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What Are Emotional Damages in a California Car Accident Claim?
If you have experienced a serious car accident, you may have to receive extensive medical treatment and rehabilitation. While physical injuries require immediate care, the emotional damages of a severe car accident can be lasting and can impact a victim’s wellbeing long-term. If you sustained substantial injuries, chances are you will also have to navigate… read more
How to Prove Pain and Suffering in a California Car Accident Claim
Car accidents can take a toll on the emotional well-being of victims. Physical injuries may heal in time following an accident, but pain and suffering may prolong for years, or even decades. Some victims may experience emotional pain and suffering due to their accident for the rest of their life. Pain and suffering due to… read more
What Are the Most Commonly Overlooked Injuries after a Car Accident?
Injuries can be commonly overlooked after a car accident because of the adrenaline and shock that affect your body. There can be a great deal to take in after an accident, including your personal injuries, the scene, your totaled car, and emergency medical care. You may be feeling overwhelmed, and it can be common that… read more
Do Personal Injury Claims Cover Chiropractic Care?
Severe injuries resulting from a car accident can be improved by chiropractic care. Sometimes chiropractic care is included in your scope of medical care by your physician, but you may also have to seek it out independently. Treatment can be expensive, and you may be wondering if personal injury claims cover chiropractic care. Insurance companies… read more
Is it Legal to Ride in the Back of a Truck in California and What Are the Risks?
While California is known for its palm-studded roads and fashionable cities, it’s also home to vast amounts of farmland and vineyards. So many of our small towns retain the comfort of country living, where riding in the back of a pickup truck is not uncommon. This brings up the question… what legal rights does a… read more
What Are the 4 “A’s” of Motorcycle Safety?
At Eric Ratinoff Law Corp., we advocate for clients who have suffered personal injuries in any motorcycle accident caused by another person’s negligent or careless behavior. In doing so, we believe it’s important to promote safe and responsible motorcycle handling to help avoid such accidents. Each California motorcycle operator has the legal duty to handle… read more
What Are Truck Underride Accidents?
Underride accidents occur when smaller motor vehicles crash into the sides or back of a semi-truck and slide underneath. Large commercial trucks and straight bed trucks are often just high enough off the ground that when a vehicle slides underneath, the car’s roof is sheared off. These kinds of collisions are extremely dangerous. Victims of… read more
Can I File a Personal Injury Claim If I Am Injured on an Electric Scooter in California?
As technology advances, new forms of transportation continue to evolve. The electric scooter is one of the most exciting new ways to travel around a city, take a tour, or get across a college campus. In the United States, there are close to 100,000 electric scooters available for public use. While this new means of… read more
How Can Social Media Impact Your California Personal Injury Case?
In today’s world, it has become normal for people to post the details of their lives online. But when it comes to a personal injury case, it’s best to stay away from social media altogether. Images, videos, and other information posted on social media are considered written documents by law. Therefore, social media posts may… read more
Types of Lung Injuries That Often Result from Car Accidents
Car accidents can lead to highly damaging injuries for victims. Some of the most common injuries that result from car accidents are lung injuries. If you or a loved one suffered a lung injury due to another driver’s negligent acts, you deserve to be compensated for your losses. For help with your car accident claim,… read more
