Car Accident Lawyer

Along with property damage and the hassle of trying to get your car repaired after a crash, car accidents can cause severe, life-altering, and catastrophic injuries for victims. Ranging in severity, these can include things like:

• Serious lacerations
• Disfigurement and scarring
• Soft tissue injuries
• Bone fractures
• Burns
• Permanent disabilities
• Neck and back injuries
• TBIs (traumatic brain injuries)
• Spinal cord injuries
• Fatal injuries
• Wrongful death

We help our clients through all of these injuries and more. While we work to get you compensation for physical injuries, we also fight to have your nonphysical injuries recognized as well. In the state of California, plaintiffs can potentially recover compensation for psychological, mental, and emotional suffering along with their financial losses and physical pain.

Our personal injury lawyers may be able to recover damages in your case that include emotional damages, distress, grief, pain and suffering, anguish, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

A hit-and-run is a crash in which the at-fault driver leaves immediately following the accident and before the authorities arrive. This can include a collision between two motor vehicles, a car striking a pedestrian, or a vehicle striking a cyclist.

It’s common for hit-and-run victims to feel at a loss, especially when they weren’t able to catch the identity of the driver or their license plate number. While California’s laws limit your options here, your car insurance company can still help.

When involved in a hit and run, the first thing you should do is call the police. A police report provides necessary documentation that can lead to compensation down the line. If the police are able to locate the driver, you can proceed with your claim accordingly. If the police can’t find the driver, you can still report the crash to your car insurance company and seek compensation for your damages that way.

California’s car accident laws are complicated. In the interest of clearing things up, here are some key terms any car crash lawyer would want you to be aware of:

• Statute of limitations: A statute of limitations is essentially a time limit for filing your claim. The statute of limitations for a car crash claim in California is two years.
• Fault-based car insurance: The state of California has fault-based laws when it comes to car insurance. Every driver needs to have car insurance. An injured party will file a claim with the at-fault party’s insurance company to recover compensation for their damages.
• Liability laws: In California, you can still recover compensation even if you hold partial responsibility for the accident. A partially at-fault driver will have their compensation reduced proportionately through comparative negligence. For example, if the court determines you were 10% responsible for the crash, your eventual recovery will simply go down by 10%.