Fort Worth Car Accident Lawyer

How We Help

• Trace the employment connection before any offer is evaluated. If the driver who hit you was working at the time, their employer's commercial policy is in play. We pull dispatch records, GPS route logs, and company communications to establish what that driver was actually doing when they caused your crash.
• Run your workers' compensation claim and your personal injury claim at the same time if you were on the job when the crash happened. Texas law gives you both. Most Fort Worth workers pursue comp and nothing else, leaving the personal injury claim uncollected. The two together are worth significantly more than either one alone.
• Send preservation demands for company records immediately. GPS data, driver dispatch logs, and commercial vehicle inspection records are deleted on internal corporate retention schedules, not legal ones. Without a formal demand, the evidence that establishes employer liability can be gone within weeks of the crash.
• Put the full case value on the table before we negotiate. Employer coverage limits, commercial policy availability, workers' comp liens, future lost earning capacity for a Fort Worth tradesperson, and every category of loss you cannot physically return to all factor into what you are actually owed. We establish that number first, then we negotiate.

Compensation You May Be Owed

• Lost wages from work missed while you were injured or recovering
• Reduced earning capacity if your injuries limit your ability to work going forward
• Medical expenses, current and ongoing
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Vehicle repair or replacement
• Out-of-pocket financial costs caused by the crash

The Company Behind That Driver Has Its Own Insurer

When a delivery van, service truck, or fleet vehicle causes a crash in Fort Worth, the driver handing you their insurance card is not the whole story. If that driver was working at the time of the crash, their employer is liable alongside them under Texas law. The employer's commercial policy almost always carries higher limits than the driver's personal coverage, and that is the one their insurer will try to keep you away from.

The standard opening from a Fort Worth commercial carrier is to argue that the driver was acting outside the scope of employment, that the crash happened during a personal detour, or that the company bears no responsibility. These arguments are designed to direct your claim toward the smaller, cheaper policy. They fall apart when the driver's dispatch log, GPS route data, and company communications are examined. We examine them before the insurer has a chance to define the narrative.

If You Were Working When the Crash Happened, You Likely Have Two Separate Claims

Fort Worth's workforce includes tens of thousands of people who drive as part of their job: plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, construction supervisors, and service workers who log significant road time every week. When one of those workers is injured in a crash while on the job, two legal claims exist simultaneously under Texas law. A workers' compensation claim through their employer covers medical bills and a portion of lost wages while they cannot work. A separate personal injury claim against the driver who caused the crash can recover everything workers' comp does not cover: the full wage gap, pain and suffering, future lost earning capacity, and every other category of loss tied to the injury.

These claims are not mutually exclusive. Filing your workers' comp claim does not waive your personal injury rights. But the way you handle each one affects the other, and settling one without understanding the full picture can permanently reduce what the other one pays. Most Fort Worth workers pursue comp and stop there because no one told them both were available. We handle work-related crash claims for Fort Worth tradespeople regularly, and in most of those cases both claims exist and the personal injury recovery is substantially larger than the comp benefit alone. We identify both on the first call and run them in parallel so nothing is left behind.

Your Deadline and the Records That Disappear First

Texas gives car accident victims two years from the crash date to file a personal injury lawsuit (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Sec. 16.003). In employer liability cases, the practical window for the most important evidence is far shorter. Company GPS data, driver dispatch logs, cell phone records tied to company accounts, and commercial vehicle inspection records are kept on internal corporate retention schedules. Without a legal preservation demand, those records can be deleted within weeks of the crash. They are often the difference between proving employer liability and not being able to prove it at all.

If your crash involved a City of Fort Worth vehicle, a transit vehicle, or any other government entity, written notice may be required within 90 days. Missing that deadline eliminates those claims entirely, regardless of how strong your case is otherwise. We identify every applicable deadline on the first call and issue preservation demands immediately so your evidence and your rights are protected while you focus on recovering. See also our Fort Worth truck accident page and our Dallas car accident page for related coverage.

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