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Lakeway, TX Car Accident Lawyer
After a crash near Lake Travis, the other driver’s insurer may try to pin part of the blame on you — because every share of fault they shift is money they keep. SMB Law, PC protects injured Lakeway drivers from an unfair split. A Lakeway car accident lawyer knows every percentage of fault an insurer pins on you cuts your recovery, and how to push it back. Shane has been licensed since 2003 and personally defends Central Texas clients against an unfair comparative-fault split.
Lakeway’s winding hill-country roads, the RR-620 and TX-71 corridors, and heavy weekend lake traffic create crashes where fault is genuinely contested, which is exactly where the comparative-fault rules matter most.
Where a Lakeway car accident claim is handled
Lakeway is in Travis County, so a lawsuit is filed with the Travis County District Clerk at the Civil and Family Courthouse on Guadalupe Street in Austin — close to our office. Most claims resolve with the insurer before that point.
Comparative fault and the 51% bar
Texas uses proportionate responsibility, which means your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault and barred entirely only if you are found more than 50% at fault. That single rule drives how insurers approach a Lakeway claim: their first move is often to argue you were speeding, distracted, or partly to blame, because shifting even 30% of the fault onto you cuts what they pay by nearly a third. Fault is rarely as one-sided as an adjuster claims, though. We investigate the crash — the police report, vehicle damage, road design, and any camera footage — and hold the other driver’s share of the blame to what the evidence actually supports, so a fair result is not quietly eroded by an inflated fault argument.
How a fault fight is actually won
Because so much money rides on the fault percentage, a Lakeway car-accident case is often won or lost in the investigation, not the argument. We reconstruct the crash from the objective evidence: the physics of the vehicle damage, skid and debris patterns, signal timing, and independent witnesses who have no stake in the outcome. Where a driver claims you ‘came out of nowhere,’ the data frequently tells a different story. Building that record early — before memories fade and vehicles are repaired — is what keeps an adjuster from assigning you a share of fault the facts do not support, and it is the difference between a discounted offer and full, fair value for the injury.
Decades of Texas injury experience on your side
Car accident cases turn on details, and details reward experience. You work directly with attorney Shane M. Boasberg, who has represented injured Texans for more than two decades and has been licensed by the State of Texas since 2003. He knows how Central Texas insurers value crash claims, how local juries weigh fault, and how to counter the tactics adjusters use to pay less. You get a lawyer who has done this many times — not a case manager reading from a script.
Working with us from Lakeway
Our office is in downtown Austin, an easy reach from Lakeway. We handle most consultations and case updates by phone and video, and there is no fee unless we recover for you. If travel is difficult, we can also come to you.
Why injured clients choose SMB Law, PC
- Direct attorney access — you talk to Shane, licensed since 2003, not a call center.
- No fee unless we recover — injury cases are handled on a contingency basis.
- Honest advice and transparent terms explained before you commit.
What working with us looks like
- Free consultation to understand what happened and the law that applies.
- Investigation — we preserve evidence, obtain the crash report, and identify every insurer.
- Negotiation or court — we settle when the offer is fair and litigate when it is not.
- Recovery paid out and medical liens resolved so you keep more of it.
The RM 620 corridor
Lakeway’s traffic story is one road: RM 620 carries nearly everything — commuters, lake traffic, retail turns — on a corridor of curves and driveways that punishes inattention. Clinic-level care is local, full-service hospitals are in Austin, and the legal venue points the same direction: Lakeway cases file in Travis County, in Austin, minutes from our office. The two-year Texas deadline is generous; the camera footage and witness memory along RM 620 are not, which is why the evidence work starts in the first days.
Frequently asked questions
What is the deadline to file after a Lakeway crash?
Two years under Texas law — but camera footage and witness memory fade in weeks, so the case should be built long before the deadline matters.
Can I recover if the crash was partly my fault?
Usually yes. Texas reduces your recovery by your share of fault and bars it only if you are more than 50% at fault.
What is proportionate responsibility?
It is Texas’s comparative-fault rule: each party’s percentage of fault reduces what they can recover, with a 51% cutoff.
How do you fight an unfair fault argument?
With evidence — the crash report, vehicle damage, witness accounts, and camera footage — that pins fault where it belongs.
Do I have to travel to your office from Lakeway?
No. Our downtown Austin office is about 20 miles east via TX-71 and RR-620, and we handle most of the process remotely.