Board Certified Fort Worth Personal Injury Lawyers
A personal injury is harm done to you personally, to your body, your mind, or your livelihood. Recovering for it takes proof, and proof takes a Fort Worth personal injury lawyer who knows how to find, preserve, and present it. That is our entire practice.
How a Fort Worth Personal Injury Lawyer Helps You Recover
Medical expenses and lost wages count as damages in a personal injury case, but damages can only be recovered when fault has been established with adequate, appropriate evidence. That single fact explains most of what a good injury lawyer does. Skid marks fade, surveillance footage gets overwritten, witnesses move, and companies quietly repair the hazard that hurt you. The lawyer’s first job is to capture the proof before any of that happens, and to preserve it in a form a court will accept.
Most personal injury accidents come down to someone else’s negligence or carelessness. Even when the person or company responsible never intended to hurt you, Texas law obligates them to make you whole again. Our job is holding them to it, whether the injury came from a car crash, an 18-wheeler collision, a construction site failure, a defective product, an oil and gas explosion, inadequate security, or or any other catastrophic injury case.
The Law Offices of Laird & McCloskey has represented personal injury and wrongful death clients for decades, with a record of courtroom verdicts and pretrial settlements to show for it. We take a limited number of cases and work each one thoroughly, because an injury case prepared for trial is also the case insurers pay full value to settle.
What Compensation Can You Recover in Texas?
Financial recovery in a personal injury case usually starts with payment of your medical bills and repair of any damaged property. Depending on the facts, you may also be entitled to compensation for lost wages and reduced future earning capacity, for physical pain and impairment, and for mental anguish, including the fear, anxiety, and insomnia that serious injuries so often leave behind.
Texas law adds two rules that shape every claim. First, fault is apportioned: you can recover damages as long as your share of responsibility is not greater than 50 percent, with your recovery reduced by that share. Second, the clock is short: most injury suits must be filed within two years of the date of injury, and in fatal cases the wrongful death deadline runs from the date of death.
Where the conduct behind your injury was grossly negligent or particularly careless, a jury may also award punitive damages, which exist to punish the behavior and deter anyone from repeating it. Pursuing punitive damages takes a different level of proof, and it is one of the places where trial experience genuinely changes what is possible.
Why Board Certification Matters in an Injury Case
Fewer than two percent of Texas lawyers are board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Both of our partners are. Each partner is 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 additionally holds board certification in Civil Trial Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and in Civil Trial Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy, six certifications in all between the two attorneys.
Cases Our Fort Worth Personal Injury Attorneys Handle
Every Fort Worth injury attorney at this firm works across our full practice, so your case gets the same two board certified trial lawyers whichever door it comes through:
- Trucking Accidents, the core of our practice, where federal trucking regulations often decide the case.
- Car Wrecks, from intersection collisions to highway pileups across Tarrant County.
- Wrongful Death, brought by a surviving spouse, children, or parents under Texas law.
- Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist Claims, including suits against insurers that refuse to honor their own policies.
- Construction Accidents, where site safety failures cause catastrophic harm.
- Defective Products, holding manufacturers responsible for dangerous designs.
- Oil & Gas Field Pipeline Injuries, serious burn and explosion cases from Texas energy work.
How Your Personal Injury Case Proceeds
Every case follows its own path, but the structure is consistent. We start with investigation, gathering the accident report, physical evidence, witness accounts, and whatever records the responsible party controls, because liability has to be established before anything else matters. Alongside that, we document your injuries with your medical providers so the full cost of the harm, current and future, is provable rather than estimated.
Once liability and damages are built, we present the insurer a demand supported by evidence it cannot wave away, and most cases resolve in the negotiation that follows, precisely because the file is trial-ready. When an insurer will not pay what the case is worth, we file suit and try it.
Serving Fort Worth and All of Tarrant County
Our office sits at 1119 Pennsylvania Ave. in Fort Worth, so your Fort Worth injury lawyer works a short drive from the Tarrant County civil district courts in the Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building at 100 N. Calhoun St., where most local injury lawsuits are heard. We represent injured people throughout Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Weatherford, Denton, and the surrounding communities, and through Laird & McCloskey we take serious injury cases across North Texas and beyond.
Fort Worth Personal Injury FAQs
Who is the best personal injury lawyer in Fort Worth?
That is not a claim any honest firm makes about itself, so use objective markers instead: board certification with the certifying body named, the number of actual jury trials, and whether the certified attorney will personally handle your case. Those three questions separate credentials from advertising faster than anything else.
What is the average settlement for personal injury in Texas?
There is no meaningful average, because value is built case by case from injury severity, medical needs, lost income, available coverage, and fault. Two claims from the same intersection can differ by a factor of a hundred. What we can give you, free, is an honest evaluation of yours.
What are the typical attorney fees for personal injury cases in Texas?
Personal injury cases are typically handled on contingency, so the fee comes out of the recovery rather than your pocket. With us there are no upfront costs, the consultation is free, and you owe nothing unless we win. We will explain our fee structure plainly before you sign anything.
Is it worth suing for personal injury?
When the injury is real and someone else caused it, usually yes, though suing is often unnecessary: most claims resolve before trial once liability is established convincingly. The honest answer depends on your facts, and we would rather tell you a case is not worth pursuing than take it and prove ourselves right.
How long do I have to file a personal injury claim in Texas?
Generally two years from the injury. Exceptions exist in both directions, including claims against government entities that require notice far sooner, so get advice about your specific deadline early rather than near it.
Where would my personal injury case be filed?
For injuries in the Fort Worth area, usually the Tarrant County civil district courts downtown. The right venue depends on where the injury happened and who the defendants are, and we try cases throughout Texas.