Personal injury
Personal injury lawyer in Dallas and Odessa.
What your case is worth is decided by evidence, not by the insurance company. After a crash or a fall, the other side starts building its file the same day. We start building yours. Medical records, witnesses, cameras, the truck's data, the property's history. Then we put a number on it that holds up.
Injury cases are handled on a contingency fee, so the fee comes out of the recovery rather than out of your pocket. We explain the exact terms on the first call.
Personal Injury
Car, motorcycle and pedestrian.
- Car accidentsAfter a crash, the other driver's insurance company starts building its file the same day.
- Rear end collisionsIf someone hit you from behind, the law is usually on your side, because Texas requires every driver to leave enough room to stop.
- Multi vehicle crashesWhen three or more vehicles crash, every driver's insurance company points at someone else, and the money on each policy may have to be shared among several injured people.
- Drunk driver crashesWhen a drunk driver hits you, two cases start: the State's DWI case against the driver, and your own claim for what the crash cost you.
- Uber and Lyft accidentsIn an Uber or Lyft crash, the first question is not who was at fault.
- Motorcycle accidentsAfter a motorcycle crash, the driver usually says they never saw you, and the insurance company starts from the idea that riders take risks.
- Pedestrian and bicycle accidentsA person on foot or on a bicycle has no steel around them, so even a slow impact can mean broken bones or a head injury.
- Hit and run and uninsured driversWhen the driver who hit you drives off, or stays but has no insurance, it can feel like no one will pay.
Personal Injury
Trucks and commercial vehicles.
- 18 wheeler and truck accidentsWhen an 18 wheeler hits you, the trucking company usually sends its own investigators and lawyers within hours.
- Delivery and work vehicle accidentsIf the driver who hit you was working, the company behind that van, box truck or pickup may be responsible too, and it usually carries far more insurance than a personal driver.
- Bus accidentsIf you were hurt on a bus, or hit by one, the first question is who runs it.
- Oilfield truck accidentsOilfield trucks run long hours on two lane highways and caliche lease roads, often loaded heavy and driven by people at the end of a long shift.
Personal Injury
Boat, ATV, train and plane.
- Boating accidentsA day on the lake can end with a collision, a person thrown overboard or someone struck by a propeller, and there is no lane line or traffic camera to show what happened.
- ATV and off-road accidentsMost ATV and side by side injuries happen on private land, a trail park or a ranch, with no police report and no insurance card exchanged.
- Train and railroad accidentsRailroads investigate their own crashes right away, and they control the most important evidence: the locomotive's event recorder, the train's cameras and the crossing signal records.
- Airplane and helicopter accidentsAfter a small plane or helicopter crash, the federal government takes the wreckage and starts an investigation that can take a year or more.
Personal Injury
On someone else's property.
- Premises liabilityIf you were hurt because a property was not kept safe, the owner or the company that runs it may have to pay for your injuries.
- Slip and fallA fall on a wet floor, a broken step or a dark stairway can mean a broken wrist, a hip fracture or a head injury.
- Negligent securityIf you or someone you love was robbed, assaulted or shot at an apartment complex, motel, club or parking lot, the person who did it is responsible, but the property owner may be too.
- Swimming pool accidentsWhen a child or adult drowns or is badly hurt at a pool, families are left with grief and questions.
- Parking lot accidentsParking lot injuries fall between the rules for crashes and the rules for property, and that is where claims get lost.
Personal Injury
At work.
- Workplace injuriesTexas is the only state that lets private employers skip workers' compensation, and that one fact decides what you can do after a work injury.
- Construction accidentsConstruction sites in Texas often have a property owner, a general contractor and several subcontractors, and the company that caused your injury may not be the one that pays you.
- Heavy equipment accidentsForklifts, cranes, excavators, skid steers and bulldozers cause some of the worst injuries on a job: crushed limbs, amputations, rollovers and deaths.
- Chemical plant and refinery accidentsExplosions, flash fires, chemical burns and toxic gas releases at plants and refineries cause severe injuries, and the companies involved start their own investigation the same day.
- Oilfield injuriesOn a Permian Basin well site, the operator, the drilling contractor and a half dozen service companies can all be working at once, and the company that caused your injury is often not the one that signs your check.
Personal Injury
Serious injuries and loss.
- Wrongful deathWhen someone you love dies because another person or a company was careless, the legal questions can wait a few days.
- Catastrophic injuriesA spinal cord injury, an amputation or a shattered leg changes the next forty years, not the next few months.
- Brain injuriesA brain injury often does not look like much at first.
- Burn injuriesSerious burns mean months of wound care, grafts and therapy, and scars that stay.
Personal Injury
Other injury cases.
- Dog bitesA dog attack is fast and frightening, and the injuries, especially to a child's face and hands, can need surgery and leave scars for life.
- Defective productsWhen a tire comes apart, an airbag fails, a battery catches fire or a tool breaks in your hand, the product itself is the most important evidence in the case.
- Medical malpracticeTexas makes medical malpractice cases harder than almost any other injury claim.
- Injuries to childrenWhen your child is hurt because an adult or a business did not do its job, you want answers and you want them protected.
- Child sexual abuse claimsIf you were abused as a child, or you are a parent who just learned something no parent should have to hear, you decide what happens next.
Who handles it
The lawyer on the sign is the lawyer on your case.
Mr. Estrada has practiced in Texas since 2003, in state court and in the Northern, Eastern and Western federal districts of Texas. He reads the file, sets the strategy, and is in the courtroom, with associates and staff who work the case alongside him. Everything is explained to you in English or Spanish.
Two offices
Oak Cliff and Odessa.
Mon to Fri 9 to 5, Sat 9 to 12. Emergencies 24/7 by phone.
Law Office of Olegario Estrada, P.C.
We explain everything.We answer 24/7.Se habla español.
Free consultation by phone, video, or in person. Offices in Dallas and Odessa.