Maison Law stands up for victims struck by merging drivers on busy Fresno Highways. Our lawyers make sure at-fault drivers are held responsible for victims’ medical bills and lost income.
If you have been injured, please contact a Fresno Car Accident Lawyer for a free case review. It’s an informative, no-string-attached way to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold a car insurance company fully responsible.
When You Should Have a Lawyer After a Merging Accident
If your accident involves a serious injury, and a merging driver caused your accident, a lawyer may provide a powerful advantage for your case. Maison Law can help make sure the fault sticks to the merging driver when insurance adjusters try to redirect blame.
A lawyer would take these steps and others to help increase the amount on your injury settlement check:
- Fully investigate the accident
- Use accident reconstruction teams if necessary
- Use the evidence to fight back if an insurer tries to blame you for what happened
- Utilize medical documents and charts in case an insurer tries to downplay how badly you are hurt
- File your claim for you while you are allowed to focus on healing
- Demand full compensation for your current damages and the medical care you may need in the future
- Check over every settlement offer you receive and reject it and demand more if it doesn’t cover all of your hardships.
You always have the right to file your own claim, but a skilled lawyer can often earn you much more in support than if you tried to take on a giant auto insurance provider yourself.
This is especially beneficial when you come away from a crash with something like a broken bone, a neck or back injury, or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). These serious injuries are a great sign that you should turn your case over to Maison Law of Fresno.
Taking Advantage of a Free Accident Consultation
If you aren’t sure if your case is worth filing, there’s no harm in scheduling a case review with a real Fresno car accident attorney. This consultation is free, 100% confidential, and it comes with no obligation.
Allow Maison Law to help you navigate through this difficult time. We’ll go over all of your legal options and help you find the best path to getting your bills paid and getting back on your feet.
Compensation to Demand from a Car Insurance Company
Victims often require much more in support than just money to pay off the bill for a quick trip to the Emergency Room bill. They may need full support for weeks or months as they recover from a serious injury.
They may require lifelong support after a catastrophic injury, like an amputation or spine damage that leads to permanent paralysis. These injuries affect victims for as long as they live and patients can require support to pay for home care, medical equipment, and medication.
All of this support must be demanded through a claim, including a list of everything the insurer will be responsible for.
A skilled Maison Law lawyer seeks these benefits and more for clients:
- Support to pay all ambulance fees, hospital bills, surgeon fees, and physical therapy costs.
- Estimated costs for a lifetime of care and support if a permanent physical disability is suffered.
- Support to cope with the physical pain endured in recovery and any chronic pain and arthritis developing in the future.
- Support for the emotional trauma suffered with a major injury. Depression and anxiety can affect victims. Support should be available if injured victims suffer a loss of enjoyment of life and can’t enjoy the activities they once did. Crash victims can also suffer PTSD symptoms stemming from the moment of impact.
- Past and future lost earnings and benefits while victims are forced to miss work hours.
- Money for a new car or car repairs.
Liability in a Merging Accident
The California Vehicle Code will almost always point the finger of blame at the merging driver in a collision. The driver is already on a highway, such as Route 180, will have the right of way and doesn’t have to move over for a merging driver. It’s up to the merging driver to join traffic find enough room to join traffic safely.
“(a) The driver of any vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from any public or private property, or from an alley, shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic, as defined in Section 620, approaching on the highway close enough to constitute an immediate hazard, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to that traffic until he or she can proceed with reasonable safety.”
Drivers using an onramp to get on a highway can get careless. They may speed up too much, or even slam on the brakes, and cause a collision along the Yosemite Freeway. They can also be looking at a cellphone and fail to track the traffic flow around them. They may make a lane change onto Highway 99 without checking mirrors and blind spots.
Merging motorists can be charged with “failure to yield” or an “unsafe lane change” and have to pay big fines. But they can also be blamed for a frightening chain reaction accident and be accountable for all crumpled vehicles and injured passengers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can my family earn support if a loved one is killed in a highway accident?
California empowers families who lose a loved one to an accident to seek help through a wrongful death claim. The support can cover the funeral expenses and any leftover medical bills. Families should also seek help for the future to cover the loss of the income the deceased would have contributed in the years to come. They can also earn support for their emotional trauma and the loss of guidance and love in the coming years.
How long do I have to file a car accident claim in California?
California allows car accident victims up to two years to file an injury claim. It’s the same for families who are filing a wrongful death claim. You shouldn’t wait, though. Acting quickly to secure fresh evidence and track down witnesses will help you build a strong case and earn what’s fair in support.
What if my family can’t afford to pay a lawyer?
With Maison Law, there’s no worry about how you’ll pay a lawyer. We don’t get paid unless we win your case. Then our fee comes out of the settlement check that a car insurer must write for you.
Contact a Fresno Car Accident Attorney
After getting hurt in an accident caused by a merging driver, schedule a free case review with a real Fresno lawyer. This evaluation comes with no obligation to you or your family. Find out what your injury is worth and how to make insurance companies pay what’s fair.
Martin Gasparian, the founder of Maison Law, has a long track record of winning substantial support for Fresno County accident victims. With decades of experience, he knows when insurance companies should be providing more support for you. He can help you reject any “low-ball” settlement offer and demand full compensation.
