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 2025, Tulare was the scene of 53 accidents involving injury that led to at least 2 tragic deaths. That was down from 2024’s total of 63 accidents involving a serious injury.
Overall, Tulare has averaged 70 serious car accidents and 8 tragic fatalities a year. That’s over the most recent 5-year period (2021-2025).
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 to Collect at the Scene of a Tulare Traffic Collision
After a frightening accident on a busy stretch of road like Cross Avenue, there are things you can do to help keep yourself and others safe. There are also steps to take to help build your case against an at-fault driver.
First, see to your safety and the safety of others. Check over yourself for injuries and check on others involved. Contact 911 and ask for an immediate ambulance response if anyone is hurt.
Then, once the scene is secure and you feel strong enough, try to collect some of the powerful evidence that may not be there once the accident is cleared.
Gather these details:
- Let EMTs check out every pain you have. Go to the emergency room if they think it’s a good idea.
- Give a full report to Tulare Police or the California Highway Patrol. Make sure to tell them if you saw the other driver behaving carelessly or recklessly.
- Take photos. 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. Note the time of day and the weather.
- Get contact information from witnesses.
- Check 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 emergency room. Sometimes you won’t know you’re injured until the day after an accident when pain suddenly appears. Follow the doctor’s orders and see the recommended specialists. Attend physical therapy if it’s prescribed.
- Keep any damaged clothing and personal items. Don’t throw evidence out.
Contact a reputable lawyer if you were seriously hurt in an accident. This might include a broken bone, a neck or back injury, or head trauma. After a serious injury, you may require a skilled attorney to help you secure enough in compensation to pay all of your medical bills, with no expenses left for you to pay. You can expect more than just money to pay your medical bills, too.
Your lawyer also represents a strong defense when another driver or insurance adjuster wants to blame you for an accident you didn’t cause.
When Do I Have to Pay a Tulare Car Accident Lawyer?
When hiring a Tulare car accident lawyer on a contingency agreement, you wouldn’t have to use your savings to pay an attorney’s fee. Under a contingency fee agreement, the lawyer only gets paid if the case is one, and then the fee comes out of the compensation you receive.
The agreement also means that the lawyer fronts all investigative costs and court costs for your case. If your case is lost, these expenses are usually the lawyer’s responsibility to cover. It’s a risk for any car accident lawyer because cases can be lost for many reasons out of the lawyer’s control. The law firm would have to absorb the financial loss after having already spent time and resources building a case.
It’s set up this way so that all personal injury victims can afford to hire strong legal representation, even if they don’t have the money to afford a lawyer. A skilled lawyer can make a real difference in a car accident case.
An attorney fights back on your behalf if an insurance company tries to blame you for an accident you didn’t cause or tries to make it seem like your injuries aren’t serious. Your lawyer can often secure much more money for your recovery than you could win by representing yourself before massive insurance companies.
What Does My Car Accident Lawyer Make?
If a case is won, the contingency agreement would usually grant the lawyer around 33% of the settlement amount or judgment awarded in court. When the check arrives, lawyers are paid for their services and, in some cases, reimbursed for some investigative costs and court fees.
This percentage is meant to offset the risk law firms take by representing car victims without the guarantee of getting paid for their work. However, the idea is for the attorney to earn enough for clients to pay the attorney’s fee and still take home much more than they would have by filing a claim on their own.
The goal is to demand enough in compensation so that victims don’t have to pay any of their medical bills themselves.
They should get enough to rebuild every aspect of their life that was changed by an accident.
Common Types of Broken Bones in Car Accidents
Some broken bones are more likely to occur in Tulare car accidents than others. These can include any of the following:
In high-impact collisions, broken bones occur more frequently than many other injuries, as well as alongside other serious injuries. This means that, as you are dealing with the recovery of other injuries, you may also have a long recovery for a broken bone that is both painful or requires multiple surgeries. This can affect your life in many ways when you are unable to return to work in a matter of time or enjoy activities you once enjoyed before the accident.
Expensive Medical Journey After Bone Fractures
The way that a car accident causes a broken bone will depend on many circumstances. This also determines its severity and the treatment that may be necessary. A doctor might recommend any of the following things after you have sustained a fracture in a car accident:
- Rest
- Splinting the bone
- Putting a cast on the bone
- Medications
- Surgery
- Physical therapy
As you may already know, a severe bone fracture can be a time-consuming and challenging process. On top of this, it can also cause many expenses that you never expected, leaving you in a difficult financial position.
You should never put off seeing a physician or going to the hospital after you have sustained a fracture in a car accident. By waiting to see your doctor, you could be putting your health at risk as your injury worsens or jeopardizing the future of your claim if you hope to bring a personal injury lawsuit against a negligent party. Many individuals will develop serious pain and injuries after an accident, which might not show up until they are home and the adrenaline wears off. This is why it is important that you seek immediate medical care and never delay treatment.
What Damages Determine the Size of My Settlement Check?
The biggest determining factors on the size of compensation are how much an injury affects your life and how much treatment will ultimately cost. Every injury is different, and every patient heals at their own pace. These factors will play a role in how big of a settlement check the insurance provider for the at-fault driver will write you.
