Liberty Hill, TX Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

When a pedestrian is struck by a drunk driver, Texas law may hold more than just the driver responsible. SMB Law, PC pursues every party after a Liberty Hill drunk-driving pedestrian crash.

Fatal and serious pedestrian crashes around Liberty Hill sometimes involve impaired drivers on the area’s highways and rural roads, where a bar or provider may share the blame.

Where a Liberty Hill pedestrian accident claim is handled

Liberty Hill is in Williamson County, so a lawsuit is filed with the Williamson County District Clerk at the Justice Center in Georgetown. Many claims settle with the insurer before a suit is ever filed.

Drunk-driving pedestrian crashes and dram shop liability

When a pedestrian is struck by a drunk driver, the driver is rarely the only party at fault under Texas law. Beyond pursuing the intoxicated driver, the Texas Dram Shop Act can hold a bar, restaurant, or other alcohol provider responsible when it served alcohol to an obviously intoxicated person who then caused the crash — and a licensed establishment’s insurance is often far larger than an individual driver’s policy. Proving a dram shop claim takes fast work: preserving receipts and surveillance video, identifying the servers, and reconstructing how much the driver was served. There may also be social host responsibility when an adult provides alcohol to a minor who then hits a pedestrian. A drunk driver’s conduct can also support exemplary damages. For a Liberty Hill pedestrian and family, pursuing the provider as well as the driver can be the difference between a token recovery and one that reflects a catastrophic injury.

Reaching every responsible party

A drunk-driving pedestrian crash near Liberty Hill often involves more than one source of responsibility, and finding all of them changes what an injured person can recover. Beyond the driver, a dram shop claim against the bar or restaurant that over-served requires moving quickly — alcohol receipts, point-of-sale records, and surveillance footage are routinely overwritten within weeks. We move to preserve that evidence, identify the servers and managers on duty, and document the over-service that led to the crash, and where an adult furnished alcohol to a minor, we evaluate social-host responsibility as well. Pursuing these claims reaches the insurance that can actually cover a catastrophic pedestrian injury, and it holds the businesses whose choices contributed to the crash accountable.

Decades of Texas injury experience on your side

A pedestrian struck by a vehicle faces devastating injuries and an insurer eager to shift blame, and answering that takes 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 and juries approach pedestrian cases, how to document a catastrophic injury, and how to push back on the excuses used to discount them. You get a lawyer who has done this many times — not a case manager reading from a script.

Working with us from Liberty Hill

Our office is in downtown Austin, an easy reach from Liberty Hill. 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 pedestrians choose SMB Law, PC

• Direct attorney access — you talk to Shane, licensed since 2003, not a call center.
• No fee unless we recover — pedestrian-injury cases are handled on a contingency basis.
• Honest advice and transparent terms explained before you commit.

What working with us looks like

1. Free consultation to understand what happened and the law that applies.
2. Investigation — we preserve evidence, obtain the crash report, and identify every insurer.
3. Negotiation or court — we settle when the offer is fair and litigate when it is not.
4. Recovery paid out and medical liens resolved so you keep more of it.