When you’ve been hurt in an accident, you need a California car accident attorney with experience—someone who’s been helping California auto accident victims for more than 25 years.
The professionals at Berg Injury Lawyers understand what you’re going through. You have questions about the worth of your insurance claim and how long it will take to get a fair settlement. A California car accident lawyer from Berg Injury Lawyers will give you straight, simple answers about out-of-pocket expenses, medical payments coverage, property damage, and lost wages, as well as assist you in completing necessary paperwork.
Whether it’s getting money for medical bills and car repairs or stepping in to deal with the insurance company, we’re here to help get you back on your feet.
"Speeding is the most common contributing cause in car accidents and is a factor in nearly one in three deadly crashes."
California Car Accident Attorneys
Auto Accident Lawyers
When you’ve been hurt in an accident, you need a California car accident attorney with experience—someone who’s been helping California auto accident victims for more than 25 years.
The professionals at Berg Injury Lawyers understand what you’re going through. You have questions about the worth of your insurance claim and how long it will take to get a fair settlement. A California car accident lawyer from Berg Injury Lawyers will give you straight, simple answers about out-of-pocket expenses, medical payments coverage, property damage, and lost wages, as well as assist you in completing necessary paperwork.
Whether it’s getting money for medical bills and car repairs or stepping in to deal with the insurance company, we’re here to help get you back on your feet.
"Speeding is the most common contributing cause in car accidents and is a factor in nearly one in three deadly crashes."
–National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Severe Weather—Serious Accidents
Each year, hundreds of accidents are caused by irresponsible drivers who fail to take extra precaution during rainy weather. Severe weather conditions can make driving difficult, but it doesn't excuse reckless drivers from being responsible for negligent behavior. With nearly 30 years of experience defending the rights of accident victims, our San Francisco car accident lawyers know the ins and outs of complex cases and have what it takes to get compensation for you.
In many cases, rain on the roadways can reduce a car's tire traction and cause skidding or hydroplaning. As a result, motorists need to be cautious while driving in rainy weather to help prevent car accidents. This includes slowing down, using headlights, and keeping extra distance between cars. Our California car accident attorneys urge everyone to be safe and drive responsibly. Call us at (800) 400-BERG to speak with a lawyer today or fill out a free consultation form.
Why Hire A California Car Accident Attorney?
If you're the victim of an auto accident, don't try to take on the insurance company alone. You have rights that protect your best interests, and you may be entitled to more money than the insurance company wants to admit—but you may not know unless you contact the San Francisco personal injury lawyers at Berg Injury Lawyers. Your concerns will be addressed and there is no obligation. We never charge an attorney's fee unless we obtain a recovery for you.
The network of highways, city streets, and country
roads stretching throughout the United States is four million miles
long, and an estimated 250 million vehicles travel trillions of miles on these highways, streets, and roads every year.
This staggering amount of travel leads to an equally staggering number
of car accidents – over six million annually. People who are injured or killed
in auto accidents similarly number in the millions. Given these
statistics, chances are you will be involved in at least one auto
accident during your lifetime, an accident that may be a highly
traumatic, and even life-altering, experience.
What Should You Do After an Auto Accident?
If an auto accident causes severe injuries to you or to a loved one, you should contact a well-established and reputable law firm immediately. Time is of the essence in these cases for the reasons explained below, particularly for individuals unable to care for themselves. Even if the injuries are not severe, you should consult a capable car crash accident attorney soon after you:
Obtain prompt medical attention for any injured parties, including yourself. If the injuries require emergency care, call an ambulance for transport to a hospital. If not, visit an urgent care center or arrange to be seen by your regular doctor as soon as you leave the accident scene. Some auto accident injuries – often serious ones – may not be apparent to you right away, especially when your body has been traumatized, so be sure you are examined by a medical care provider without delay.
Call the police and file an auto accident report. Filing a police report will document the facts of the accident and help determine who was at fault.
Gather information at the accident scene. Anyone involved in a car accident is required by law to exchange contact and insurance information. If you are able, you should take photos of the damage to the vehicles (perhaps with a cell phone camera) and obtain the names and telephone numbers of any witnesses.
Do not give statements to the insurance companies’ representatives about the car accident, without contacting a California car accident lawyer. The information you give the insurance companies can be detrimental to your case.
