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Monday, June 28th, 2010
California is one the most beautiful places to enjoy riding a motorcycle. Not surprisingly, there are over 1.3 million motorcycles registered in the state of California. Whether people are riding for pleasure or for the economy of riding a bike, there are certainly a lot of them riding. Despite efforts by both public and private groups to make other drivers on the road more aware of motorcycles, motorcycles continue to account for a disproportionate number of accidents each year. While bikers represent only 2.1% of all registered vehicles in California, they account for 9.4% of all traffic fatalities in the state. Each year, about 500 people are killed in the State of California in motorcycle accidents and another 10,000 are seriously injured. Sadly, those figures are going up instead of down. If you have been involved in a motorcycle accident, you may be considering hiring a lawyer to represent you. You may also be wondering how a motorcycle accident lawyer can help you in your motorcycle accident case.
While each motorcycle accident case is different, statistics tell us that there is a very good chance the accident you were involved in was not your fault. About 75% of all motorcycle accidents are caused by the other driver. In the majority of those cases, the driver of the other vehicle admits that they simply did not see the motorcycle. If the accident was not your fault, then a motorcycle accident attorney may be able to help you receive compensation that you are entitled to for the injuries that you suffered as a result of the accident. Under the California laws of negligence, if someone else was negligent (at fault) in your accident, then they must compensate you for your physical and emotional injuries that are a result of the accident. A motorcycle lawyer has years of experience handling these claims and is better able to negotiate a settlement for you. While it is true that you may be able to deal directly with the insurance company and they will likely offer you a settlement without the assistance of a lawyer, chances are that they will offer you far less than what you deserve.
Additionally, if your case does not settle – either because the other driver is not admitting negligence or because they are not offering you what your case is worth – then you will have an experienced and knowledgeable litigator at your side fighting for your rights and for the compensation that you are entitled to for the injuries you have suffered. Only a lawyer knows the ins and outs of a trial. Everyone hopes that their case can be settled quickly and efficiently without the need to go to trial, however if a trial is necessary, there is nothing like the feeling that someone is by your side and will lead the way through the process.
If you have been injured in a California motorcycle accident and would like a free and detailed evaluation of your potential motorcycle case, please contact motorcycle lawyer Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates today for an appointment. He can be reached at 1-800-300-0001 or online at www.ledgerlaw.com
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
If you have been involved in an accident in the State of California, you may be deciding whether or not to hire a lawyer to represent you in your case. Accident cases come in many forms from care accident to airplane accidents and nursing home abuse to mesothelioma lawsuits. All of these are considered negligence cases in the State of California and all may be entitled to compensation. If you have been the victim of someone else’s negligence in the State of California, you may be entitled to compensation for the injuries you have suffered. So what exactly does an accident lawyer do and how can they help you in your accident case?
A California accident lawyer actually wears many hats so to speak. The first thing that he will do for you is become your voice throughout your entire case. You will no longer need to talk to anyone about your case. Your accident lawyer will immediately open up a dialogue with the insurance company, your medical providers and the courts. The only time you will need to speak to anyone about your case is with your lawyer by your side protecting your interests. This can lift a huge burden off your back and allow you to focus on taking care of yourself and healing.
Your accident lawyer will also aggressively investigate your accident case in an attempt to determine who was responsible for your injuries. This investigation may take a prolonged period of time and may require the assistance of experts that you may not have access to yourself. Your accident lawyer knows what to look for in an accident case and how to find it based on the yeas of experience he has had investigating accident cases.
Your accident lawyer will also help you locate the medical care that you need in order to heal. Many times, victims are unable to locate a medical provider that will work with them if they are not insured. An accident lawyer may be able to help you with this problem if you are faced with it.
Most importantly, your accident lawyer will fight for the compensation that you deserve for the injuries that you have suffered. Your California accident lawyer knows how the legal system works and how to get the maximum amount of compensation possible for you. Many times, the physical injuries you received in an accident are just the tip of the iceberg. You may also have suffered emotional or psychological injuries as well. Additionally, injuries that may not appear to be severe at the moment may continue to cause you problems for years to come. You are entitled to be compensated for ALL your injuries – even those that cannot be seen or that have yet to be seen.
