If you are reading this webpage, you may have recently lost somebody you love due to a sudden, preventable accident. People affected by these accidents often experience profound grief that may feel confusing or overwhelming. On top of dealing with grief, many people affected by deadly accidents face serious financial issues. In many cases, these issues leave families unsure of how they’ll be able to move forward with their lives after experiencing such a tragic loss.

As Cameron Park wrongful death lawyers, we work with people affected by deadly accidents and help them recover their personal and financial well-being.

Often, law firms will accept many cases, hoping to cast a large net and take on as many clients as possible. However, we only practice injury law and solely take cases involving wrongful death or critical injuries. Because we have over thirty years in this business, our lawyers are experts regarding wrongful death claims.

While we typically only handle significant injury or wrongful death cases, we have experience dealing with different accidents. Fatal accidents types that we handle include:

• Auto accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Products liability cases
• Trucking Accidents
• Plane accidents
• Medical malpractice cases
• Pedestrian accidents
• Workplace death cases
• Construction accidents
• Farm accidents
• Boating accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Uber and Lyft accidents
• Dog bites

Even though many areas of El Dorado County are rural, there is still plenty of traffic there. Unfortunately, vehicle traffic always presents the risk of deadly car accidents. According to data reported by traffic agencies, including the California Highway Patrol and El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, there were 8,081 traumatic car crashes in the county between 2008 and 2020. Of these 8,081 accidents, 231 involved a fatal injury, resulting in 291 fatalities.

Most of these collisions happened on county-operated or municipal roads, while about 43 percent occurred on state highways. These fatal collisions included 17 pedestrian crashes, 6 bicycle accidents, and 51 motorcycle wrecks. Notably, motorcycle accidents accounted for nearly 20 percent of all fatal collisions across the county. Furthermore, over half of these fatal collisions were hit-object accidents. The next most common fatal accident type was head-on collisions, accounting only for about 15 percent of the crashes.

Losing somebody that you love is never easy. However, a fatal accident can be even more challenging to cope with because they are unexpected. The impact of such a loss can be immense, and grieving individuals often feel confused, angry, lost, and shocked. While coping with grief can be overwhelming, many people can process their emotions with the support of their friends, family, and communities.

If you would like to learn more about the grieving process, watch the following video:

Sadly, families dealing with the effects of fatal accidents often face severe financial issues. While it’s impossible to ever replace someone you love, seeking compensation from at-fault parties and insurance companies following fatal accidents is possible. L liable parties can be held responsible for economic damages and personal losses. Economic damages include lost income, household services, medical bills, and other items with easily identifiable prices. Personal suffering damages, such as lost companionship, parental guidance, and mo, are challenging to define economically.

Wrongful death cases can be critical for families. For this reason, it is essential to know that your lawyer is trustworthy and will handle your case effectively. To ensure your lawyer is competent, you should look for key factors. These include:

• History – Your lawyer should be an expert with a proven track record. To learn about your lawyer’s history, you can visit their website and look at the settlements and verdicts they have obtained. If these aren’t listed on your lawyers’ website, they should be happy to tell you about their successful advocacy history.
• Reputation – Another important thing to research is your attorney’s reputation in their community. You can easily find out what people think about an attorney by looking them up on popular review websites like Yelp, Avvo, or Google.
• Resources – Handling a major lawsuit requires money and time. Many small law firms simply lack the resources to deal with a high-value case. One great way to check whether or not your attorney is prepared to do everything they can for your case is to ask whether or not they would be comfortable taking your case to trial.

If you lost somebody in a deadly accident, please contact our legal team by calling (800) 404-5400 or (530) 392-9400 so that we can provide you with free, friendly advice.

Our law firm has been helping people in the Cameron Park area with fatal accident claims since 1982, and we’ve achieved many high-value settlements and verdicts on behalf of our clients.

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