Your Southern California
Personal Injury Attorney
Personal injury is a broad area of law that involves people who have been physically or emotionally injured as a result of someone’s fault. Although personal injury can encompass any type of situation, the most common types of personal injury matters are car accidents, slip and falls, trip and falls, assaults, dog bites, defective products, and medical malpractice.
Following an accident, victims often receive phone calls and letters from insurance companies, police, doctors’ offices, and lawyers requesting information and asking for statements and paperwork. What to do and what to say (or not) can be very confusing and stressful.
The law entitles you to several types of compensation, depending on the facts of your case, however, there are several crucial steps that you must take early on to be fairly compensated following an accident. The Ramirez Legal Group can help.
Personal Injury Law
Practice Areas
Car Accidents
If you were injured in a car accident that wasn’t your fault, and required more than a couple of medical visits, you should seriously consider hiring a personal injury lawyer.
Truck Accidents
Although they share a lot of similarities, truck accidents are not the same as car accidents. Get an expienced truck accident attorney to help you!
Motorcycle Accidents
If you were injured in a motorcycle accident that wasn’t your fault, you should consider hiring a personal injury lawyer to protect yourself from unfounded blame and more.
Pedestrian Accidents
If you were a pedestrian hit by a car, and you needed (or need) more than a couple medical visits, you are likely to be entitled to significant compensation.
Bicycle Accidents
Bicycle ordinances vary from city to city, so it is important that bicyclists be informed of the law and of their rights.
Rideshare (Uber & Lyft) Accidents
Accident claims involving Uber and Lyft are a little more complicated than regular car accidents, so you may want to consider hiring a personal injury lawyer with experience handling rideshare accidents.
Slip and Fall Accidents
If you slipped and fell while on someone else’s property, whether that property was a friend’s house or apartment, store, gas station, office, restaurant, or any other property other than your own, you may be entitled to compensation for injuries you sustained as a result.
Trip and Fall Accidents
If you tripped and fell while on someone else’s property, whether that property was a friend’s house or apartment, store, gas station, office, restaurant, or any other property other than your own, you may be entitled to compensation for injuries you sustained as a result.
Wrongful Death
Wrongful death refers to a type of claim that may be asserted by a family member (or other limited types of people) when a person is killed as a result of someone else’s wrongdoing, whether intentional or accidental.
Animal Attacks and Dog Bites
In California, generally, when a dog or other domesticated animal bites you, the owner or person in charge of the animal is automatically responsible for the dog bite (referred to as “strict liability”).
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice occurs when a medical professional, such as a doctor, makes a mistake in your treatment or doesn’t take a proper course of action when they should have known better.
Defective Products
When someone is injured as a result of a product or medication being defective or having unintended consequences, they may be entitled to compensation.
Do I Need
A Personal Injury Lawyer?
In most cases, the answer is a resounding YES. If you have been injured due to someone else’s fault, hiring an experienced attorney can maximize your compensation by thousands, and in some cases, millions of dollars.
Personal injury cases may seem straightforward at first – you have been injured due to someone else’s fault and the at-fault party’s insurance company will compensate you for your losses, including medical bills, right? WRONG. Insurance companies are sophisticated multi-million-dollar Goliaths that will take advantage of you, David, if you let them.
This is because insurance companies’ bottom line is their financial success – it is a business like any other. Their goal is to find excuses to pay you nothing or as little as possible by blaming YOU for the incident, telling you that the incident did not cause the nature or extent of your injuries, or by telling you that your medical bills or treatment were not reasonable or necessary. Also, there are many pitfalls to avoid when making a personal injury claim and one wrong move, like blowing deadlines called statutes of limitations, can cost you thousands, sometimes millions of dollars.
This is why it is crucial to hire an experienced personal injury attorney no matter how simple or straightforward your situation may seem.
The law entitles you to several types of compensation, depending on the facts of your case. An experienced attorney can make sure that the correct things are done throughout the course of your claim to maximize your compensation. This includes strategic actions that must be taken early on.
If you have been involved in an incident or accident where you were injured because of someone else’s fault, you should contact an experienced personal injury attorney like The Ramirez Legal Group immediately. The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can start filing proper legal claims, collecting evidence that may be lost with time, and demanding maximum compensation for you.
What Kind of Compensation
May I Be Entitled to If I Have Been Injured In an Accident?
If you have been injured due to someone else’s fault in Southern California, you may eligible to receive monetary compensation for the following:
Past & Future Medical Expenses
Past & Future Lost Wages
Car Repair & Rental Expenses
Physical Pain & Suffering
Emotional Distress
Loss of Enjoyment of Life
Funeral Expenses
Humiliation
Dysfigurement
Mental Anguish
Inconvenience
Grief
Anxiety
Physical Impairment
And More!
We can help!
Attorney April Ramirez has significant experience dealing with insurance companies, government entities, companies, and business organizations to obtain maximum compensation for her clients. This includes:
- Collecting physical evidence
- Interviewing witnesses
- Conducting site inspections
- Obtaining records
- Obtaining photos and videos
- Expediting claims/cases
- Obtaining proper medical treatment for clients with no upfront costs or health insurance required
- Consulting with experts
- Performing investigations
- Evaluating case value
- Negotiating fair settlements
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