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RIVERSIDE NEGLIGENCE LAWYERS
RIVERSIDE INJURY ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS
RIVERSIDE PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS EXPLAIN CALIFORNIA
PERSONAL INJURY LAWS: CALIFORNIA NEGLIGENCE &
LIABILITY STATUTES, LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS &
STRICT LIABILITY
To understand California personal
injury law
requires a brief explanation of torts and California
tort law. Torts are civil lawsuits, as opposed to
criminal legal proceedings where fines and/or jail
time may be imposed. In California personal injury
tort claims, only monetary financial compensation is
awarded to a California personal injury plaintiff.
The 3 categories of California torts are intentional
torts, negligent torts and strict liability. An
intentional tort, as the name implies, occurs when
the defendant tortfeasor (wrongdoer) intentionally
causes personal injury or harm to the injured victim
plaintiff. A negligent tort occurs when the
defendant’s actions, or lack of care, are
unreasonably unsafe, and the plaintiff suffers
personal injuries as a result of such negligence.
Strict liability in California imposes liability by
statute. For example, if you own a dog, and that dog
bites someone in Riverside, you are liable for the
damage from the dog bite or dog attack, regardless
of whether you knew the dog was dangerous or not. By
law in California, you are strictly liable
for the dog’s bite. Period.
Most of the California PI cases that
our Riverside personal injury attorneys handle are
negligence injury accident cases, occurring
as a result of the reckless, negligent, or
unintentional careless conduct of someone such as in
Riverside County car accidents, traffic collisions,
premises liability accidents, accident due to
dangerous or hazardous property conditions, slip and
fall accidents, machine accidents, dog bites and dog
attacks in California. Most of the Riverside
personal injury claims we handle are covered by
Riverside, California homeowners’ liability
insurance or California auto insurance or California
underinsured or uninsured motorist insurance
policies. The California wrongful death cases that
our Riverside Personal Injury lawyers handle are
usually as the result of someone’s negligence.
California negligent death or accidental death cases
are certainly more common than intentionally caused
death. ( murder, homicide, manslaughter) In the
California civil courts it is possible for the
victim’s heirs to sue the perpetrator of an
intentional wrongful death for monetary damages and
losses, while the California district attorney
prosecutes the defendant in criminal court.
(Remember OJ?)
Examples of the kinds of Riverside,
California personal injury accident cases we handle
are: car accidents, auto vs. auto accidents, bus
accidents, aviation accidents, motorcycle accidents,
all traffic related collisions, medical malpractice,
medical negligence, dental malpractice and
negligence, premises liability, trip slip and fall
accidents, hazardous or dangerous conditions of
private or public property in Riverside County,
product liability, defective products, wrongful
death, accidental death and pool drowning, dog
bites, dog attacks, fatal dog attacks, drownings, CA
accident injuries by toxic exposure on Riverside
construction or industrial sites.
DAMAGES: COMPENSATORY, ECONOMIC,
NON-ECONOMIC, & PUNITIVE DAMAGES
Riverside personal injury lawyers seek monetary
compensation for Riverside personal injury
plaintiffs and economic compensation for the heirs
of southern California wrongful death victims for
loss or financial support, comfort & companionship.
Be sure to consult with a Riverside
personal injury lawyer to explain what are you
entitled to when you prevail in a California
personal injury claim or California personal injury
accident lawsuit due to negligence or liability of
another.
Compensatory damages in California,
as the name implies, are awarded to compensate the
PI plaintiff for all out of pocket (economic
damages) which include property damage, lost wages,
loss of future earning capacity, medical care,
medical prescriptions and equipment, etc. One may
also be compensated for physical pain and suffering
(non economic damage) as well as mental anguish,
grief, depression, disfigurement, loss of
consortium.
In California, punitive damages may
be awarded in a Riverside, California personal
injury law suit, in addition, to punish the
defendant wrongdoer, and to deter others from
behaving in an equivalent unreasonable, unsafe
manner which may cause identical personal injury to
others.
CALIFORNIA PERSONAL INJURY LAWS AND
CALIFORNIA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAWS AND BENEFITS:
Both MAY apply to a Riverside work related or job
injury accident
Under California Workmans
Compensation laws, the Applicant (injured worker) is
not entitled to be compensated for pain and
suffering, as they are ina personal injury law suit.
However, other benefits apply in Riverside Workers
comp lawsuits. California injured workers are
entitled to all reasonable medical treatment
for a work related injury, temporary disability
checks equal to 2/3 of their pay while disabled
from working, a permanent disability award
for any permanent residuals or work restrictions
from the industrial accident, and vocational
rehabilitation, if the injured employee can not
return to the same job duties.
Please note, if the injury accident
happened on the job, yet was due to the negligence
of someone outside your company, then you may have a
California personal injury claim as well as a
Riverside Workers compensation case. This is called
a California third party liability claim. Such third
party liability personal injury claims in Riverside
often arise due to the negligent or defective
manufacture of machines or defective work related
materials or equipment. Such cases are prosecuted
under California product liability theory, for
defective design or manufacture of products.
California Workers comp laws and California personal
injury laws, (California products liability
statutes) both apply in such instances. Please ask a
California products liability lawyer in our
Riverside personal injury attorneys law firm about
the specifics of your Work Comp or PI case.
Please contact a Riverside Personal
Injury attorney or Riverside Workmans comp lawyer in
our accident injury law firm to discuss and analyze
the specific details of your case. Every accident is
different and every work injury and PI case is
unique. Our Riverside personal injury attorneys and
Riverside Workmens Comp lawyers are here to guide
you.
Call a Riverside personal injury
lawyer today for a
FREE CONSULTATION!
A Riverside personal injury attorney
is on call 7 days a week!
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1-800-221-6714
Picozzi, Nielsen, & Lloyd:
Riverside Personal Injury Lawyers & Attorneys
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