Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer

Accidents happen and sometimes people get injured.  When you are the person who is injured through the negligence of someone else, it is time to contact an Orange County personal injury attorney.  You may experience traumatic injuries, pain and suffering, lost wages, property damage, and medical expenses.  Do not go it alone when trying to collect compensation in Orange County.  Personal injury lawyers will be able to help you.

You should contact a personal injury lawyer in Orange County as soon as possible after the accident due to the California statute of limitation involving personal injury, which is two years from the date you sustained your injuries.

Personal Injuries in Orange County

In Orange County, over 14,000 injuries occurred due to automobile accidents in 2007.  If you are involved in a car accident and are injured in Orange County, Proposition 213 may come into play.

California Proposition 213 (Civil Code Section 333.4) was passed in 1996.  It states that if you are not at fault in a car accident and you do not have automobile liability insurance, you can collect compensation for economic expenses such as medical bills and lost wages that were a result of your injuries. However, you cannot collect compensation for a non-economic loss such as your pain and suffering or functional loss that resulted from your injuries.

Under Proposition 213, if it is determined that the driver at fault was driving under the influence of alcohol, you could collect compensation for both economic and non-economic expenses.  Also under Proposition 213, you can collect compensation such as when you are a passenger or a pedestrian when you were injured in an accident involving a motor vehicle in Orange County.

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Personal injury law firms with experience in personal Injury law can help you by examining all the evidence and researching the law to help determine if you are entitled to collect compensation and what amount.  They will stand beside you during an Orange County personal liability lawsuit.

Let our personal injury lawyers work for you.  The Law Offices of David P. Crandall represents injured people and their families in Irvine, Orange County and throughout California. Contact us today.