Car Accidents

Car Accidents

The congestion on L.A.’s roads and freeways, compounded by careless and distracted drivers, leads to countless car accidents every day. If you get injure in a car accident, our lawyers provide first-class, full-service representation. And work hard to secure maximum compensation in the wake of a collision.

Prestige Law Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers handles car accidents in the San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles and Northern California. We represent clients in dispute-related matters. Include insurance coverage, property damage claims, medical treatment, loss of earnings, loss of earning capacity, loss of consortium and other issues that may complicate your life or threaten your recovery.

If you get injure in an car accident due to the negligence or wrongful misconduct of another party, whether an individual or an entity. Then we encourage you to contact our law firm for a free consultation and prompt investigation of your car accident claims. An experienced accident lawyer in Sherman Oaks will assist you.

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We Get Results.

Attorney Paul Aghabala and his team have obtained tens of millions of dollars for clients in personal injury settlements and verdicts that include a variety of car accident scenarios, from rear-end to sideswipe collisions to drunk driving incidents and more.

In the event that a car accident disrupts your life, Prestige Law Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers will work with you to reduce your overall responsibilities. We will take on your paperwork, and we will handle all communication with the relevant parties. Further, we can help you with other important aspects of your recovery.  Like connecting you with a reputable physician who will treat injuries on a lien basis. We can also help you with the process of securing adequate repairs or even a full replacement of your vehicle.

If there is a question of fault, we have the experience and resources to prove liability, including the use of accident reconstruction experts. Through negotiations or representation at trial, we help clients obtain the full and fair damages is our need to cover their losses. And put their lives back together.

Car Accidents Litigation can be difficult

When litigating a car accident claim, many plaintiffs believe that their case will be relatively straightforward, and the facts of the case may seem simple at first glance.

For example, if a defendant-driver swerves into your lane and causes you to turn sharply into a rollover accident. Then you may think that liability is clear given the damaging actions of the defendant. However, further investigation of the facts can reveal harmful issues that is not initially obvious. Perhaps your vehicle would not have rolled over were it not for some design defect. If this were the case, then you could ostensibly bring a lawsuit against the car manufacturer for significant damages.

Ways To Make Car Accidents Litigations

There are a number of ways in which car accidents litigation can be made more complex by the circumstances. We encourage you to get in touch with one of our experienced car accident attorneys for guidance. We will work with you to successfully navigate the ups and downs of the dispute process.

It’s important to keep in mind that not all complications are a bad thing. If you discover that there are multiple liable defendants. For example, then you may be in a better position to recover adequate damages. Particularly in the event that one of the defendants lacks insurance coverage.

California implements the doctrine of pure comparative fault (otherwise known as pure comparative negligence), which is quite plaintiff-friendly. What this means is that you can recover damages even if you have contributed significant fault to your own injuries. In other words, even if you are partially negligent, you can secure compensation. Comparative fault is very common in California car accident litigation. On the other hand the defendant may attempt to paint you as contributorily negligent whenever possible.

Comparative fault works by assessing negligence across all involved parties as a percentage value. After assessing the fault once, the total damages are then reduced and distributed accordingly.

For example, suppose you get injury in a car accident where the court finds you 25 percent at-fault for your own injuries. Perhaps you did not act appropriately after the occurrence of the accident, thus exacerbating your injuries. If your damages were $100,000 in total, then your ultimate recovery will reduce to 75 percent, or $75,000.

Vicarious Liability

Vicarious liability aplies in California and in other state jurisdictions. Essentially, the principle of vicarious liability allows plaintiffs in car accidents. And other personal injury scenarios to hold an employer liable for the negligent acts of their employees. In the car accident context, this typically involves a driver-employee who has acted negligently while on the job, meaning he was acting within the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident.

For example, if  car accidents injures you due to the excessive speeding of the defendant-driver and you discover that the defendant-driver was on their way to meet a client on behalf of their company, then you may be able to attach vicarious liability to the employer for the negligence of their employee.

Negligent Entrustment

Negligent entrustment in California allows you to attach liability to the owner of a defendant-driver’s vehicle if the owner knew or should have known that the driver was “incompetent” to drive at the time, and still permitted the driver to use the vehicle.

For example, if a person allows their friend to use their car after they notice that their friend is intoxicate, then they can be held liable for damages under the theory of negligent entrustment.

Product Liability

Product liability claims are difficult to litigate, but they are not uncommon in the car accident context. If you discover in the course of investigating the accident that your car was defectively designed or manufactured, then you could bring a claim against the manufacturer for damages. Product liability claims often turn on whether you can show that the product was actually “defective” and therefore posed an injury hazard to foreseeable users.

Premises Liability

Many injured car accidents plaintiffs do not realize that they may actually have a premises liability claim against the property owner of the roadway on which they get harm. You may have a claim for premises liability if you can show that there was a dangerous condition on the property (e.g. a hazard) that contributed to your injuries.

For example, if you are passing through an intersection and you are t-boned by an oncoming truck. Then you might find that the intersection traffic signals were actually defective at the time of the accident. This may have induced the truck to continue through the intersection, thus leading to the collision. The defective traffic signal may gets repair, and the failure to correct the hazard may expose the entity that maintains/controls the property to significant damages liability.

We Will Take Care of Everything

It’s important to us that your case should be handle in an efficient and effective manner. We believe that clients must prioritize their physical and psychological recovery in the wake of a serious car accident. As such, we strive to handle all the challenging details and litigation-related complications. So that you can concentrate on actually recovering from your injuries and reintegrating yourself into the workplace and your community.

We are, fundamentally, a client-oriented firm. We understand the challenges that our clients face and how best to engage clients.  as to position them advantageously while representing their interests in litigation.

In our view, the attorney-client relationship is a partnership. And as such, we emphasize open communication so that our clients are fully aware of what we’re doing on their behalf. We provide settlement breakdowns and responsive advocacy. In some cases, we will reduce fees when the situation calls for it. We can also help clients in finding reputable physicians to assist with their medical care.

Our Belief

It is our genuine belief that by maintaining a transparent, highly communicative partnership with our clients, we are better able to serve them. Thanks to our unique approach to client engagement. We can take decisive action during the dispute process. At no point do we act with ambiguous or otherwise unclear information.

Each of our clients is assigned at least one dedicated case manager and one attorney. It’s worth noting, however, that although we are focused on the provision of truly individualized advocacy. We are also equipping to successfully litigate complex, multi-million-dollar cases. And see them all the way through to trial, if necessary. Here at Prestige Law Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers, we have low overhead costs, giving us the ability to represent clients. In a way that emphasizes personal attention and care while litigating a dispute at the highest possible level.