Boerne Personal Injury Lawyers

A personal injury claim is a civil case that makes a careless driver, company, or product maker pay for the harm they caused you, because negligence law holds the party at fault responsible for the injuries and losses that follow. Through that claim, you can pursue your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and the earning power you may lose over the rest of your working life.

Joseph R. Echavarria of JRE Injury Law is a Boerne personal injury attorney and former Bexar County prosecutor who has recovered tens of millions of dollars for injured Texans and their families in the Hill Country.

You are hurting, your vehicle may be sitting in a tow yard, and an adjuster is probably already calling. You need someone in your corner who knows how these cases are built, and how they are won.

Serving all of Boerne and Kendall County and every stretch of I-10, SH-46 and Main Street in between. Our aggressive Boerne personal injury attorneys are ready to take your case to trial. A trial-tested team beside you, no matter the size of your claim.

Clients have given us 5.0 stars across 343 Google reviews, and when you call, you speak with your attorney, not a call center.

Call (210) 272-0101 for a free case review with a personal injury lawyer who represents Boerne families. You owe no fee unless we recover money for you.

What should you do in the first days after a Boerne crash?

Get medical care the same day, make sure an officer documents the crash, and talk to a lawyer before you give any insurer a statement. Those three steps protect your health and the evidence your claim will rest on.

• See a doctor the same day, even if you feel fine. Methodist ER Boerne on Menger Springs Road is open 24 hours.
• Call 911. Inside city limits, the Boerne Police Department writes the report. On county roads, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office responds, and on I-10 and state highways outside town, a DPS trooper often does.
• Photograph the vehicles, the scene, and your injuries, and get witness contact details.
• Decline to give the other driver’s insurer a recorded statement.
• Call us at (210) 272-0101 before you sign anything.

When is the right time to call a lawyer?

Call as soon as you have seen a doctor, ideally within days. Skid marks fade, cameras record over footage, and a trucking company’s rapid-response team may reach the scene within hours.

What do we collect during the first week?

We order the Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report (form CR-3) through TxDOT’s crash report portal, ask nearby businesses for video before it is recorded over, and send preservation letters for vehicle black-box data. When a commercial truck is involved, we also demand its electronic logging device (ELD) records, dash-cam video, and the driver qualification file.

At the same time, we schedule your chiropractic, physical therapy, and imaging appointments and start the vehicle repair or total-loss claim, so you can focus on healing.

What if a dump truck or construction vehicle hit you in Boerne?

You may have a claim against the truck driver, the company that employs the driver, and any company that controlled the truck’s route or load, and those businesses usually carry far more insurance than a family car. Boerne’s growth puts dump trucks, concrete mixers, and material haulers on Herff Road, SH-46 east of town, and the new subdivision entrances throughout the workweek.

Many of these trucks never leave Texas, but they still answer to safety rules. The Texas Department of Public Safety adopts most federal motor carrier safety regulations for intrastate carriers (37 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.11), including hours-of-service limits, vehicle inspections, and driver drug testing. Carriers must register with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (Tex. Transp. Code ch. 643), and trucks with a gross weight rating over 26,000 pounds must carry at least $500,000 in liability coverage (43 Tex. Admin. Code § 218.16).

Construction hauling often runs through layers of subcontractors. We find out whether the driver was an employee or an independent contractor, because that answer decides whose policy pays. Interstate rigs on I-10 follow the federal rules directly, and we explain those claims on our page about 18-wheeler and big-rig crashes.

What evidence matters most after a construction-truck crash?

Load tickets, dispatch logs, GPS or telematics data, maintenance records, and the driver’s commercial license and medical card matter most. The hauling company holds these records, so we demand them in writing before they can be discarded.

How do you prove fault in a head-on crash on SH-46?

You prove fault by showing the other driver crossed into your lane, which in Texas generally breaks a safety law unless an exception, such as avoiding an obstruction, applies. Drivers must stay on the right half of the roadway (Tex. Transp. Code § 545.051) and may not drive left of a no-passing stripe (§ 545.055), so a crossover on two-lane SH-46 is usually negligence per se, meaning the broken statute itself establishes careless driving.

