- Prove liability: The first step is proving the plaintiff’s liability burden to a judge or insurance company. Injured parties must show the defendant was negligent and at-fault after they breached their duty to pay attention or act reasonably, causing exposure to situations leading to damage.
Damage Exposure To Plaintiffs
A damages calculator (personal injury lawyer) will accurately estimate your compensation based on past, present and future legal damages for insurance adjusters or jury members. Damages can total $1 or 1 million dollars.
Pursuit of maximum damages is the primary reason a claimant seeks the advantage of legal assistance with credentials.
Damages In a Typical Los Angeles Case?
After reviewing evidence, determining party fault, and other investigations, receiving a favorable insurance company payout or jury verdict in court remains the next step.
Your damages result could include the following:
- Economic damages: Includes special damages like medical bills for post traumatic stress disorder therapy and surgery, personal items ruined (property damage), and lost wages.
- General Damages: The severity of your injury is a huge aspect affecting your non-economic pain and suffering damages values.
- Demand Package: Next, our experts send an insurance settlement demand letter to the insurer laying out financial goals.
TIP: Don’t delay a medical assessment and treatment.
How Much Is Fair?
Your decision in a LA personal injury law firm can significantly impact how much you put in your pocket.
An average motor vehicle accident insurance settlement amount can range between $5,000 and $100,000! If you have severe injuries, we are in a stronger position to negotiate with the adjuster.
Comparative Negligence
California is a pure comparative negligence state, which means both parties in an accident could share some fault but still get paid something in a reduced compensatory award.
This differs from a contributory negligence state,where the plaintiff will receive $0 if they held 1% or more liability. Other states apply a modified comparative negligence approach, capping a claimant’s recovery recovery in between 49% and 51% fault.
Even if you think you are partially at fault, contact our premier Los Angeles injury lawyers We will take steps to minimize your comparative fault and increase your financial reward.
How Are Damages Paid?
Pain and suffering and other damages are totaled up and paid in staggered amounts or as a single lump-sum payment. When spread out into periodic payments, structured settlement annuities can be tailored to meet you and your family members’ needs.
Why Choose Our Personal Injury Law Firm?
Look for winning traits in choosing your Los Angeles injury lawyers. LA County is about 34,000 square miles. Many of its 19 million people either live, work, or commute many miles each day.
Swaths of the Southern California economy are spread over this vast area, so you could likely cross paths with a careless person. Sometimes insurance companies will give you a raw deal.
We will hire investigators to help gather evidence at the accident scene and reconstruct what caused you to be hurt.
- Common consequences of personal injuries
Let’s take a look at what happens when you get injured, like being hit by a bus, a falling-down accident, or suffering a worker’s compensation injury claim.
After getting hurt, you will face feelings of rage, stress, and anxiety. The medical bills, surgery, and physical therapy expenses can spiral out of control in a personal injury case.
Some injury victims will remain disabled, unable to return to the workforce in a meaningful capacity.
Los Angeles Accidents We Take?
A tremendous civil law professional has the education, skills, resources, and passion for helping in all negligence law practice areas.
Our most experienced personal injury attorney specializes in litigating fatalities and catastrophic injuries in accident cases like:
- Auto Accident: Most injury victims we help are people in auto accidents. (people with passenger car accidents, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, and commercial vehicle auto accident claims).
- Construction Accidents: Workplace burns, scalds, and electrocutions.
- Slip and Fall: Slip and fall, aka slip, trip, and fall, are common premises liability claims we help people win.
- Elder Abuse: LA nursing homes are infamous for neglecting our seniors. (We don’t handle medical malpractice unless it’s nursing home abuse, however)
Injuries We Take?
Personal injuries can be expensive, especially situations like motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents and bicycle accidents, including:
- Dog bites: A dog bite, including animal attacks, (even serious accident cat attacks) at premises like a business are an area of law our negligence attorneys practice regularly.