If you have any additional questions about what your California accident lawyer can do for you, please feel free to schedule a free and detailed consultation with California accident lawyer Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates. He can be reached at 1-800-300-0001 or online at www.ledgerlaw.com.
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
If you are like most accident victims in California, you are looking for the right lawyer to represent you in your negligence lawsuit. Accidents can happen at any time and take many forms. Common types of California accidents include car accidents, motorcycle accidents, train accidents and airplane accidents. Regardless of what type of accident you were in, if you suffered injuries as a result of someone else’s negligence, then you may be entitled to recover monetary compensation for those injuries from the responsible party or parties. Many victims schedule consultations with a small number of lawyers in an effort to determine which lawyer they feel is the right one to handle their case. Consultations are a great way to get to know your prospective lawyer and to ask any questions that you may have. If you have gotten to the point of scheduling consultations, then you want to be prepared to make the most out of the limit time that you have with the lawyer. The California accident law firm of Ledger & Ledger says that there are a number of things that you can do to prepare for a consultation with an accident lawyer:
1. Bring documents with you. Exactly what documents you may have will differ from case to case and may depend on what type of accident you were involved in, but can include police reports, insurance policies, product warranties and sales receipts. You are better off bringing everything that you think may be useful and let the lawyer decide what he wants to see.
2. Bring medical reports or discharge summaries. If you received any medical treatment after the accident, bring any paperwork that indicates what injuries you suffered and/or what treatment you received or are continuing to receive. Again, more is better if you are unsure what to bring.
3. Prepare a list of questions. Most initial consultations are limited to under an hour so you want to make sure that you ask all the important questions while you are there. What is important to you may be different than what is important to someone else, but common questions are: “How long have you been practicing law?” “What type of cases do you take?” “What is your success rate” and “What are your fees”. You may also want to ask practical questions about where their offices are located, how you will be able to communicate with them and what hours they are available for appointments.
By preparing yourself for your consultation with a California accident lawyer, you will get the most out of the consultation and the lawyer will be in a better position to answer your questions and evaluate your case.
If you are in need of a California accident attorney, please call the law offices of Ledger & Associates and make an appointment for a free and detailed evaluation with accident lawyer Emery Ledger. With over a decade of experience in all types of accident cases, attorney Ledger can answer all of your accident case questions. The law firm can be reached online at www.ledgerlaw.com or by calling 1-800-300-0001.
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
If you were injured in an accident in California and you believe that someone else was at fault for the accident, you may be faced with medical bills, property damage and time lost from your job. Depending on how severe your injuries were, you may even have lost your job and may be facing additional medical bills in the months or even yeas to come. You could even be facing problems finding a medical provider to treat your injuries if you did not have medical insurance at the time of the accident. You are not alone. Accidents of all kinds happen every day in California and the victims are left trying to figure out how to pay for medical treatment, how to repair damage to vehicles and what to do about their job. This is where a California accident lawyer can help. You may be concerned that on top of all the other bills you now have that you cannot afford to hire a lawyer to represent you in your accident lawsuit. The good news is that you may not need to worry about money for your California accident lawyer.
The benefits of hiring an accident lawyer to represent your interests are numerous. Statistics show that accident settlements and jury awards are consistently higher for victims that are represented by lawyers. This means more money for you to pay your bills and to compensate you for the pain and suffering you have experienced as a result of someone else’s negligence. In the short run, having a lawyer represent you means that you do not need to talk to the insurance company, the defendant or the courts. You can focus on healing the injuries that you suffered. Additionally, if you are having problems getting your vehicle fixed, finding a medical provider to treat you or are in jeopardy of losing your job, your lawyer may be able to intervene and help.
