Some lawyers suck and may get nothing at all for your serious injury claims. Before you hire an attorney, check to see they are willing to advance the money to properly pursue your personal injury case. Otherwise, you may be forced into taking a small settlement because you can’t pay thousands of dollars yourself for you personal injury claims.
Q: Will I have to pay the any up front expenses?A: No. I Ehline Law advances all litigation costs associated with your injury case. We never ask you for a dime until we recover damages from the at fault party.
Q: Are there any hidden fees?A: No. We do not charge you fees for free consultations, opening your case file, copies, long distance calls, etc. Before you retain a lawyer, please make sure you find out the fees, because hidden fees can add up.Q: Will I get to talk to a lawyer if I call?A: Yes. Everyone who calls for a free consultation gets to talk to a lawyer. I do not have my staff screen cases. Usually you will get to talk to our lawyers right away or later on that same day.
Q: Should I call you even if I want to litigate my injury claims myself?A: Yes. In a few minutes over the phone or e mail we can probably give you an idea of what your injury claims are worth so you don't get gypped off by the insurance company. If they give you an offer and you later hire me, I will not charge you a fee unless I can increase the amount that goes into your pocket.Q: Can I recover even if the motorist never hit me?A: Yes. Many people are under the misconception that there has to be physical contact between a cyclist and a motor vehicle for the motorist to be liable. This is not true. There are many situations where cyclists are injured when they take evasive action to avoid being hit, and crash as a result. The motorist can still be held liable if their negligence required the cyclist to take the evasive action.
Q: Can I recover if the other driver had no insurance?A: Yes. If you have uninsured motorist coverage, you can recover money for your medical bills and pain and suffering even if the other driver had no insurance.
Q: Does my auto insurance cover accidents when I am on my bike or motorcycle?A: Many auto policies will cover you if you are injured in an accident or while on foot.Q: How do I know if I have a good accident claim?
A: You need to contact me and we can discuss your case. My consultation on a personal injury case is always free.
Q: Should I accept the offer that the car insurance company has given me?
A: Often times I can get insurance companies to substantially increase the amount of their settlement offer. If you have already received an offer for your injuries, contact me and I will let you know if I think it is a fair offer. I will not charge you for this consultation. If I do not beat their original offer to you, I will not charge you a fee.
Q: How long does it take to settle most accident and personal injury cases?
A: It depends on the nature of your personal injury claim. We have settled smaller dollar insurance claims for the full policy amount in as little as a few months. Larger personal injury cases will normally take longer to settle.
Q: Will pursuing my case take up a lot of my time?
A: No. Oftentimes I only meet with clients for the initial interview and then we can just talk over the phone. If we do have to go to court, it will take more time. I realize your time is important, so I don’t waste it.
Q: Will I have to go to trial?
A: The vast majority of accident, collision and personal injury cases don’t go to trial. However, I treat each case as if it is going to be a trial, as you have to be willing to go to trial to maximize your settlement.
Q: Why is it so important to hire an California attorney who goes to trial?
A: Most personal injury cases settle before trial, but you want to maximize your settlement. If you hire an California personal injury attorney who has little trial experience, oftentimes they will be afraid to go to trial. Insurance companies know who these lawyers are, and they oftentimes offer them less than the case is worth. I have 10 years of courtroom experience and I have tried well over 100 cases. A good example of why you sometimes have to go to trial are the recent results I have had. I recently tried three separate cases where the offers totaled approximately $51,500. The juries awarded a total of over $850,000. If my clients had hired a lawyer who does not try cases, they would have lost a combined total of around $800,000. Verdicts like these do not come easy and it took me years of trying cases and over 100 jury trials before I had the skills to get big verdicts for my clients. I know a number of California personal injury attorneys who do not try cases. I believe that these attorneys do a great disservice to their clients and cost their clients millions of dollars by settling cases that should go to trial. Before you hire a lawyer, make sure that they are actively trying cases and have had a number of six figure verdicts.
Q: Do I need an California lawyer?
