San Francisco, The Bay Area, And Oakland Caltrans Vehicle Accident Attorney

From a legal aspect, you can picture Caltrans as the property manager or maintenance company in charge of the expressways and freeways in the Bay Area, San Francisco, and Oakland. Just like the property manager and staff of a hotel, apartment complex, or office building, Caltrans staff are required to maintain the areas under their care in a safe and hazard-free manner. When they inspect the roads, signage, and safety barriers, they are required to make all necessary repairs to ensure the safety of drivers who will use the roads. If there is litter or debris in the road because of an accident, they should remove it and ensure the road’s surface is not overly damaged and unsafe.

When the staff that is charged with caring for a property, in this case, the freeways and expressways around San Francisco, the Bay Area, and Oakland, fail to provide the required services to ensure the safety of property users, they can be deemed negligent in their duty of care. In addition, if that negligence is later found to have caused or contributed to the injuries of a user, the company or, in this case, Caltrans, can be held liable for the losses and expenses incurred by the injury victim.

What this means for drivers is that if they suffered a car accident in one of these communities because of a massive hole in the roadway, a space where the safety barrier was missing, or were in an accident because the warning signs along the road were damaged and unreadable, they could have grounds to sue Caltrans for the losses and expenses created due to their vehicle accident. Please reach out to the dedicated staff at San Francisco, the Bay Area, or Oakland DTLA Law Group to discuss the incident you feel could have been caused by Caltrans’s negligence and caused you to suffer losses, expenses, and possibly physical harm.

When you picture a car accident, the results will be significantly different based on the location of the vehicle accident. If it occurred on a city street where traffic was moving at 25 miles per house, the harm and damage could be minimal. However, when there is a car crash on an expressway or freeway where speeds are 60 miles per hour or more, the damage to the vehicles and injuries to occupants of the vehicle can be catastrophic and include:

• Damage to the back, neck, or spinal cord
• Harm to the delicate skin of the face and injuries to the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
• Head injuries that can include a skull fracture, severe concussion, brain bleed, or other traumatic brain injuries
• Compound fractures
• Broken or shattered bones
• Joint dislocations that include destruction of the soft connective tissue of the joint
• Damage to soft tissue and destruction of nerves
• Severe lacerations and puncture wounds that often also include damage to internal organs and internal bleeding
• Partial or complete amputations
• Severe electrical or contact burns or electrical shock injuries

As you begin to see medical bills and other expenses rolling in after your injury incident, you are sure to be concerned about how the compensation amount of a personal injury lawsuit is calculated to ensure you can get enough to cover all of your expenses. Many people think there are predetermined amounts awarded by the court that might not be enough to cover their debt. However, that is not correct. Instead, each case is examined independently, and the compensation amount is determined based on the actual losses and expenses incurred by the victim.

Working with your DTLA Law Group Caltrans vehicle accident attorney, you will gather all the documentation to verify your allowable expenses that will be tabulated during the valuation of your personal injury lawsuit. The items that are most commonly used in these processes include but are not always strictly limited to:

• The cost of all legal services related to the preparation, filing, and litigation of your Caltrans vehicle accident in San Francisco, the Bay Area, or Oakland
• All medical costs related to diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating the injuries suffered in the injury incident, as well as the cost of any therapy or emotional care needed to address the trauma and stress of the incident and your injuries
• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the Caltrans vehicle accident incident in Oakland, the Bay Area, or San Francisco
• The victims lost income if the harm they suffered in the San Francisco, Bay Area, or Oakland vehicle accident prevented them from working at their regular jobs until they were fully healed and cleared by their medical care providers to return to the duties of their job

As the victim of a personal injury, you often have two years to file your lawsuit with the court; however, in California, when the responsible party is a government entity or agency like Caltrans, you have only six months from the date of the injury to file your lawsuit. In addition, the time limit is strictly enforced, and once it has expired, you will no longer be permitted to seek compensation for the losses and expenses you suffered via a lawsuit. Please make time at your earliest opportunity to contact DTLA Law Group to discuss the time remaining for you to pursue legal action to get the financial help you need to cover your expenses from a Caltrans vehicle accident.

When you work with the caring and dedicated team at DTLA Law Group, you will never need to feel added stress about how you will pay expenses related to your lawsuit. Our firm never charges our valued clients anything until the legal matter is completed, and they have the compensation needed to allow them to pay their fees and expenses. In addition, if your DTLA Law Group Caltrans vehicle accident attorney fails to win your case and deliver the compensation you need to cover the legal fees and expenses, you owe the firm nothing. Our pledge is to provide guidance and solutions and never to increase your challenges or hardships. After years of serving clients like yourself, we have a very clear understanding of the issues created and the massive expenses faced when someone suffers injuries that can alter the rest of their life. Please know that DTLA Law Group is here to help resolve these problems and will never add to them.

Our office staff can be reached around the clock to help you begin making progress in understanding your options and the actions you can take to best meet your immediate and long-term needs, thanks to the protection of the legal system and the dedication of the legal team at DTLA Law Group.