League City is a Galveston County city, so a League City injury case usually belongs in the Galveston County Justice Center on 59th Street in Galveston, about 30 miles down I-45 from most of the city. A Texas injury suit can also be filed where the at-fault driver lived, or where a company defendant has its main Texas office (Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 15.002). A wreck in the part of League City that sits in Harris County belongs in Harris County, and so can a case against a driver who lived there, which is how a League City wreck ends up at 201 Caroline in downtown Houston instead. Which courthouse hears it changes what the insurance company is willing to pay, so we choose it on purpose.
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 the other driver’s insurer calls you, don’t give a recorded statement until you’ve talked to us.
I-45 exits and FM 518 traffic
I-45 through League City carries commuters to Houston and weekend traffic to Galveston, and the exits at FM 646, FM 518, Walker Street and League City Parkway are where speed and merging traffic meet. Traffic on FM 518 through the old part of town and FM 646 toward Dickinson has grown faster than either road was built for, and new subdivisions keep adding cars. Clear Creek ISD school traffic fills those same roads twice a day.
League City police work most wrecks inside the city limits. Just outside them, it’s usually a Galveston County sheriff’s deputy or a DPS trooper. The report is often built from a few minutes of talking to whoever stuck around, and the insurer still reads it first. So we test it against the photos, the damage, the witnesses and the cars’ event data recorders, and we ask businesses near the crash for video before they record over it.
UTMB’s League City campus and your first records
UTMB’s League City campus on I-45 is a Level III trauma center. A few minutes north in Webster, UTMB Clear Lake and HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake are both Level II trauma centers, and the most serious injuries go to UTMB’s Level I trauma center in Galveston or the Level I centers in the Texas Medical Center. What you tell the doctor that first day stays in your file for the whole case. Mention everything that hurts, and keep your follow-up visits.
Recovering for a League City injury
Fault gets split in Texas. Your recovery drops by your percentage of it, and if a jury puts you over 50 percent, you get nothing (Civil Practice and Remedies Code §§ 33.001, 33.012). An adjuster asking whether you saw the other car is trying to push that percentage up.
The minimum policy is small. Texas only requires $30,000 per injured person and $60,000 per crash (Transportation Code § 601.072). We go after every other policy that applies, including the vehicle owner’s, the driver’s employer if he was working, a rideshare company’s if one was involved, and your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage (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.
Billed isn’t paid. You recover what was actually paid or is still owed for your care, not the full amount billed (Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 41.0105). How your treatment gets paid for matters from the first week.
Pain and lost income count too. So do lost earning capacity and what the injury took from your life at home, but only if the medical records back them up. Your doctors need to write down everything the wreck took from you, and we make sure they do.
Beyond car wrecks in League City
Car wrecks are most of our League City work, but we also take 18-wheeler crashes on I-45, crashes caused by drunk drivers, Uber and Lyft crashes and falls on unsafe property. A business that invites you in has to use reasonable care to fix or warn about dangerous conditions it knew about or should have known about. See our 18-wheeler and premises liability pages.
Deadlines for Clear Creek ISD and city claims
You generally have two years from the injury to file suit (Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003). Claims against Clear Creek ISD over a bus crash, or against a city over one of its vehicles, need notice within six months, and a city charter can require it sooner (§ 101.101).
Our results in injury cases
Clients we’ve represented have recovered a $2.95 million settlement after being rear-ended by a commercial truck driver who was following too closely, and $100,000 after being hit by a driver who ran a red light. See all of our settlements and verdicts. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Talk to a League City accident lawyer
Jay Blass Cohen was born and raised in Houston and has practiced here since 2009. We take injury cases across Galveston County, and we prepare every one as if it’s going to trial. For cases on the island, see our Galveston personal injury page. If you were charged after a crash, see our Galveston and League City DWI page.
Call (713) 664-4000. If it just happened, call now. We’d rather start early than chase evidence that’s already gone.
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.