If you need an accident lawyer in Sugar Land, LAWBOSS serves you from our Houston office. We have no office in Sugar Land, and we say so plainly: our Houston team handles Fort Bend County crash claims from the office on Memorial Drive.
LAWBOSS – Harris, Nelsen & Uvalle, PLLC wrote this page for people hurt in Sugar Land and the rest of Fort Bend County. LAWBOSS has offices in three Texas cities, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, and none in Fort Bend County. Sugar Land clients work with the Houston office, at 5300 Memorial Dr Ste 810, Houston, TX 77007, and the attorney responsible for this site is Jonathan Harris.
How we serve Sugar Land without an office there
Most of an injury claim does not happen in a lawyer’s office. It happens on the phone with adjusters, in records requests, in letters to insurers and, when needed, in court filings. We can start your claim on the first call, gather your records from wherever you were treated and keep you posted by phone and in writing. When you want to sit down face to face, you come to our Houston office by Memorial Park, west of downtown, and we set the time around your schedule.
We answer calls 24 hours a day, every day of the week, and the first consultation is free. Start with a call, and we will explain on it what the claim needs next.
Fort Bend County crash numbers for 2024
TxDOT’s 2024 table of crashes and injuries by county is the most recent county year it has published. For Fort Bend County, which takes in Sugar Land, Missouri City and part of Katy, it shows:
| Fort Bend County, 2024 | Count |
|---|---|
| Total crashes | 13,217 |
| Fatal crashes | 38 |
| People killed | 41 |
| Crashes with a suspected serious injury | 257 |
| People seriously injured | 313 |
Across all of Texas, 4,159 people died in traffic that year, by TxDOT’s count. These numbers cover the whole county and every kind of crash. They cannot tell anyone what happened in your wreck, but they show how often Fort Bend families end up dealing with an insurance company after a collision.
Steps to take after a Sugar Land crash
Texas law sets out a few duties at the scene. Texas requires every driver in a crash that hurts or kills anyone to stop, see whether someone needs aid and remain to share information (Transportation Code section 550.021). Drivers must exchange names, addresses, vehicle registration numbers and the name of their liability insurer, show a driver’s license if asked and give reasonable help to anyone hurt (section 550.023). A crash with an injury, a death or a car that cannot be driven must be reported at once to the local police in a city, or to the sheriff outside one (section 550.026).
Beyond what the law requires, these steps protect a claim:
- See a doctor promptly, and tell them every place that hurts.
- Take photos of both vehicles, the road, any signals and your injuries.
- Write down the names and numbers of witnesses before they leave.
- Keep the officer’s name and the report number, then get the crash report once it is filed.
- Let us handle the call if the other driver’s insurer asks for a recorded statement.
Texas deadlines that apply in Fort Bend County
The same Texas deadlines apply in Sugar Land as anywhere else in the state. An injury suit must be filed not later than two years after the day the claim accrues (Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 16.003(a)). In a death case, the two years start on the date of death (section 16.003(b)).
A crash with a government vehicle, such as a city truck or a county patrol car, has a much shorter notice rule. Written notice generally has to reach the government unit within six months, and a city charter may set an even shorter period (section 101.101). Our post on the notice deadline for a government vehicle crash walks through it.
How fault decides a Sugar Land claim
Texas compares fault. Under Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 33.001, you can recover if you are 50 percent or less at fault, and the amount is reduced by your own percentage (section 33.012(a)). The other driver’s insurer knows this rule well, so it looks for ways to raise your share: a claim that you braked too hard, turned too soon or were looking at your phone.
That is the part of the work our team knows from the inside. Five of the firm’s seven attorneys came from the insurance side, including Jonathan Harris, who spent more than a decade as a senior trial attorney for a major automobile insurance company, and Ian Nelsen, a former adjuster and insurance defense attorney. We expect the arguments before they are made and build the evidence to answer them.
Hurt in a Sugar Land crash? Call our Houston office for a free consultation, 24/7.
Insurance that may pay after a Fort Bend crash
- The at-fault driver’s liability policy. Texas requires at least $30,000 for one person’s injuries, $60,000 for two or more and $25,000 for property damage (Transportation Code section 601.072(a-1)).
- Your own personal injury protection (PIP), which pays without regard to fault unless it was rejected in writing (Insurance Code sections 1952.152 and 1952.155).
- Your own uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, which is part of every Texas auto policy unless a named insured rejected it in writing (section 1952.101).
Working with LAWBOSS from Sugar Land
We take Sugar Land cases under the same No Fees or Costs Unless We Win terms we use for every client of the Houston office. The firm covers case costs while the claim is pending, and if the case brings in no money, you pay nothing for our fee or for those costs. You can read about the attorneys on our Houston team page, see the other places we serve on areas we serve, or learn how we work as an accident law firm in Houston.
Questions people ask us
Is there a LAWBOSS office in Sugar Land?
No. We serve Sugar Land and the rest of Fort Bend County from our Houston office at 5300 Memorial Dr Ste 810. Much of the work can be done by phone and in writing, and you can meet us in Houston whenever you want to.
Do I have to come to Houston to hire you?
No. A claim can start with a phone call to our Houston office, and we will tell you on that call what we need from you.
How long do I have to file a claim after a Sugar Land crash?
Generally two years from the day of the crash under Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 16.003(a). A crash with a government vehicle can require written notice within six months, or sooner under a city charter.
What if the other driver says the crash was my fault?
That is common, and it does not end the claim. Under Texas law you can still recover at 50 percent fault or less, with your share taken off the total. We gather the evidence that shows what really happened.
What does a consultation cost?
Nothing. The consultation is free, and we take injury cases on a No Fees or Costs Unless We Win basis, so you owe no attorney’s fee and no case costs unless money comes in from your case.