Texas Injury Attorneys Speaking Up For The Injured
Since 1979, the personal injury attorneys at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. Injury & Accident Lawyers have been fighting for the rights of the injured. We fight exclusively for the injured victims. If you are injured due to someone else’s negligence, call us to talk to an experienced Houston personal injury lawyer today. Consultations are always free and if you sign with us, we do not charge you any attorneys fees or expenses unless we make a recovery for you. Call us toll-free at 1-800-298-0111.
What Does a Personal Injury Lawyer Do?
A personal injury lawyer helps you put your life back together by recovering compensation for your injuries and financial losses when you have been injured due to someone else’s negligent conduct. A personal injury lawyer helps you by drafting notice and demand letters to preserve your rights, collecting and documenting evidence that helps establish the other party’s fault and your damages, interceding between you and the adjusters, representatives, and attorneys for the negligent party, hires investigators, experts, and medical professions necessary to prove your case in court, advises you of your rights and options including helping you to decide whether to file a lawsuit, mediate, arbitrate, and/or settle your case.
Why Hire Our Personal Injury Attorneys?
The attorneys at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C., Injury and Accident Lawyers are passionate about helping the injured get the compensation they deserve, and are experienced at navigating the legal hurdles thrown up by adjusters and attorneys to thwart these efforts. It is our mission to represent our clients in a manner that demonstrates compassion, integrity, honor, and trustworthiness. If you share these goals, our personal injury attorneys are a good fit for you.
Some firms handle many areas of law. Personal injury law is all we do. The insurance companies know our name and they also know we will take cases to trial. Today we have three injury lawyers in Houston, TX with a trained team of over 20 hard-working legal support staff who handle: auto accidents, truck accidents, work accidents, premise liability claims, dog bites, defective drugs, wrongful death, medical malpractice, maritime accidents, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome due to vitamin B1 deficiency claims and more. Let us speak up for your rights!
- Virtual meetings (Zoom) and smartphone sign-ups are available.
- We always offer free consultations.
- You do not pay attorney fees or litigation expenses unless we win your case.
- Attorney Paul Cannon is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Personal Injury Trial Law.
- Attorney Christopher K. Fletcher was recognized in 2020 as a Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyer’s Association.
- We have been a reputable and trusted law firm in Texas since 1979.
- We provide local, state, and national representation.
- Our firm was founded on Christian values: Honor, Integrity, and Compassion.
- We offer hospital and in-home visits for severely injured clients.
- We have exclusively represented injury & accident victims since 1979.
Are There Any Up-Front Costs to Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer?
When you hire a Houston personal injury lawyer at Simmons and Fletcher, P.C., Injury and Accident lawyers on a contingency fee basis, you don’t pay any fees nor attorney expenses unless you win your case! This means that your attorney pays for all of the litigation costs up-front. Upon a settlement or judgment, you pay attorneys’ fees and case expenses. This is a promise we make to all of our clients if we take on their case. So why not schedule a free consultation with a qualified and experienced injury attorney in Houston?
How Do I Know If I Should Call A Personal Injury Lawyer?
You should consider calling a personal injury lawyer if any of the following apply:
- You were injured in an accident and do not have the resources or means to get the medical care you need.
- You were seriously injured due to someone else’s negligence.
- You were injured in a multi-car or disputed liability accident.
- You were injured due to a dangerous condition on someone else’s property.
- You were injured due to someone else’s negligence and the other side is not responding or not accepting responsibility.
- You were injured due to a product or drug.
- You were injured on the job and there is no worker’s compensation or someone other than your employer caused the injury.
- You were injured and an adjuster is calling asking for a recorded statement.
- You were injured by someone’s animal.
- You were injured by a drunk driver.
- You were injured due to medical negligence.
- You want to be sure that you understand all of your rights and that your interests are looked out for.
- You simply want a free consultation to better understand the legal process before you try to navigate it alone.
The choice is always yours whether to hire a personal injury lawyer. But be aware that insurance companies and corporations have trained investigators, adjusters, and lawyers at their disposal. Their job is to minimize your case value to save themselves money. We strongly advise talking to a personal injury lawyer before you talk to anyone from the opposing side if you are in the position of having to make a personal injury claim due to someone else’s negligent conduct.
Other Facts to Know Affecting Personal Injury Cases:
- The 2-year statute of limitations is not the only deadline in many cases. If your case is against a city, county, state, or federal entity due to an injury on government property or by a government-owned and operated vehicle, you have strict notice requirements that must be met or your case will be barred. Some of these are as short as 90 days from the date of the injury.
- There is no duty to preserve videotapes, inter-company reports, emails, or certain other evidence UNLESS the victim or her attorney sends written notice demanding the evidence be secured and preserved.
- Insurance companies will typically not pay your medical bills as you incur them. They know that as the bills pile up, you are more likely to stop following through on needed medical care and by doing so, harm your own case. An experienced personal injury attorney can help you get the medical care you need without having to come out-of-pocket for the medical bills as you go.