Unlike many other types of cases that lawyers handle, accident lawyers frequently accept personal injury accident cases on a contingency basis. A contingency arrangement basically means that you will not be charged anything upfront. Your lawyer will aggressively investigate, negotiate and even try your case to a jury without you having to pay anything. At the end of the case, your lawyer will receive a percentage of the final settlement or jury award as payment for their services. This method of payment was developed many years ago precisely for situations like yours where the victim would be left without any way to be compensated for their injuries if they had to pay a lawyer upfront just accept the case. This type of payment arrangement also gives your lawyer an incentive to get you the most compensation possible. At the end of your accident case, your lawyer will pay out any medical providers, expert witnesses or other bills associated with your case and then your lawyer will be paid his agreed upon percentage. Everything that is left will be your compensation for the injuries you have received.
In the end, if you have been the victim in a California accident, you may be able to hire an accident lawyer to represent you without having to worry about yet another bill. If you have additional questions or would like a free and detailed evaluation of your accident case, please call California accident lawyer Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates at 1-800-300-0001 or visit him online www.ledgerlaw.com.
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
The sudden and unexpected death of a loved one can be both emotionally and financially traumatizing. If the decedent was your spouse, you have lost your life partner as well as the other half of your financial future. If you have children, they have lost not only their parent but someone that contributed financial and emotional guidance. If the decedent was your adult child, aside from having to deal with the nightmare of outliving your child, you may have lost someone that you trusted to care for you in your later years. If the death of your loved one was caused by the negligence of another person or persons, then the loss and the pain are that much worse.
Filing a California wrongful death lawsuit will not bring your loved one back, but it may help ease the financial burden faced by you and your family as a result of the death of your loved one. A wrongful death lawsuit is an action that alleges that your loved one’s death was the result, in whole or in part, of the negligent or willful conduct of the defendant. According to California wrongful death attorney Emery Ledger, a wrongful death lawsuit can only be filed by specific heirs or persons with a relationship to the decedent as outline in the California Code of Civil Procedure Section 377.60. Once a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed, your attorney will begin the process of attempting to value the case. This can be a very emotional process as no one wants to put a value on the life of a loved one. Once you and your attorney have reached what you believe to be a reasonable value for the case, your attorney will begin to negotiate with the Defendant or their insurance company. If a settlement amount is agreed upon, then the case will come to a close. If however, you and your attorney are not able to reach a reasonable settlement amount with the Defendant, then your case will eventually move to a jury trial where the jury will determine whether the defendant was negligent and if so, how much to award you for your loss.
At the jury trial phase, there are a number of factors that the jury is allowed to consider when determining the value of the case and some things that the jury cannot consider. Among those things that the jury may consider are: loss of financial support that the claimant will suffer; earning capacity of the deceased; whether the decedent was thrifty or generous with his money; whether the decedent contributed freely to your support; the age of the decedent and your age; the health of the decedent and your health; and the life expectancy of the decedent and your life expectancy. The jury will only consider the shorter of the two life expectancies. In other words, if the decedent was your father, than compensation would be figured through the expected end of his life – not yours. Unlike other types of tort cases, the jury may not consider pain, suffering, emotional distress, mental distress, grief or sorrow that you have experienced as a result of the decedent’s death. The jury may, however, award an amount for loss of support, affection, love, companionship, comfort, society, solace and consortium (if applicable). The statute does not address how to figure this amount but says that damages awarded “under all the circumstances of the case, may be just”.
If you have additional questions regarding a California wrongful death claim, please feel free to contact California wrongful death attorney Emery Ledger at his firm Ledger & Associates either online at www.ledgerlaw.com or at his toll-free number 1-800-300-0001.
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
Almost all states requirement drivers to show proof of financial responsibility in order to legally drive on their roadways. California is no exception to that rule. California Insurance Code §11580.1b sets out the minimum liability insurance requirements for private passenger vehicles as follows: $15,000 for injury/death to one person; $30,000 for injury/death to more than one person; and $5,000 for damage to property. Despite these legal requirements, many people drive without liability insurance. It may be that their insurance has lapsed due to an oversight or possibly because they simply couldn’t afford to pay for it. Regardless of the reason, San Diego car accident attorney Emery Ledger is frequently asked what happens if someone is injured in an accident that was not their fault but they did not have the legally required liability insurance.
