Serious Injury Attorney Barry Pasternack Practice Areas
- WRONGFUL DEATH
- SAN DIEGO VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
- CALIFORNIA DOG BITES
- CALIFORNIA SLIP AND FALL/PREMISE LIABILITY
- DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
- SPINAL CORD INJURY
- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Wrongful death law is an area of law that seeks to provide financial compensation to the family of a person whose death was caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act of another. In addition to receiving compensation for wrongful death, the family of the deceased can recover damages for personal injury to the decedent. Wrongful death can occur as the result of medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, defective products, premises fatality accidents, automobile fatality accidents and other negligent situations.
Legal claims that arise from vehicle accidents are typically governed by the law of negligence. Any individual who negligently operates a motor vehicle may be required to pay damages to an injured victim. A personal injury case involving a vehicle accident may become formalized through civil court proceedings, or may be resolved through an informal settlement before a lawsuit is filed. Vehicle accidents can include car accidents, boating accidents, bicycle accidents, motorcycle accidents, semi tractor trailer accidents, school bus accidents and truck accidents, to name a few. Anyone injured by a drunk driver in a traffic accident, or surviving family members of a fatality accident victim, may be able to bring wrongful death charges against the defendant.
Being attacked by an animal is an extremely stressful event. Many dog bite injuries leave scars and have lasting emotional effects. In the state of California, state statutes create strict liability for owners of dogs. Dog owners in San Diego have statutory responsibilities to ensure that their pets do not cause harm to others. A dog bite victim may be entitled to compensation from a party whose negligence caused the attack, a party who violated a public health and safety law, such as a leash law, and/or from a party who kept a dog with the knowledge that the dog had a history of injuring people.
CALIFORNIA SLIP AND FALL/PREMISE LIABILITY:
Slip and fall accidents can cause serious injury, although often are not taken seriously. A fall on another person's property due to unsafe conditions may be eligible for compensation due to personal injury. Property owners are responsible for keeping their premises safe and must warn visitors of potential non-obvious hazards. For example, if fluids are left on the floor of a store for an unreasonable amount of time or there is no effort to clean the floor after notice of the condition, the owner may be legally liable for a slip and fall injury occurring in that location.
Most California slip and falls happen in commercial settings, including grocery stores, drug stores, office buildings, construction sites, and even gas stations and malls. These accidents may also happen on private property. Either way, there exist duties on the part of the property owners to maintain the property responsibly and avoid the existence of dangerous conditions.
Product liability refers to a manufacturer or seller being held liable for placing a defective product into the hands of a consumer. A person injured by a defective or dangerous product may be eligible to file a lawsuit for product liability, and recover damages under one of the following categories: strict product liability, negligence, or breach of warranty.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when the nerves within the spinal canal are damaged. Most SCI's are caused by trauma to the vertebral column, affecting the spinal cord's ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body's systems that control sensory, motor and autonomic function. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of SCI, followed by acts of violence, falls, sports injuries and diseases such as polio, spina bifida, and Friedreich’s Ataxia. The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur; it only has to be fractured.
Many serious vehicle and recreational accidents result in severe injuries to the brain which in the worst case can require life-long treatment and care. Traumatic brain injury cases require special experience to demonstrate the evidence by use of the correct damage testimony, expert witnesses and documentation. San Diego serious injury Attorney Barry Pasternack has a proven track record handling these complex cases.
If you or someone you know in San Diego, California, or within the surrounding cities and counties of California needs the assistance or legal counsel of an experienced serious injury lawyer, contact Attorney Barry Pasternack today at (866) 737-8601, or complete the contact form provided on this site to begin your free consultation with a San Diego serious injury attorney.
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