San Bernardino Personal Injury Lawyer
Your serious injury deserves serious representation. We’ve recovered millions for clients who have suffered from a personal injury.
A serious injury can have an outsized impact on your life. The physical pain and inconvenience will always be difficult to endure, but there can be many other consequences as well.
After an injury, you will likely face many expenses, such as medical bills, costs for rehabilitative and palliative care, or costs to repair your property that was damaged in the accident. Unfortunately, you may have to miss work because of your injury and lose wages precisely at the time you can least afford to.
If someone else caused your injury through their carelessness, recklessness, or negligence, you may not have to pay for all those costs out of your own pocket. A San Bernardino personal injury lawyer may be able to help you receive fair compensation from the person who injured you, allowing you to recover and get back on your feet financially, as well as physically. Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP is up to this task.
Types of Personal Injuries
Every injury is unique, but many arise out of similar circumstances. The most common types of cases that our personal injury lawyers handle include:
- Car accidents
- Commercial truck accidents
- Boat collisions
- Slip and falls
- Dog bites
- Defective products
- Workplace accidents
- Nursing home abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Wrongful death
Each of these types of accidents will require different types of proof. Our local personal injury attorney in San Bernardino could help a plaintiff understand what types of evidence they will need to prevail in their case and help them uncover, document, and present the evidence they need.
Additionally, the amount of compensation, or “damages,” that an injured person can receive depends on the exact effects that the injury had on their life. An experienced attorney may be able to help someone track and record the expenses they have already incurred, as well as work with medical experts to calculate the amount of damages the injured person is likely to incur in the future.
Deadline to File an Injury Claim
Unfortunately, an injured person’s ability to recover compensation is not indefinite. California Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1 states that any lawsuit based on an injury caused by another person must be filed by the injured person within two years of the date of the accident.
In some limited circumstances, this deadline may be extended, but, in general, a lawsuit filed after the deadline will be dismissed. Because of this harsh result, the best practice is to speak with one of our personal injury attorneys in San Bernardino as soon as possible after an accident. The sooner we can begin investigating a case and preparing the necessary arguments, the better off the injured person’s result is likely to be. Records are lost and memories fade quickly, so beginning the process as early as possible is in a plaintiff’s best interests.
