Our Houston attorneys handle a variety of personal injury and medical malpractice matters. Our legal team has extensive experience representing individuals and their families whose lives have been impacted by an accident or serious injury. If you or your loved one has suffered a serious injury by someone or a health care provider, you may be entitled to bring a personal injury claim or lawsuit against them to receive compensation for your physical, psychological, and or economic injuries. Our personal injury and medical malpractice services include:

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Motor Vehicle Accidents. Our legal team has over three decades of experience representing plaintiffs who have been injured in car, truck, bus, and motorcycle accidents. If you have been hurt, your personal injury may have left you with medical bills and forced you to miss time from work. If your injuries were caused by another driver, you may be entitled to money for those damages. Texas law gives you valuable legal rights and the attorneys of Gary E. Patterson, P.C. can help you protect them. However, the statute of limitations on your personal injury claim may already be running. Therefore, it is important for you to act quickly.

 

Premises Liability. When you or your family members enter a business you rightfully expect a certain amount of safety measures to be in place. If that reasonable expectation is proved incorrect, and you are injured, you may have a premise liability case. This kind of claim arises when another person or business' failure to provide a safe environment contributes to or causes your injury. Common types of premise liability claims include the following: slip and fall, swimming pool accidents, animal bites, and retail accidents. 

 

Workplace Injuries. Every employee in Texas has the right to a safe workplace. If your injury was caused by another employee, independent contractor, or an unsafe workplace, you may have a claim for a lawsuit in Texas to hold the responsible individual or business accountable. Our legal team is aware of the devastating short term and long term  effects a workplace injury can have on the victim. Attorneys at the firm use their experience to fight for you, to recover fair and reasonable compensation for the damage caused. Damages include compensation for medical bills, past and future lost wages, and pain and suffering. 

 

Wrongful Death and Survival Actions. A wrongful death is a death that has been caused by the fault of another person. Examples include drunk driving, a dangerous or defective product, construction of an unsound structure or building, or nursing home negligence. Wrongful death claims are generally filed by family members or beneficiaries of the person who died. The damages that may be recovered in Texas include: expenses associated with the death, loss of companionship, pain, suffering or mental anguish suffered by the survivor of the decedent. 

 

Products Liability. This area of personal injury law focuses on dangerous and defective products. Our legal team represents plaintiffs in the Houston, Texas area and across Texas in matters against manufacturers who have sold or manufactured unsafe products to consumers. Examples of "products" include the following: medical devices, machinery and tools, medicine and drugs, food, toxic chemicals and substances, automobiles, household products and appliances. If you've had an incident with a product, causing an injury, its important you understand your rights under Texas law.