There are 64 district courts in Harris County. They are divided into 4 divisions: (1) Civil Trial Division with 24 courts, (2) Criminal Trial Division with 26 courts, (3) Family Trial Division with 11 courts and (4) Juvenile Trial Division with 3 courts. The 152nd District Court is a court of general jurisdiction that is in the Civil Trial Division. If a lawsuit can be filed for damages or a judicial declaration of your rights, the case would be filed in the civil district courts. This would include cases involving contracts, leases, product liability, medical or other professional negligence, motor vehicle collisions, slip and falls or other injuries that occur on someone’s property, job terminations because of some form of illegal discrimination, foreclosures on homes or other property or violating some statute that causes damages or other economic loss.