Maison Law of Salinas represents car accident victims hurt on Main Street and other busy routes around the city. Our Car Accident Lawyers hold careless drivers completely liable for the damage and injuries they cause. We make sure our clients have everything they need to rebuild their lives after a major crash.
Contact Maison Law to talk with a real lawyer about your options in a free, no-obligation consultation. You’ll learn what your injury is worth and how to secure the compensation you need to recover.
Salinas Main Street Accident Dangers
It’s hard to get anywhere in Salinas without traveling across or up and down Main Street. It runs through downtown and connects the northern and southern portions of Salinas. For stretches, it’s part of Highway 63 and Highway 183. It covers a lot of real estate in Salinas, and that means you can find just about any kind of traffic along its lanes.
Local families on their way to work and school can merge with tourist traffic to create a few scary close calls along the way. Trucks from local companies and delivery vans also mix in on Main Street looking to reach Highway 101 or to drop off packages in local neighborhoods on the way. These large vehicles also contribute to the traffic hazards residents may encounter along the way.
A distracted driver can run a red light to T-bone someone at a Main Street intersection. A speeding driver can lose control and slide into oncoming lanes and cause a life-threatening head-on collision. A truck driver may veer over on a small car to cause a dangerous sideswipe collision.
When these collisions occur and leave serious injuries behind, it’s critical that victims speak to a Salinas car accident lawyer before talking to an at-fault driver’s car insurance representative. Car insurers aren’t required to tell victims what their injuries are worth. But a skilled lawyer can inform victims of every benefit available to them so an insurance adjuster can rob them of what’s fair.
Do I Need a Lawyer After an Accident on Main Street in Salinas?
If your crash results in a serious injury, like a broken wrist or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and you aren’t to blame, you should explore your options with a skilled car accident attorney.
When medical bills will be high, insurance adjusters like to worry about how much they can withhold from you, rather than how much they can help you. They may attempt to blame you for the crash or downplay how bad your injuries are. Your lawyer pushes back on these shady insurance practices. Your lawyer fully investigates your case and backs it with strong evidence. Then your Maison Law representative files your claim and demands the maximum compensation possible.
Common Injuries in Salinas Traffic Accidents
The support you receive is critical because giving up on your case can mean you end up with medical bills that will have to be paid out of your own pocket. These costs can be enormous because car accidents often cause severe injuries that take more than a visit to an emergency room to recover from.
Here are just a few of the more common injuries treated by Salinas Valley Health doctors after accidents:
- Brain injuries: Injuries can be short-term issues or cloud memories and physical control of the body for a lifetime. Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) after a blow to the head can result in headaches and seizures, and even cause victims to experience anxiety and depression.
- Thoracic Spine Injury: Damage to the vertebrae and the nerves in the upper and middle back. Victims can lose the ability to control their bowel and bladder. In some cases, victims can no longer control their legs.
- Whiplash Injuries: Common in rear-enders on local streets. The head is pushed forward and pulled back quickly.
- Back injuries: The stretching of tendons and/or muscles leaves small tears of varying degrees in these tissues. Years of back pain and limited motion can result. Just sitting upright in a chair can be excruciating.
- Broken bones: Fractures in the legs are common as a victim’s feet are pushed down into the floorboards. Wrists and hands can be broken while gripping a steering wheel. Bones could heal in the wrong position and require expensive surgery in the future.
What Can I Receive Compensation for After a Salinas Traffic Accident
After an expensive medical recovery and enduring physical and mental pain, you’ll likely be curious about what your insurance settlement check will look like.
Your compensation amount is determined by the physical, emotional, and financial hardships you endure. Your car accident lawyer will be listing these damages in your injury claim. Everything left off this list won’t earn support and will end up as your responsibility.
These are just a few of the factors that can earn you compensation:
- All medical expenses.
- Costs associated with a permanent physical disability. These devastating injuries often earn a lifetime of financial assistance.
- Physical pain. This may be temporary pain or it could reoccur over a lifetime. The cost of pain medication and physical therapy should never be the victim’s responsibility.
- Emotional anguish. The mental trauma of an accident and the pain suffered during recovery. Memories of the crash could leave you with anxiety and PTSD symptoms. A loss of enjoyment of life over an injury may cause long-term depression.
- Damage or destruction of property.
- Income you’ve lost from missing work.
- Wrongful death benefits. When a family loses a loved one in an accident, close relatives can file a wrongful death lawsuit. This lawsuit asks for help with funeral costs and remaining medical bills. This civil claim also seeks to protect the family in the future when they’ll be without the financial support the victim would have provided.
Contact a Salinas Car Accident Lawyer
After a serious accident on Main Street or anywhere else in Monterey County, you should speak with a Salinas Car Accident Lawyer. It’s a no-risk chance to find out what your injury is worth and how to hold a car insurance company fully accountable.
Schedule a free case consultation with Maison Law. This evaluation comes with no obligation to you or your family. If you do feel we can help you earn more, you won’t need any money to hire us. We don’t get paid unless your case is won, and then our fee comes out of the settlement money you receive.
