Sugar Land, Texas Personal Injury and Motor Vehicle Accidents Lawyer

Reed & Terry, LLP

911 Front St. Richmond, Texas 77469 USA

 (281) 491-5000

www.reedterrylaw.com
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Reed & Terry, LLP, founded in 1994, combines 30 years of experience aggressively pursuing maximum compensation that their clients deserve. We focus our practice exclusively on representing victims and their families in personal injuries cases. Our firm is the most established personal injury practice in Fort Bend County. You deserve justice, and we can take the proactive steps necessary to protect your rights and pursue the party responsible for your injury.

Collectively, our attorneys have handled thousands of personal injury cases in Texas with compassion and responsiveness. Your health, your needs and your goals are our priorities, and we vigorously pursue your best possible outcome, both in and out of the courtroom. In some cases, filing a lawsuit is the only way to achieve justice, but most of our cases are settled without the need of a lawsuit.

Serious injuries have serious impacts on your life and the lives of your family members. We work for your justice and your recovery, and that is why we work on your case on a contingency fee basis. When we take on your case, we want you to be confident that we are in it to succeed. If there is no recovery, there is no fee to you. We take all the risk.

On the surface, insurance companies can appear to have your best interests in mind. But with strategies based upon minimizing their own costs as much as possible, you need an experienced and knowledgeable personal injury attorney who will work for your best interests.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

- Personal Injury

Accidents and personal injuries can have devastating effects on victims for the rest of their lives. Only a thorough personal injury lawyer can adequately consider all the impacts of a serious injury, and only an aggressive personal injury lawyer can successfully advocate for the rights and maximum compensation of a victim. The knowledge of your legal counsel should be accompanied by accomplishments on behalf of clients both in and out of the courtroom.

- Auto Accidents

Auto accidents are the leading cause of injuries in the United States. Although many result in only minor injuries, often they can cause severe to catastrophic injuries, even death. When you are injured in such an accident, your life can be seriously affected for some time to come. Injuries ranging from broken bones to neck, back and head injuries can occur. There are many different types of auto accidents that can result in serious injuries. Some of these include: rollovers, multi-vehicle accidents, single-vehicle accidents, T-bone accidents, rear-end accidents, drunk driving accident and big rig accidents.

- Truck Accidents / 18-Wheeler Accidents

Most of these accidents occur in rural areas, at roughly 68% of all accidents recorded, with urban areas accounting for 32% of the accidents that occur. The causes for these accidents vary greatly, but negligence in some form on the truck driver's part factors in frequently. Fatigue is the leading cause, being responsible for 30% of the accidents that take place, with driving under the influence being a surprisingly small factor, at only 1%. 18-Wheeler accidents cause over numerous deaths every year, and they are often due to some form of negligence. Some of the more common types of negligence that result in these accidents include: truck driver fatigue; mechanical failure (such as turn signals or brakes); too many blind spots; driver inattention or distraction; driving a truck while under the influence of drugs or alcohol; and a load that is not adequately secured.

- Motorcycle Accident

A motorcyclist is at risk of being injured in many types of accidents, including being turned into by car with an inattentive driver, or being hit from behind by a vehicle while waiting at a stoplight or in stop-and-go traffic. These injuries can end up being very costly, and it should be the responsibility of the individual who caused the accident to cover those costs. The Reed & Terry Law Firm has been helping clients in their personal injury cases for 15 years, and they are available to provide you with assistance in your motorcycle accident case.

- Head Trauma

A brain injury can be caused by many different types of accidents, such as an auto accident, fall, construction site accident or a blow to the head. Because the primary motor controls of the body are in the brain, any injury to this part of the body can greatly affect a person. Such an injury can lead to devastating effects that can last a lifetime. As this type of injury may leave a person possibly disabled and unable to care for themselves fully, determining the value of the costs to continue the wellbeing of the person is an important factor for your legal counsel to establish.

- Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injuries are often very devastating, both for victims, their families and everyone close to them. If you or a loved one has suffered a spinal injury, it is vital to first seek appropriate medical care and to seek the counsel of a Fort Bend County personal injury attorney who is experienced with complex injury negotiation and litigation. Even minor accidents can cause serious, long-term nerve or disk damage, loss of movement, paralysis or even permanent disability such as paraplegia or quadriplegia. If you are experiencing numbness or tingling in your arms or legs; dizziness; or difficulty sleeping, breathing, walking, sitting or standing; you may have a serious spinal, neck, back or brain injury.

- Burn Injuries

There are few things in life that can cause such devastation as a fire. Homes and property, personal and family artifacts and other valuable items can be destroyed in a matter of minutes. Even worse, there can be serious injury to you or a loved one, injury that can change your life forever. A lifetime of challenges, both physical and financial can come from the trauma that is experienced from a fire. Although fire is many times caused accidentally, what about in the case of a defective product or negligence? You must protect your interests and the interests of your family by pursuing your legal right to compensation in such a case.

- Wrongful Death

Suffering the wrongful death of a loved one is all the more traumatic due to the sudden and unnecessary nature of the loss. Accidents that result in wrongful death are inevitably caused by some form of negligence, which can occur in many ways in many different scenarios. Common wrongful deaths accidents include: auto accidents, sport accidents, drowning, swimming pool accidents, trip / slip and falls, workplace / construction accidents and medical malpractice.

- Medical Malpractice

Doctors, nurses, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and hospital and nursing home workers are entrusted with our lives and the lives of our family members every day. When their actions become negligent or reckless, and mistakes are made, much pain and suffering can result, even death. The attorneys at Reed & Terry Law Firm have over 15 years of experience representing thousands of personal injury clients in many types of medical malpractice cases, including: plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery malpractice; prescription drug mistakes; anesthesia mistakes; birth and obstetric injuries; surgical errors; diagnosis errors; psychiatric malpractice; sexual misconduct with a patient; pregnancy, labor and delivery malpractice; nursing home negligence; emergency room malpractice; and dental malpractice.

