Board-Certified Trial Lawyers for Missouri City Pedestrian Injury Claims
A person on foot has nothing between them and the vehicle — which is why these injuries are what they are, and why the driver’s insurer starts early on the argument that you were partly to blame. Fort Bend County cases are heard at the courthouse in Richmond, seven minutes from our office. Free consultation, in English or Spanish. No fee or expenses unless we win.
Call (281) 238-5400 Tell Us What HappenedIf you were struck on foot in Missouri City, start with these four steps.
- Get checked, and go back when you’re told to. Being hit on foot puts force through the body in ways that don’t always announce themselves the same day. Go, and keep the follow-up appointments — a gap in treatment is the first thing an adjuster reaches for.
- Say no to the recorded statement — politely. The driver’s insurance company will ask for one early, and in these cases the questions are pointed at where you were standing. Texas law does not require you to give it. “Send me that in writing” is a complete sentence.
- Get the crash report number. A pedestrian collision is still written up on a CR-3, by Missouri City police, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, DPS, or a Harris County agency depending on where you were.
- Note the lane, the light, and the cameras. Where you were relative to the crosswalk, which direction the vehicle came from, whether the signal had changed — and which nearby businesses have cameras pointed at the street. That footage is usually overwritten within days unless somebody asks for it in writing.
Then, whenever you’re ready — today or next week — talk to a lawyer before you sign anything from an insurance company. The consultation is free either way.
Right of way, and the argument that comes next.
Texas traffic law gives people on foot the right of way in defined situations — inside a marked crosswalk, and at an intersection where the crosswalk is unmarked but legally still there. It also sets limits: stepping off a curb into the path of a vehicle so close that the driver cannot yield is not protected, and away from a crosswalk the general rule runs the other way. But the rule that sits on top of all of it is the one people miss. A driver owes a duty of ordinary care toward a person on foot regardless of where that person is. Being outside a crosswalk changes how fault is divided. It does not make a driver free to hit you.
Which is exactly where the insurer goes first. Dark clothing. Not at a crosswalk. Looking at a phone. Stepped out suddenly. Every one of those is aimed at Texas’s modified comparative fault rule, which reduces a recovery by the injured person’s share of the fault and cuts it off entirely once that share passes half — so someone found 50% or less at fault still recovers, reduced by their share, and someone pushed over that line recovers nothing. Every percentage point they can move is money, so they will try to move it, usually before anyone has looked at the sight lines or the speed.
Answering that argument takes physical facts rather than adjectives: where the vehicle was when you should first have been visible to it, what the driver’s actual line of sight was, the posted speed, the lighting and what it did and didn’t illuminate, where the impact landed on the vehicle, and where you came to rest. Video, when it still exists, ends most of these arguments in a single viewing — which is the whole reason to ask for it before it cycles out.
The other thing that makes these claims different is proportion. Two vehicles in a low-speed collision trade damage; a vehicle and a person do not. An impact that would have been a dented bumper between cars can put someone in a hospital for weeks, and the injuries skew toward the kind that don’t fully resolve. In Missouri City the exposure gathers where fast roads meet places people actually walk — the crossings along Highway 6, the retail frontage on Texas Parkway and Cartwright Road, and the parking lots in between. If you were in a vehicle instead, see our Missouri City car accident page; if a commercial truck was involved, our truck accident page; and if someone did not survive, our wrongful death page.
Fort Bend County cases are tried in Richmond.
Most of Missouri City is in Fort Bend County, and Fort Bend County injury cases are heard at the county courthouse in Richmond — seven minutes from our office. Part of the city extends into Harris County, so where you were struck, not where you live, decides which courthouse hears the case. If a city bus, a school vehicle or a public agency’s vehicle was involved, or if a signal or crossing was maintained by a governmental body, different rules apply and formal written notice is required well inside the general two-year deadline.
Two of our attorneys are Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. It is the credential the State of Texas itself administers for injury trial lawyers — examination, peer evaluation, documented trial experience — and you can read what it involves rather than take our word for it.
No recovery, no fee. No case expenses either.
The sentence below is the whole arrangement, and we don’t fine-print our way around it: No fee or expenses unless we win. The consultation is free — and if we think you don’t need a lawyer at all, we’ll tell you that for free too.
Here’s what happens when you call.
- You tell us what happened, in English or Spanish. A few minutes is usually enough. No phone tree, no out-of-state intake center — you’re talking to the office in Richmond.
- We tell you honestly whether there’s a claim worth bringing. If you were clipped, walked away, and there’s nothing to treat, you probably don’t need a lawyer — and if that’s your situation, we’ll say so rather than sign you up.
- If you do have a case, we explain the next steps, send the agreement to your phone, and start asking for the video while it still exists. From then on, the insurance company deals with us, not you.
Tell us what happened. We’ll call you back fast.
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Common questions
I wasn't in a crosswalk. Do I still have a claim?
Probably, yes. A driver owes a duty of ordinary care toward people on foot wherever they are. Being outside a crosswalk affects how fault is divided between you and the driver; it does not by itself end the claim. Where exactly you were, and what the driver could see, is what the argument is actually about.
How much does a pedestrian accident lawyer cost?
No fee or expenses unless we win. The consultation is free.
The insurer says I was partly at fault. What does that mean for my claim?
Texas reduces a recovery by the injured person's share of the fault and cuts it off entirely once that share passes half — so someone found 50% or less at fault still recovers, reduced by their share. That is why the other side argues about clothing, lighting and phones. It is an argument about a percentage, not a verdict.
It was minor and I walked away. Do I even need a lawyer?
Often, no. If there's no real treatment and nothing lingering, you probably don't need one — and we'll tell you that on the phone rather than sign you up. The one caution is that being struck on foot produces delayed symptoms more often than people expect, so get looked at before you decide. Ask us; that answer costs nothing.
How long do I have to file in Texas?
Generally two years from the date you were struck, with exceptions that can shorten or extend it. If a governmental vehicle was involved, or a crossing or signal maintained by a public body, formal written notice is required well inside that period. Talk to a lawyer about your specific dates.