California personal injury law allows injured parties to file legal claims and lawsuits against those responsible for causing their harm. This includes claims against people whose
- negligent,
- reckless, or
- intentional acts led to the victim’s injuries.
However, with a statute of limitations of just two years from the date of the injury, victims must act quickly to bring their claims.
Here are five key things to know:
- Most personal injury attorneys, including the ones at our law firm, work on a contingency fee basis, so we do not get paid unless you get paid.
- We can also pair you with a medical provider who will work on a lien basis and not bill you until your case ends.
- Typical damages we pursue are reimbursement of your medical bills, lost income, lost earning potential, and pain and suffering.
- It may be possible to recover punitive damages if the defendant’s actions were particularly egregious or malicious.
- Even if you were partly to blame for the accident, you can still recover damages in proportion to your fault.
This page contains an alphabetic list of links to our articles on personal injury law. If you need additional help, we invite you to contact us at Shouse Law Group.
All Cases
A
- ABC test in California
- Accident claims
- Accident claim against DUI driver
- Allstate auto insurance claims
- Amusement park accident lawyers in California
- Amusement park & roller coaster lawsuit
- Apartment accident lawyer
- Assault & battery (lawsuits against the attacker)
- Assault by co-worker
- Assumption of the risk
- ATV accident lawyer
- Auto accidents
- Auto accident settlement formula
- Auto insurance
- Average settlement for car accident neck and back injuries
B
- Baby formula lawsuit
- Back injury – How much should I settle for?
- Backing out of parking space – who has the right of way?
- Bad faith duty to defend by an insurer
- Bad lighting as a cause of freeway accidents,
- Balcony Collapse Lawsuits
- Bane Act lawsuit
- Bedbug lawsuits
- Bicycle accident lawsuits
- Bicycle laws in California
- Bike accident lawyer in California
- Big rig accident lawyer in Los Angeles
- Bird Scooter Lawsuit
- Boating injuries
- Bodily injury liability insurance
- Brain Injury Settlement
- Burden of proof
- Burn injury lawsuit
- Burn injury lawyer
- Burn injury scar compensation
- Bus accidents
- Bus injury lawyers
- Business & commercial disparagement (trade libel)
C
- California Torts Claims Act
- Car accidents
- Car accident – how much can a person sue for?
- Car accidents – what to do after
- Car insurance
- Car repairs
- Cast iron pipe lawsuit
- Cat bites
- Catastrophic injury lawyers
- Class actions
- Clear and convincing evidence
- Collision and comprehensive insurance
- Common fund doctrine
- Comparative fault
- Compensatory damages
- Complera lawsuit
- Compromise of a minor’s claim
- Concussion settlement amounts
- Contributory Negligence
- Construction accident lawsuit
- Construction accident lawyers in California
- Construction defect law
- Consumer fraud
- Conversion claims
- Crane accidents
- Crane accident lawyers
- Crane injury lawsuits
- Crime victims
D
- Dangerous and unsafe road conditions (how to file a lawsuit)
- Defamation (slander and libel)
- Damage caps
- Defective tire accident
- Defective tire lawsuit
- Degenerative disc disease and car accidents
- Delayed discovery rule in California
- Demand letters
- Department of Transportation (DOT) hours of service
- Design defects
- Diminished value claims
- Discovery rule
- Doctor sexual assault lawsuit
- Dog attack statistics by breed
- Dog bite attorney
- Dog bite lawsuit
- Dog bites (damages that can be recovered)
- Dog bites (dog bites another dog)
- Dog bites (euthanasia requirements after)
- Dog bites (one bite rule)
- Dog bites (HOA liability)
- Dog bites (homeowners insurance coverage for)
- Dog bites (owner has no insurance)
- Dog bites (quarantine requirements after)
- Dog bites – renter’s insurance
- Dog bite statute
- Dog bite (statute of limitations for filing lawsuit)
- Dog bites (strict liability for)
- Dog bites (trespassers liability)
- Dog bites (“veterinarian’s rule”)
- Dog bites walker lawsuit
- Dog walker liability for bites on their watch
- Driverless car accidents
- Drowning accident lawyers
- Drowning accidents – Common ways they happen
- Drowning lawsuit
- Drowning liability – Parties who may be held liable
- DUI driver (accident caused by)
- Duty of care
- Duty to defend (by an insurer)
E
- 18-wheeler injury lawyer
- Electric bike accident lawsuit
- Electric scooter accident lawsuit
- Electric shock lawyer
- Electrocution lawsuit
- Elevator accident attorney
- Elevator accident lawsuit
- Elmiron lawsuit
- Enfamil lawsuit
- Equine liability lawsuit
- Extortion (civil)
F
- Facial scars from car accident
- False light claims
- Fatal accident lawyers
- Faulty gym equipment
- Finding a personal injury lawyer
- First-party insurance
- Fitness center injury lawsuit
- Food poisoning
G
- Garage door lawsuits
- Garage door spring accidents
- General damages vs special damages
- Gross negligence
- Guardrail injuries
H
- Harm to reputation
- Head-on collisions
- Hernia mesh lawsuit
- Hernia mesh litigation A to Z
- Herniated disc settlements
- HOA – Suing for negligence
- Hold harmless agreements
- How long do car accident settlements take?