Your lawyer fully investigates what happened to you and examines the other driver’s record. Your lawyer works with your medical care providers to determine how long you may need hospitalization, medical equipment, surgeries, and physical therapy.
Your lawyer also goes over your paychecks to determine what you would normally make each week and how many paychecks you’ve missed out on due to injury.
These and other factors will play a large role in how much you can expect to earn for an injury claim:
- Final totals on medical bills
- Estimates on future care if you suffer a long-term injury or a permanent physical disability
- Fair compensation for the level of pain you have endured
- Fair compensation for the emotional harm an accident and difficult recovery can cause
- The tally on the paychecks you’ve lost while your injury has prevented you from going to work
- The cost of travel to visit medical specialists and surgeons who may be located out of the area
- Car repair and replacement costs
Of course, if a car insurance adjuster refuses to accept blame for the accident or even tries to turn the blame on you, you may be left to pay all of your medical bills yourself.
An experienced lawyer is your protection against these unfair insurance tactics. Your lawyer builds a strong case backed with evidence, so a car insurance company can’t get away with rejecting your claim. Your lawyer also had medical evidence at the ready, in case an adjuster tries to downplay what your body had suffered, simply to offer you less.
The Risk of a Head-On Crash in Tulare
More people die in auto accidents on rural roads then they do in the cities and urban areas. Almost half of these fatalities are from a head-on collision which underscores the importance finding out why so many head-on collisions take place on country roads.
The vast majority of country roads are two-lane, undivided highways with a speed limit of 50+ miles per hour. Like the lanes along parts of Route 137.
This means that when two cars pass each other from opposite directions, there are just a few feet of pavement—divided only by a yellow line—that separate the vehicles from a devastating head-on collision. There are many reasons a car drifts across the center line; some of the most common are:
- Impaired Driving
- Drowsy/Fatigue
- Distracted Driving
- Weather/Road Conditions
- Sun Glare
- Animal/Objects on Roadway
- Inexperience
How Do Rear-End Accidents Commonly Occur?
Rear-end accidents take place when one driver crashes into another from behind. These common accidents happen due to a wide array of reasons, such as the following:
- Tailgating drivers
- Distracted driving
- Adverse road conditions
- Failing mechanics in vehicles
- Reckless driving
Depending on the speed of the vehicle that crashes into the one in front, it can make the difference between a minor fender-bender and a catastrophic accident with severe damages.
Who is Liable for a Tulare Rear-End Accident?
The circumstances that led up to the rear-end accident can tell a lot about who may be liable for the accident. It is not always easy to determine who is at fault for the accident and many people wrongfully assume that the driver in the back is always at fault. However, this is not always the case. For instance, the driver in front could be to blame if they suddenly slammed on their brakes, causing the second vehicle to slam into them when they are unable to stop in time.
Having a lawyer on your side can help you determine who is responsible for your accident. They will hire accident reconstruction experts and interview witnesses who may have been present at the time of the collision. Speaking with an attorney can help you confidently move forward knowing that your rights are being protected after a rear-end accident.
What to Collect at the Scene of a Tulare Traffic Collision
After a frightening accident on a busy stretch of road like Cross Avenue, there are things you can do to help keep you and others safe. There are also steps to take to help build your case against an at-fault driver.
First, see to your safety and the safety of others. Check over yourself for injuries and check on others involved. Contact 911 and ask for an immediate ambulance response if anyone is hurt.
Then, once the scene is secure and you feel strong enough, try to collect some of the powerful evidence that may not be there once the accident is cleared.
Gather these details:
- Let EMTs check out every pain you have. Go to the emergency room if they think it’s a good idea.
- Give a full report to Tulare Police or the California Highway Patrol. Make sure to tell them if you saw the other driver behaving carelessly or recklessly.
- Take photos. 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. Note the time of day and the weather.
- Get contact information from witnesses.
- Check 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 emergency room. Sometimes you won’t know you’re injured until the day after an accident when pain suddenly appears. Follow the doctor’s orders and see the recommended specialists. Attend physical therapy if it’s prescribed.
- Keep any damaged clothing and personal items. Don’t throw evidence out.
Contact a reputable lawyer if you were seriously hurt in an accident. This might include a broken bone, a neck or back injury, or head trauma. After a serious injury, you may require a skilled attorney to help you secure enough in compensation to pay all of your medical bills, with no expenses left for you to pay. You can expect more than just money to pay your medical bills, too.
Your lawyer also represents a strong defense when another driver or insurance adjuster wants to blame you for an accident you didn’t cause.
What’s the Claims Process After a DUI Accident in Tulare?
A DUI accident, while challenging, is fundamentally a car accident.
The at-fault driver may face criminal charges, but your civil claim over damages, like car repair costs and medical bills, are handled separately.
As a result, your legal options revolve around filing a claim to recover damages from those responsible. Generally, you have two main options:
- Insurance claim – Filing a claim with the at-fault driver’s insurance company.
- Lawsuit – Taking legal action by filing a civil lawsuit against the responsible parties in court.
An insurance claim is a less formal process managed by the insurance company and can offer quicker financial support.
The vast majority of cases resolve through a settlement process without victims having to go to court. However, if an insurer refuses to accept full blame, a skilled lawyer will have a lawsuit prepared and be ready to take them before a judge and jury.
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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.
