car accident Lawyers

Hundreds of car, and automobile vehicle accidents happen every day. If you’re the victim of an auto accident, then you may be entitled to financial compensation for your injures, pain, and property damage. You may be entitled to compensation, whether it be from the party at fault directly, or through their insurance provider. 

 

Farar & Lewis LLP can help you get compensation for pain and suffering, lost wages, medical bills, rehab expenses, property damage, and other financial hardships you may have suffered. 

 

 

 

Our team of Los Angeles car accident lawyers handle cases such as:

• car accidents, involving roll overs,rear-end collisions and head-on collisions
• Motorcycle accidents
• Truck, semi-truck, or tractor trailer related collisions
• MTA, Subway, and Bus related accidents
• Vehicle accident leading to wrongful death 

   

Regardless of the size of the auto accident, these accidents can have a wide-range of effects on the lives and health of victims. In many cases, there are medical conditions that develop sometime after the accident has already occurred  These conditions may, or may not, be visible to the naked eye.

 

We Work For Our Clients At Every Step

• We identify the party responsible for your injury, and in specific find out the owner and driver of all the vehicles that contributed to your injury.
• We investigate the accident site.
• Our team of accident reconstruction experts help us prove the negligence of the other party.
• We file and handle all insurance related paperwork in order to help you get the most benefits possible, and cause minimal processing downtime.
• We obtain your medical documents, and have it reviewed by medical experts.
• We handle all aspects of your  lawsuit, including depositions.
• We handle mediation, arbitrations and trial.

   

Above all – we keep you informed of the progress of the case

At Farar & Lewis LLP, our team of experienced car accident attorneys has over 30 years combined experience, helping victims of Los Angeles car accidents get financial compensation. 

 

 

 

What to Do After a Car Accident

Beyond any potential injuries and property damage, a car accident can be a shock because it’s sudden and unexpected. You may feel unable to do anything to cope with the situation. In a time like this, you need a good lawyer to defend your rights and secure any compensation for any liabilities you’ve sustained. At the very least, calling us puts control back in your life again. Our Los Angeles car accident attorneys advise you on what to do next and investigate the facts of an incident. But as quick as we are in handling your situation, we cannot be there at the moment of impact. The things you do then can affect your emotional, physical, and financial well-being as well as the final disposition of any legal action. It’s therefore important to take as many of the following steps as you can.

 

Check for injuries.

Your first priority after any accident is to ensure that everyone is okay. Determine if you or anyone in your car are injured. Then approach the other vehicles and check on the conditions of their occupants. Finally, if pedestrians are involved, find out how they’re doing as well. If someone is hurt, phone “911” immediately and ask for help. Your taking the initiative in seeing to everyone’s well-being will weigh in your favor.

 

Keep safe.

You want to keep the accident scene untouched until first responders get there. However, if doing so could possibly endanger anybody, you want take steps to put everyone out of harm’s way. For example, in fast and heavy traffic, you may want to pull your vehicle over to a shoulder. Whenever possible, you should handle your own vehicle and issues with your passengers, and let other individuals deal with their own concerns. Otherwise, if you start helping someone else push their car, you could be accused of causing a problem later on.

 

Be quiet.

Beyond finding out everyone’s condition, you do not want to say much else. What you say can be used against you. Even a sympathetic utterance such as “I’m sorry that I didn’t see you there” may be taken as admission of guilt and will be seized upon by opposing council. If first-responders ask you questions, answer truthfully, simply, and succinctly. Be even less forthcoming if civilians want your declaration. The only thing you need to exchange with other people involved is insurance information, such as policy number, insurance agency, agent name, and contact info.

 

Write down what happened.

While the accident is still fresh in your mind, use your smarphone’s memo function to write down what happened from your point of view. (If you don’t have such an app, try sending yourself the details via email or text.) Detail the date, time, and location of the incident; vehicles involved, including their license plate numbers; the people at the scene, including your passengers, occupants of other cars, and any witnesses; weather and traffic conditions; condition of any vehicles; speed; and any other contributing factors. Put down specific numbers whenever possible. Don’t just say “Other driver was speeding.” Instead, write down “Other driver seemed to be going 75 mph in a 40 mph zone.” If anyone says anything to you, such as about their health conditions, make a note of that as well.

 

Take pictures.

Pictures and video can be far more accurate, detailed, and credible in showing what happened than even the most extensive prose. So use your camera to get shots of everything to do with the accident. Take pictures of the people, witnesses, and vehicles involved; surrounding traffic, buildings, and property damage; damage to individual vehicles; injuries; and first-responders and their actions. If any movement is happening, record it with your video and audio functions.