Injury Attorney Santa Ana

Santa Ana Personal Injury Attorneys

If you have been injured and you either know or suspect that someone else caused your injury, it is important to explore your legal options at your earliest possible convenience. Injury victims are afforded rights under the law provided that certain criteria are met. The long and short of it is that if someone owed you a duty of care under the law and then in breaching that duty by behaving negligently, recklessly, or with dangerous intent, caused your injuries, you may be able to hold that party responsible for financial damages. The concept of “breach of duty of care” is a complex way of saying that if an individual or legal entity is expected to behave in a certain way under the law and they don’t, they can be held liable if their choices result in someone’s injuries. For example, if a local law insists that property owners must remove debris from the sidewalks in front of their property within a reasonable amount of time, this is an illustration of a property owner’s duty of care to those who walk on the sidewalk in front of their property.

You don’t need to understand the ins and outs of personal injury law to file a successful claim against those who may have caused you harm. It is our firm’s job to apply our extensive experience and knowledge of the law to your situation so that if you are entitled to seek compensation, you can do so successfully. If you either know or suspect that another may have caused the harm you have suffered, you can clarify your legal options for free in a no-cost consultation setting at any time with a talented member of our respected legal team.

Quality Legal Guidance from Respected Legal Advocates

If after your free consultation, you choose to work with our firm to file a workers’ compensation claim, negotiate an insurance settlement, and/or file a personal injury claim, you will begin developing an attorney-client relationship with an experienced lawyer on our team. We only hire attorneys who are committed to advocating on behalf of our clients in the most ethical, compassionate, determined, and informed ways. Our firm is dedicated to the idea that all personal injury victims deserve to fully exercise their rights under the law. We strive to treat every client with the kind of respect and personalized attention that we would want our loved ones to benefit from in the event that they needed to access legal services.

Know that if you choose to work with our firm, you will be kept informed about all developments affecting your case, your questions will be answered promptly, and that all major decisions will be left up to you. We believe that it is our job to provide you with knowledgeable legal assistance, not to pressure you into taking one course of action over another. You can connect with our firm to receive a free consultation regardless of what kind of accident or other scenario has led to the harm you have suffered. With that said, most of our clients choose to file legal action after being affected by one of the personal injury scenarios explored below.

Car Accidents

Car accidents occur with starling frequency on California roads. As a result, our firm has handled all manner of car accident cases. Our extensive experience extends from relatively straightforward car accident cases, as well as those that are complex, and those that are complex to a degree that is unusual. Whether your car accident resulted in minor, moderate, severe, or catastrophic injuries (or fatal injuries to a loved one), know that we can help.

It is important that before you speak with our firm, you do not admit fault or make any assumptions about any causation or fault issues that may affect your case. There are many reasons why cars crash and the causes of car crashes aren’t always as they first appear. Additionally, California is a comparative negligence state, which means that even if you were partially to blame for what happened, you may still be entitled to significant compensation. If you admit fault, you may compromise your ability to obtain the full amount of compensation to which you are entitled.

Medical Malpractice

Medical mistakes are a leading cause of death in the United States. It isn’t always easy to know when a medical mistake has occurred because patients aren’t always in a position to witness those mistakes happening in real time. All too often, patients are left wondering if the medical complications from which they are suffering or an apparent delay in a specific diagnosis resulted from negligence on part of their healthcare providers. You don’t need to know for sure whether a medical mistake or a physician’s deviation from the standard of care owed to you has resulted in the challenges you’re experiencing. It is our job to know what questions to ask and what information to seek in order to determine whether you have strong grounds to file legal action at this time.

Do not hesitate to explore your legal options simply because you are unsure of whether you have grounds for a case. Waiting too long to speak up may result in the statute of limitations running on your case, which will bar you from the ability to seek compensation moving forward. On the other end of the spectrum, if you have already been offered a settlement by someone involved in your situation, do not accept that settlement until we have reviewed it. You deserve a settlement that is fairly valued and that does not contain terms that could infringe upon your rights as a victim of medical negligence.

Premises Liability

Santa Ana is home to many tourist attractions, as well as many public spaces and private businesses that provide opportunities for work, entertainment, and commerce. Unfortunately, not all of these spaces are maintained in the ways they need to be according to federal, state, and local laws. If you have been harmed on either private or public property and something about the property itself contributed to your injuries, you may be able to file a successful personal injury claim against the property owner or the property manager. This area of the law is particularly complex and dependent upon specific details related to the purpose of the visit, the purpose for which the property is ordinarily used, and the responsibilities of the property owner and property manager under the law. No two premises liability cases are ever exactly the same. As a result, our legal team will need to evaluate the unique circumstances surrounding your accident before we can provide you with a better sense of whether you can hold a property owner liable under the law at this time.

Trucking Accidents

Given the amount of freight that is transported on California’s freeways and surface streets by large commercial trucks on a daily basis, it is perhaps unsurprising that California has one of the highest truck accident rates in the nation. If you have been involved in a truck-related accident, you may be able to sue other drivers involved in that accident, the trucking company that employs a truck operator, or any other legal entity that may have contributed to your harm. Truck accident cases tend to be complex because there tend to be many “players” involved in the causation of such accidents. Thankfully, because our firm has extensive experience with truck accident cases, you’ll be able to feel confident that no responsible party will be let “off the hook” for the harm you’ve suffered as a result of your collision.

Work Injuries

Workers who have been injured on the job must oftentimes pursue an alternative route to seeking compensation beyond the personal injury process. The California workers’ compensation system is a no-fault undertaking. In exchange for extending benefits to injured workers regardless of how they were injured on the job, their employers enjoy limited liability for any role they may have played in a worker’s harm.

As a result, if you are entitled to file for workers’ compensation benefits, the chances are high that you will not be able to sue your employer directly. However, if a third party contributed to your harm, you may be able to sue them in a third-party lawsuit. If you are not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits because you work as an independent contractor or your employer is exempt from coverage requirements, you may be able to sue anyone who contributed to your injuries per the ordinary structure of a personal injury lawsuit. If you are unsure of which of these opportunities is available to you and applicable to your situation, that is okay. Our legal team can clarify your options and help you pursue all applicable methods of obtaining any compensation to which you may be entitled.

Accidents Resulting in Wrongful Death

If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, and you know or suspect at the death of your loved one was caused by another’s actions or inactions, you may be able to file a successful wrongful death and/or successful survivor action under California law depending upon the circumstances surrounding your loss. If successful, your legal action may allow you to collect damages related to your loved one’s medical care prior to their death, lost earnings, funeral and burial expenses, loss of financial support, and other damage is related to both your loved one’s suffering and your suffering in the wake of your loss. Our legal team has extensive experience representing the families of injury victims who have lost their lives in preventable ways caused by others. We therefore have a strong sense of how to navigate these legal matters with the utmost respect for both the memory of the deceased and for those surviving loved ones seeking justice.

It can be undeniably difficult to attend to practical matters when you are grieving a profound loss. However, it is important to explore your legal options now before the financial burdens associated with your loss begin to affect your family. You don’t need to know for sure whether you have grounds for legal action to ask us questions in a free consultation setting. Making this effort now may make a world of difference to your family moving forward.