The California legislature and courts debated that issue for years before reaching a conclusion back in 1996. Proposition 213 finally decided the issue in somewhat of a compromise between the two sides. Proposition 213 essentially says that if you are the victim in a car accident wherein you were not at fault, but were driving without the legally required liability coverage, then you are still entitled to recover economic damages from the car accident, according to San Diego car accident attorney Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates. You may not, however, recover non-economic damages. Non-economic damages are what most people think of as pain and suffering. What this means, in most cases, is that you can recover the cost of your medical care, property damage to your vehicle, lost time from work and other out of pocket expenses. You will not be able to get additional money for any emotional toll that the accident took on you. There are additional provisions under Proposition for special circumstances such as when one of the drivers was driving under the influence or when one of the drivers was in the commission of a felony but the above applies to the majority of uninsured situations.
While there may be other penalties that impact your driver’s license, the bottom line is that if you were injured in a car accident and you were not at fault then you may still be able to recover compensation for the injuries you have suffered. As you may know, those damages alone can add up rather quickly and you should not have to shoulder the financial burden of paying for them if you were not at fault in the car accident. If you have been in a car accident, then don’t be afraid to contact an experienced San Diego car accident attorney to discuss your specific case. Emery Ledger, of Ledger & Associates has been practicing personal injury litigation for over twelve years in the San Diego area and would be happy to offer you a free detailed evaluation of your car accident case. He can be reached at his office at 1-800-300-0001 or you can visit him online at www.ledgerlaw.com.
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
If you have been in a car accident recently, you have probably been given advice from everyone you know – and maybe even people you don’t know – about hiring an attorney. You may not have made up your mind yet whether you even need an attorney. A car accident can cause upheaval in every aspect of your life and having to make legal decisions shortly after an accident can be even more frustrating and confusing. According to Riverside car accident attorney Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates, there are times when you can handle you own car accident case, but more times than not, the benefits of hiring a car accident attorney are well worth the coast. So what are the benefits of hiring a car accident attorney and what can you expect from one once you have hired him?
Probably the most important thing that you will receive from your car accident attorney is advice and guidance. Even a small car accident can be frustrating, confusing and throw your entire life into disarray. If you were seriously injured in a car accident, then you may be unable to do many of the things that need to be done after a car accident. Your car accident attorney should take charge from the moment that you retain him and give you advice and guidance on the steps you need to take to begin the journey back to a normal life again.
Once of the first thing your car accident attorney will do it to step in as your voice with the other driver’s insurance company, says Riverside car accident attorney Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates. The last thing you need to have to worry about after a car accident is arguing with an insurance company adjuster. Your car accident attorney will be your voice throughout the entire process.
Another thing that your car accident attorney will do is to help make sure that you receive the medical treatment that you need to heal. If you did not have insurance and are having a hard time finding care for your injuries, then speak to your car accident attorney and they will be able to help you.
If your vehicle was damages and you need immediate transportation – talk to your car accident attorney. You may also be entitled to a rental car while your car is being repaired. Your car accident attorney can also guide you through the process of getting estimates and repairs done on your vehicle.
Once you and your car are on the way to recovery, your car accident attorney will begin the process of investigating your case. Sometimes this is a simple process as liability was clear. Other times, the investigation may take weeks or even months before it is complete, says Riverside car accident attorney Emery Ledger. Occasionally, your car accident attorney must hire experts to analyze crash reports or medical reports. This is one huge advantage to having a car accident attorney on your side – they have access to more experts and investigators than the average person.
Finally, your car accident attorney will demand a settlement amount from the other party after consultation with you. If you are able to reach an out of court settlement, then your case is over. If not, and you have to go to trial, then you will really be thankful that you have your car accident attorney by your side. Only an experienced car accident attorney knows how to fight for you and win in an actual court.
If you have been in a Riverside car accident and would like to speak to an experienced Riverside car accident attorney, please contact Emery Ledger of Ledger & Associates at 1-800-300-0001 or www.ledgerlaw.com. He will be happy to give you a free detailed evaluation of your car accident case.
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