Personal Injury Law Firm in San Antonio & Harlingen Texas

When a loved one is hurt in a nursing home or care facility, families often assume the case is “medical malpractice.” Many are. In Texas, those are called health care liability claims, and they come with strict procedural rules. But not every injury that happens to a resident is a health care liability claim. Injuries during transport or from dangerous building conditions may raise a different question. Here is how Texas law approaches it.

A ramp that is too steep, a missing handrail, or a broken curb ramp can cause a serious fall, especially for someone who uses a cane, walker, or wheelchair. Texas has specific accessibility rules for many buildings and facilities. When a fall involves one of those features, whether the injured person has a disability can affect how the claim is analyzed. Here is what to know.

Construction work is some of the most dangerous work in Texas. A fall from a ladder or scaffold, a trench collapse, or a crane failure can change a worker’s life in seconds. After a construction injury, the first questions are usually practical: Who pays for medical care? Can I sue? Will I lose my job? The answers depend on your employer’s insurance and on which companies were working on the site.

Premises liability can stem from a range of incidents. It can be a restaurant or gas station. You can be injured from slip and falls and trip and falls, to swimming pool accidents and drowning. It could be ride injuries at an amusement park facility or any other accident on a business or residential property. […]