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Personal Injury Accidents

Los Angeles serious injury lawyer Scott A. Marks provides exceptional and aggressive representation in several different areas of Personal Injury law, including Motor Vehicle Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Birth Injuries, Defective Products, Third Party Slip and Fall Negligence, and most other Personal Injury cases in most of southern California including Orange County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County.

The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, product defect accidents and holiday accidents. Personal injury law also includes medical and dental accidents which lead to numerous medical negligence claims.

Mr. Marks successfully represents people in all walks of life and has achieved very notable successes (click here for Verdict examples). Please contact us directly if you do not see your area on the site and Mr. Marks will be happy to speak with you about your case

If you are encountering an insurance company personal injury or property damage claim denial or dispute Mr. Marks is notably effective in dispute resolution with insurance companies.

Personal Injury law deals with obtaining compensation for injuries caused by the negligence, carelessness or intentional misconduct of individuals or corporations.

The personal injury attorney usually tries to negotiate with the opposing party or their insurance company. If necessary, and if the attorney thinks you have a good chance of winning, the case may go to trial.

The main concerns in a personal injury case are negligence and liability. Before you can collect an award, your attorney will have to prove that the defendant is liable. To prove liability, the attorney must establish negligence. If there is a failure to exercise reasonable care to prevent injury or damage then there may be negligence. Once liability and negligence have been established, the judge or the jury may award money to compensate for medical costs, lost wages and lost future earnings as well as for pain and suffering. In some cases, punitive damages are also recoverable.

In the United States, this system is complex and controversial, with critics calling for various forms of tort reform.

Attorneys often represent clients on a "contingency basis," in which the attorney's fee is a percentage of the plaintiff's eventual compensation, payable when the case is resolved. Oftentimes, having an attorney becomes essential because cases become extremely complex, such as in medical malpractice cases, wrongful death cases, birth injuries and insurance bad faith cases.