Service area · Comal County
New Braunfels injury lawyer
A town of roughly 100,000 that hosts several million visitors a year. The injury profile here is unlike anywhere else on the corridor.
Tourism changes everything about these cases
Between the Comal and the Guadalupe, Schlitterbahn, Gruene Hall and Wurstfest, New Braunfels absorbs a visitor population many times its residential size. From May through September the weekend traffic is a different city than the weekday one.
That reshapes injury claims in ways that matter practically. Defendants are frequently from out of county or out of state. Rental vehicles introduce a second insurer and a different coverage analysis. Alcohol is involved far more often than the corridor average, which raises dram shop exposure against the establishment that overserved. And witnesses are tourists who go home on Sunday, which makes getting statements early the whole ballgame.
- I-35 Exits 184–191
- Loop 337
- TX-46
- FM 306
- Common St
- Gruene Rd
- TX-337
Claims I see here
What comes out of Comal County
Dram shop and overservice
Texas allows claims against a provider who serves an obviously intoxicated person. In a river and music town those facts appear regularly, and they open a second source of recovery when the driver has minimum limits.
Tubing and outfitter injuries
Waivers are routinely signed and routinely overstated. A waiver does not necessarily bar a claim for gross negligence or for a hazard the operator created.
Out-of-state defendants
Service, jurisdiction and insurer coordination all get more complicated. It is manageable, but it is not the same case as a local rear-end.
Growth-related crashes
New Braunfels has been among the fastest-growing cities in Texas for years, and road capacity has lagged. Intersections designed for a much smaller town now carry metro volume.
Where your case is heard
Comal County civil matters are filed at the courthouse in downtown New Braunfels. Smaller claims go to the justice courts. Comal juries have their own character, and a case valued for a Bexar County jury is not automatically valued the same here.
I also serve Canyon Lake, Bulverde, Garden Ridge, Spring Branch and the surrounding Comal County communities.