Personal Injury

Baytown, Texas, Personal Injury Lawyers

Injury cases are valued by one of two measurements. One measuring stick is what a jury is willing to write in a verdict form at the end of a trial. The other measuring stick is what an insurance adjuster is willing to write in a checkbook. The amount that an insurance adjuster will write in a checkbook is motivated by the fear of what a jury might do.

At The Linebaugh Law Firm in Baytown, Texas, our lawyers prepare every personal injury case as if it were going to trial. While the majority of personal injury cases are settled without a trial, our lawyers need to talk to the adjuster in terms of the ultimate measuring stick of what a jury might do. There is an old saying among lawyers that goes, "if you prepare a case to settle it, then you'll end up trying it, and if you prepare a case to try it, then you'll end up settling it". If a case settled for a fair amount, that's good for our clients. If the case doesn't settle, then our lawyers will be prepared to go to trial.

We limit our practice to personal injury and wrongful death cases. Whether you choose us or another personal injury lawyer, you should do the following.

• Investigate early. An investigation should be started while the physical evidence is fresh and witnesses' memories are still clear. Early investigation may mean the difference between winning and losing a case. The insurance industry knows this. Insurance company representatives may induce accident victims, or their families, into doing nothing by making early assurances to them. In the meanwhile, the insurance company continues its investigation of the case. Later, citing the results of their investigation, they may refuse to live up to their earlier assurances.
  
  
• Hire the best. You would not go to a general practice doctor for brain surgery, and you should not go to a general practice lawyer with a serious personal injury or wrongful death case either. General practice lawyers are often juggling things like divorce, probate, and criminal matters, all of which are competing with your case for attention. Insurance companies hire specialty lawyers, and so should you. Your injury or death case should be entrusted to a legal team that specializes in injury and death cases.

Free Consultation: There is never a charge to simply talk to a lawyer about your personal injury case at The Linebaugh Law Firm in Baytown, Texas.