FREE SPINAL CORD INJURY CASE REVIEW · DALLAS, TEXAS
Dallas Spinal Cord Injury
Case Review
Aaron A. Herbert is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. What board certification means
Hurt in a wreck on LBJ Freeway, a fall at a job site, or a crash on Central Expressway? Get a free review of your medical records, your future care costs, and every policy that might pay.
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Spinal cord injury in Dallas?
A free conversation can help you understand your next step.
IN OUR CLIENTS’ WORDS
Personal attention.
Remembered by our clients.
Communication was above and beyond!
Aaron was awesome, polite and patient.
I am very content, outstanding staff
Excerpts from testimonials published by the firm. Individual experiences vary; these are not promises of a particular result.
KNOW WHO IS IN YOUR CORNER
Aaron A. Herbert
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
YOUR RECOVERY. OUR FOCUS.
How we build
a spinal cord case.
The pickup hit your door on Northwest Highway at 40 miles an hour. Paramedics put a collar on you and drove you to Parkland. Two days later a surgeon is talking about a fusion at C5 and C6, and an adjuster has already called your wife twice.
Look at the MRI report. Two lines matter most: the level, and whether the injury is complete. A complete C5 injury can mean a power chair, a lift van, and an aide at night. An incomplete injury low in the back might mean a walker and a rebuilt bathroom. A life care planner prices whichever list is yours.
Let’s talk about your situationA board-certified trial lawyer.
Look up Aaron Herbert’s board certification on the TBLS site before you call. Then ask him how he would explain a C6 injury to a Dallas County jury.
We save the proof early.
Big rigs carry data recorders. Stores and apartment complexes keep camera footage for days, not months. Our first letters ask everyone involved to hold on to what they have.
You talk to a real person.
Ask about the hospital bills, the rehab stay, and the job you can’t go back to yet. You will know who handles your file and how to reach them.
A RECORD OF ADVOCACY
Real cases.
Meaningful results.
Selected outcomes published by the Law Firm of Aaron A. Herbert. Every case begins with its own facts.
A collision involving a tractor-trailer that failed to control its speed.
A rear-end collision involving a commercial van.
An employee injured by defective machinery.
A pedestrian struck by a van in a crosswalk.
A grocery-store fall involving a substance on the floor.
A fall involving a defective walkway at a private event venue.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Figures are as published by the firm, not amounts clients necessarily received after fees and expenses.
View all published resultsDALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY
What the numbers say
about serious injuries
in Dallas.
In 2025, TxDOT logged 1,065 people with suspected serious injuries from crashes inside Dallas city limits.
How many people get badly hurt in Dallas crashes?
Dallas had 24,677 reported crashes in 2025, and 172 people died in them. Suspected serious injury is the worst grade an officer can mark on a Texas crash report short of death. Across Dallas County that year, 1,664 people got that grade.
What causes most spinal cord injuries?
Car and truck crashes, at 37.1% of the cases reported to the national SCI database since 2015. Falls come next at 32.5%. Violence, mostly gunshots, accounts for 15.2%, and sports for 7.6%. The average age at injury is now 44.3.
What does a spinal cord injury cost?
For high tetraplegia (C1 to C4), the first year averages $1,446,827 in 2025 dollars. Every year after that runs about $251,246. Paraplegia costs $705,131 the first year and $93,409 a year after. Lost wages aren’t in those numbers.
Where would my case be filed?
Most Dallas injury suits go to the county’s civil district courts in the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building at 600 Commerce Street. A case against an out-of-state trucking company can land in federal court instead, in the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.
WHY CHOOSE AARON HERBERT?
Choosing a Dallas spinal
cord injury attorney.
Use the first call to test us. Ask who will work your file, which experts we would hire, and how the fee works. You should get a straight answer to all three before you sign anything.
From the firm: why speaking with an injury attorney matters.
A board-certified trial lawyer
Aaron is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. You can check it on the State Bar of Texas website in about a minute. We encourage it.
A price for the next 40 years
Say you are 35 with a C6 injury. Someone has to count the catheters, the chair repairs, and the aide hours for the next 40 years. A life care planner does that from your doctors’ orders. Then an economist does the math.
Help getting treated
No health insurance? Stuck waiting on a rehab bed? Tell us. We can talk through how the bills get paid while the claim is open.
