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If you have suffered injuries as a result of another’s reckless, negligent, or intentionally dangerous actions or inactions, you may have a legally actionable reason to seek compensation from those responsible for your harm. The area of civil law concerned with the protection of injury victims’ rights is commonly referred to as personal injury law. Personal injury cases may be filed for a variety of reasons, from injuries sustained as a result of a slip and fall accident in an ill-maintained parking lot to harm resulting from a physician’s misdiagnosis of a serious medical condition. Some of the most common personal injury cases that our firm handles include:

• Bicycle Accidents
• Car Accidents
• Premises Liability
• Truck Accidents
• Work Injuries
• Accidents Resulting in Wrongful Death

Too often, individuals fail to seek legal guidance in the wake of sustaining injuries because they are unaware that the law protects them in any way, they are led to believe that they don’t have strong grounds upon which to file legal action, or they are simply too overwhelmed to consider the “legal side” of their situation right away. Don’t dismiss the idea that you may have a legitimate cause of legal action until you’ve scheduled a free, no-risk, confidential consultation with our experienced legal team. You may be entitled to significant compensation, even if you were partially to blame for your injurious circumstances. If you don’t act quickly, you may be barred from some of the compensation-related legal options available to you, as the law only gives you a short window of time during which you’re permitted to file legal action. Connect with our trustworthy, reputable, and knowledgeable legal team today to learn more in a free consultation setting.

During your initial consultation, our legal team will evaluate your circumstances and determine whether your situation may serve as strong grounds upon which to file a personal injury claim. If filing a personal injury lawsuit could serve your interests and is likely to be successful, we’ll move into the investigative phase of the process. Some investigation is almost always necessary before personal injury cases may be filed, as we can’t determine the cause, fault, and the potential value of your case with any authority until we’ve examined evidence and begun to build a sound legal strategy rooted in the nuances of your situation.

Once we’re ready to begin the personal injury claims process, we’ll name the defendants involved, file paperwork with the court, and serve the defendants notice of legal action. If we haven’t begun negotiating with insurance providers involved in your case yet, we’ll begin this process as well. Similarly, if you are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits or any other financial recourse, we’ll begin working through those opportunities as well. It is a myth that pursuing various opportunities to secure rightful compensation cannot be conducted simultaneously.

Approximately nine out of every 10 personal injury lawsuits filed in the U.S. settle before they go to trial. However, it remains important to prepare a case as if going to trial is an inevitability. Preparing a case thoroughly in this way not only helps to ensure success in the event that going to trial is a sound option or becomes necessary, it allows the case in question to benefit from strong evidence and sound legal strategy at every step along the way. As we prepare your case for trial, we will begin negotiating with the defendants involved to determine whether a fair settlement can be reached before the trial phase of the process. We will never accept nor reject a settlement offer without your express permission. Every case is unique, so accepting the terms of any given settlement may or may not be in your best interests. We will provide you with our objective analysis of every settlement offer extended to you so that you can make informed decisions about rejecting or accepting an offer as presented.

Successful personal injury cases, with very few exceptions, all must prove that three fundamental conditions have been met before defendants may be held liable for causing harm. First, it must be proven that a defendant owed the injury victim a specific “duty of care” as defined by law. Defendants may be individuals, corporations, municipalities, or any other legal entities. A duty of care refers to the ways in which an individual or alternative legal entity must treat certain individuals according to state, federal, and/or local statutes and regulations. For example, motorists are legally-bound to operate their vehicles in ways that don’t unreasonably compromise the safety of fellow motorists and travelers.

Second, it must be proven that the named defendant breached the duty of care owed to the injury victim by acting (or failing to act) in ways deemed negligent, intentionally dangerous, or reckless under the law. Finally, it must be proven that the defendant’s conduct served as a substantial factor in the causation of the victim’s injuries.

It is important to avoid making assumptions about whether your situation meets or fails to meet these criteria. These conditions are broadly defined, whereas the strengths and weaknesses of an individual case almost always rest upon the details of the injurious situation in question. Even if you believe that you have no grounds upon which to sue or otherwise seek compensation, it remains important to schedule a free consultation with our firm so that you can clarify your rights under the law and learn about any opportunities for recourse that may be appropriate for your circumstances.