A: In order to settle your bike accident case you will have to deal with insurance companies. Their goal is to pay you as little as you will take. It is tough for someone who is not familiar with accident cases to know what a fair settlement amount is. An experienced California accident attorney can help you to determine that amount and reach a fair settlement.
Q: I don’t want to bankrupt somebody. What happens to the person I sue?A: Although the lawsuit will have the other driver’s name on it, we are actually going after the insurance company’s money. In virtually every case, the person we sue does not have to pay a penny, as their insurance company pays the settlement or verdict amount, as well as all of the legal fees. In the three cases where I have received verdicts bigger than the policy limits, the insurance companies still paid, as it was there fault for not settling for the policy limits.
Q: What types of California accident cases do you handle?
A: I handle all types of California personal injury, wrongful death and products liability cases, including: crashes and collisions involving bikes, scooters, wheelchairs, and mopeds.
Q: What parts of California do you handle cases in?
A: Although I am located in Los Angeles, California, I will handle take cases throughout the state of California including the following counties and cities
Damages:General for pain and suffering, past present and future
Special for economic loss, like hospital bills, ambulance, lost past, present and future wage loss.
Truck Accident: There are many reasons why a truck accident might occur. Some of the more common reasons include:
* The driver is rushing to meet a tight delivery deadline
* The driver is tired due to driving for long periods
* The driver is stressed and tired, not paying enough attention to other driver and the road
* It is difficult to see blind spots from a large truck
* The driver does not leave enough space for his giant vehicle between other vehicles
* Mechanical failure and defective components
* Overloading of the truckThese are just a handful of the more common reasons for a truck accident
Motorcycle Accidents:Motorcycle rider fatalities as well as registrations have been on the rise since 1997. A recent report card issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2004 says that 4008 motorcyclists died in 2004 and 76,000 were injured. About half of all motorcycles involved in a fatal crash collided with another vehicle. A little over one-third of cyclists that died were speeding, approximately twice the rate for drivers of passenger vehicles or light trucks. Almost half of the fatal accidents show alcohol involvement. One out of four motorcycle operators that were involved in fatal crashes had an invalid license. Helmets saved approximately 1158 lives in 2003; another 640 lives could have saved if helmets were worn.
Motorcycle injury accident attorneys Los Angeles want to help.
Bicycle Accidents:The first recorded bicycle accident is thought to have been a collision in 1842 car hit a bicycle. Children and non helmeted drivers in large cities like Los Angeles especially at risk. I ride at least twice per week and have witnessed several accidents withing just a few hundred feet of my home. Cities like Maria del Rey are especially dangerous due to population increase and re-routing of the S-90 highway into Admiralty Way.
Train Accidents - Metro rail and Metrolink:Metro trains allow millions of city dwellers to travel efficiently and economically with in the city. However with the ever increasing population and use of metro trains, too is the increase in metro train derailments and accidents. Approximately every 14 days there is a toxic chemical spill.
United States Train Crash Statistics-An Overview:3,000 train crashes per year;
1,000 train crash deaths per year;
Cal Trans Accidents:Often this government agency may be at fault for serious free way and roadway accidents. Must file a government claim within 6 months.
Car Accidents:Every year, there are tens upon thousands of motor vehicle accidents on California freeways and a large percentage of those accidents result in severe personal injuries.
Airplane Accidents:When you retain our California airplane crash lawyers, you know you are retaining experienced legal counsel who really understand California aircraft law and related federal law(s). What you may not realize is the complex nature of bringing a suit to recover damages for those injuries or deaths. Finding Los Angeles aviation accident attorneys is a hard task. Aviation accidents and airplane crashes are subject to a wide range of laws, treaties, and regulations, and it takes dedicated, experienced counsel to successfully bring a case. If you are looking for Los Angeles airplane crash attorneys, you don't have to look any further. Contact our experienced Los Angeles aviation accident attorneys before it's too late. Get money for your serious personal injuries now!
