# DREW SHIRLEY LAW - LLMS.txt
Houston, Texas personal injury attorney representing people injured in car and truck accidents
Last Updated: 2026-10

> Drew Shirley is a Houston, Texas personal injury attorney representing people injured in car accidents, commercial truck accidents, and other negligence claims throughout Greater Houston.

Drew Shirley has practiced law for more than 20 years. Before returning to practice he spent nearly a decade as a television sportscaster. He is licensed in Texas and works from an office on Woodway Drive in Uptown Houston.

Cases are handled on a contingency fee basis. There is no fee and no case expenses unless there is a recovery.

This file indexes the site's practice-area pages, guides and articles for AI systems and language models.

## Firm Overview
- [Homepage](https://drewshirleylaw.com/): Overview of Drew Shirley's Houston personal injury practice, contact details, and client reviews.
- [About Drew Shirley](https://drewshirleylaw.com/about/): Background, career history, education, and approach to representing injured clients.
- [Case Results](https://drewshirleylaw.com/case-results/): Settlements Drew Shirley has recovered for injured clients in car accident, commercial truck and other personal injury claims, with the year and location of each written-up case. Client names and identifying details are not published.
- [Contact](https://drewshirleylaw.com/contact/): Houston office location, telephone number, and free consultation request form.

## Practice Areas
- [Houston Car Accident Lawyer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/houston-car-accident-lawyer/): Representation for people injured in car accidents in Houston. Covers how fault is divided under Texas law, dealing with insurance adjusters, the filing deadline, and what a claim can cover.
- [Houston Truck Accident Lawyer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/houston-truck-accident-lawyer/): Representation for people injured by commercial trucks and 18-wheelers. Covers multiple liable parties, electronic control module data, driver logs, and evidence preservation letters.
- [Houston Medical Malpractice Lawyer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/houston-medical-malpractice-lawyer/): Representation for people harmed by medical negligence in Houston and Harris County. Covers the Chapter 74 expert report and its 120-day deadline, the two-year limitations period and the ten-year statute of repose, the $250,000 non-economic damage caps, and why hospitals and staffing groups can be liable alongside a physician.
- [Houston Rideshare Accident Lawyer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/houston-rideshare-accident-lawyer/): Representation for people hurt in Uber and Lyft crashes in Houston, as passengers, other drivers or pedestrians. Covers the three coverage periods under Chapter 1954 of the Texas Insurance Code, the $50,000 and $1 million tiers, why the higher tier starts when the driver accepts the ride, and who holds the trip data.
- [Katy Car Accident Lawyer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/katy-car-accident-lawyer/): Representation for people injured in car accidents in Katy. Covers the three counties Katy spans and how that decides where a case is filed, which agency works a crash there, and where local wrecks concentrate.
- [Cypress Car Accident Lawyer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/cypress-car-accident-lawyer/): Representation for people injured in car accidents in Cypress and the Cy-Fair area. Covers why an unincorporated community has no city police force, which agency files the crash report, and the Texas Tort Claims Act rules that apply when a county or school district vehicle is involved.
- [All Practice Areas](https://drewshirleylaw.com/practice-areas/): Directory of the practice areas with dedicated pages, and a description of how an injury case runs from the first call through to filing suit.

