Denton is where Denton County injury cases are filed
Denton holds the Denton County courthouse at 1450 East McKinney Street, which means injury cases arising anywhere in the county are filed here — not just crashes that happened on Denton streets. Denton County recorded 12,339 crashes in 2024, including 47 fatal crashes in which 50 people died, and 3,649 crashes causing some level of injury.
12,339
Denton County crashes, 2024
3,649
People reported injured
50
People killed, 2024
50%
Fault bars recovery above
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Courts that hear Denton County civil cases
| Court | Handles | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Denton County District Courts (16th, 158th, 362nd, 367th, 431st and 462nd Judicial Districts) | General civil claims | 1450 East McKinney Street, Denton, TX 76209 |
| Denton County Courts at Law | Smaller civil claims | 1450 East McKinney Street, Denton, TX 76209 |
| U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division | Federal claims | 101 East Pecan Street, Sherman, TX 75090 |
Looking up a case
Case records for Denton County are maintained by the Denton County District Clerk. Civil filings are generally public, so you can look up a case by party name or case number without being a party to it.
Denton County crash snapshot
12,339
Reported crashes in 2024
3,649
People reported injured
34
Crashes per day, on average
Source: TxDOT 2024 Crash Statistics, Table 13 — Crashes and Injuries by County. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Venue, and what filing in Denton County involves
Where a case is filed follows the county, not the city. If you were injured in Lewisville, Flower Mound, Corinth, Sanger, or anywhere else in Denton County, your case is filed at the Denton County courthouse at 1450 East McKinney Street even though you may never have been to Denton. That is the single most useful thing to understand about venue here.
Which court you land in depends on the size of the claim. The Denton County District Courts — the 16th, 158th, 362nd, 367th, 431st and 462nd Judicial Districts — hear larger civil claims, and the County Courts at Law hear smaller ones. Both sit in the same building. The District Clerk on the first floor is the custodian of all district court pleadings and is where copies of anything in your file are requested.
Looking up a case is straightforward and does not require being a party to it. Civil filings in Texas are public records, and the Denton County District Clerk maintains a searchable index. Public terminals are available in the clerk’s office lobby and in the courthouse lobby for viewing documents that are not available online.
Because Denton is the county seat, both the City of Denton and Denton County are frequently named as defendants, and each has its own notice process under the Texas Tort Claims Act. A claim about road conditions is different again: I-35E, I-35W, and US 380 are state highways maintained by TxDOT, so a defect claim on any of them runs against the State rather than against the city or the county.
Texas filing deadlines
2 years
Personal injury
2 years
Wrongful death
6 months
Claim against a government agency
Reviewed 2026-07-29. Not yet reviewed by a licensed attorney. This is general information, not legal advice.
If a government agency was involved
Because Denton is the county seat, both the City of Denton and Denton County are commonly named defendants, and each has its own notice process under the Texas Tort Claims Act with a six-month written notice period unless the city charter shortens it. Claims about the condition of I-35E, I-35W, or US 380 run against the State through TxDOT rather than against the city or county, since those are state highways.
How fault is allocated in Texas
Texas follows modified comparative negligence with a 50% bar. Below that line your recovery is reduced in proportion to your fault. Above it, you recover nothing at all, which makes the fault allocation the central dispute in most contested claims.
As an example, a $100,000 claim in which you are found 20% responsible would yield $80,000. The same claim with 51% responsibility attributed to you would yield nothing, because Texas bars recovery above 50%.
How to get your Denton crash report
- Where to request it
- https://cris.dot.state.tx.us/public/Purchase/
- Cost
- $6.00 for a regular (redacted) copy and $8.00 for a certified copy, under Tex. Transp. Code § 550.065
- Timing and access
- Officers must submit the CR-3 report to TxDOT within 10 days of the crash, and it generally appears in CRIS within about two weeks. Reports are released only to parties named in § 550.065 — those involved, their authorised representatives, insurers, and specified agencies — so a requester must identify their interest.
Agencies that respond to crashes in Denton
Damage caps in Texas
Medical malpractice non-economic damages, per claimant against physicians and individual providers
$250,000
A separate $250,000 limit applies per health care institution, capped at $500,000 across all institutions, so a claim involving a physician plus two facilities can reach $750,000 in non-economic damages. Economic damages are not capped. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.301.
Source: Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.301 — Limitation on noneconomic damages. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Exemplary (punitive) damages
No fixed cap
Limited to the greater of $200,000, or twice economic damages plus non-economic damages up to $750,000. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008.
Source: Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008 — Limitation on amount of recovery. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Claims against governmental units under the Tort Claims Act
$250,000
$250,000 per person and $500,000 per occurrence for most state agencies, with lower limits for municipalities and other local units. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.023.
Source: Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.023 — Limitation on amount of liability. Reviewed 2026-07-29.
Claims we can estimate in Denton
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Denton questions
Sources and review dates
- U.S. Census Bureau — Denton place GEOID 4819972, population 165,998 (2024 Population Estimates), land area 96.922 sq mi (2023 Gazetteer).
- TxDOT 2024 Crash Statistics, Table 13 — Crashes and Injuries by County · reviewed 2026-07-29
- TxDOT — Crash Reports and Records (CRIS) · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Transp. Code § 550.065 — Release of accident reports · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.101 — Tort Claims Act notice · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Denton County District Clerk · reviewed 2026-07-29
- City of Denton · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003 — Two-year limitations period · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ch. 33 — Proportionate responsibility · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.072 — Minimum financial responsibility amounts · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Texas Department of Insurance — Auto insurance guide · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.301 — Limitation on noneconomic damages · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 41.008 — Limitation on amount of recovery · reviewed 2026-07-29
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.023 — Limitation on amount of liability · reviewed 2026-07-29
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