Fault for Auto Accidents
Usually, auto accidents occur because a driver has been
negligent, meaning that he or she has operated a vehicle in a careless
and unsafe manner. A driver must exercise “reasonable care” while behind
the wheel and may be deemed negligent for violating speed limits,
ignoring traffic signals, or being preoccupied by distracting activities
like eating or talking on a cell phone while driving.
The burden of proving negligence, however, is on
the injured party. It falls on the victim to show that the driver who
caused the car accident was negligent and that the accident caused
injuries deserving of compensation.
An experienced and reputable accident lawyer will skillfully
navigate an injured person’s claims through the complexities of the
court system, pinpointing the legal bases for the claims and quantifying
the damages to which the injured individual is entitled.
Sources of Compensation for Your Car Accident Injuries
It is in your best interests to hire a law firm that will do more than just file a claim with an insurance company on your behalf, especially because the available insurance policy may turn out to have insufficient limits to fully cover your damages. A resourceful accident lawyer will investigate all sources of compensation and pursue all avenues of recovery for injured claimants. You and the passengers in your vehicle may have claims against additional parties who bear responsibility for the car accident. For example:
All owners of a vehicle may be liable for the negligent conduct of the driver. These owners may range from the parents of drivers under the age of 18 to business entities providing their employees with vehicles as a job perk.
Employers may bear responsibility for auto accidents caused by their employees while on the job. In certain corporate contexts, parent companies could be held responsible for the conduct of their wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Government units and agencies may share in the fault for the auto accident. Cities, counties, and even the state may have failed to design, construct, and maintain safe roads (see Dangerous Roads) or implement proper traffic controls (including light signals, stop signs, and speed limit postings). Handling a car accident claim against a government entity, however, is a sophisticated task and requires considerable expertise and legal acumen. In addition, very strict filing deadlines apply to car accident claims against government entities, making it imperative that you consult with a knowledgeable accident attorney without delay.
Auto manufacturers may face separate liability for negligent design or defective manufacture of a vehicle (or a component part) for injuries arising from a car accident. Injuries may be caused, for example, from seatbelt malfunctions, airbag failures, or tire defects. Design and manufacturing problems are myriad and include structural instabilities leading to vehicle rollovers, gas tank explosions and fuel-fed fires, and avoidable roof crush.
Uninsured motorist or underinsured motorist coverage may exist under your and/or your passengers’ policies, which can provide additional sources of compensation in a car accident under certain circumstances.
Why consider our firm to represent you?
GJEL was featured on the 2009 cover of “San Francisco’s Best Lawyers” Magazine and we are consistently rated among the top auto accident and personal injury firms nationwide by our peers and major independent legal authorities.
We give each client the time and attention necessary to get the most out of his or her case–we never take an assembly-line approach to our clients’ personal injury and auto accident claims.
We’re a known authority and teach other firms and lawyers. Our attorneys are frequent authors, lecturers, and consultants in the field of personal injury law.
We are known to “go to the mat” for our clients. That carries extraordinary weight and respect with insurance companies and other lawyers. We regularly get better and faster results than law firms without our reputation.
You’ll always have access to your lawyer and will never be pushed off onto a case-worker or paralegal. In fact, we can put you in touch with your lawyer within minutes of your first call or e-mail.
We help our clients with their medical, vehicle repair or replacement, rental car and other bills starting from day one.
Our investigators and accident reconstruction specialists are tops in their fields and we put them to work on your case immediately.
Consultations are always free and can be done whenever and wherever is most convenient for you — including weekends, evenings, hospitals, home, at your office, or at our offices.
We only win if our clients win. No matter how complex the case, clients pay nothing until we recover money for them.
Why We Do What We Do
All of the attorneys at GJEL began their careers in public service, and we all take pride in "fighting for the little guy." We take cases we believe in for people we care about. Each case that we select is handled with extreme care and given the amount of time it needs and deserves.
We're genuinely interested in the welfare of our clients. We always try to do more than merely obtain a successful result in a particular case. We're certainly proud of the results we get, and the speed with which we get them.
However, we're just as proud of the fact that we return all phone calls immediately and solve every problem we can, whether it is directly related to the case or not. We've maintained friendships with many of our clients long after we've won or settled their cases. Our relationships with them are just as rewarding as our professional accomplishments on their behalf.
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