Austin Hotel Accident Attorney

If you were injured at a hotel in Austin or anywhere in Texas, you need an attorney who knows how to hold hotels accountable for the conditions that hurt you.

Texas law gives injured hotel guests the right to pursue compensation from the property owner when negligence caused the accident. Adam Loewy and the team at Loewy Law Firm have represented seriously injured Texans across Austin and throughout the state, and they’re here to help you figure out your next steps. Call (512) 280-0800 or send a text message to (512) 779-3547 (text only) to set up a free consultation.

Texas Hotels Have a Duty to Keep Guests Safe

Hotel guests have a specific status under Texas premises liability law: they’re classified as invitees, which carries the highest duty of care a property owner can owe. A hotel is required to keep its property in a reasonably safe condition, fix hazards it knows about, and actively inspect for problems it hasn’t found yet.

A hotel’s duty extends to every part of the property: guest rooms, hallways, stairwells, lobbies, pools, parking lots, and elevators. A hotel can’t simply say it didn’t know about a broken stair railing or a slippery pool deck. If a reasonable inspection would have caught it, the hotel is responsible.

Proving that a hotel failed to meet that duty is the core of any hotel accident case in Texas. It requires evidence of what the hotel knew, when it knew it, and what it did or didn’t do about it.

Hotel Accidents That Lead to Personal Injury Cases in Texas

Hotel properties have a range of conditions that can injure guests when they’re not properly maintained. Below are the accident types Adam Loewy’s team sees most in hotel injury cases.

Slip and Fall Accidents

Slip and fall accidents are the most frequent source of hotel injuries in Texas. Wet floors in lobbies and bathrooms, uneven tile, slippery pool decks, poor lighting in stairwells, and unmarked floor transitions all create conditions where a guest can go down hard and get seriously hurt.

Hotels are required to place warning signs near wet surfaces, repair flooring defects, and keep high-traffic areas lit and free of hazards. A fall that results in a broken hip, a head injury, or a torn ligament can be traced directly back to a condition the hotel failed to address.

Swimming Pool Injuries

A hotel pool creates elevated risk, and Texas law holds hotels to a high standard of care for pool areas. Injuries range from fractures on slippery tile to near-drownings and serious brain injuries.

Conditions that lead to pool injuries on hotel properties:

• Slippery or deteriorating pool deck surfaces
• Pools operated without lifeguards and without posted safety warnings
• Faulty or broken drain covers, which can trap hair or clothing and pull a swimmer under
• Missing or incorrect depth markers
• Poor lighting around the pool area after dark
• Broken fencing or gates that allow unsupervised access

Elevator and Escalator Accidents

Hotels are required to maintain elevators and escalators and have them inspected on a regular schedule. A malfunctioning elevator that drops unexpectedly, opens between floors, or fails to level correctly with the floor can cause a serious fall or crush injury. Escalator accidents can cause falls, entrapment, and severe lacerations.

When an elevator breaks down and someone gets hurt, the maintenance records tell the story. Loewy Law Firm investigates those records to establish whether the hotel knew about a mechanical problem and failed to take the equipment out of service.

Negligent Security

A hotel’s duty to guests extends to security. Properties are required to address foreseeable risks to guest safety: broken door locks, non-functioning room card systems, poor lighting in parking garages and exterior walkways, and a lack of working surveillance in areas where crime has occurred before.

Guests who are assaulted, robbed, or otherwise harmed on hotel property as a result of inadequate security have the right to hold the hotel accountable. Negligent security cases require showing that the risk was foreseeable, meaning the hotel had reason to know a threat existed and failed to address it.

Defective Furniture and Fixtures

Hotels are responsible for the condition of furniture and fixtures in guest rooms and common areas. A chair that collapses, a bed frame that gives way, a towel bar that pulls free from the wall, or a broken balcony railing can all cause injuries that range from bruises and lacerations to fractures and worse.

Guests in a hotel room have no way to inspect a chair before sitting in it or test a railing before leaning on it. Texas law places the inspection obligation on the hotel, not the guest.

Parking Lot Hazards

Parking lots and garages are part of the hotel property, and the same duty of care applies. Cracked or uneven pavement, potholes, standing water, burned-out lighting, and inadequate traffic signage all create conditions where a guest can fall or be struck by a vehicle. Poorly lit parking garages also create security risks.

Injuries Guests Sustain in Hotel Accidents

Hotel accident injuries vary widely in severity, and several types carry long-term consequences that aren’t fully apparent in the days right after the accident.

