Fort Worth Personal Injury Law Firm

Choose Laird & McCloskey as Your Personal Injury Law Firm in Fort Worth

Our Forth Worth attorneys are board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law through the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Truck Accident Law through the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Steve Laird is also board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Together, Steve and Seth McCloskey bring more than 60 years of combined experience to every case.

Their work has been recognized by others in the profession:

• Lawdragon Hall of Fame: Steve Laird, 2026
• Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers: Steve Laird and Seth McCloskey, recognized since 2022
• The Best Lawyers in America: Steve Laird and Seth McCloskey
• Texas Super Lawyers Top 100: Steve Laird, a repeat honoree
• American Board of Trial Advocates: Steve Laird, a member of this invitation-only organization of trial lawyers

Steve has also served on the Texas Supreme Court’s Professional Ethics Committee and chaired the State Bar of Texas Advertising Review Committee. That background shows up in how the firm talks to clients: plainly, and without promises about results.

Both partners have gone out of their way to understand trucking from the driver’s seat. They attended the hands-on Legacy Trucking Course for Legal Professionals to learn firsthand what it’s like to drive a commercial vehicle, and that knowledge matters when a truck driver is explaining under oath what he saw and when.

What Happens When You Call

Most people have never hired a lawyer before, so here is how a case with us usually unfolds.

A free conversation first. Call (817) 531-3000 or contact us through the form on this page, 24 hours a day. The consultation is free, and we work on a contingency basis: no fee unless we win. We’ll listen, ask the questions that matter, and tell you honestly whether we can help.

An investigation that starts right away. We investigate the accident while the evidence still exists. In a truck crash, that means preservation demands for driver logs, electronic control module data, dispatch records and maintenance files. In every case, it means photographs, witness statements, the accident report and the medical records that show what the injury has cost you.

A full account of your losses. A Texas personal injury claim can include medical bills (past and future), lost wages and lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, mental anguish and physical impairment. When a family member has died, Texas law gives certain relatives their own claim, and we explain who can bring it and what it can recover.

Negotiation from strength, or a trial. Most personal injury lawsuits settle, and the ones that settle well tend to be the ones prepared as though they won’t. If the insurer won’t make a fair offer, we are prepared to try your case to a jury.

The Texas rules that shape an injury claim

Two rules come up in almost every consultation. First, Texas generally gives you two years from the date of an injury to file a lawsuit, and in a death case that clock starts on the date of death, not the date of the crash. That deadline is the statute of limitations, and missing it can end a claim no matter how strong it is. Second, Texas uses a proportionate responsibility system, so you can recover compensation as long as you are not more than 50 percent at fault, though your recovery is reduced by your share of the blame. Insurers know this rule well, which is why so many start by suggesting the crash was partly your fault.

Personal Injury Cases We Handle

Each practice below has its own page with a fuller explanation of the law and of how we handle those cases.

Truck and 18-wheeler crashes

Commercial trucking is governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations on driver hours, drug testing, maintenance and cargo securement, and a violation of those rules is often the strongest evidence in a truck case. Our Fort Worth truck accident lawyer page explains how we investigate these crashes, and our Texas truck accident lawyer page covers the cases we handle statewide.

Wrongful death

Texas law reserves a wrongful death claim for the surviving spouse, children and parents of the person who died. Our Fort Worth wrongful death lawyer page walks families through who can file, what the claim can recover and how the deadline works.

Car wrecks

Texas is an at-fault state, so the driver who caused a crash, and that driver’s insurer, is responsible for the harm. Serious car accidents still turn into disputes over fault and coverage, which our Fort Worth car accident lawyer page explains in detail.

Not sure which of these fits what happened to you? Call (817) 531-3000, and we’ll tell you where you stand.

Other serious personal injuries

Some of the most serious injuries don’t fit neatly into one category: brain and spinal cord injuries, severe burns, or a slip and fall on a dangerous property. Our Fort Worth personal injury lawyer page covers these cases.

Uninsured and underinsured motorist claims

A Texas auto insurer has to include uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage in your policy unless you rejected it in writing. When the at-fault driver has no insurance or too little, that coverage may be what pays, and your own insurer often fights the claim. Our uninsured motorist lawyer page explains how these claims work.

Construction accidents

In Texas, most private employers can choose whether to carry workers’ compensation insurance, and that choice changes what an injured worker can pursue. A general contractor, an equipment maker or another company on the site may also share responsibility. Our construction accident lawyer page explains these cases.

Defective products

A product can injure someone because of how it was designed, how it was made, or because it came without an adequate warning. Vehicle safety systems are a common example, and we’ve written about how airbags can injure and kill. Our product liability lawyer page covers these claims.

Oil and gas field injuries

Oil and gas field work puts people around heavy equipment, high pressure and flammable materials, and a single well site can involve an operator, several contractors and multiple equipment suppliers. Our oilfield injury lawyer page covers these cases.

Serving Fort Worth, Tarrant County and Communities Across Texas

Our office is at 1119 Pennsylvania Ave. in Fort Worth, and it’s the firm’s only office. Most lawsuits from Fort Worth area crashes are heard in the Tarrant County civil district courts at the Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 100 N. Calhoun St., a short drive from our door. We represent people injured in an accident on the roads that carry heavy traffic and commercial trucks through this region every day, including I-35W, I-30, I-20 and U.S. 287, and we serve clients throughout Tarrant County and nearby communities such as Arlington, Weatherford and Denton.

Serious injuries aren’t limited to one city, and neither is our work. We handle cases across the Metroplex and, particularly in trucking cases, across Texas. Many of our clients come to us through a referral, whether from a former client or from a Fort Worth attorney who wants a trial firm involved in a serious case.