- Defective Medical Devices

Surgery is never a guarantee. And the risks are even greater when surgery involves the implantation of a medical device or joint replacement, or a transplant of tissue or an organ. If the outcome of your surgery is not what you expected or has caused complications, a Texas personal injury lawyer with experience in defective medical device cases can help you discover several options for recovery of damages and losses. Improper implants and surgical procedures involving stents, allografts, screws, plates, hardware, hip replacements, knee replacements, shoulder replacements, pacemakers, pumps and many other devices can cause serious health ramifications. Additionally, every year there are major recalls of commonly used medical devices, affecting thousands of Americans. Recalled devices are usually defective products, and they can cause wrongful death, heart attack, stroke, infection, paralysis or other serious injuries.

- Defective Drugs

The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) provides screening and requires an approval process for all new drugs that come on the market. This is an important requirement and can help protect consumers from dangerous and unreliable pharmaceutical products. However, drug companies spend millions of dollars on research and development, and sometimes place their bottom line ahead of patient safety. If a pharmaceutical company markets a drug or medical product, and is aware of possible dangers and side effects of the product and yet does not inform the public, it must be held responsible and should pay proper damages to those affected.

- Construction Accidents

Construction sites can be a dangerous place to work or be visiting, as they have many pieces of equipment and materials throughout that can lend themselves to causing an accident. If you work in the construction industry and are injured in an accident, contacting a Sugar Land personal injury attorney will assist you in obtaining the benefits and compensation you may be entitled to. Construction accidents can lead to serious injuries, many of which can include: head injuries, neck and back injuries, fractures, amputations, lacerations, burns and electrocutions.

- Maritime Injuries / Jones Act

The Jones Act provides that seamen have legal rights regarding their jobs and their health and allows them to recover compensation called maintenance and cure while their injuries heal. The act enables them, or, if they die, their family members, to bring a lawsuit against their employer if they are able to prove that their death or injury has been caused by the negligence of the ship's operator, owner or other members of the crew. A lawsuit may also be filed if: the ship itself can be proven to be unseaworthy or unsafe; the ship or its systems are defective; and the ship is not maintained properly. If you are a seaman, fisherman, cruise ship worker, deckhand, oil rig worker, ferry worker, tugboat worker, barge worker, longshoreman, harbor worker, or other maritime related occupation, and you have been the victim of an accident or injury at sea, or a loved one has died as a result of such an accident or injury, you may be able to file a claim for damages from your employer under the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Act or the Death on the High Sea.

- Workers' Compensation

Workplace accidents are a frightening and confusing experience for the victim involved. Aside from physical trauma that may have been sustained in the accident, the person may also be dealing with the mental and emotional strain of experiencing financial instability due to being unable to work. Instances of accidents in the workplace are extremely high in the United States, with nearly 3.7 million Americans suffering from some type of injury or illness every year. Though workers' compensation benefits are supposed to cover the costs of the victim's lost wages and medical expenses, it does not always work out in their favor. Employers and insurance companies will often try to "low-ball" an injured employee by giving them less than they are entitled to.

- Work Related Injuries

These accidents can take place in a variety of scenarios, including accidents taking place at a construction site, accidents while working with defective machinery or products, auto accidents while driving to make a delivery, or dog/animal bite accidents when delivering to a business or home. In many of these cases negligence on the part of another is to blame, and if you have been injured in a work related accident that was brought about by such negligence, then it is highly advised you contact a Sugar Land personal injury attorney right away. They can determine exactly who was at fault in your accident and help you possibly obtain compensation from the responsible parties.

- Swimming Pool Injuries

At Reed & Terry, L.L.P., we have more than 30 years of combined experience, which includes vigorous and successful representation of Texas clients injured in accidents at public and private pools such as: drownings, diving injuries, slip-and-falls, neck, head, back injuries, spinal injuries, fractures, brain damage injuries, lifeguard failure, improperly marked shallow ends, dirty or cloudy water with poor visibility, chlorine overexposure poisoning and other chemical overexposure / poisoning.

- Dog Bites

Thousands of people are injured every year by unrestrained, vicious dogs in Texas. Texas laws regarding dog bites and attacks by other dangerous pets go through changes periodically. Most dogs are allowed "one free bite" in Texas, but after that, the owner is said to have prior knowledge of the animal's dangerous propensities. Accordingly, the animal must be restrained and leash laws must be followed at all times. However, some animals and dog breeds such as Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Dobermans, Akitas and German Shepherds, must always be restrained and are not allowed "one free bite" because of the danger they pose by their vicious nature. If you have been bitten or attacked in any circumstance by any animal, it is important to contact an experienced Texas personal injury lawyer immediately.

- Child Abuse

Of course we realize the sensitive nature of child abuse cases, and we work to protect the preciousness of children. If you feel that your child is in any sort of danger, or if you know your child has suffered abuse, you have options. You can take solace in knowing that the law firm of Reed & Terry, L.L.P., can help you discover recourse and recovery for injuries suffered, both emotional and physical in the following circumstances: Boy Scout or Girl Scout abuse, clergy abuse, day care abuse, preschool abuse, teacher abuse, after-school program abuse, coach abuse, summer camp abuse and counselor abuse. Perpetrators can be punished in criminal cases, but the physical, mental and emotional damages incurred will not heal as a result. It is arguable that financial compensation will allow for any further healing, but a financial recovery can help parents and children seek the support they need to begin the healing process.

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