- We offer a 100% FREE CONSULTATION with no obligation to learn your rights so you can make an informed decision.
What Does it Take to Win a Personal Injury Case?
To win a personal injury case, you must prove by a preponderance of the evidence the elements of duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, and damages. Duty means a legal obligation to act or not act in a specific way under the law. Breach of duty means that the person failed to carry out his duty. The term ‘proximate cause’ means a cause that was a substantial factor in causing an event to happen, without which the event wouldn’t have happened. Damages refer to the harm done as a result of negligence.
How Long Do I Have to File a Personal Injury Claim in Texas?
States have different deadlines for a plaintiff to file a lawsuit. This deadline is called the Statute of Limitations. In the State of Texas, the general rule is two years. However, there are many exceptions including the following:
- The discovery rule. This rule extends the time to file on repressed injuries and hard-to-discover injuries until the harm and cause can reasonably be discovered.
- Minors. Minors are given until their 20th birthday to file claims.
- The defendant leaves the state. When a tortfeasor leaves the state before the 2-year statute runs, this can be grounds for an extension.
- 1st party insurance claims. Claims against your own insurance may have a 3-year or 4-year statute of limitations depending upon what the contract states.
- Other exceptions. Other exceptions can apply in certain circumstances so you must consult an attorney about your specific facts.
More about the Statute of Limitations.
How Do I Know If I Have A Personal Injury Case?
If you suspect you were injured due to someone else’s negligence, you may have a case. Contact an attorney for a free consultation at once. A qualified attorney can evaluate the facts of your case and let you know whether they believe you have a case.
What If I Do Not Have Time to Meet With an Attorney?
Having no time to go meet with a lawyer in person is no problem. We know that your time is valuable too. If you do not have time to come in, all of our lawyers and staff are set up to communicate with clients via Zoom virtual meetings, electronic document signing software that allows you to sign documents on a smartphone using your finger, email, and remote and office phone software. We also offer hospital and home visits for those too incapacitated to come to see us. Our services come with as many or as few lawyer meetings as you require.
What Damages Can I Recover in a Houston Personal Injury Case?
The damages you are permitted by law to seek for your injuries include compensation for past and future medical expenses, property damage, physical pain and suffering, scarring, disfigurement, mental anguish, physical impairment, and lost earning capacity. For more information read more about the types of damages you can recover.
Do You Handle Cases Outside of Houston, TX?
While our Principal offices are located in Houston, Texas, we have handled serious injury cases nationwide for decades. Our location is convenient to visit from all of Houston, Angleton, Atascocita, Austin, Beaumont, Baytown, Brownsville, Conroe, Cypress, Dallas, Harlingen, Katy, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Port Arthur, San Antonio, Spring, Sugar Land, Tyler, and The Woodlands. We are in the former Frost Bank building on I-10 next to Memorial City Mall.
What Our Clients Say
“After the accident I was really shaken to my core. Being a senior citizen, I wasn’t sure just what to do. I saw your tv ad and I decided to call. So glad I did and from day one I was treated very well. Especially since I didn’t have the pertinent information I should have gotten from the person who hit me. In spite of it all, your people were able to get all the information needed for my case. i consider that a job well done. I am truly grateful for all your help.
- Veda J.
Review: 5/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
About Our Faith
Our faith is very important to us. We strive to serve our clients as though we are serving the Lord, Himself. However, we welcome and regularly represent people of all faiths and beliefs.
Giving Back To the Houston Community
Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. Injury & Accident Lawyers has been in business in the Houston and Katy area for over 40 years. As a way of giving back to the community that has been so good to us, we promote local missions via our Vlog Meet Houston Missions. We also offer several college scholarships to existing and incoming college students and participate in several local missions, church organizations, and charities. Please visit: *Meet Houston Missions *Scholarship Competitions *Simmons and Fletcher, P.C. Gives Back
Verdicts & Settlements
Personal Injury Case Results
Simmons and Fletcher, P.C., has handled and tried personal injury cases big and small. Here you will find some examples of a few of our representative results. Due to confidentiality agreements, not all of our settlements and judgments can be posted. We also withhold the names due to privacy concerns.
$11,900,000.00 Electrocuted Worker Burn Injury Settlement
A Worker was severely injured while on an aerial lift. The worker was assisting another employee on a man lift about 30 feet in the air when the other worker steered too close to a 34 kV power line. The resulting shock caused burn injuries and an extended period of oxygen deprivation to our client. He suffered irreversible brain damage and requires 24-hour monitoring. He sustained significant short-term and long-term memory problems and is permanently disabled. After a lawsuit was filed, the case was ordered to arbitration under an employee benefits policy. After extensive discovery and depositions, and after the excess carrier tried to get out of their obligations by trying to void their insurance policy in Federal Court, the case settled on the eve of arbitration for $11,900,000. Attorney fees on the case were $3,966,666.27 and case expenses were $213,253.55.
