Practice Areas

• Car Accidents
• Distracted Driving
• Uninsured Motorist Claims (UM/UIM)
• Truck and Bus Accidents
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Drunk Driving Accidents
• Bicycle & Pedestrian Accidents
• Injuries to Children
• Dog Attacks
• Wrongful Death
• Dangerous Drugs & Devices
• Other Injury Claims

Key Topics

About The Firm

• So You Are Hurt and Need Information?
• Website Disclaimer
• Anderson Law Firm Client Bill of Rights
• Injury Cases The Anderson Law Firm Accepts
• Injury Cases The Anderson Law Firm Does Not Accept

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Injury Cases The Anderson Law Firm Does Not Accept

• Injured Party at Fault
  If you are primarily at fault for your Fort Worth accident, we will not accept your case. Stated another way, the accident must be the fault of the other person. If the injury is your own fault, then it fails the liability part of our Three-Legged Stool Test.
  

• Intentional Acts
  If you've been injured by the intentional act of another person, we will not be able to work on your case. The reason for this is that normal insurance policies exclude intentional acts and only cover negligent acts. As such, if you've been harmed by an intentional act it's not likely that there's any insurance coverage available to compensate you.
  

• Property Damage Only
  If you were not injured in an accident, but instead only your motor-vehicle sustained damage, we won't be able to accept your case. We only handle cases involving bodily injury. (But our firm will assist our injury clients with their property damage claims as a courtesy while handling the bodily injury portion of their case.)
  

• Slip and Falls
  This is a very common type of personal injury claim and can result in serious injury, such as broken bones. However, due to the difficulty in establishing liability, we will in all likelihood not be able to take your case. The law in Texas makes it hard to prove that the property owner is responsible for your injury if you fall on someone's property. Stated generally, the law requires that a property owner had to "know or should have known" of the dangerous condition which caused your fall. The most common example of this type of claim is a fall due to a wet substance on the floor at a store or business. A claimant must prove that the store "knew or should have known" about the wet condition on the floor and did not act upon such knowledge. The difficulty you will encounter is proving this knowledge. Essentially, you must prove how long the wet substance was on the floor. If it was on the floor very long, obviously the store "should have known" about the condition. However, it's virtually impossible to prove how long the wet condition existed.Attorney Mark A. Anderson has handled a select few slip and fall cases in the past and has had some success for his clients. However, these cases are very difficult to win. If we can't win, we can't make our clients happy, and we want happy clients. As such, we generally do not take slip and fall cases. As an exception, we will certainly consider your case if the defendant created the condition, such as mopping a floor but not putting up a warning sign. In that type of situation, the property owner certainly knew about the condition as they were the ones who created the condition. We find the chance of succeeding in these cases is much higher than on a typical slip and fall action.
  

• Food-Caused Illnesses
  If you've become sick due to eating bad or contaminated food at a restaurant, we won't be able to handle your case. Generally, the damages in these types of cases are relatively minor. While food poisoning is not something that any of us care to endure, for the most part, food-illnesses do not last very long and require minimal medical treatment.
  

• Statute of Limitations Deadline
  Texas law requires that you must file a lawsuit within two years of the date of your injury or your right to bring a claim will expire. If you call us right before the statute of limitations is about to expire, we will not be able to help you. We need time after we receive your initial call to investigate your case and decide if it's one we can win. Most investigations cannot happen overnight. This is why it's so important that you don't wait until the last possible moment before you contact me or any other injury attorney to help you with your case. If you have a valid personal injury claim, do not put it on the back burner. Do yourself a favor by contacting a lawyer as soon as possible.
  

The Anderson Law Firm offers free no obligation consultations to people injured in accidents or who have suffered physical harm as a result of someone else's actions. We do not charge you to initially discuss your situation and establish whether you have a claim to pursue. You can call us and discuss your case over the phone, we can set up an appointment for you to come into our office, or we can visit you in your home anywhere in the metroplex.

If after meeting with us you decide that we are the best personal injury lawyer for you, then we will enter into a contingent fee agreement. This means that we only get paid when we win a settlement or jury verdict in your favor. You don't pay us anything up front. We will cover all expenses spent working on your case. Only when we win for you will you need to pay us. If we don't win, then you owe us nothing.

Contact us online now or call us 24 hours a day toll free on 1-800-354-MARK (1-800-345-6-275). You can also call us locally in Fort Worth on 817-294-1900 or in Dallas on 214-327-8000.

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