Medical Malpractice · Houston & Fort Bend, TX
When a doctor’s mistake upends your health, you deserve straight answers and a lawyer willing to dig for them. We take medical malpractice cases across the Houston area on contingency — no fee unless we win.
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Harmed by a medical error in Houston or Fort Bend County? Uzoma Sudarma helps patients and families hold negligent providers accountable. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover.
What Texas medical malpractice law means for your case
Texas's cap on pain-and-suffering damages against a doctor
to serve a qualifying expert report, or the case is dismissed
your economic damages — medical bills, lost income, lifetime care
U.S. doctors are sued for malpractice during their careers
Sources: Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 74.301, 74.351; American Medical Association (2024).
Not every bad medical outcome is malpractice. Medicine carries real risk, and a disappointing result by itself is not a case. Malpractice means a doctor, nurse, hospital, or other provider failed to meet the accepted standard of care — what a reasonably careful provider would have done in the same situation — and that failure caused you real harm. Proving it takes more than a bad result; it takes showing what should have happened and didn’t.
Texas requires four things to line up: a provider-patient relationship, a breach of the standard of care, a direct link between that breach and your injury, and actual damages. Causation is where these cases are won or lost, which is why we bring in qualified medical experts early to review the records.
The errors we most often see in Houston-area cases include:
If you are not sure whether what happened crosses the line, that is exactly what a free case review is for. We request the records and have them evaluated before you owe anything.
What you do early can protect both your health and a potential claim. These cases turn almost entirely on the records, and those records start changing the moment you raise a concern — so move deliberately.
The single most important step is timing. Texas builds in pre-suit requirements that take months to satisfy, so the sooner we start, the more room we have to build the case properly.
Medical malpractice is one of the most tightly regulated areas of Texas injury law, and the deadlines are unforgiving. In general you have two years from the date of the negligent act to file (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §74.251) — often measured from when the malpractice happened, not when you discovered it — with a hard ten-year outer limit. Some situations shorten the window further, so confirm your date with a lawyer right away.
Before you can file, Texas requires you to send each provider written notice of the claim at least 60 days in advance, along with an authorization to release your records. Then, within 120 days of the defendant’s answer, you must serve a qualified physician’s written expert report explaining how the standard of care was breached and how that breach caused your injury (§74.351). Miss that expert-report deadline and the case is dismissed with prejudice — and you can be ordered to pay the provider’s attorney’s fees. This single requirement is why malpractice cases demand experienced counsel and credible medical experts from day one.
Texas also caps non-economic damages — pain, suffering, and mental anguish — at $250,000 against physicians and practitioners (§74.301), with separate caps for hospitals and facilities. Your economic losses, such as medical bills and lost earnings, are not capped. These rules make Texas malpractice work selective and expert-heavy, which is exactly why you want a firm that will tell you honestly, up front, whether your case is worth pursuing.
When a provider’s negligence harms you, Texas law lets you pursue both your measurable financial losses and the human cost of the injury — though the rules above shape what a case is ultimately worth. The value depends on the severity of the harm, the strength of the expert proof, and the available coverage, so no two cases are alike.
The categories of compensation that may be available include:
Medical malpractice cases are not volume work, and we don’t treat them that way. When you bring us a case, you work directly with a dedicated attorney — Chester Uzoma or Nathan Sudarma — who reviews the records with you and is honest about what the medicine and the law will support. Work with us, win with us.
We are rooted in Fort Bend County and handle cases across the Houston medical corridor, from the Texas Medical Center to the hospitals and clinics throughout Sugar Land, Missouri City, and southwest Houston. We know the local courts, and we work with qualified physician experts to meet the state’s strict report requirements.
Because we take these cases on contingency, there is no upfront cost to you, and we front the expert and investigation expenses. Your first consultation is always free.
Our office sits at 14015 Southwest Freeway, Suite 14 in Sugar Land, minutes from the Southwest Freeway and the hospitals and clinics that serve southwest Houston. From there we represent patients and families injured by medical negligence across the greater Houston area.
We regularly help clients in Houston, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Richmond, Rosenberg, Stafford, and Katy, and we are close to the Texas Medical Center, where many of the region’s most complex cases originate. Wherever you were treated, we can review what happened and tell you honestly whether you have a case.
If you believe you or a loved one was harmed by a medical error, call Uzoma Sudarma at (832) 680-2380 for a free, no-obligation consultation. We will listen, request the records, explain your options under Texas law in plain language, and never charge a fee unless we recover for you.
Tell us what happened — we’ll review your case at no cost, usually within one business day.
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We handle medical malpractice cases on a contingency-fee basis, so there is no upfront cost to hire us and you pay no attorney fee unless we recover for you. Because these cases require physician experts, we also front the expert and investigation costs and are repaid only out of a recovery. Your first consultation is always free.
Longer than a typical injury claim. Texas’s pre-suit notice period and the required expert report add months at the front end, and serious cases that go into litigation can take a year or more. We won’t rush you into settling before the full picture is clear, but we move efficiently and keep you informed at every stage.
Every case is different and we can’t promise an amount. Value generally turns on the severity of the harm, your medical costs and lost income, and the strength of the expert proof. Texas caps non-economic damages (pain and suffering) at $250,000 against physicians, but your economic losses are not capped. A free consultation is the best way to understand your potential claim.
A bad result alone is not malpractice. You have to show the provider fell below the accepted standard of care — what a reasonably careful provider would have done — and that the failure actually caused your injury. That’s why we obtain the records and have qualified medical experts review them before drawing any conclusions.
Generally two years from the date of the negligent act (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §74.251), with a ten-year outer limit. On top of that, Texas requires 60 days’ pre-suit notice and a qualified expert report within 120 days of the defendant’s answer. These deadlines are short and front-loaded, so it is best to speak with a lawyer as soon as possible.
Yes. Texas’s expert-report rule means a case can be dismissed — with fees awarded against you — if a qualified physician’s report isn’t served on time. Hospitals and their insurers defend these claims aggressively. A lawyer who handles malpractice work lines up the right experts and meets every deadline. A free consultation costs you nothing.
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