Injuries seen in hotel accident cases:

• Fractures and broken bones, including hip fractures from falls — particularly serious for older guests
• Traumatic brain injuries and concussions from falls to hard flooring
• Spinal cord injuries, including herniated discs and, in severe cases, paralysis
• Soft tissue injuries including ligament tears and severe sprains
• Burns from fires, scalding water, or faulty electrical fixtures
• Near-drowning injuries, which can cause lasting neurological damage
• Lacerations from broken glass, metal, or defective fixtures
• Psychological trauma from assault or other criminal events on hotel property

Injuries like spinal cord damage, traumatic brain injuries, and near-drowning can require months or years of ongoing treatment. Future medical costs, including physical therapy, surgery, and follow-up care, are part of what a hotel accident case in Texas can recover.

Proving a Hotel Was at Fault for Your Injury

A hotel doesn’t become liable simply because an accident happened on its property. To recover compensation, we need to show that the hotel knew about a dangerous condition (or should have found it through reasonable inspection) and failed to fix it or warn guests.

The evidence that carries hotel accident cases:

• Incident reports filed with hotel management at the time of the accident
• Maintenance and inspection logs showing whether the hazard was reported or ignored
• Surveillance footage from the area where the accident occurred
• Prior guest complaints about the same condition
• Photos of the hazard taken at the scene
• Medical records connecting the injury to the accident

Surveillance footage is one of the most valuable pieces of evidence in hotel accident cases, and it’s also one of the first things to disappear. Hotels routinely overwrite security footage. Adam Loewy’s team sends preservation letters immediately to put the hotel on notice that the footage needs to be retained. Waiting weeks to contact an attorney can mean that footage is gone.

Compensation Available After a Hotel Accident

When a hotel’s negligence caused your injury, Texas law allows you to pursue compensation for the full scope of your losses, not just what you’ve already paid, but what the injury will cost you going forward.

Compensation in Texas hotel accident cases can cover:

• Past and future medical expenses, including emergency care, hospitalization, surgery, physical therapy, and any ongoing treatment
• Lost wages for the time you couldn’t work
• Reduced earning capacity if the injury affects your ability to work at the same level going forward
• Pain and suffering
• Mental anguish
• Permanent disability or disfigurement
• Wrongful death damages if a family member was killed in a hotel accident

One issue that comes up in hotel accident cases is fault allocation. Texas follows a proportionate responsibility rule, meaning that if a jury finds you were partially at fault for the accident, your compensation is reduced by your percentage of responsibility. Hotels and their insurance companies routinely argue that the guest was careless — wearing the wrong shoes, not paying attention, ignoring a visible warning. Adam Loewy’s team builds cases specifically to counter those arguments with evidence.

What to Do Checklist After a Hotel Accident

What you do in the hours and days after a hotel accident has a direct impact on the viability of your case.

1. Get medical attention. Even injuries that don’t seem severe can worsen quickly, and a medical record from the day of the accident creates documentation of what happened and when.
2. Report the accident to hotel management and ask for a written incident report. Request a copy before you leave.
3. Photograph the scene before anything is cleaned up, repaired, or moved. Capture the hazard, the surrounding area, and any visible injuries.
4. Get the names and contact information of any witnesses.
5. Do not give a recorded statement to the hotel’s insurance company. Adjusters ask for recorded statements to gather information they can use to minimize or deny a payment. Speak with an attorney first.
6. Contact Loewy Law Firm. Surveillance footage, maintenance records, and other time-sensitive evidence need to be preserved. Adam Loewy’s team acts immediately to lock that evidence down before it’s lost.

Texas Law and Your Deadline to Act

Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 16.003 (statute of limitations) gives injured guests two years from the date of a hotel accident to bring a personal injury lawsuit. Two years may sound like enough time, but evidence in hotel accident cases, including surveillance footage, witness availability, and the physical condition of the hazard itself, degrades long before that deadline. Acting sooner rather than later protects your ability to build a strong case.

Let Loewy Law Firm Fight for Justice

If you were injured at a hotel in Austin or anywhere in Texas, Loewy Law Firm is ready to evaluate your case at no charge. Adam Loewy has spent his career representing seriously injured Texans against defendants who have legal teams working to limit what they pay, and he takes hotel accident cases on a contingency fee basis, meaning you pay no attorney fees unless compensation is recovered.

Call Loewy Law Firm at (512) 280-0800 or send a text message to (512) 779-3547 (text only) to set up a free consultation.