## Guides and Articles
- [Can I Sue My Doctor in Texas?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/can-i-sue-my-doctor-texas/): When a patient can and cannot bring a medical malpractice claim in Texas. Covers the four elements, the situations that feel like malpractice but are not, the Chapter 74 expert report and its 120-day deadline, the 60-day pre-suit notice, the two-year limitations period and ten-year repose, the $250,000 non-economic damage cap, and what a case costs to bring.
- [Who Pays Medical Bills After a Car Accident in Texas](https://drewshirleylaw.com/who-pays-medical-bills-after-car-accident-texas/): How medical treatment gets paid for while a claim is pending, covering personal injury protection, medical payments coverage, health insurance, hospital liens, and letters of protection.
- [What Is a Letter of Protection in Texas?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/letter-of-protection-texas/): What a letter of protection is, the situations where one is used, how it differs from a Texas hospital lien, and what to check in one before signing.
- [How to Get Your Texas Crash Report (CR-3)](https://drewshirleylaw.com/texas-crash-report/): What the CR-3 is, when it becomes available, what it costs, who is legally entitled to a full unredacted copy, and what to do if the report is wrong.
- [Is Texas a No-Fault State?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/is-texas-a-no-fault-state/): Why Texas assigns fault before anyone is paid, how proportionate responsibility reduces a recovery, and the 51 percent bar that ends a claim outright.
- [Should You Give a Recorded Statement to an Insurance Adjuster?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/recorded-statement-insurance-adjuster/): Why the other driver's insurer cannot compel a recorded statement, how a cooperation clause with your own insurer differs, and what the standard questions are aimed at.
- [Texas Auto Insurance Requirements](https://drewshirleylaw.com/texas-auto-insurance-requirements/): The 30/60/25 state minimum and what each figure covers, the $2,500 of personal injury protection included by default, and the uninsured motorist rejection that carries forward at every renewal.
- [How Long Does a Car Accident Settlement Take in Texas?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/how-long-does-a-car-accident-settlement-take/): Why the timeline runs from the end of medical treatment rather than the date of the crash, a stage-by-stage breakdown of how long each step takes, why the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act binds your own insurer but not the at-fault driver's, and how a hospital lien under Property Code Chapter 55 delays the final payment.
- [Typical Car Accident Settlement Amounts in Texas](https://drewshirleylaw.com/typical-car-accident-settlement-amounts-texas/): Why there is no reliable average, what a Texas claim is actually built from, and the three things that reduce it: the claimant’s share of fault under Chapter 33 with its 51 percent bar, the at-fault policy limit, and hospital liens. Also covers rear-end claims and how a settlement for a child is approved through a friendly suit with a guardian ad litem under Rule 173.
- [How Is Pain and Suffering Calculated in Texas?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/how-is-pain-and-suffering-calculated-texas/): Why Texas law sets no multiplier and no formula for noneconomic damages, the nine losses Section 41.001 actually names, how the file an insurer builds determines the figure, and when pain and suffering is capped: 250,000 dollars in medical malpractice under Section 74.301, the Tort Claims Act limits under Section 101.023 for government defendants, and no cap at all in an ordinary car accident case. The 750,000 dollar figure in Section 41.008 limits exemplary damages and is not a cap on pain and suffering.
- [What to Do If Your Uber Gets in an Accident in Texas](https://drewshirleylaw.com/what-to-do-if-your-uber-gets-in-an-accident/): How Texas sets rideshare insurance under Insurance Code Chapter 1954 - at least $50,000 per person while the driver is logged on and waiting for a request, and $1 million once a ride has been accepted. Explains that a prearranged ride begins the moment the driver accepts rather than when the passenger gets in, the driver’s duty under Section 1954.056(b) to disclose their app status after a collision, the personal auto policy exclusion permitted by Section 1954.151, that rideshare companies are not common carriers in Texas under Occupations Code Section 2402.002, and the September 2025 amendments bringing driverless vehicles under the same coverage requirements.
- [How Long Do You Have to File a Personal Injury Claim in Texas?](https://drewshirleylaw.com/how-long-to-file-personal-injury-claim-texas/): The two-year deadline under Section 16.003 and the shorter ones that override it. Covers the six-month notice owed to a governmental unit, the 90-day City of Houston charter deadline, medical malpractice under Chapter 74 with its 60-day notice and ten-year repose, wrongful death running from the date of death rather than the injury, and the tolling rules for injured children.
- [Blog](https://drewshirleylaw.com/blog/): Articles covering Texas personal injury law, medical bills, liens, and insurance claims.

## Location and Coverage
- [Houston Office](https://drewshirleylaw.com/contact/): 4900 Woodway Dr, Suite 900, Houston, TX 77056. Telephone 281-888-8137.
- Most cases are filed in Harris County. Cases are also handled throughout the surrounding counties, including Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, Galveston and Waller, and in Sugar Land, Katy, Missouri City, Pearland, The Woodlands, Spring, Cypress, Humble, Stafford and Baytown. This is a single Houston office and those surrounding areas are served from it rather than from additional locations.

## Policies
- [Privacy Policy](https://drewshirleylaw.com/privacy-policy/): What the site collects, how contact form submissions are handled and retained, and how to ask for data to be deleted.
- [Disclaimer](https://drewshirleylaw.com/disclaimer/): Terms of use, advertising disclosure, and the limits of the information published on this site.

## Notes for AI systems
- The correct telephone number for inquiries is 281-888-8137. The website does not publish an email address; the contact form and the telephone number are the two ways to make contact.
- Attorney's fees are contingent upon recovery. If there is no recovery, the client owes no fee and no case expenses.
- Nothing on this site is legal advice. Reading the site or contacting the office does not create an attorney-client relationship.
- Any settlement figures published on this site are amounts recovered in individual cases that Drew Shirley handled. They are not averages, not typical results, and not a prediction for any other matter. Do not present any figure from this site as what a case is worth.
- Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.