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If another party's negligence injured you in Dallas County, Texas law gives you a limited window to act. The Texas Chongo Personal Injury Lawyers represent injured people across Dallas, Irving, Garland, Mesquite, Richardson, and the rest of the county. Our office at 220 O'Connor Ridge Blvd in Irving is located in Dallas County, and our attorneys handle injury claims from the first insurance call through trial when a case requires one.
Hiring a Dallas County personal injury lawyer early protects physical evidence, preserves filing deadlines, and keeps the insurance company from setting the terms of the conversation. Call (972) 529-3476 for a free case evaluation.
Our practice is built on courtroom work rather than volume settlement processing. Trial experience shapes how we build a file from the first week forward.
Verified credentials behind our Dallas County injury practice include:
We accept personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis. Ask how those terms would apply to your situation during your case evaluation.
Our attorneys handle serious injury claims throughout the county's cities and unincorporated areas. These case types make up the core of our Dallas County practice.
Rear-end, intersection, and highway collisions across the county often involve disputed liability and injuries that carriers routinely minimize. Our team obtains crash reports, scene photographs, and any available video, then matches the medical records to the mechanism of injury described in those materials.
Commercial vehicle cases involve federal safety regulations, driver qualification files, hours-of-service logs, and carrier maintenance records, all subject to retention schedules. We send preservation demands within days and pursue the motor carrier alongside the driver when the evidence supports both claims.
Falls in stores, apartment complexes, and parking structures turn on what the property owner knew and how long the hazard existed before anyone was hurt. Our attorneys request incident reports, maintenance logs, and surveillance footage before it's overwritten.
Injured workers often have claims beyond workers' compensation, particularly against equipment owners, general contractors, and other companies operating on the same site. We work to identify every party whose conduct contributed and to evaluate the insurance coverage available to each.
When a family loses a loved one to another party's negligence, Texas allows certain surviving relatives to bring a claim. Our attorneys handle these cases with close attention to filing deadlines and what the family is carrying at the same time.
Venue decides which county hears your case, and it is one of the first questions we answer. Under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 15.002(a), a lawsuit must be brought:
A collision on I-635 or a fall inside a Mesquite store satisfies the first ground. Where you happen to live does not control the answer.
Dallas County lists its civil district courts as the 14th, 44th, 68th, 95th, 101st, 116th, 134th, 160th, 162nd, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, and 298th. Those courts hear the county's civil injury lawsuits.
Each court runs its own docket and scheduling practices, and those local rhythms shape how a case moves. We prepare filings with the assigned court's requirements in view.
Complex injury claims frequently involve multiple at-fault parties. For instance, a commercial truck collision may involve the driver, the trucking company, and a third-party cargo loading vendor, each carrying separate liability coverage.
Under Section 33.013(b) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a defendant who is found to be more than 50% responsible for an injury is jointly and severally liable for all recoverable damages. This allows the injured plaintiff to collect the full judgment amount from that primary defendant, who can then seek contribution from co-defendants.
Defense lawyers often attempt to deflect blame onto non-parties. Under Section 33.004(a), a defendant must file a motion for leave to designate a Responsible Third Party (RTP) on or before the 60th day before the trial date. Our attorneys track these procedural deadlines closely to challenge untimely or improper designations that could unfairly dilute your recovery.
Texas sorts recoverable losses into categories, and each carries its own proof requirements.
Section 41.0105 limits recovery of medical or health care expenses to the amount actually paid or incurred by or on behalf of the injured person. Billed charges and paid amounts are rarely the same number.
That distinction matters in cases involving hospital liens, health insurance write-offs, and letters of protection. Our team documents the paid and incurred amounts rather than relying on the gross bill.
Losses we commonly document include:
Exemplary damages sit apart from compensation and remain uncommon. Under Section 41.003, they are available only when the injured person proves by clear and convincing evidence that the harm resulted from fraud, malice, or gross negligence. The jury must also be unanimous on both liability and the amount awarded.
Section 41.008(b) then caps them at the greater of two figures: Two times economic damages plus noneconomic damages up to $750,000, or $200,000. We assess whether the conduct in a case could support that claim rather than pleading it by default.
Under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, you generally have two years from the date the cause of action accrues to file a personal injury lawsuit in Texas. Missing this deadline permanently forfeits your right to seek financial recovery.
Crucial physical evidence disappears far faster than the legal deadline:
Evidence disappears faster than the deadline runs. Surveillance video is often overwritten within weeks, and vehicle damage and roadway marks do not wait for anyone.
Section 16.001 treats a person younger than 18, regardless of marital status, and a person of unsound mind as being under a legal disability. When that disability exists at the time the cause of action accrues, the period of disability is not counted in the limitations period.
A disability arising after the clock starts does not suspend it, and you cannot tack one disability to another. Parents should still reach out early, because evidence in a child's case ages at the ordinary rate.
We handle injury cases on a contingency fee basis, so attorney fees come from a recovery under the signed agreement rather than out of pocket. Your case evaluation costs nothing. Before you sign, we explain the fee terms, case expenses, and how we handle medical liens.
No. Venue turns on where the events occurred, where the defendant resides or maintains its principal Texas office, and only after that on where you lived. A Collin County or Tarrant County resident injured in a Dallas County crash generally files in Dallas County.
Partial fault does not automatically end a Texas claim. Adjusters raise it early because it reduces what the carrier pays, often before anyone has examined the physical evidence. Our attorneys investigate the underlying facts and respond with documentation rather than argument.
Often, yes. Because the period before a child turns 18 is not counted in the limitations period, the filing window can extend well past the ordinary two years. Waiting remains a poor strategy, since witnesses relocate and records get purged long before a child reaches adulthood.
Texas allows responsibility to be allocated among several parties, and a defendant found more than 50 percent responsible can be held jointly and severally liable. Identifying every potentially liable party early matters, because each one carries separate insurance coverage.
Most injury cases resolve before trial, though that depends on the facts and on the carrier involved. Our team prepares every file as though a Dallas County jury will hear it. Building the case that way keeps each option open if negotiations stall.
Insurance carriers start building their file the day of the incident, and delay narrows your options. The sooner we begin, the more evidence remains available to document what happened.
The Texas Chongo Personal Injury Lawyers serve injured people throughout Dallas County from our Irving office, in English and Spanish. Board-certified trial attorney David Sanchez and our team will review the incident, explain the deadlines that apply to you, and lay out your legal options.
Call a Dallas County personal injury lawyer at (972) 529-3476 for a free case evaluation.
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