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  • How to Help Teens Avoid Distracted Driving Is your teenager a new driver? Here, we share tips on how to help him avoid engaging in distracted driving practices that may be the cause of a car accident.
  • San Diego Injuries: Importance of Sunlight & Healing the Body by Robert G. Wright Have you discovered absorbing nutrition directly from the earth elements? Namely the sun and the power of healing it can provide the body in times of injury?
  • Personal Injury Attorney in San Diego Explains Senior Driver Safety A personal injury attorney in San Diego is one of the best people to explain senior driver safety. For San Diego car accident claim help call – 888-845-6269.
  • Most Common Dangerous San Diego Car Accidents If one of the many dangerous San Diego car accidents injured you or someone you love then contact a San Diego injury lawyer – 888-845-6269.
  • 3 Mistakes to Avoid After a Car Crash in San Diego After car crash in San Diego avoid common accident scene mistakes. If you have been injured, contact a San Diego accident attorney in San Diego – 888-845-6269.
  • How to Handle Aggressive Drivers on the Road Road rage causes thousands of San Diego, California car accidents each year. Speak with a San Diego car crash lawyer if you’ve been hurt: 1-888-845-6269.
  • Recent California Traffic Accident Statistics: Teenage Drivers If you have questions about teenage driver in California traffic accident statistics contact San Diego accident lawyers for assistance. Call now - 888-845-6269.
  • Struggling With Financial Hardships after a San Diego Car Accident After a car accident in San Diego, you will likely face financial hardships. Call 1-888-845-6269 or 1-619-813-7955 for help with a personal injury claim.
  • Seek Immediate Medical Care to Help Your San Diego Injury Lawyer Build a Solid Case Seek medical care after a car crash in San Diego to help your San Diego injury lawyer build a solid case. For legal help, call 888-845-6269 or 619-813-7955.
  • Allstate Insurance & MIST Cases | San Diego Car Accident & Injury Claims Allstate insurance came up with the MIST case designation which stands for "Minor Impact Soft Tissue" or "MIST" for short. The advent of MIST programs corresponded with the industry growth of bio-mechanical expert witnesses. At Allstate insurance, supervisors are trained how to "motivate the need for MIST specialists.
  • How Long Will My San Diego Personal Injury Case Take To Settle? The simple answer is, no one really knows because there are generally three unknown factors at the beginning of a case that influence time: ? How long it will take for your body to heal from an accident; ? How long it will take for all treating doctors to complete their medical findings on you; and, ? How long it will take for your attorney to communicate the medical findings to the insurance company for its review.
  • Damages You Can Recover From a San Diego California Accident Case An automobile insurance company is usually only interested in paying you the least amount of money to settle your auto accident bodily injury claim, but an experienced, competent and reputable California car accident lawyer will pursue all types of compensation for an auto injury client. This is what "levels the playing field" when it comes to a California car or motorcycle accident and a California insurance company. If you or someone you know has been injured in an auto or motorcycle accident, you may be entitled to recover compensation for your injuries and damages.
  • Possible Sources of Recovery for a Car Accident Case | San Diego California t is in your best legal interest that you hire a Chula Vista California Car Accident law firm that will do more than just file a claim with an insurance company on your behalf, especially because the available insurance policy may turn out to have insufficient limits to fully cover your damages in your bodily injury claim. A resourceful Chula Vista auto accident lawyer will investigate all sources of compensation and pursue all avenues of recovery for injured claimants, including any passengers you may have had with you (or if you were the injured passenger in someone else's motor vehicle).
  • 14.4 Million Awarded to a Children of San Diego Family for a Roll-over Auto Accident A jury in the San Diego has just awarded $14 .4 million to the children of a couple who were killed in an automobile accident linked to a tire blowout of a vehicle involved in the horrific accident. The accident happened in July 2006; Mr. Casey Barber and his wife were driving on Highway 98 in Arizona, when their Ford E350 Sportsmobile van lost control and flipped over causing injuries. Unfortunately, both husband and wife were killed in this terrible accident. The auto accident was later traced to tire tread separation (defective tire) of the right tire of the van they were driving. Their children were just eight, three and five years old at the time, and they now live with their aunt and a husband. Per the attorneys for the victims, the San Diego car dealership Mossy Ford failed to fix the tire properly and adequately in 2005, and evidence was supplied at trial to support this contention.
  • Recent California Rains Make Roadways Slick and Wet Causing Major Auto Accidents The California Highway Patrol found itself extremely busy during the Christmas 2010 Holiday Season as extremely wet weather contributed to a number of motor vehicle accidents on California freeways. The roads and highways had been made slippery by recent rain, and as San Diego Personal Injury lawyers would expect, many motorists were taken by surprise and ended up in Emergency Rooms and ambulances. In total, the there was about 73 accidents that were reported on San Diego County highways and freeways in just one day of rains.
  • What Damages Can I get from my Chula Vista Car Accident? | Lawyer, CA Chula Vista Injury Attorney Law Firm: If you happen to get involved in a California car accident, you are more likely to suffer from bodily injuries and property damage in most cases. In some car crashes and collisions, these injuries can sometimes be fatal. However, vehicle design in the last twenty years has greatly improved the safety of vehicle occupants. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) showed that a vehicle accident occurs every two minutes across the country, injuring thousands of people every year.
  • Claims for California Car Accident Property Damage/Loss | El Cajon, CA Car Accident Attorney in El Cajon, California: A person whose car was damaged in a California car accident is entitled to recover damages for loss of use of vehicle which includes damages for the loss of the use of car during the duration of repair, if the car is a total loss until it is replaced. Generally, the loss for the damaged vehicle is often measured as the cost of a rental car, excluding insurance or sales tax, during the period.
  • Why the Auto Insurance Company Is Not On Your Side | San Diego CA Injury El Cajon Auto Accident Attorney: Insurance companies are businesses and, like any profit-seeking business, they have no incentives to pay out full value on an injury claim unless it is absolutely necessary. They hire claims adjusters to persuade the injured to agree to a low settlement so the insurance companies can maximize profits. They also train their claims adjusters very well. Insurance claims adjusters are trained to call you as soon as possible after an accident to make you give a recorded statement. You must be careful, because your statements can be taken out of context by the adjuster.
  • Top Defenses to your California Personal Injury Case | Accident & Injuries Remember, insurance companies and their lawyers are “skilled counter punchers” when it comes to negotiating your personal injury case. Their job is to throw as much “mud up on a wall” regarding your injury to see what might stick if your case goes all the way to a jury trial. Here are some of the top defenses I have seen insurers use in their arsenal to deflate the value of your personal injury claim: