FAQ

A Personal Injury (PI) is any physical or mental injury to a person as a result of someone’s negligence or harmful act. Some examples are: No fault auto accident, bicycle accident, bus accident. Slip & Fall, dog bite and many more.

• Another party had a duty to do or not to do something. Such as drive carefully, clean the floor make the place safe or warn)
• The other part violated/ breached their duty
• You suffered an injury/damages
• The injury/ damages were caused as a result of the breach.

Although being involved in a car accident is extremely stressful, if you are able to follow the below steps it will significantly help your case:

• Call the police.
• Take photos of the accident scene.
• Talk to any witnesses and get their contact information.
• Get insurance information and Driving license from the other driver.
• Do Not make any Statement about Fault
• Be evaluated by a doctor: Try to see a medical professional at a hospital emergency room, urgent care or your own physician ASAP, preferably the same day of the accident.
• Take photos of your bruises, scrapes or other physical injuries.
• Call a personal injury attorney

If you have been injured as a result of the negligence of another, whether it be a car, motorcycle, trucking accident, or bicycle accident, or any other type of accident, you are well advised to seek the assistance of a personal injury attorney. An experienced attorney will provide free, no risk case consultations to injured persons and their families. They will help you determine if you are able to recover the compensation you deserve for your injuries (medical bills, lost wages, car repair, doctors bills, etc) to help you get back on your feet to where you were prior to the accident.

Your interests and the interests of the insurance company are not the same. Insurance companies will attempt to provide you with legal advise designed to benefit them. You should seek an opinion from a personal injury lawyer to get an unbiased legal opinion regarding your case and your rights. Many injury lawyers will provide a free, no risk case consultation to injured persons and their families.

Although your insurance will initially pay for your medical bills, you will still be responsible for your own deductibles and co-pays. This can become a serious financial burden. Your insurance company will file a lien on what they spent but you need someone to fight for you. If you have a serious injury, It can become very expensive and very complicated very fast unless you have someone to fight for you. A personal injury attorney will set you up with medical care that will wait to be paid only upon settlement of the case. They will not bother you with bills and deal with the attorney directly.

There are many good attorneys in town. You can always find someone to that handles small, medium, large, and very large injury cases. Our injury cases range from soft tissue injury car accident cases to concussion, catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. At the Law office of Eduard Braun, no case is too small to handle!

Yes, you are covered and can recover from either party:

• The insurance policy covering the driver of the care in which you were a passenger supposed to cover your injuries, loss of work and pain and suffering. Policy limitation may affect the amount of coverage.
• If the car in which you were a passenger does not have insurance, you are entitled to be covered for “Economic Damages” such as medical bills and lost earnings from the other car although your driver was the one at fault.

In California there is a two year Statute of limitations to file a claim for personal injury. It means that usually after two years you forfeit your right to file your claim if it was not field before that. (Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 335.1)