A wreck in Conroe is almost always a Montgomery County case. It gets filed at the courthouse in Conroe and tried to a Montgomery County jury, in front of judges who hear the county’s civil docket every week. But a Texas injury suit can also be filed where the at-fault driver lived when the wreck happened, or where a company defendant has its main Texas office (Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.002), and plenty of the drivers and trucking companies on I-45 are based in Harris County.
Where a case is filed decides which judges and which jury pool hear it, and the insurer prices its offer accordingly. We look at where you were hit and who hit you before we decide where to file.
Call (713) 664-4000. The consultation is free, and there’s no fee unless we recover for you. If we don’t recover, you don’t owe us for case expenses either. If an insurance adjuster calls, don’t give a recorded statement until you’ve talked to us.
I-45 and Loop 336 through Conroe
I-45 runs straight through Conroe and carries freight between Houston and Dallas around the clock. Many of the serious wrecks here happen on the freeway and its frontage roads near the Loop 336 and SH 105 exits. Inside the city, SH 105 (Davis Street) and Loop 336 carry most of the commuter traffic, while FM 3083 and League Line Road keep getting busier as new subdivisions fill in.
Conroe Police work crashes inside the city limits. Outside the city limits, it’s usually the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office or a county constable, with DPS troopers on some state highway crashes. An adjuster reads that crash report before anything else, and we test what it says against the scene photos and the vehicles’ own crash data.
An 18-wheeler crash calls for a different investigation. Federal safety rules govern the driver’s hours and the truck’s inspections, and the company’s own records can prove what the driver won’t admit. Those records don’t last forever, so we send a preservation demand right away. See our 18-wheeler accident page.
Boating injuries on Lake Conroe
Boating wrecks on Lake Conroe are usually investigated by Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens, with the Precinct 1 constable’s marine deputies often on scene, and the same two-year deadline applies. An operator who was intoxicated can be charged with boating while intoxicated (Penal Code § 49.06), and the evidence from that criminal case can help prove your injury claim. If a careless or drunk boater hurt you, call us the same way you would after a car wreck.
Hospital records after a Conroe crash
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe is a Level II trauma center, and so is Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, just south on I-45 in Shenandoah. The most serious injuries go to the Level I trauma centers in the Texas Medical Center. Whatever hospital you land in, describe every pain to the ER staff, even the ones that seem minor, and keep your follow-up appointments. An adjuster reads those first records looking for gaps.
Finding the money in a Conroe claim
Who’s to blame. Texas uses proportionate responsibility, which means whatever share of the fault gets put on you comes off your recovery. Past 50 percent, you recover nothing (Civil Practice and Remedies Code §§ 33.001, 33.012). On a county road with no witnesses, the physical evidence has to carry that fight.
The other side’s insurance. The Texas minimum is $30,000 in liability coverage per injured person and $60,000 per crash (Transportation Code § 601.072), and a serious injury eats through that fast. We track down the vehicle owner’s policy, and the employer’s if the driver was on the clock. If a truck or a rideshare car was involved, that company’s coverage counts too.
Your policy. You have uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage unless someone named on your policy rejected it in writing, and it kicks in when the other driver has no insurance or not enough (Insurance Code § 1952.101). Your personal injury protection pays medical bills and lost wages no matter who caused the wreck (Insurance Code § 1952.155). Texas insurers have to put it in every auto policy unless someone named on the policy turned it down in writing (§ 1952.152). The standard amount is $2,500 per person, and plenty of policies carry more.
The hospital bills. The number that counts is what was actually paid or is still owed for your care, not the full amount billed (Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 41.0105).
Other Conroe cases we handle
Beyond car and truck wrecks, we represent people hurt by drunk drivers and passengers hurt in Uber and Lyft crashes. We also take cases for people hurt by dangerous conditions on someone else’s property. The business that invited you in had a duty of reasonable care to fix or warn about hazards it knew about or should have known about. See our premises liability page.
Notice deadlines for the City of Conroe and Conroe ISD
Most injury suits have to be filed within two years of the injury (Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003). If your claim is against a government body, like the City of Conroe or Conroe ISD over a bus crash, the Tort Claims Act requires notice within six months (§ 101.101). A city can set a shorter deadline by charter or ordinance, and we always send notice in writing. The Act also caps what you can recover from a school district or county at $100,000 per person and from a city at $250,000 (§ 101.023). Don’t wait on any of it.
When the policy is only $30,000
One client was rear-ended by a commercial truck driver who was following too closely, and we recovered a $2.95 million settlement. On a smaller case, we got the full $30,000 policy limit for a client hit by a driver who failed to yield. When a policy is that small, we go looking for every other one. See all of our settlements and verdicts. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Call us from anywhere in Montgomery County
Jay Blass Cohen was born and raised in Houston and has practiced here since 2009. We take injury cases across Montgomery County, from Willis and Montgomery to Magnolia and Porter, and we prepare every one as if it’s going to trial. If you were hurt in the south end of the county, see our The Woodlands injury page. If you were charged after a crash, see our Conroe and Montgomery County DWI page.
Call (713) 664-4000. The crash data in a modern car doesn’t last forever. Call while it’s still there.
Reviewed by Jay Blass Cohen, founder of Blass Law PLLC, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist, certified Drug Recognition Expert, and SFST instructor, serving Houston since 2009. This article is general information, not legal advice for your situation. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.