If you have been injured in an accident in Houston or anywhere else in Texas, a clock is already running. In the law, time is not just a resource — it is a hard boundary that decides whether your claim gets heard at all. That boundary is the statute of limitations.statute of limitations. The general rule in Texas is short and unforgiving: you generally have two years from the day the cause of action accrues to file suit for personal injury. In an ordinary wreck, accrual and t