What if My Choices Contributed to the Cause of the Accident?

If you are resisting the idea of filing legal action because you may have been partially to blame for your injurious circumstances, there’s good news to be shared. California personal injury law embraces the theory of comparative negligence. Unlike states in which contributory negligence theory is “the name of the game,” individuals who bring personal injury actions in California courts are entitled to seek compensation from negligent, reckless, or intentionally harmful parties whose actions or inactions serves as a substantial factor in causing their injuries, even if those injury victims were also partially to blame for the harm they have suffered.

If you pursue legal action against a defendant, the compensation amount that you will be owed will decrease in proportion to the percentage of fault assigned to you. Say that the value of the harm you have suffered is quantified as worth $100,000 in damages. You are then assigned 15 percent of the fault for that harm, whereas the defendant in your case is assigned 85 percent of the fault. Even though you were partially to blame, you remain entitled to seek $85,000 in damages from the defendant. This scenario stands in contrast to the situation you’d face if you brought suit in a contributory negligence state. In this scenario, you may be barred from seeking any compensation for the defendant at all, even though they were 85 percent at fault and your contribution to the situation only amounted to 15 percent of the blame. In short, don’t refrain from scheduling a free consultation with our firm to explore your legal options if you were partially at fault. You may remain entitled to seek significant compensation from others regardless.

Do I Have Options if I Was Injured While Working?

If you suffered injuries or were exposed to substances that made you ill while you were engaged in work-related activities, you may be entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits as a result of your harm. Benefits are available both for acute injuries and illnesses, as well as repetitive stress injuries and aggravation of preexisting conditions, provided that the harm in question occurred while you were working or otherwise doing work-related activities.

If you’re classified as a part-time or full-time employee, chances are good that you’re eligible for these benefits, regardless of whether you’re a documented or undocumented worker. You may also be eligible for these benefits if you are technically classified as an independent contractor but you do the kind of work normally attributed to an employee.

Regardless of whether you’re eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits, you may be in a position to file a personal injury claim related to your harm. The same “rules” that apply to other personal injury actions apply to those involving employment. The major exception to this broad opportunity is that workers who are eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits for their work-related harm cannot sue their employers directly; they are only permitted to sue third parties other than their employers. This exception exists because the workers’ compensation system broadly protects employers from being sued for work-related injuries and occupational illness.

Do I Need to Make a Decision Right Now?

No matter what kind of legal or financial recourse you plan to pursue, you’ll only be permitted so much time to file a claim before the law will bar you from seeking restitution. As a result, it is important to schedule a free consultation as quickly as you can in order to explore your legal options. Additionally, acting quickly will allow our firm to preserve evidence related to your case, begin constructing a strong legal strategy on your behalf, and begin working to protect your rights as an injury victim.

If your accident occurred very recently, you likely do have some time to consider your options before you commit to a plan of action. However, you shouldn’t wait to connect with our firm until the financial consequences of your injuries have begun to affect your family’s financial wellbeing. Allow us to help you now so that stresses resulting from your injuries can be as minimizes as possible.

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The law applies to all injury victims equally regardless of whether or not those injury victims can afford legal counsel. Because our firm honors a deeply held belief that every injury victim has a right to understand and to exercise their rights under the law, we provide consultation services at no charge. This approach to client-focused representation ensures that no matter what an accident victim’s economic status may be, they can receive clarifying information about what their legal options are and the potential pros and cons of exercising these options.

Access to contextualized information allows injury victims to make knowledgeable decisions about whether or not to file insurance claims, workers’ compensation claims, and/or personal injury actions. Even if you are unsure of whether you have grounds to file a personal injury case, it is worth exploring your options if you have been injured and someone else may be partially or totally to blame for the harm you have suffered. If you haven’t yet reached out to our firm to schedule a confidential, risk-free, no-cost consultation, please do so now. We look forward to speaking with you.