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The other side has adjusters and lawyers on the claim from day one. Choosing Havens & Associates is choosing to have the same on yours.
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Based at 3401 Allen Parkway in Houston. Members of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, and The Top Trial Lawyers in America.
A bilingual team, so you can tell your story in the language you think in.
Havens & Associates is a Houston personal injury trial firm led by attorney Jonny Havens, a Houston native and former U.S. Army infantry officer who began his legal career at Baker Botts, with attorney Shawn Jih.
The firm has recovered millions of dollars for its clients through trial and settlement, and handles car and truck accidents, workplace, construction, oilfield and offshore injuries, and wrongful death claims, in English and Spanish.
The questions we hear most often.
Nothing up front. Havens & Associates PLLC handles car accident claims on a contingency fee, so the attorney fee comes out of the recovery and there is no attorney fee if there is no recovery. If the case does not recover, you may still be responsible for costs and court expenses, and those terms are set out in the fee agreement you sign.
Texas generally gives you two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury lawsuit. Some situations shorten or extend that window, and claims against a city or county can carry much earlier notice deadlines. If the accident is approaching two years old, treat it as urgent.
You may still be able to recover. Texas allows a claim where fault is shared as long as your share is 50 percent or less, with the recovery reduced by that share; above 50 percent the claim is barred. Fault is also frequently disputed, and the insurer’s first assessment of it is not the final word, which is one of the things worth having reviewed.
You are not required to give the other driver's insurer a recorded statement, and it is worth talking to a lawyer before you do. Those statements are taken early, while the full extent of an injury is often still unknown, and they get used later to argue the injury is smaller than it turned out to be.
Most car accident claims resolve without a trial. Filing suit is sometimes necessary to move a claim an insurer is underpaying, and even then the great majority settle before a jury hears it.
It depends on the treatment. A claim is usually not worth settling until your medical picture is clear, because settling early means settling for less than the injury turns out to be worth. Straightforward claims can resolve in months; disputed liability or a serious injury takes longer.
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