You did not see it coming. One moment, traffic was moving, and the next, you were sitting in a damaged car trying to process what just happened. After you finally got the other driver’s information and ran it through your insurance company, you got a message saying there was no valid policy. Now the person who caused this is unreachable,…
You knew your shoulder was bad the day after the accident, but you told yourself it would get better. Six weeks later, you still cannot lift your arm above your head, you moved to a sedentary role at work because you can no longer handle the physical demands of your old position, and the weekend hiking trips you planned with…
It’s one of those worst-case scenarios—getting into a car crash when you don’t have insurance. Maybe your policy lapsed. Perhaps you never got one to begin with. Now you’re hurt, your car is damaged, and you’re wondering, what happens if you have no insurance but the other driver was at fault? To make things more confusing, the other driver caused…
You walked away from the accident thinking the hardest part was over. Then the insurance adjuster called, and the number they offered did not come close to covering what you lost. Now you are wondering how a situation that seemed so clear-cut turned into something this complicated. The truth is, what happens next depends less on what occurred and more…
If you already had an injury or medical condition before your accident, you might be wondering whether you can still file a claim. The short answer is yes. You can still pursue a personal injury claim with a pre-existing condition if the accident made that condition worse. Under California law, you can recover compensation for the aggravation of a prior…