Negligence has four elements: a duty to drive safely, a breach of that duty, causation linking the breach to your injuries, and damages you can prove. In a head-on crash, physical evidence carries most of the load:

• Gouge marks and debris locate the point of impact on the road.
• Event data recorders in the airbag module capture speed, braking, and steering in the seconds before the crash.
• Phone records show whether the driver was texting or calling.
• An accident reconstructionist ties the evidence together for a jury.

When a head-on crash takes a life, the spouse, children, and parents may bring a wrongful death claim (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 71.002), and the estate may bring a survival claim for the person’s own losses (§ 71.021).

What if the driver says a deer made him swerve?

That argument, called sudden emergency, fails if the driver’s own speed or inattention helped create the emergency. A Texas jury can consider it only for an emergency that arose suddenly and unexpectedly, was not caused by the driver’s negligence, and demanded immediate action without time to deliberate, and even then the driver must have reacted as a careful driver would. It is an instruction to the jury, not a shield, and you keep the chance to prove the driver was negligent (see Dillard v. Texas Electric Cooperative, 157 S.W.3d 429 (Tex. 2005)).

How does JRE Injury Law handle a Kendall County injury case?

We prepare every Kendall County case for trial from the first week, come to you instead of making you come to us, and give you direct access to your attorney. Our office is in nearby San Antonio, and our San Antonio personal injury lawyers meet Boerne clients at the kitchen table or the hospital bed, so you never fight I-10 traffic just to meet with us.

Mr. Echavarria’s years as a prosecutor taught him how judges and juries weigh evidence, and that preparation goes into every case headed for Kendall County’s two district courts, the 451st and the 498th. We hire accident reconstructionists and medical experts when a case calls for them, resolve health insurance and hospital liens so more of your settlement reaches you, and assign a named case manager who picks up when you call. Mr. Echavarria returns calls himself, including evenings, and you Pay Nothing Unless You Win. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome; every case depends on its facts.

Our Team

The trial bench behind your case has the record to back it. Ethan L. Shaw, Of Counsel to JRE Injury Law and a partner at Shaw Cowart, LLP, is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and he won about $70 million in Tate v. Discover Property & Casualty, tried with co-counsel Tom Rhodes in the 225th District Court in Bexar County, against an insurer that wrongfully denied an injured worker’s benefits.

He also obtained a $400,000 judgment in a personal injury case and a $375,000 verdict that survived appeal, and Jorge Mares, Of Counsel to JRE Injury Law, settled a T-bone case for $2.25 million with co-counsel David Fuentes.

Will you take my case to trial if the insurer won’t pay?

Yes, if a fair offer never comes, we are ready to try your case. Ethan L. Shaw, Of Counsel to JRE Injury Law, is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, which adds trial depth when a case needs it.

Talk to an Attorney Today: call (210) 272-0101 for a free case review of your personal injury claim in Boerne.

Where do serious injuries happen most in Boerne and Kendall County?

Most injury cases here start on a handful of roads. Interstate 10 carries commuters and long-haul freight past exits 537 through 543, including the stretch near Mission Pharmacal and the SH-46 interchange at exit 540. West of the interstate, SH-46 narrows to two lanes, where repeated fatal head-on crashes have residents pushing TxDOT for safety upgrades.

In town, the trouble spots include South Main Street along the Hill Country Mile, Herff Road by Trails of Herff Ranch, Johns Road near Tapatio Springs, SH-46 east toward Esperanza and Cordillera Ranch, and the school zones around Champion High School. Farther out, FM 474, FM 1376, and Scenic Loop Road draw motorcycles and cyclists every weekend.

How much is my Boerne injury case worth?

Your case is worth the full value of your losses, reduced by any share of fault assigned to you, but the insurance behind the crash usually decides how much of that value you can collect. Injury severity, treatment length, and fault drive the number, and coverage sets the ceiling.

Those losses include past and future medical care, lost wages and earning capacity, pain and mental anguish, physical impairment, and damage to your vehicle.

Texas drivers must carry only 30/60/25 in liability insurance under Tex. Transp. Code § 601.072: $30,000 per injured person, $60,000 per crash, and $25,000 for property. One surgery can exceed that, so we look for every policy that applies:

1. The at-fault driver’s liability policy.
2. The driver’s employer or motor carrier policy, if the driver was working, which is often many times larger.
3. Your own uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage.
4. Your own personal injury protection (PIP), which pays medical bills and lost wages regardless of fault.
5. A bar, vehicle manufacturer, or government body that shares the blame.

