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An injury caused by someone else’s carelessness can take your health, your paycheck, and your sense of control all at once, often before you have had time to think about a claim. An Austin personal injury lawyer can help you understand what Texas law allows, which deadlines apply, and what the insurance company is likely to do next.

Breeland Injury Law is the Austin firm of attorney Matt Breeland, who learned how insurers defend injury claims by working on their side of the table. Call 512-764-3380 or contact us to schedule a free consultation and get a straight answer about where your claim stands.

Why Choose Breeland Injury Law as Your Austin Personal Injury Attorney

What Damages Are Available In Personal Injury Claims?

You get an attorney who already knows how the other side values and defends an injury claim, because he used to be on it. Matt Breeland spent eight years at Austin defense firms learning the tactics insurers use to delay, discount, and deny claims. Since 2016, he has represented only injured people, and he builds each case with those tactics in mind. What that means for you:

  • Experience: Matt was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2017 through 2021 and has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list each year since becoming eligible. As lead trial counsel, he has obtained multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in Texas.
  • Honesty and transparency: We tell you plainly what we think your case is realistically worth, including when the answer is not the one you hoped to hear.
  • Personal attention: Your free consultation is with Matt himself, and he keeps you updated as your claim moves forward so you are never left guessing.
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Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Austin

Our practice centers on injuries caused by another person’s or company’s carelessness. The cases we take include:

What Compensation Can I Recover After a Personal Injury in Austin?

Texas law sorts personal injury damages into categories, each defined in Section 41.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Depending on the facts, a claim may include:

  • Economic damages: Actual financial losses, such as past and future medical bills, lost wages, lost earning capacity, property damage, rehabilitation, and at-home care.
  • Noneconomic damages: Physical pain, mental anguish, physical impairment, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium, meaning harm to a marriage or close family relationship.
  • Exemplary damages: A penalty meant to punish serious misconduct rather than to repay a loss.
  • Wrongful death and survival damages: When an injury is fatal, the surviving spouse, children, and parents may recover their own losses, such as lost financial support and lost companionship, while the estate’s separate survival claim can cover costs such as funeral and burial expenses.

Exemplary damages sit behind a high bar. Under Section 41.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, they generally require clear and convincing evidence that the harm resulted from fraud, malice, or gross negligence, and the jury must agree unanimously on both liability and the amount. Texas law also caps how much can be awarded. Even when exemplary damages are off the table, a well-documented claim for medical costs, lost income, and pain can still reflect the full weight of an injury.

What to Do After an Injury in Austin

The first days after an injury shape both your recovery and the evidence available later. These steps help protect both:

  1. Get medical care right away: Some injuries, including concussions and internal injuries, do not show symptoms for hours or days, and a prompt visit creates a record tying the injury to the incident.
  2. Document the scene and your injuries: Photos of the hazard, the vehicles, the lighting, and your visible injuries are the hardest evidence to recreate later.
  3. Collect witness names and phone numbers: An independent witness often carries more weight than either side’s account.
  4. Be careful with the other side’s adjuster: Many injured people hold off on recorded statements until they have spoken with a lawyer, since early statements are often used to minimize a claim.
  5. Keep every record: Save medical bills, receipts, and proof of missed work, along with a short journal of how the injury affects your day.
  6. Get advice before signing a settlement: A release ends the claim permanently, so many people have an attorney review an offer before accepting it.

If you are still sorting out the basics, getting legal help after an accident starts with a conversation about what happened and what comes next. 

Common Injuries We Handle

Serious injuries bring the longest treatment and the largest financial losses. Our practice includes claims involving:

  • Traumatic brain injuries: Including concussions, which can cause lasting problems with memory, concentration, and mood.
  • Spinal cord injuries: Damage ranging from partial loss of sensation to paralysis, often requiring lifelong care.
  • Neck and back injuries: Herniated discs and similar injuries that can require injections, surgery, or years of pain management.
  • Burn injuries: Injuries that may need skin grafts and can leave permanent scarring.
  • Broken bones and fractures: Some heal cleanly, while others need surgery, hardware, and months of physical therapy.
  • Internal organ injuries: Damage that may not be obvious at the scene but can become life-threatening without treatment.

How Insurance Companies Handle Personal Injury Claims

An insurance company starts putting a value on your claim long before it makes an offer. That figure moves with your medical records, any gaps in your treatment, and how much of the blame the company can place on you. A month-long break in treatment, for example, often becomes the argument that something other than the incident explains your pain.

Early offers are another common tactic. An offer that arrives before your doctors know how your recovery will end is usually based on the bills so far, not the care still ahead, and accepting it means signing a release that closes the claim for good. Fault is a third tactic, since every percentage point of responsibility an insurer assigns to you reduces what it pays.

Consistent treatment and a complete paper trail take much of that leverage away, which is why they matter from the very first week.

How Long Does a Personal Injury Case Take in Austin?

