Westlake Hills, TX Car Accident Lawyer

Recognized & Trusted

Winning a settlement after a Westlake Hills crash is only half the battle — hospital liens and health-insurer reimbursement claims can quietly eat into what you actually keep. SMB Law, PC protects injured Westlake Hills clients from losing their recovery to liens. A Westlake Hills car accident lawyer knows hospital liens and insurer reimbursement claims can quietly swallow a settlement. Shane has been licensed since 2003 and personally negotiates those liens down so Central Texas clients keep more of their recovery.

Westlake Hills sits west of downtown along the Loop 360 and Bee Cave Road corridors, where fast-moving hill-country traffic produces serious collisions — and serious injuries often mean large medical bills and the liens that follow.

Where a Westlake Hills car accident claim is handled

Westlake Hills 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 settle with the insurer before a suit is filed.

Medical liens, subrogation, and what you keep

A car-accident recovery is not all yours to keep until the medical claims against it are resolved. In Texas a hospital can file a statutory lien against your settlement for the cost of your care, and a health insurer or plan — including ERISA plans, Medicare, and Medicaid — may assert a subrogation right to be reimbursed from your recovery for what it paid. Left unmanaged, these claims can consume a large share of a settlement, sometimes leaving an injured person with far less than the headline number. But lien and subrogation amounts are frequently negotiable, and many are subject to legal limits, reductions to account for attorney fees under the common-fund doctrine, and challenges to whether the charges were reasonable or even related to the crash. We identify every lien and reimbursement claim up front, negotiate them down, and structure the settlement so a Westlake Hills client keeps as much of the recovery as the law allows.

Keeping more of the settlement

The difference between a good gross settlement and a good net recovery often comes down to how the liens are handled — and that is work most injured people never see. Hospital billing frequently starts from inflated ‘chargemaster’ rates that few payers ever actually pay, and those figures can be challenged. Health-plan and government reimbursement claims carry their own rules; Medicare and Medicaid, for instance, must be addressed correctly or they can hold up the whole settlement. We audit each claim against a Westlake Hills recovery, dispute charges that are excessive or unrelated, apply the reductions the law requires, and negotiate the balance before you sign. Done well, that process can put thousands of dollars back in the client’s pocket that would otherwise have gone to a lienholder.

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 Westlake Hills

Our office is in downtown Austin, an easy reach from Westlake Hills. 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

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.