Hit and Run AccidentsYou may be entitled to recover for a hit and run even if the guy who hit you cannot be found. Sometimes you may be covered under workman’s compensation lawys, or your own homeowners insurance.
Premises Liability - Nightclub Bouncer AttacksNegligent supervision, negligent hiring. Slip and fall on dangerous surface. Must have had notice, actual or constructive.
Spinal Cord Injuries - Quadriplegia and Paraplegia.Incontinence loss of use of limbs, bedsores, etc.
Cruise Ship Accidents:Depending upon cruise line and what yu signed on passage contract. Admiralty law, Jones act and state laws could all apply. We are highly experienced cruise ship accident attorneys who can assist you in recovering damages assuming you have a valid claim.
Recreational boating accidents:Boat injuries happen a lot on the West Side. If you were injured in a Huntington Harbor boat accident, Marina del Rey Boat accident, Jet Ski collision in Malibu, or other water related injury, we will help you recover monies. You don't always assume the risk of injury. We understand the law of assumption of the risk and can help educate you on your boat or waterway accident case. We aggressively go after the negligent cruise ship and negligent cruise line. Our boating accident attorneys are top rape attorneys.
If you or a loved one were injured in a boating accident or raped as the result of a recreational boating excursion, please call our experienced boating accident lawyers at our above recreational boating accident hotline now! Our Los Angeles personal injury attorneys are waiting for your call the number on the screen or the e-mail address on the screen.
Dog Bites:Dog bites don't just happen to postmen in Southern California. Each year, in America, statistics indicate there are more than 800,000 dog bites and other animal injury to Americans nationwide, requiring emergency medical care. Many dog bites are insignificant. However, many dog bites cause permanent adhesions, scars and deformities akin to mayhem. These also cause broken bones requiring orthopaedic injury attorneys.
Unfortunately, in Orange County and LA, many small children and little kids die every year from dog bite injuries. Needless to say, a dog attack is one of the most emotionally scarring tragedies that could ever happen to anyone. Dog owner is strictly liable. Call or e mail to learn more.
Pedestrian AccidentsWhen a pedestrian, biker, rollerblader, runner, or jogger is legally using a county street, or city street, such as when in a cross walk, on a green "walk" sign, and he or she is hit in a car crash, or truck crash, the injuries will usually require compensation in the form of money damages for hospital bills, lost wages, mental and physical pain and suffering. As of 2004, our own National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claimed that at least 5,000 reported deaths as the result of reported auto v. pedestrian accidents. In fact, more than 78,000 pedestrians are seriously injured each year from a car or truck crash. Obviously, pedestrians are more vulnerable to injury and death on a roadway than are the occupant(s) of a car or truck with safety features such as seatbelts, airbag and roll cage. Approximately 90% of non-vehicle occupant deaths/fatalities involve pedestrians.
Bus Accidents/Tour Bus AccidentsBus accidents range from death, serious friction burns, broken ankle, broken bones and even coma to name a few. Recovering for physical pain and suffering and economic loss, past and present, is almost impossible without experienced and local California tour bus accident attorneys.
Unfortunately, some tour bus companies overload their tour buses with luggage and passengers, have ill trained, or even drug/alcohol abusing drivers, or some other improper or illegal problem with their tour buses.
Are Seatbelts Required on California Tour Buses??Many tour bus companies put profits over people. Tour buses are usually not equipped with seatbelts. At least one California case says it’s a jury issue as to whether or not tour buses should be equipped with seatbelts. “. . . therefore, the question of negligence and proximate causation for failure to equip the vehicle with seatbelts is a triable issue of fact for the jury.” (Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Super.Ct. (Chisefski) (1970) 3 Cal.App.3d 356, 359-360.) Ehline will put this case the test with your California Tour Bus Collision case.
Rape:Delicate topic. Common on cruise ships by crews hired from foreign countries who do not respect moral authority Americans do.
Recovery of damages requires an attorney and may involve a criminal prosecution by state and/or feds.
Brain Injury:Estimates show that at least 1.5 million individuals are injured from brain damage each year in the United States, and that the brain injury is often caused by the actions or negligent inactions of wrongdoers. TBI or MTBI. Recover damages.
Burn Injury:In the 50's there were fewer than ten hospitals in the United States specializing in burn injuries. Recently, there have been major advancements in comprehending the problems associated with burn injury and there are now approximately two hundred burn care centers in the United States. Our experienced Burn Injury Attorneys could help you find an experienced medical professional to help you get the best medical treatment for your serious burn injuries.
California Burn Statistics Indicate Most Burns are PreventableBurn Injury Accident statistics prove at least fifty percent of all burn injury is preventable. One of every thirteen building fire deaths in the United States was caused or created by a child. Children playing with fire/matches, as an example, account for more than one-third of preschool children burn injury deaths by fire.
In the United States, approximately two point four million burn injuries are reported and compiled every year. Approximately 650,000 burn injuries are treated by hospital; 75,000 humans are hospitalized. Of those burn victims hospitalized, 20,000 have major burn injury involving at least 25% of their total body areas. Between 8,000 and 12,000 of patients with burn injury die, and approximately one million will incur significant or permanent disabilities resulting from his or her burn injury. (Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, May/June 1992)
Swimming Pool Accident: Part of the law of premises liability. Statistics from the Center for Disease Control ("CDC") indicate that there were over three thousand three hundred (3,300) wrongful death drowning accidents from submersion in water, in the year 2000. The drowning rate for children under sixteen (16) was alarming and was actually twenty five (25%) percent of the total of all drowning accident deaths in the United States. According to the CDC, approximately three hundred and fifty (350) children five (5) years of age and under, suffer wrongful death from swimming pool drowning accidents every year. Drowning injury, such as death and coma, is the second highest cause of drowning wrongful death for the children five (5) years and under age group. Automobile and truck accidents are the second highest cause of death accident in this age group.
Call to learn about recovery of damages or insurance claims.
School Bus Accident The injuries suffered from a school bus accident range from death, serious friction burns, broken ankle, broken bones and even coma to name a few. Recovering for physical pain and suffering and economic loss, past and present, is almost impossible without experienced and local California bus attorneys.
School Buses are the Largest Form of Mass Transit in the U.S.:School buses are the biggest type of mass transit in the United States, providing almost nine million student trips every year. In comparison, this is twice as many passenger trips than are provided by transit buses across the nation. Almost half a million school buses transport 24 million students to and from school, or school related activities, each school day. Since 1990, 407,000 fatal traffic accidents have occurred in the United States. School bus related accidents account for one third of one percent of these deaths.
National school bus accident statistics define a school bus-related crash as those that directly or indirectly involve a school bus-type vehicle, a vehicle functioning as a school bus by transporting students to or from school or related activities.
According to recent official school bus accident statistics, 1,450 people have been killed in school bus related accidents since 1990. Of these fatal accident victims, 67 percent were the occupants of other vehicles involved in the school bus accident, 25 percent were pedestrians or bicyclists, and nine percent were passengers in school bus-type vehicles.
Wrongful Death:Q: What is
Wrongful Death under California law?
A: Wrongful death happens when a decedent gets killed from the negligence (or other bad act) of a tort a defendant. The survivor, living dependent or beneficiary is allowed to recover monetary damages in certain situations.
Under English "common law" , which is where all tort law came from, there was no lawsuit allowed for wrongful death claims at all. The early legal scholars explained that they thought the death claims died with the decedents. The surviving family was not allowed to sue a wrongdoer who killed their loved one. In fact, this was a leading reason for feuds of death, such as the story of the early American Hatfields and McCoys . Early America adopted the no recovery for wrongful death English common law rules and this made victims and their families take the law into their own hands for revenge. Most states in America later decided this was unfair and dangerous and their legislatures enacted "wrongful death" and "survival" statutes. Most all states offer some form of recovery for a wrongful death. While most states follow general tort law guidelines, every state has its own exclusive "
wrongful death" or "survival" statute. If you or a loved one suffered a death of a loved one, you may be entitled to recover money damages.
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