Victims hurt in Lodi traffic accidents can demand help with their medical bills and their lost income while they must miss work.
Maison Law of Lodi represents the victims of car accidents and aggressively seeks compensation from reckless drivers and car insurance companies.
Please contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold insurance companies fully responsible for all recovery costs.
Lodi Car Accident Injury Claims Process
Step 1
Call Us For A Free Consultation
Call us 24/7 with No Obligations.
Step 2
Describe Your Accident Details
We will then discuss your legal options and decide whether to move your case forward.
Step 3
Retain Maison Law w/ No Upfront Fees
We work on contingency. No attorney fees unless you win your case.
Step 4
Receive Your Compensation
We will fight for you to earn the highest possible payout for your damages.
When Should I Call a Car Accident Lawyer?
If your car accident leads to a serious injury and another driver is to blame, you may need the protection and added value of a skilled Lodi Car Accident Lawyer. When major injuries like broken bones or head injuries boost the value of injury claims, insurers seek ways to escape blame. Their car insurance adjusters will attempt to blame you for a crash, despite the evidence. They’ll also want to discount your injury and the pain you’ve suffered.
Your lawyer fights back and files an injury claim backed with strong evidence so that insurance companies can’t find ways to dismiss your case. Your lawyer then demands the maximum in compensation for your injury so that you aren’t left paying medical bills out of your own savings. Your take-home check is often much more than if you had handled your claim yourself.
What to Do After a Car Accident?
As we mentioned, car insurance companies like to change the facts of what happened in an accident. And if you don’t have strong evidence to protect your claim, they can find ways to reject your case.
Your attorney will mount a full investigation into the collision, but some of the best evidence will be found on the scene, before it’s cleaned up and cleared. It’s a critical time to collect convincing proof of what happened in case there’s a dispute.
See to your safety first. Check yourself to see if you have injuries, and then check others. Call for an ambulance if anyone is hurt, and get Lodi police or the CHP on the way.
Then, if the scene is safe and you can move around, try to gather some details that will solidify your case.
- Let paramedics check out every pain you have. Go to the emergency room if necessary.
- Give a full report to the responding officer. The officer will create a collision report. Your attorney will secure this report later to use as evidence.
- Power up your cellphone. Take pictures and video to document the scene. Show lane markings and traffic signs, and the damage to the vehicles involved. Take photos of any injuries that are visible and any damage to clothing. If the at-fault driver is working for a rideshare or is delivering goods, take photos of any signage for the company they work for.
- Get contact information from witnesses. Your attorney will contact them later to get powerful testimony to back up your side of things.
- The officer investigating the accident should provide you with the other driver’s information, but be sure to secure that info if an officer doesn’t respond to the scene.
- Scan the area for the possibility of surveillance cams on local businesses or around the front doors of homes. Jot down the addresses.
- Schedule an appointment with your own doctor, even if you’ve already been to the hospital. Sometimes you won’t know you’re injured until the day after an accident when pain suddenly appears. Get your injuries examined and documented. Follow the doctor’s orders and see recommended specialists. Attend physical therapy if it’s prescribed.
- Keep any damaged clothing and personal items. Don’t throw evidence out.
- Alert your own car insurance provider even if you weren’t at fault.
If your injuries are serious, the next step is critical.
Contact a skilled lawyer and go over your case. If your recovery will extend into weeks and your medical bills will run high, car insurance companies will play keep away with the support you require to rebuild your health and your life.
An attorney will battle to make sure insurers respond to your claim quickly. Your attorney also makes it the mission to recover the most possible for your injury.
How Many Car Accidents Happen in Lodi?
California’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) tracks accidents across Lodi each year. According to their data, Lodi has averaged around 133 accidents involving injuries annually over the past several years (2020-2024).
In 2024 alone, Lodi was the scene of 124 serious accidents and at least 7 tragic fatalities.
Many of these accidents happen along the busiest roads through Lodi and San Joaquin County. TIMS reports that Highway 99 through the county was responsible for 350 serious accidents and 15 fatalities in 2024.
School traffic can build on Ham Lane during the morning rush. Distracted and speeding drivers can be found on Lodi Avenue throughout the evening rush. But careless drivers can strike at any time, running red lights or losing control due to reckless driving. These poor choices lead to devastating accidents.
Many victims in recovery don’t even have the strength to contact an insurance company and ask for help.
Maison Law wants to handle the frustrating insurance claims process so that all victims can focus on getting better.
What Is My Car Accident Claim Worth?
Determining the value of your case can be difficult until an experienced attorney has gone over your case with you and talked over what happened. Then your attorney would investigate your accident, collect physical evidence, and rely on your doctor’s expertise on the state of your injury.
The size of your settlement check will largely depend on the severity of your injury and how long it takes you to heal. This length of time determines the totals on your hospital bills, the paychecks you lose at work, not to mention the physical and emotional disruption to your normal life routine.
Your claim will include requests for compensation for these and other damages to help determine the size of your car accident settlement check:
- Totals on all your hospital bills and rehabilitation costs
- Long-term support if you suffer a permanent physical disability
- Support for pain and suffering, including emotional trauma endured
- Loss of quality of life
- Travel costs getting to appointments
- Lost income and benefits at work
- Money for a new car or car repairs
- Wrongful death benefits for the families of victims who are tragically killed in a collision
What Our Clients Say
Frequently Asked Questions
You can ask for injury support, even if you are found partially to blame for the collision. In California, the blame for an accident can be divided between several parties. Several drivers may face liability in an accident that leaves you with an injury. You can still be awarded compensation, but it may be reduced by the percentage of blame you are assigned. Your lawyer would be fighting to get your share of the fault as low as possible, or down to zero if possible.
After a car accident on a busy route like Lockeford Street, you’ll have up to two years to file an insurance claim. It’s the statute of limitations in California for injury claims. It’s important to allow your attorney to examine your case as soon as possible, though. You don’t want evidence to disappear or witnesses to become hard to locate after waiting months or a year.
If you feel we can help you earn more for your claim, you won’t need any upfront money to hire Maison Law. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money you receive.
Support for Lodi and San Joaquin County Car Accident Victims
If you or a loved one is seriously injured due to the carelessness of another driver, discuss your options with a real Lodi car accident lawyer. We want to help you demand what’s fair from insurers before they get away with sending you a “lowball” offer.
Contact Maison Law to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation.
We want to hear what happened to you. We’re going to answer your questions and make sure you are fully aware of the insurance tactics you’ll face. These shady practices are meant to limit the money you receive. Avoiding these pitfalls will be key to earning what you’ll need to get back to your normal life.