- How to find out of a person has car insurance
- Horseback riding injuries
I
- Impella heart pump lawsuit
- Inducing breach of contract
- Insurance bad faith
- Intentional infliction of emotional distress
- Intentional interference with contractual relations
- Intentional interference with prospective economic relations
- Intentional misrepresentation
J
K
L
- Labor law A to Z
- Ladder accident
- Ladder injury lawsuit
- Landlord lawsuit (for negligence or unsafe conditions)
- Lane splitting
- LAPD traffic collision report – How to obtain a copy
- Leased vehicles – accidents and total loss
- Letter of Representation
- Liability waivers
- Liberty Mutual auto claims
- Life care plans
- Lifeguard negligence
- Lime scooter accident lawsuit
- Logging accident lawsuit
- Long Beach car accident lawyers
- Los Angeles brain injury lawyer
- Los Angeles car accident lawyers
- Los Angeles dog bite attorneys
- Los Angeles wrong death attorneys
- Loss of consortium
- Lost earning capacity
- Lost wages
- Lost wages for self-employed
- Lower back injury settlements
- Lyft accident lawyer
- Lyft lawsuits in California
M
- Made whole doctrine,
- Malicious prosecution,
- Manufacturing defects
- Mass torts lawyers
- “Med Pay” insurance
- Medical bills
- Medical liens
- Medical liens – statute of limitations
- Medical malpractice
- Medical malpractice statute of limitations
- Medicare liens
- Motorcycle accident attorneys
- Motorcycle accident lawsuit
- Murder victims (lawsuits by the family)
N
- Negligence
- Negligence “per se”
- Negligence vs malpractice
- Negligent entrustment of a motor vehicle
- Negligent hiring, supervision or retention
- Negligent infliction of emotional distress
- Negligent security claims
- Nerve injury to the hands – Settlement determinations
- Nexium lawsuits
- Non-delegable duties
- Noneconomic damages
- Nuisance (causing or creating)
- Nursing home abuse
- Nursing home abuse – How long it takes to settle lawsuit
O
- Onglyza lawsuits
P
- Pain and suffering
- Pain and suffering multiplier
- Pain and suffering settlement examples
- Parental liability for harm caused by children
- Parking lot accident lawyer
- Pasadena car accident lawyer
- Pedal error as a cause of traffic accidents
- Pedestrian accident lawyers in Los Angeles
- Pedestrian accident – not in crosswalk
- Pedestrian and crosswalk laws
- Pedestrian knockdown accidents
- Personal trainer negligence lawsuit
- PIP Insurance
- Police car accidents
- Post-concussion syndrome auto accident settlements
- Pothole accident lawsuits
- Premises liability
- Premises liability lawyers
- Preponderance of the evidence
- Pre settlement loans
- Prima facie negligence
- Progressive auto accident claims
- Proximate causation
- Products liability
- Public disclosure of private facts (invasion of privacy)
- Punitive damages
Q
R
- Ralph Act lawsuit
- Rear-end collision attorneys in Los Angeles
- Rear-end collision – average settlement
- Rear-end collision lawsuit
- Reasonable accommodation (failure to provide)
- Recklessness
- Rental property personal injury claims
- Reportable collision
- Res ipsa loquitur
- Respondeat superior (employer liability)
- Restaurant injury lawsuits
- Restaurant injury lawyers
- Rideshare accident attorney
- Ridesharing injuries and accidents
- Road debris accidents
- Rollover accidents
- Roofing accidents
- Rotator cuff and bicep tear settlements
- Roundup lawsuit
S
- Scaffolding lawsuit
- Scaffolding accident lawyer
- School district and teacher lawsuit
- Scooter accident lawyers
- Serious car accident injuries
- Settlements in 18-wheeler accident cases
- Settling a personal injury claim without a lawyer
- Sexual assault, battery or abuse (lawsuits by victims)
- Sexual assault by Uber or Lyft driver – lawsuit by victim
- Sideswipe accidents
- Similac lawsuit
- Skylight injury lawsuit
- Slip-and-fall lawsuits
- Slip and fall compensation amounts
- Slip and fall doctor – How to select one
- Spinal cord injury lawyer
- Sports injuries at school
- States of a personal injury lawsuit
- Stairway accident attorney
- Stairway accidents caused by missing nosing
- Staircase injury lawsuit (broken or defective stairs)
- State Farm auto accident claims
- Statute of limitations
- Strict liability
- Strict liability – elements
- Stucco lawsuit
- Subrogation
- Sudden stop defense
- “Survival” causes of action
- SUV rollover lawsuit
- SUV rollover lawyer
- Swimming pool injury attorney
- Swimming pool injury lawsuit
T
- Talc lawsuit
- Tanning bed burn
- Taxability of personal injury settlements
- T-bone accident lawsuit
- “Third-party” insurance
- Tire defect accident lawsuits
- Title 9 claims for sexual assault on campus
- Tolling of statute of limitations for minors
- Trucking accident attorneys in California
- Truck accident attorneys in Los Angeles
- Trucking accident lawsuit
U
- Uber accident claims
- Uber accident lawyer in California
- Uber accident lawyer Riverside
- Uber injuries and accident lawsuit
- Unfair competition
- Uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage
- UPS truck accident
V
- VA disability attorney
- Vehicle accidents
- Vehicle repairs
- Veterinarian’s Rule (dog bites)
- Vicarious liability
- Victims of crime
W
- Walmart lawsuits
- Warning defects
- Waterslide injuries
- Whiplash settlements
- Workers’ compensation (how to file a claim)
- Workers’ compensation case – odds of winning
- Workers’ compensation laws A to Z
- Workplace injuries
- Wrongful birth lawsuit
- Wrongful death
- Wrongful death – Who can bring a lawsuit?
- Wrongful death lawsuit – Who gets the money?
- Wrongful life lawsuit
- Wrongful termination
X
- Xeljanz lawsuit
Y
Z
- Zantac lawsuit