We look for every policy
One driver’s policy rarely covers a paralysis case. We check the employer’s commercial coverage, any umbrella policy, and your own underinsured motorist coverage.
We take the adjuster’s calls
Once you hire us, the insurance company calls us, not you or your family. Bring every letter, text, and email you have gotten so far. We will read them first.
No fees or expenses unless you recover
The first meeting is free. Ask us to walk through the fee and the costs with a sample number before you sign. The contract spells it out.
AFTER A SPINAL CORD INJURY
What to bring to
your free consultation.
Bring the crash or incident report, your discharge papers, and any letters from an insurer. Still in the hospital? A family member can call for you.
Stick with rehab.
Go to every therapy session and keep every discharge sheet. A gap in treatment is the first thing an adjuster points to.
Write down what changed.
Keep a short daily log. Can you button a shirt? Get up the porch steps? Sleep through the night? Notes in your own words matter later.
Save every receipt.
Hospital bills, pharmacy receipts, the shower chair from the drugstore. Keep them in one folder, or snap a photo of each one.
Call before you sign.
Don’t sign a medical release or give a recorded statement to someone else’s insurer until a lawyer has read it.
Wrecked cars get crushed at the salvage yard. Business cameras record over themselves. Call soon so we can ask people to keep what they have.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CLAIM
The injury starts
the claim.
The proof decides it.
Every spinal cord claim comes down to three questions. Insurers fight hardest over the last one.
Who caused it?
Ask who had the duty. On I-635, the truck driver, and maybe the company that hired him. On a broken stair rail in Lake Highlands, the landlord. At a warehouse off Stemmons, a forklift operator who never looked back. Different people carry different insurance.
What will your care cost?
Texas limits past medical bills to what was actually paid or incurred (CPRC §41.0105). Future care is a different fight. It gets proved through a life care plan and the doctors who sign off on it.
How has your life changed?
A job you can’t do from a wheelchair. A son you can’t teach to throw. Needing help in the bathroom at 41. A jury needs to hear it from you and from the people who know you.
Start with our catastrophic injury damages hub, the Texas catastrophic injury claims guide, and our article on Texas spinal cord injury claims. See how a life care plan prices future care, or how injury claims are valued. Hurt in a wreck? See our Dallas car accident and truck accident pages. After a fall, read our Dallas slip and fall page. For lasting paralysis, see permanent paralysis claims, and for a head injury too, our brain injury page. Hurt in Tarrant County? Visit our Fort Worth spinal cord injury page. For the full overview, see our Dallas spinal cord injury lawyer page.
CLEAR ANSWERS. A BETTER NEXT STEP.
Spinal cord injury
questions.
Your situation is unique.
We’re here to listen.
Does it cost anything to talk with your firm?
The first talk is free. If you hire us, you pay no fee or expenses unless you recover. Ask us to run a sample settlement so you can see how the money would split.
How long do I have to file a Texas spinal cord injury lawsuit?
Two years from the injury in most cases. For a child, the clock usually waits until the 18th birthday (CPRC §16.001). Claims against a city or county need written notice much sooner, so ask us to check your dates. See CPRC §16.003 ↗.
What is the difference between a complete and an incomplete injury?
With a complete injury, feeling and movement stop below the injured level. With an incomplete one, some signals still get through. Since 2015, incomplete tetraplegia has been the most common category in the national database, at 47.7% of cases.
What if the insurer says I was partly at fault?
Expect it. Say a jury puts 20% on you for skipping the seat belt. Your award drops by 20%. At 51%, you get nothing. See CPRC §33.001 and §33.012 ↗.
Who pays the medical bills while the case is open?
Usually your health plan, Medicare, or Medicaid pays first. PIP on your car policy can help after a crash. Health plans often want to be paid back out of a settlement, so we sort out those claims before any money goes out.
What if I can’t go back to work?
Lost earning capacity is part of the claim. A vocational expert looks at the work you did before and what you can do now. Social Security disability is a separate option, and the Reeve Foundation ↗ lists other support programs.
Should I take the first settlement offer?
Not before someone reviews the terms and your long-term care needs. Signing a release usually ends the claim for good. With a spinal cord injury, the full picture can take months to come into focus.
What happens after I contact your firm?
Someone from our team calls you back. We ask what happened and how you are doing. If we can help, we explain the contract. If not, we tell you why.
FIGHTING FOR THE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Ready to take
your next step?
Tell us what happened. We’ll help you understand your options.
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