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Orange County Car Accidents - Legal Rights Overview

Our Orange County, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Dana Point and Laguna Beach Injury Attorneys want you to know that: Orange County car accidents are the known cause of the vast majority of injury claims in California in cities like Los Angeles and Orange County. That should not come as a big shock, considering that almost each ten (10") seconds per twenty four (24") hour period, an individual in the U.S. is injured in an automobile accident. These are sound statistics from the e National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), not an ambulance chasing Newport Beach pi lawyer.

What Does California Law Say About Vehicular Accidents?

Injury claims that arise out of California motor vehicle accidents are litigated under tort law, which is also known as negligence law. As a general proposition, individuals who are involved in the operation of motor vehicles are supposed to exercise "reasonable care under the circumstances." Orange County injury attorneys will instruct you that a motor vehicle operator's failure to utilize reasonable care is deemed to be negligent under California law in both Los Angeles car accident cases, as well as Orange County car accident cases. Individuals negligently operating motor vehicles, if found liable, will be mandated under tort law to pay for damages, such as medical bills, hospital bills, such as harm to people or their property. This is assuming the damages were caused by negligence. The injured victim is characterized as the plaintiff. The plaintiff must show that the defendant was not only negligent, but that his negligence was the actual and proximate cause of the injury.

Motor Vehicle Accidents and The Relationship to Negligence

Like all accidents cases, establishing who is liable for a traffic accident is the lynchpin of determining who was negligent and thus, who will pay. In some instances, the plaintiff's or jurors' common sense will indicate that the passenger vehicle, truck operator, motorcyclist or pedestrian who was jaywalking, were acting carelessly, etc. But they may have also violated a specific vehicle code section as well and that could give rise to negligence per se. Experienced Injury lawyers in Orange County and Los Angels will use their vast legal knowledge to find out who caused or created the accident. They will use the sources available at the law library, look at police reports, review the California Vehicle Code (CVC) and locate and interview bystanders and other witnesses, such as experts in accident reconstruction and bio mechanics

Orange County and Los Angeles courts have jury instructions that help juries find out is a vehicle operator was in fact negligent. A few of the determining factors include, inter alia:

There also are other situations causing car accidents like reckless driving. Some vehicle operators could also have hit you on purpose or were reckless in their conduct by colliding with your car. A California car driver who intentionally or recklessly drives unsafe on California freeways and highways is acting with reckless abandon and is disregarding the fact that there is a high probability his or her negligent or intentional acts in driving could cause an accident. Even the NHTSA considers aggressive driving as a progression of unlawful driving actions like:

• Speeding -- driving too fast for what is typically safe; Unsafe lane changes;
• Unsafe passing -- like not using a turn signal, using the emergency shoulder to pass traffic, etc.

When involved in an Orange County or Los Angeles vehicular accident in cities like Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, Newport Beach, or Marina del Rey in LA, you need to speak with experienced Orange County automobile collision attorneys and Los Angeles lawyers. Contacting Ehline Law will get you a free legal consultation and help you see if you have a lawsuit in your car accident injury claims. It could be an amputation, a fractured disc, disc bulge, paralyzation such as paraplegia or quadriplegia. Whatever it is, Call the injury hotline at 888-400-9721.

Areas of Practice

• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home Abuse
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers Rising Star, January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
• Super Lawyers Rising Star, January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
• Hollywood Weekly 2011 Cruise Ship Attorney of the Year, January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Published Works

• How to Become at Attorney on the California State Bar Law Office Study Program, Ehline Law Books, 2006, 2006

Representative Clients

• Serious Newport Beach personal injuries

West Practice Categories

Car Accident, Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury