A large part of the firm’s practice consists of personal injury litigation. “Personal” injury refers to injury to one’s body, mind state, or feelings.

 

Personal injury can result from negligent, reckless, or intentional conduct. Common types of negligence based claims include, but are not limited to: 

 

Common types of non-negligence based claims include, but are not limited to:

 

A claimant/plaintiff must prove the elements of the particular claim asserted, including fault, causation, and damages. It is up to the defendant to show that the claimant/plaintiff cannot prove at least one of the elements of each cause of action asserted, to provide a legal defense, or to reduce the amount of damages. With regard to negligence based lawsuits, it should be noted that California is a "comparative negligence" jurisdiction. If the defendant is partially negligent, and the plaintiff is also partially negligent, the plaintiff will recover to the extent the defendant is found at fault. 

 

The firm represents victims in negligence and non-negligence based cases.