apartment complexes, hotels.
- Workplace injuries — non-subscriber and third-party.
- Catastrophic injury — TBI, spinal, burns, amputation, wrongful death.
- Oil refinery accidents — Houston Ship Channel, Beaumont/Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, Texas City.
- First-party insurance — UM/UIM, hurricane, freeze, business interruption.
What to Do in the First 72 Hours After Any Texas Injury
- Get same-day medical care — even if you “feel okay.” Texas insurers attack any treatment gap.
- Photograph everything — vehicles, scene, injuries, hazards.
- Get the police or incident report number — and request the report (3–10 business days).
- Don’t give the at-fault carrier a recorded statement.
- Don’t post on social media — defense investigators screenshot everything within hours.
- Call us before the at-fault adjuster — not after.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it cost to hire Chris Sanchez?
Nothing up front. Every case is contingency — typically 33⅓% pre-suit, 40% post-suit. No fee if we don’t recover.
How long do most Texas personal injury cases take?
6–14 months for soft-tissue auto cases. 14–24 months for surgery cases. 18 months to 3 years for catastrophic cases that go to litigation.
Do I have to go to court?
Less than 5% of our cases reach trial. We prepare every case as if it will, which is why most settle.
What if my injury isn’t on this list?
Call us anyway. We have handled product liability, dram shop, dog bite, drowning, food poisoning, and many other claims that don’t fit a clean category.
Texas Statewide Coverage
We serve clients across all of Texas from offices serving the Rio Grande Valley, Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville. Free 24/7 bilingual consultation.
Across every practice area on this site, one question comes up first: who is actually the best fit for your case? See our detailed answer in the best personal injury attorney in McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley.