A car accident is an unsettling experience, even when it’s a relatively minor collision. When it’s a serious accident with injuries, it’s even more traumatic. Sometimes, the distress of a California car accident continues for an extended period after the accident, as a car accident victim struggles through the aftermath, with painful medical procedures and recovery periods at the same time that they…
There are a handful of states in the U.S. with no-fault insurance laws, including Florida and New Jersey. In no-fault states, car accident victims typically file claims against their own auto insurance through a personal injury protection (PIP) policy, which is required for all drivers. Except in cases of catastrophic injuries with life-altering repercussions, an injury victim cannot file a lawsuit against a…
California’s fault-based insurance laws require a car accident victim to file a claim against the party responsible for the accident. Under the state’s pure comparative negligence system, compensation for common car accident damages like property damage, lost wages, and compensation for pain and suffering comes from the at-fault party’s insurance. A successful claim requires providing compelling evidence of the responsible party’s liability. The…
California’s fault-based insurance laws require a car accident victim to prove the responsible driver’s liability in order to recover full compensation for their damages, such as property damage costs, medical expenses, lost earnings, and compensation for pain and suffering. Proving liability requires meeting the burden of a preponderance of evidence showing that the at-fault party breached their duty of reasonable care, their breach…
California is a fault-based car accident state with pure comparative negligence insurance laws. This type of system requires car accident victims who seek compensation to file claims against the insurance of the driver responsible for the accident. To protect California drivers from personal liability, California requires all drivers to carry at least the state’s minimum car accident insurance or leave a deposit for…
A car accident claim in a fault-based insurance state like California can quickly become complex. Under California’s pure comparative negligence insurance system, an insurance company investigates the accident with protecting profits as their motive. This means they could assign an undue percentage of blame to you as an injury victim so they can reduce the compensation by your percentage of fault. For this…
No one plans on an accident, yet about four thousand fatal car accidents occur in California each year—a high number second only to Texas. Because traffic accidents are unfortunately common, California requires drivers to carry at least the minimum car insurance requirements, including $15,000 in injury coverage per person, $30,000 in total injury coverage per accident, and $5,000 in property damage. Drivers who…
Car accidents are physically, emotionally, and financially distressing to all involved, especially when one or more motorists suffer injuries. Obtaining compensation after an accident cannot erase the pain and trauma, but it does relieve immediate financial hardship and brings car accident injury victims in California a sense of financial accountability and justice. One of the first questions a car accident victim asks when…
After an accident, an injury victim faces an overwhelming array of challenges, including physical pain, emotional distress, and often resulting financial hardship. The additional distress of learning that the driver responsible for a collision is uninsured leaves many car accident victims in California bewildered and unsure where to turn. Fortunately, a motorist or pedestrian hit by an uninsured driver in a collision in…
When pursuing legal recourse after a personal injury, time is of the essence. Personal injury cases in every state in the US are governed by statutes of limitations, which are legal provisions that set strict deadlines for filing claims after an injury occurs. As defined by Cornell Law School, a statute of limitations is a “law that bars claims after a certain period…
