When the number on the demand letter changes everything
Catastrophic injury claims do not behave like other litigation. The damages model is built by life care planners and economists rather than medical bills. The plaintiff's bar invests heavily and early. And the exposure is often large enough to move a carrier's reserves or a company's balance sheet.
For more than 20 years, Lopez Law Group has defended these cases — traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, burn and amputation claims, and wrongful death arising from workplace accidents, vehicle collisions, and premises incidents. We have handled multiple fatality matters for clients in the Texas energy sector, where the intersection of contractor relationships, indemnity provisions, and workplace safety regulation makes the defense substantially more complex.
How we handle these files
Immediate response. The first 72 hours determine what evidence still exists. We deploy to the scene, secure physical evidence, identify and interview witnesses before memories harden, and preserve the electronic data that gets overwritten on a schedule.
The right experts, retained early. Accident reconstruction, biomechanics, human factors, life care planning, vocational rehabilitation, economics. We know which experts hold up on cross and which do not, and we do not wait until the plaintiff has locked in their narrative to build ours.
Honest valuation. Our clients get a realistic assessment of exposure early, not an optimistic one that gets revised upward every 90 days. That evaluation drives whether a case gets resolved or gets tried.
Trial readiness as leverage. Our attorneys have tried numerous cases to verdict. Plaintiffs' counsel adjust their expectations when they know a file will actually be tried, and that changes settlement posture long before a trial date arrives.
Who we represent
Commercial carriers and their insureds, motor carriers, energy sector operators and contractors, construction companies, property owners, and self-insured businesses.
