Irvine

Irvine is a city located in Orange County, California with a population of well over 200,000 residents. It is the seventh-richest city in the United States among those with a population of 65,000 people or more. Irvine is divided into townships called villages, each of which was initially designed to have its own unique architectural theme. The city is home to a branch of the University of California, which happens to be its largest employer. Like residents of other busy California cities, people there may be hurt in unexpected accidents. If you are in this difficult position, the Irvine injury lawyers at the Neumann Law Group can help. We can represent victims of many types of accidents, such as those involving motor vehicles, planes, boats, sports competitions, medical malpractice, defective products, and poorly maintained property.

Negligence will typically be the legal theory upon which a personal injury claim is based. This term refers to a failure to exercise the appropriate degree of care during a certain course of conduct. Reasonable care is defined as how a sensible or prudent person would have acted in the same situation. This is the standard for most ordinary personal injury cases, such as car accidents or slip and falls, but the standard of care is more specific in some contexts, such as those involving professional negligence.

For example, medical malpractice is a type of professional negligence that occurs when a health care provider breaches the applicable standard of care when treating a patient. To establish the standard, the plaintiff must use expert testimony to demonstrate what a health care provider in good standing in the same specialty would have done in treating a similar patient. As with other negligence cases, the defendant’s breach of this duty, or the actions that fell below the standard of care, must have been the direct cause of the victim’s harm. Under California law, a patient can file a medical malpractice claim up to one year after the injury is discovered, or up to three years from the date that the injury took place. Statutes of limitations are somewhat different in other personal injury cases.

Two types of compensation usually will be available to a plaintiff who prevails in a negligence claim. Economic damages often include medical expenses, rehabilitation costs, property damage, lost wages, and other tangible costs arising from the accident. Non-economic damages include less easily defined forms of harm like pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and scarring or disfigurement. Since these damages are relatively subjective, it is important to enlist a capable attorney who can help show during settlement negotiations or at trial how severely your injuries have affected your life.

At the Neumann Law Group, our experienced Irvine injury attorneys have the skill and dedication to handle virtually any type of claim for an accident victim. To get started on the legal process, contact us online or call us toll-free at (800) 525-6386 to set up a free consultation with a personal injury and wrongful death lawyer. We are also available to represent individuals in criminal defense, real estate, estate planning, family law, collections, and mediation matters.