Maison Law represents the victims of Tulare car accidents.
Our personal injury lawyers aggressively seek compensation for our clients from insurance companies who cover at-fault drivers.
Please contact us after an accident caused by another driver’s recklessness. We provide a free, no-obligation consultation for all local injury victims.
It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold insurance companies fully responsible for recovery costs.
Tulare Car Accident 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.
Do I Need a Car Accident Lawyer?
A car crash on a busy road like Prosperity Avenue might leave you with some fender damage and perhaps a few scratches and bruises.
If your accident isn’t too serious, you may not need the help of a lawyer. But if a reckless driver leaves you with serious injuries like a broken leg or a head injury, it becomes much more important to have a Tulare Car Accident Lawyer on your side.
The higher your medical bills go, the more an auto insurer will fight to avoid having to pay those invoices. They can cast doubt on what a police accident report says and blame you. Your Maison Law lawyer is your defense against these unfair strategies. Your lawyer gathers all evidence and uses it to build a strong case that insurance adjusters can’t deny. Your lawyer then demands the most for your injury possible and rejects settlement offers that don’t meet your needs.
Car Accident Dangers in Tulare
A day in Tulare may start with a drive to work or school along Tulare Avenue or Highway 99. These trips can give motorists a complete view of the hazards they must watch out for.
They’ll have to steer clear of drivers veering over the line while looking at an email on their phones. They’ll have to hope speeding drivers coming up behind them will see the red light and be able to stop in time to avoid a rear-end collision.
In Tulare, trucks from local farms, orchards, and ranches can also pose threats as they speed along.
These numerous risks show up in yearly city accident figures. Transportation officials report that in 2024, Tulare was the scene of 60 accidents involving injury that led to at least 4 tragic deaths. That was down from 2023’s total of 86 accidents involving a serious injury.
Overall, Tulare has averaged 75 serious car accidents and 8 tragic fatalities a year. That’s over the most recent 5-year period (2020-2024).
If you are hurt in an accident caused by a careless driver, you can seek compensation, but that doesn’t mean car insurance companies will automatically provide help. Your Maison Law attorney will fully investigate your case and secure strong evidence to force insurance adjusters to accept complete blame.
Common Injuries Suffered in California Car Accidents
If someone’s reckless driving causes you to get in a wreck, the law allows you to seek support for your medical bills. But the support shouldn’t stop there.
A serious injury may leave you in need of additional surgeries and physical therapy weeks and months down the road.
At Maison Law, we know that each type of injury is unique, and everyone heals at their own pace. There are some injuries that never completely heal and victims should be able to count on support for as long as necessary.
These are just a few of the collision injuries that emergency room doctors treat most often:
- Traumatic brain injuries: From severe concussions to brain damage, head injuries can be devastating.
- Neck injuries: Thoracic Spine Injury (whiplash) disc nerve and ligament damage that can be debilitating and painful.
- Mid and lower back injuries: Lumbar injuries, lower back, sciatica, and disc damage can all come from a back injury.
- Fractures: From hairline to compound, fractures are common in car accidents and can cause great pain and temporary or permanent disability.
- Soft tissue injuries: muscles, tendons, and ligaments and significant pain with limited range of motion.
What Can I Seek Compensation for After a Tulare Accident?
After your accident, if you are left strong enough and it’s safe, you should consider collecting as much evidence as possible on the scene. You should take photos of the cars involved, the damage, and any visible injuries. You should get contact information from witnesses and exchange information with drivers if an officer doesn’t provide it to you.
Grabbing this evidence, before it’s cleaned up and cleared, can help give you the leverage to hold an auto insurance company fully accountable. They won’t be able to blame you for what happened as easily or talk you out of the support you need.
Your Maison Law representative will demand support for the hardships you’ve faced and the hardships that may continue into the future:
- Medical Bills
- EMS/Ambulance Fees
- Rehabilitation Bills
- Transportation to Treatment
- Money for car repairs or replacement
- Lost Time from Work
- Reduction of Future Wages from Disability
- Permanent Disability
- Pain and Suffering
- Mental/Emotional Anguish
- Loss of Companionship/Consortium
- Wrongful death support for the families of victims
Insurance Tactics to Watch Out for After a Tulare Collision
Accident victims receive settlement checks from insurance companies, but not everyone receives the same amount. There’s no set payout for car accidents, even when victims have similar car damage and similar injuries. This means that for some reason, some will get everything they need to rebuild their lives, while others will be left to pay for some or all of their recovery costs out of their own savings.
