Premises liability
A property owner's duty depends on why you were there — and that single question decides most of these cases.
The duty owed turns on your status
Texas sorts visitors into invitees, licensees and trespassers, and the duty owed differs for each. A customer in a store is owed considerably more than a social guest. Establishing status correctly is the first fight.
What the first week decides
Most of what proves a case has a retention window — onboard data, footage, incident reports. Once it closes, the argument becomes one word against another.
Notice is the second fight
It is rarely enough that a hazard existed. The question is whether the owner knew or should have known about it and failed to act. Incident reports, inspection logs and surveillance footage answer that — and all three have retention windows.
He knows how the other side values a claim, because that used to be his job.
Negligent security
Where a foreseeable criminal act occurs on poorly secured property, the owner may share responsibility. These cases turn on the history of the location and what the owner did in response to it.
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It costs nothing to find out where you stand. Send what you have, and we will tell you honestly whether you have a case, including when you do not.
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Tell us what happened
A few sentences, a photo, a police report — whatever you have. It costs nothing and it is not a commitment.
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We go and get the evidence
Onboard data, logbooks, surveillance, incident reports. Most of it has a retention window, which is why the first week matters.
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We make them value it properly
David worked as an adjuster. The file gets built so the other side has to treat it as a trial risk, not a nuisance.
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You decide
Settle or go to trial. It is your call, made with a straight account of what each road is worth.