Auto Accident Lawyer

In California, there are 164,596 car-related injuries with 3751 deaths. More than 50% of all collisions are the result of rear-end impact. Turning movements cause 22% of them, and specifically, the most risky are left turning movements. Other items are speed, inattention, texting, talking on the phone. All of these are recognized to be significant risks for a collision. If you've been involved in a car accident, it's important to get to safety, to call the police and try to get them to make a report. Everybody's got a digital phone now, so people should take photos and get the medical attention they need. It's also very important to make a report to your insurance company. If the driver who hit you does not have insurance, you may be entitled to collect under your own policy for what we call uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. But if you haven't contacted your carrier promptly, you may be denied that right. If a report has been taken, it's important you get a copy of it. It's called CHP form 190. One of the things that we found over the years is that many times police officers have found the wrong party at fault. There have been dozens of cases where we have looked over a police report, looked over the photographs, and determined that it wasn't the driver's fault, but it was the other party's fault. We've taken those cases to trial. Recently, there was a case that found a motorcyclist 100% at fault and therefore, he would have received no damages. A number of law firms turned that case down. I looked at it, I went to the scene, I looked at the motorcycle, I looked at the dynamics, and I thought that was just wrong. We had to take that case all the way through trial, and at the end, our client, who'd lost the lower part of his leg, was awarded $12 million and the driver of the car was found to be 90% at fault. When our firm is contacted promptly after a collision, we go into action. We send out investigators to look for witnesses and to look for cameras. We have found critical evidence in cases involving fatalities and other significant injuries from cameras that were located, both ATM cameras, ring cameras, security cameras. Nowadays, there are cameras everywhere, and it's important to have somebody go out and look for them immediately because they often get written over. We use drones, we download data from the electronic data recorder or the black box. We sometimes do LiDAR, which is a device that we use to create a three-dimensional model of what occurred. We employ accident reconstruction experts who use computer models to generate animations that demonstrate what occurred in the collision. It's very important that if you've been involved in a serious collision to contact a law firm that has the resources and experience to make sure to investigate and prosecute your case. If you've been injured in a car collision, you're entitled to recover damages. People's whole future often hangs in the balance based upon the lawyer that they choose. Contact us at the Dolan Law Firm, dolanlawfirm.com.