- Burns: A severe burn injury can disfigure. And even with surgery, in the end, some cases see permanent harm to your body and senses. (Contact a burn injury lawyer here.)
- Brain Injuries: We litigate CTE cases and other head injuries regularly. (Learn more.)
- Wrongful Death: Loss of life is a devastating outcome in a negligence claim, especially with no estate planning.
- Mesothelioma: Asbestos lawsuits, etc
Top 3 Types Of Personal injury Lawsuits?
These statistics are from the Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”).
1. Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injuries come from an external force, impact, or blow to the head car accident victims experience. Mild traumatic and TBIs might cause loss of sensation, strength, and cognitive function. (CDC).
2. Spinal cord injuries (SCI)
Injuries to the back and spine on a contingency basis are our specialty.
3. Wrongful death claims
Accidental death or wrongful death is a type of psychological injury under California negligence laws. (Example: family member killed by a motorcycle accident causes severe emotional distress.)
Here are some issues accident victims and law firms must understand wrongful death claims and wrongful death lawsuits generally:
- Accident Victim: People who can seek compensation are generally the decedent’s surviving spouse, domestic civil partner, children.
- Causes: Premises liability cases, defective products liability cases, government entity claims, vehicle accidents, cruise ship accidents, and maritime claims.
- Damages Under California Law: The survivor can receive compensation for loss of love, consortium, earnings, and future income.
Top 1-5 Injury Causes & Types:
Five Leading Causes of Injury Non-fatal Emergency Department Visits for 2015. (aka treat & release, or transfer.).
1. Slip, Trips, And Falls
Fall accidents cause serious injuries or fatalities. Falls represent the second leading cause of TBI-related death-related deaths. (See CDC report)
2. Struck By Flying/Falling Objects
Road debris or flying objects cause penetrating head injury, disrupting normal brain function. The CDC reported 73,456 admissions and 378 deaths from 2002-2006. (15.5% of TBIs)
3. Vehicle Occupant Transport Injuries
Excessive speed and poor road maintenance increase car accident case risks.
In 2015, the L.A.D.P.H., and CHP reported 56,561 motor vehicle accidents and 585 fatalities. (Bicycle accidents caused by road rage are a huge injury claim problem).
In 2017, 285 injured pedestrians died in LA County, California.
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Bicycle riders and motorcycle riders made up 14.3% of TBIs in 2017.
Bicycle Lawyers Los Angeles
In 2019, TIMs reported:
- 24,682 road accidents
- 2,659 pedestrian collisions (10.8%)
- 1,577 bike collisions (6.4%)
- Total: 228 Killed & 36,740 Injured. Most cases involved passenger cars, buses, or a large truck crash claim.
Motorcycle collisions and burns are the most deadly cases our law office takes.
Why A Motorcycle Accident Attorney?
Evidence shows Los Angeles County, CA experiences 1,660 motorcycle rider accidents (6.7%) annually. San Diego see its fair share of bus versus motorcycles due to so many U.S. Marines in bike accidents. We offer a free case consultation for all military.
4. Cutting And Piercing
More common with dog attacks in dog bite injuries, knife attacks, police shootings, and defective product cases with 36,084 reported instances.
5. Overexertion
Common in organized sports or a work comp claim, the CDC reported 32,523 inpatient injuries in 2015.
Who To Sue And When?
Potential defendants:
- The State of California (poor road or sidewalk maintenance.).
- A retail store, private home, or restaurant property owners (Ex: Slip and fall accidents)
- Your bosses (worker’s compensation.)
- A rogue employee like a bouncer or a delivery driver
- Product manufacturers / product liability. (Dangerous products claims).
- The driver who caused a car accident.
- Dangerous dog owners.
Head injury claims caused by a slip and fall accident mainly arise from tripping and falling cases, often against LA City during construction accidents, including Caltrans truck accidents involving motorcycle accident victims.
The experienced Los Angeles personal injury attorney in our law office will review any pictures, medical records or evidence-free of charge and file your Los Angeles, California insurance policy claims.
