HOLLYWOOD PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER

Depending upon the specific facts of your case, you may be able to file a personal injury lawsuit, and an experienced personal injury attorney in Hollywood can help.

Auto Accidents and Personal Injury Law

According to a fact sheet from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), in 2014 alone nearly 30,000 deadly motor vehicle accidents occurred in the United States, and 32,675 people suffered fatal injuries in those crashes. The IIHS provides some specific facts for California:

•      In 2014, 2,833 fatal accidents occurred in California;
•      Drivers in California traveled a total average of 332,857 million miles in that year; and
•      3,074 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2014, at a rate of 7.9 deaths per 100,000 population.

While the rate of deadly traffic collisions in California is not as high as it is in other states, many of those deaths could have been prevented. In addition to car crashes, what should you know about trucking accidents and motorcycle accidents? A fact sheet from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) emphasizes that many trucking accidents involve occupants of a passenger vehicle sustaining serious injuries. Given that semi-trucks often weigh more than 10,000 pounds, they can cause substantial damage when they collide with a smaller passenger cars. Motorcyclists are at particular risk of sustaining serious or fatal injuries since they do not have the protections provided by a motor vehicle.

What causes serious motor vehicle accidents to occur, including car crashes, trucking collisions, and motorcycle accidents? An article in Business Insider cites some of the following major causes of motor vehicles crashes:

•      Aggressive driving, including speeding, improperly changing lanes, failure to stay in the lane, tailgating, failure to yield,        and other road rage behaviors;
•      Distracted driving, including texting or talking while driving;
•      Drowsy driving, which happens when you are too tired to properly focus on the road; and
•      Intoxicated driving, or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

If you were involved in a motor vehicle accident, including if you got hurt in a pedestrian accident or a bicycle accident, a personal injury lawyer in Hollywood, CA can assist with your case.

Workplace Accidents and Construction Site Injuries

Workplace accidents, including construction site accidents, frequently result in personal injury lawsuits. According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), construction accidents happen much too often in California and across the country. By the numbers, some of the most dangerous jobs include:

• Construction and roofing;
• Refuse and recyclable collectors;
• Trucking industry and other jobs that require driving;
• Fishers and fishing workers;
• Logging industry;
• Farming industry;
• Mining industry;
• Manufacturing and industrial machinery work; and
• Aircraft and flight engineers.

Defective Products and Strict Liability Claims

Personal injury law also contains a specific area of law known as products liability law. According to a fact sheet from the Cornell Legal Information Institute (LII), products liability “refers to the liability of any or all parties along the chain of manufacture of any product for damage caused by that product.” Typically, products liability claims fall into three categories:

•      Design defect: there is a defect in the design of the product that occurred prior to its manufacture.
•      Manufacturing defect: the product was properly designed, but a defect occurred during its manufacture.
•      Failure to warn, or marketing defect: there is nothing wrong with the product’s design or manufacture, but it was improperly marketed, or it was marketed in such a way that consumers did not know about or understand a possible hazard associated with the product.

In some cases, defective product claims are based on a theory of negligence, meaning that the designer, manufacturer, or marketing team was careless. Numerous product liability claims, however, are based on a theory of strict liability, in which the plaintiff does not have to prove that anyone was negligent. Instead, the fact that a company made a product that resulted in a plaintiff’s injury when that product was used as intended can be sufficient basis for a claim.

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Attorney Vibhu Talwar

Contact the Hollywood Personal Injury Lawyers

At Fisher & Talwar, we handle a wide variety of personal injury lawsuits, and an experienced Los Angeles personal injury lawyer at our firm can explore your options with you today. Contact us for more information about our services.

Fisher & Talwar

801 S Grand Ave, 11th Fl,
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 891-0777

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By appointment only.

Vibhu Talwar – vt@fishertalwar.com