What is Comparative Negligence in Texas?

インデックス作成: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]Texas is a comparative negligence state.

[00:00:02]What does that mean? That means that even if you have some percentage of fault in a crash, which often times happens, maybe someone else is 80% at fault and you're 20% at fault, you can still recover under Texas law.

[00:00:17]What happens is your recovery is reduced by the percentage of fault that a jury places on you. So, if you have a $100,000 verdict and the jury puts 20% fault on you, you would recover $80,000.

[00:00:32]Now, those cases are often incredibly tricky because the insurance company tries to deny all liability and definitely one where you would want at least seek a lawyer's advice on how to move forward. If you've been involved in a car crash, give us a call at 214-387-0387.