One determining factor in how much help you’ll receive is the effectiveness of the tactics insurance companies will use to try to reduce what you receive. When you don’t have an experienced car accident attorney at your side, you can fall for some common insurance strategies that leave many victims without the money they need to recover physically and financially.
These are just a few of the tactics you may experience firsthand when dealing with an at-fault driver’s insurance company:
- Won’t Mention Your Option To Hire a Lawyer: Insurance companies can usually get out of an accident claim, having to give up a lot less support when they can deal with an accident victim directly. They can take advantage of the victim’s lack of legal knowledge and lack of experience with accident cases. An attorney can alert you to the common tricks insurance adjusters use and put insurers on notice that they’ll need to deal fairly with you.
- Quick Settlement Offers: Insurance companies will either move very quickly on your case or very slowly, depending on what gives them the advantage. If they know your injury will be costly, especially in the months ahead, insurers can extend a “lowball” settlement offer to you. This settlement may only cover a single stay in the emergency room and ignore the costs you may have in the weeks to come. But once you’ve signed a settlement, you can’t go back to ask for more money when an injury flares up or you find you need prolonged physical therapy. Insurers also act quickly if they think you might consider talking to a lawyer.
- Delay Tactics: Insurers will slow everything down if they feel they can’t get a quick, “lowball” offer past you. They ignore your claim because they know you’ll get more and more desperate for support the longer you have to watch as enormous medical bills pile up. Once you have a stack of bills and you are falling behind on your normal monthly expenses because you can’t work, they move in with a “lowball” offer. They hope you are in such a financial bind that any amount of money will look good. Your lawyer helps you examine any settlement offer you receive and determine if you need to demand more. Your lawyer can also confront the insurer when the company is purposely taking its time in settling your case.
- Doom Your Case By Sending You to a Group of Adjusters: Giant insurance companies also protect their profits by assigning you to a group of insurance adjusters. This ensures that you are basically starting over with each call you make. Getting information about your claim will be much harder. These adjusters are usually inexperienced and are forced to work from scripts. You will have a much harder time getting fair treatment and the full compensation you need to recover. A skilled attorney won’t put up with this treatment and knows how to reach someone in charge to get the ball rolling on your claim.
What kind of documents do I need to collect for a car accident claim?
A police accident report will be a critical piece of evidence for your case. You will have to contact the Tulare Police Department or the California Highway Patrol to request a copy. If you have an attorney, your lawyer will be securing this report for you. You can find more information about obtaining a collision report on our Tulare accident report page.
You will want to get your medical records together. This includes your medical charts showing your injury diagnosis. You should also keep all medical invoices showing what you’ve already paid or been asked to pay for treatment for your injuries.
Have pay stubs at the ready to show how many paychecks you’ve lost while having to miss work while healing.
You may also want to keep a journal of everything you go through after an accident. Keep a record of everything you remember from the accident. Document the difficult injury recovery process you’ve been forced to embark on. Keep track of the emotional challenges you’ve faced while down with an injury and coping with the major changes an injury has brought to your life.
What Our Clients Say
Frequently Asked Questions
You may still be able to seek support. You are able to file a claim on your own uninsured motorist coverage. This coverage is included with most car insurance policies unless you request in writing for it to be taken off.
You can still afford the protection of a Maison Law attorney. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the insurance settlement check you receive.
Two years. It’s the statute of limitations in California for accident injury claims. It’s important to allow your lawyer 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.
Contact a Tulare Car Accident Lawyer Today
Contact Maison Law to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with an actual Tulare car accident lawyer. 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’s fair for your car accident injury claim.
Maison Law serves all victims in Tulare County and makes sure they aren’t taken advantage of by insurance adjusters. We seek to get the maximum in compensation available for victims and their families.
Additional Resources
- Car Accident Reports in Tulare
- Drunk Driving Crashes
- Head On Collisions
- Passenger Injuries
- DUI Injuries
- Fatal Accidents
- Bone Fractures in Tulare Car Accidents
- Rear-End Accidents in Tulare
- Uber Accidents in Tulare
- Tulare Accidents Caused By Drunk Drivers
- Tulare Rental Car Accidents
- Crashes Caused by Walmart Spark Drivers
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions by Car Accident Victims