$300,000.00 Dog Bite Settlement
While playing outside in his neighborhood with his sister and friends, a young boy was attacked by a pit bull belonging to a neighbor. The neighbor has recently purchased the pit bull as a guard dog after someone had burglarized their home. The neighbor’s child brought the dog outside on a leash but tripped over the thresh hold of the doorway and let the dog loose. The dog attacked our client, biting him about the head and sides of his face. A good Samaritan driving by stopped and pried the dog’s jaws off of the boy’s head. The attack resulted in numerous stitches to the scalp and some scarring around the sides of the face. Total medical expenses for emergency care were $10,018.60 after Medicaid payments. After filing a lawsuit and conducting some necessary discovery, Paul Cannon made a time-limited demand to the defendant’s homeowner’s insurance company demanding that they pay their full policy limits of $300,000.00 to settle the case. The Defendants opted to accept the demand rather than go to trial. Attorney fees were $100,000.00 and expenses were $1,480.74.
Commercial Motor Vehicle Accident $233,124.00 Jury Verdict
Plaintiff (49) was driving down I-10 in Houston when a truck carrying a load of 18 ceramic insulators lost its load on the roadway in traffic. She hit one of the insulators. Suffered an aggravation of a pre-existing spondylolisthesis in her lumbar spine requiring significant medical care, including lumbar surgery. She went to ER 4 days later, then a chiropractor diagnosed a spondylolisthesis that predated the accident. She had a prior recommendation for surgery 10 years before following 4 prior injuries to her back. The case went to trial in Harris County. Outcome: The Defendant was found 100% negligent, and awarded $233,124.00. Attorneys fees were $93,249.60, expenses were $51,645.81. The award was for 20K past medical, 15K past physical impairment, 60K future physical impairment, 20K past lost earnings, 30K future lost earnings, 30K past pain and suffering, and 115K future pain and suffering.
$1,387,500.00 Drunk Driving Accident Settlement
A 46-year-old female was rear-ended by a drunk driver. The driver was arrested at the scene for intoxication. The plaintiff suffered from fractured ribs, a right ankle dislocation a right hip dislocation, a right toe laceration, a right femur fracture, closed head injury with mild traumatic brain injury, post-concussive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, abrasions, and lacerations. The total medical bills paid out of the settlement were $55,463.50. Attorneys fees were $547,500 and the expenses paid out of the settlement were $25,624.59.
Dog Bite Policy Limits+ Settlement
Dog attack involving 4 pit bulls that escaped from a yard and attacked a lady as she was walking down her street with a child on her shoulders. She suffered bites on both arms and legs. Total medical bills were just under $5,000.00. The case settled at mediation for homeowner’s policy limit plus an agreement that Defendant would never keep a pit bull, Rottweiler, Presa Canario, Chow, or Doberman Pinscher on the property or pay a $100.00 per day fine for doing so.
$955,000.00 Slip and Fall Accident Premises Liability Settlement
A female restaurant patron experienced a slip-and-fall accident on a lime slice at a Mexican restaurant sustaining a herniated disc in her spine necessitating a spinal fusion and implantation of a pain pump. Evidence suggested the lime slice fell from a server’s tray and was left on the floor until the plaintiff fell. The total medical bills paid out of the settlement were $205,034.49. Attorneys fees on the case were $381,666.67 and the expenses paid were $48,449.78.
$1,264,113.60 18-Wheeler Truck Accident Settlement
In a difficult case involving an 18-wheeler truck crash that resulted in serious injuries, Simmons & Fletcher, P.C. was able to secure a $1,264,113.60 settlement on behalf of our injured client. On a Texas interstate, our client was badly injured when his minivan was rear-ended by a commercial motor vehicle. The investigating police officer determined that our client was stopped in the moving lanes of travel (rather than on the shoulder as the law requires) and therefore blamed him alone for causing the resulting accident involving the 18-wheeler. Despite this police report that would cause most attorneys not to take on the case, our 18-wheeler accident attorneys aggressively and quickly began litigation on behalf of our seriously injured client and, by doing our investigation with the help of a team of experts, determined that the tractor-trailer was responsible for negligently causing the avoidable wreck. Christopher K. Fletcher discovered that the truck driver failed to act as a professional driver and that if the truck driver had been driving defensively and according to the rules of the road, the 18-wheeler could have easily avoided crashing into our client. Furthermore, Mr. Fletcher uncovered evidence that proved the commercial motor carrier, the truck driver’s employer, knew or should have known that their driver was dangerous to the public and should not have allowed him behind the wheel of their 18-wheeler. Our client suffered serious fractures to his knee and both forearms which required immediate surgeries to repair. He also suffered a cut on his head. Unfortunately, after the initial surgeries, one of our client’s arms became infected which caused him to suffer tremendous and constant pain for months. In the end, our client’s medical bills amounted to over $100,000. Attorney fees on the case were $492,644.63 and case expenses were $14,806.72.