Your recovery drops by your percentage of fault under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 33.012, and you recover nothing only if you are more than 50% responsible (§ 33.001).

Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome; every case depends on its facts.

What if the driver who hit me has little or no insurance?

Your own UM/UIM coverage can pay the difference, because insurers must offer it under Tex. Ins. Code § 1952.101 unless you rejected it in writing. If the driver fled, UM coverage applies only if the unknown vehicle made actual physical contact with you or your vehicle (§ 1952.104).

Wondering what your Boerne injury claim is worth? Call (210) 272-0101 for a free, no-pressure review.

What is the deadline to file an injury lawsuit in Kendall County?

You generally have two years from your injury to file a lawsuit under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003, and two years from a death for a wrongful death claim. The clock usually pauses for a child until age 18, and the discovery rule can delay it for injuries that could not reasonably be found sooner.

A city truck, county vehicle, or school bus speeds everything up. The Tort Claims Act requires written notice within six months (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.101), Boerne’s city charter (Section 10.03) lets the city set its own notice rules, and the Act caps a city’s liability at $250,000 per person and a county’s or school district’s at $100,000 (§ 101.023). Call us right away if a public vehicle was involved.

Which driver mistakes cause the most crashes around Boerne?

Most injury claims we handle start with a vehicle crash caused by speeding, distraction, drunk driving, or fatigue. TxDOT’s 2024 crash data counted 251,977 people injured statewide, about one every two minutes, with rural roads producing half of all traffic deaths. The causes we see most:

• Speeding on I-10, where commuters and freight share lanes
• Texting and other distracted driving along Main Street and Herff Road
• Unsafe passing and head-on collisions on two-lane SH-46
• Drunk driving, linked by TxDOT to about one in four traffic deaths in 2024
• Truck driver fatigue and hours-of-service violations
• Failure to yield at new subdivision entrances east of town
• Defective tires, brakes, and airbags

Each cause leaves evidence, and we know where to look in car accident claims and commercial cases alike.

What should motorcyclists know after a crash on FM 474 or FM 1376?

A rider hurt by a careless driver has the same right to compensation as anyone else, but insurers often start by blaming the motorcycle, so the claim has to be built around the other driver’s conduct. A common Hill Country crash is a driver turning left across a rider’s path on a winding road like FM 474, FM 1376, or Scenic Loop Road.

Texas lets riders 21 and older ride without a helmet if they completed an approved motorcycle safety course or carry health insurance that covers motorcycle crash injuries (Tex. Transp. Code § 661.003). Even when riding without a helmet is legal, the defense may argue it made a head injury worse. That argument can reach only the injuries a helmet would have prevented; it does not change who caused the crash.

Riders have no steel frame around them, so their injuries run severe: road rash that needs skin grafts, fractured legs and pelvises, traumatic brain injuries, and amputations. We arrange the imaging and specialist care that documents each one, and we build motorcycle accident injury claims around rider visibility and driver fault.

Which Boerne injury cases do we take?

We take serious vehicle injury cases, and commercial vehicle crashes come first:

• 18-wheeler and commercial truck crashes, including freight rigs on I-10 and dump trucks serving new construction
• Company, fleet, and delivery van crashes, including crashes while you drive for work
• Car crashes, from rear-end collisions to T-bone and head-on wrecks
• Motorcycle crashes on FM 474, FM 1376, and other winding roads
• Uber and Lyft rideshare crashes
• Pedestrian and bicycle crashes, including cyclists on Scenic Loop Road
• Wrongful death claims for families who have lost someone

What if I was hurt while driving for work?

You may have both a workers’ compensation claim and an injury claim against the other driver. If your employer skips workers’ compensation, Tex. Lab. Code § 406.033 strips away its main defenses in a negligence claim.

What if a teen driver caused my crash near Champion High School?

Most teen drivers are covered by a parent’s auto policy, so the claim usually runs against that insurer. A parent who handed the keys to a teen they knew was unlicensed or reckless can also be liable for negligent entrustment.

Talk to an Attorney Today in Boerne

If you were hurt, a Boerne personal injury lawyer from our team will review your case for free, and you Pay Nothing Unless You Win. Call (210) 272-0101 or toll-free (844) 702-0350, 24/7. The two-year filing deadline, and the evidence your claim depends on, will not wait.