Workplace Injuries · Sugar Land, TX
Getting hurt on the job can put your paycheck, your health, and your family at risk all at once. We help injured workers across Sugar Land understand their options and fight for full payment, with no fee unless we win.
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A back wrenched on a job site or a hand caught in a machine doesn’t just hurt, it threatens the income your family counts on. Texas workplace law is unusual, and what you can recover often turns on a choice your employer made long before you got hurt. Chester Uzoma and Nathan Sudarma help injured workers across Fort Bend County find the path that pays them what they’re owed.
Texas is the only state where private employers can choose not to carry workers’ compensation. That single fact shapes your whole case. If your employer opted out and became a non-subscriber, you can sue it directly for negligence, and the law strips away its strongest defenses, which is a real advantage for an injured worker.
If your employer does carry comp, a claim against it may be limited, but you might still have a separate case against someone else who caused the injury.
The first thing we do is find out which kind of employer you have. The answer changes everything that follows.
What you do in the first days protects both your health and your claim. Report the injury to your supervisor in writing, then get medical care and tell the provider exactly how it happened.
Be careful with recorded statements and quick paperwork from your employer or its insurer. Don’t sign away rights or guess at fault before you know whether your employer carries comp. A short call clears that up.
For a negligence claim against a non-subscriber employer or a third party, Texas generally gives you two years from the date of injury to file suit, under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §16.003. Workers’ compensation claims run on their own, shorter clock, so the type of claim you have controls your deadline.
When you sue a non-subscriber, Tex. Lab. Code §406.033 takes away three classic defenses: the employer can’t blame a coworker, claim you assumed the risk, or argue you were partly at fault. That tilts the field toward the worker.
Third-party claims still follow modified comparative negligence with a 50% bar, so fault assigned to you reduces what you recover. We sort out which rules apply before a deadline slips past.
What you can collect depends on the path your case takes. A negligence suit against a non-subscriber or a third party can pay for the full range of harm, including pain and suffering that workers’ comp never covers. After a serious injury, that difference can be worth a great deal.
A complete claim accounts for everything the injury takes from you.
Workplace cases get complicated fast, especially when an employer hides whether it carries comp or points the finger at a contractor. Chester Uzoma and Nathan Sudarma cut through that. You work directly with a partner who knows how southwest Houston job sites actually run.
We handle injuries across construction, oil and gas, warehouses, and manufacturing, and we know where to find the proof that wins these claims.
You focus on recovering. We handle the employer, the insurer, and the investigation.
We represent injured workers across Sugar Land, Missouri City, Richmond, Rosenberg, Stafford, and Katy, from warehouses along US-59 and I-69 to construction sites off the Grand Parkway and plants throughout southwest Houston. We know the employers and the courts in this part of Fort Bend County.
Whether you were hurt on a job site, a loading dock, or a factory floor, we can come to you if your injuries make travel hard.
If you were hurt on the job anywhere in Fort Bend County, call (832) 680-2380 for a free consultation. There’s no fee unless we win.
Tell us what happened — we’ll review your case at no cost, usually within one business day.
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Nothing up front. We take workplace injury cases on contingency, so you owe no attorney fee unless we recover money for you. The consultation is free, and we advance the costs of investigating your case. Our fee is a percentage of the recovery, agreed in writing before we begin. If we don’t win, you pay no fee.
It depends on the severity of your injury and whether your employer carries workers’ comp. A clear non-subscriber claim can resolve in months, while disputed liability or injuries that need ongoing treatment can take a year or more. We don’t settle until your full medical picture is clear, but we keep your case moving the whole way.
It depends on how badly you were hurt, the medical care you need, the wages and earning power you lost, and whether your case is a negligence suit or a comp claim. Negligence claims against a non-subscriber can include pain and suffering, which often makes them worth far more. We can estimate value once we know your injuries and which path applies.
Texas workplace law is unusual enough that going it alone is risky. Whether your employer opted out of comp changes your rights completely, and insurers won’t explain that in your favor. A lawyer finds out which claims you have, including hidden third-party cases, and protects you from signing away value. The consultation is free, so it costs nothing to learn your options.
If your employer is a non-subscriber, Texas law bars it from arguing you were partly at fault, so that accusation carries little weight. For third-party claims, modified comparative negligence applies, meaning fault assigned to you lowers your recovery and crossing 50% bars it. Either way, we gather the evidence to push back and keep blame from landing on you.
For a negligence lawsuit against a non-subscriber or a third party, you generally have two years from the date of injury, under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §16.003. Workers’ comp claims have their own shorter deadlines for reporting and filing. Because the clocks differ, it’s smart to call early so the right deadline never catches you off guard.
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