There is no fixed timeline, because your medical recovery, not the calendar, sets the pace. Most claims move through the same stages:

  1. Treatment and recovery: A claim is usually not valued until you finish care or reach maximum medical improvement (MMI), the point where your condition is not expected to change much further.
  2. The demand package: We gather your records, bills, and proof of lost income and send them to the insurer along with a settlement demand.
  3. Negotiation: The insurer reviews the demand and responds, often with a counteroffer.
  4. Litigation, if needed: When negotiations fall short, the claim can move into a lawsuit, which adds months or longer.

A long recovery does not pause the filing deadline, which runs on its own schedule.

Serving Austin and Central Texas

Our office on South MoPac Expressway sits just west of downtown, and we represent injured people throughout Austin, Travis County, and the surrounding area. Clients come to us from Cedar Park, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Leander, Lakeway, Dripping Springs, Buda, and beyond. You can find the full list of communities we serve across Central Texas.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Qualifies as a Personal Injury Case in Texas?

A personal injury case generally arises when someone is hurt because another person or company failed to act with reasonable care. To recover, an injured person typically has to show that the other party owed a duty of care, broke that duty, and caused an injury that led to real losses. Car crashes, unsafe property conditions, and dog bites are common examples, but the same basic framework applies to most negligence claims.

How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer in Austin?

Talking with us about your case costs nothing. We offer a free consultation, where you can walk through what happened, ask questions, and hear how fees would work before you decide whether to move forward.

How Long Do I Have to File a Personal Injury Claim in Texas?

In most cases, two years. Under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a personal injury lawsuit generally must be filed within two years after the cause of action accrues. “Accrues” means the day the legal claim comes into existence, which is usually the day of the injury, although an injury that is not discovered right away can raise questions about when the clock started. The statute has exceptions, and when an injury causes a death, the two years run from the date of death. A lawsuit filed after the deadline is generally barred.

What Is My Personal Injury Case Worth?

No honest answer is possible at the start, because the value depends on how your recovery unfolds. The main drivers are the cost of your medical care now and in the future, the income you lose, and how the injury changes your daily life. The insurance available matters too. The at-fault party’s policy limits often cap what can realistically be collected, and after a vehicle crash, your own underinsured motorist coverage may add another source of recovery.

Can I Still Recover Damages If I Was Partially at Fault?

Yes, in many cases. Under Section 33.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, an injured person can recover only if their share of responsibility is not greater than 50%. Below that bar, Section 33.012 reduces the damages by the injured person’s own percentage.

What If the Government or a Government Employee Caused My Injury?

Claims against the government come with a much shorter notice deadline. Under Section 101.101 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a governmental unit is generally entitled to written notice within six months of the incident, reasonably describing the claim. A city can set a shorter period in its charter, and the City of Austin asks for written claims within 45 days. These notice rules generally do not apply when the government already had actual notice of the injury, death, or property damage, but whether that exception fits depends on the facts.

Do I Need to Go to Court for My Personal Injury Case?

Not necessarily. Many personal injury claims resolve through a negotiated settlement without a trial. Even so, Matt Breeland approaches every case as though it may go before a jury, because insurers tend to take a claim more seriously when they know it is ready for trial. If a fair settlement is not possible, filing a lawsuit and trying the case remain options.

What Should I Bring to My Free Consultation?

Bring whatever you have, even if it feels incomplete. Helpful items include:

  • Incident details: A police or incident report number, photos, and the names of any witnesses.
  • Medical records and bills: Records of visits, prescriptions, and any treatment plans.
  • Insurance information: Your own policy’s declarations page and any letters or emails from an insurance company.
  • Proof of lost income: Pay stubs or a note from your employer about missed work.

If some of this is missing, that is fine. We can help gather the rest.

Does Breeland Injury Law Handle Medical Malpractice Cases?

No. Medical malpractice claims in Texas follow their own rules, including written notice to the health care provider before a lawsuit is filed and a report from a qualified medical professional that must be served early in the case, and those claims fall outside our practice. If your injury involved a doctor, hospital, or other health care provider, it is worth speaking promptly with a firm that handles those claims, since the extra requirements leave less room for delay. If a crash, fall, or other incident is what sent you to the doctor, that underlying injury claim is still one we can review.

What Makes Breeland Injury Law Different From Other Austin Personal Injury Firms?

Mostly, it comes down to who handles your case and how it is evaluated. Our firm is Matt Breeland’s own practice, which he opened in 2021, so your case is not handed off to a rotating team. And because he values claims the way the defense side would, the advice you get covers the weak spots along with the strengths, which means fewer surprises once negotiations begin.

When You’re Injured You Deserve an Advocate.

Contact an Austin Personal Injury Lawyer Today

When an injury upends your work and your routine, the questions pile up quickly, and the insurance company already has its answers ready. You should not have to sort through that alone. At Breeland Injury Law, Matt Breeland will listen to what happened, explain where your claim stands, and walk you through the choices in front of you.

Call 512-764-3380 or contact us today to schedule a free consultation with an Austin personal injury lawyer who knows how insurers think.

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