San Francisco Car Accident Lawyer

How can I make sure my legal rights are protected after a car crash?

Right after a car accident, you should think about your health and safety. If you hurt yourself and need medical help, call 9-1-1. Get off the road and head to a secure location. Once you are safe and have taken care of your wounds, we suggest you follow these rules:

  • Whenever you can, take pictures of the accident scene, your injuries, and the damage to your car.
  • Keep copies of any medical bills or records, receipts for repairs, wage loss, and any other related costs.
  • Get a copy of the Traffic Collision Report as soon as you can from the appropriate law enforcement agency, even if the report’s conclusions are not in your favour.
  • To keep your rights, you should not admit fault or sign anything (like a form from an insurance company). Accident victims who don’t know their rights are easy targets for insurance companies. Their goal is to limit or deny payouts for claims.
  • Contact an experienced car accident lawyer to find out how much your case is worth and to make sure you don’t do anything on your own that the other driver’s insurance company could use against you.

How do car accident laws in California work?

California law lets people who were hurt or killed in car accidents or whose loved ones were hurt or killed file a lawsuit against the person or people who caused the accident.

Legal responsibility, or “liability,” for a car accident often depends on proof that another driver was at fault. But the other driver doesn’t have to mean to cause the accident. Liability can be shown by showing that the other driver drove the car in an unsafe and unreasonable way given the circumstances. This is called negligence.

Sometimes, a car accident is caused by something other than the driver. Some of these things are hazards on the road, construction sites that aren’t well marked, construction debris, sand, or gravel on the road, and other dangerous road conditions. Keep in mind that the statute of limitations in California, which is the time limit for bringing a lawsuit, can be as short as six months for claims against government agencies.

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What kind of money can I get if I file a lawsuit over a car accident?

In car accident lawsuits, people who have been hurt can get the following types of compensation:

  • Pain and suffering in the past and in the future, as well as mental anguish and physical disability;
  • Medical, hospital, and other expenses from the past and the future;
  • Loss of past and future earnings and the ability to earn;
  • Property damages;
  • In cases of very bad wrongdoing, punitive damages; and
  • Damages for wrongful death happen when the wrong person died.

Even if you were partly to blame for the accident, you can still get some money in California if the other driver was careless and mostly to blame. Comparative fault or negligence is a way to figure out how much the other person is to blame for the accident based on how careless both of you were.

Why our lawyers are the best for car accident cases

Our clients choose our law firm and tell their family and friends to call us if they have been in a car accident because we have won settlements and court cases over and over again. Since we started in 1995, the Dolan Law Firm has helped thousands of people in the San Francisco Bay Area and all over California who were hurt badly in car accidents.

We are known for going to trial with hard and complicated cases and winning. Because of this, we often get recoveries that are much higher than the industry average. In one case, lawyer Chris Dolan got a jury to award a woman $867,500 when she had only been offered $13,000 before.

We give each client excellent legal representation that is backed by a lot of money and technology that no individual lawyer or small law firm can offer. We give our clients in particular:

  • Individual, careful legal help from highly experienced car accident lawyers with a great track record of winning cases;
  • Significant investigative, financial, and technological resources that no single lawyer or small law firm can provide;
  • Access to experts who can figure out what caused the accident and who or what was at fault, such as a careless driver, a broken car part, or dangerous road conditions; and
  • Access to biomechanics and economics experts who can help you figure out the full extent of your injuries and figure out how much your future medical needs will cost, as well as how much money you lost in wages or how much less you can earn because of the accident.

Chris Dolan, our company’s founder and lead trial lawyer, tells our lawyers what to do. He is in charge of all of the serious injury cases that our firm takes on. Chris has been named one of the best personal injury lawyers in California by a number of different publications.

We’re happy that US News and Best Lawyers have named our firm a Best Law Firm and that the Better Business Bureau has given us an A+ for our work in injury lawsuits.

Our law firm can handle any car accident case, no matter how hard or complicated it is.

We help people who have been seriously hurt in car accidents, even if the driver was speeding, distracted, or drunk. Some law firms don’t want to deal with complicated cases, but we have the skills and resources to handle any kind of claim. We tackle:

  • Accident claims from uninsured drivers and people who hit and ran
  • Claims against the local government for accidents on public transportation and bad roads
  • Tires and brakes are two examples of car parts that have been found to be faulty.

The Dolan Law Firm has car accident lawyers in San Francisco who can help you.

If you or someone you love has been hurt or killed in a car accident, get in touch with our lawyers right away by filling out our form or calling us toll-free at 1-888-452-4752. Our lawyers will look over your case for free, quickly, and without you having to do anything.

If you can’t come to our offices in San Francisco or Oakland, we will come to you at home or in the hospital. Our work is based on contingency, so we don’t get paid unless we get you money.

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