Los Angeles Car Accident Lawyers

Who Can a Los Angeles Car Accident Lawyer Pursue For Damages?

Car accidents are so common most people hardly pause to think about them, even when they cause a backup on the interstate. That perspective changes, though, when you are the victim and a car crash has changed your life. At Trust Guss Injury Lawyers, we understand your car accident was a singular, life-changing event for you, and we'll thoroughly investigate it to determine just who might have legal liability for your injuries. Those parties may include:

• Other drivers. Driver negligence is the number one cause of car collisions in the country. Of the 44,207 people who were hurt or killed in Los Angeles car accidents, alcohol was involved in 3,546 of them, and speeding was a factor in 8,331 collisions. Usually, another driver is the one to blame for a car accident, which means that driver probably has legal liability for the crash and your injuries. That seems straightforward enough to most people, but remember, getting money from the “other driver” also usually means dealing with their insurance company and can also involve researching and chasing his personal assets.
• Car and car part manufacturers. The big companies that make cars and car parts have a legal obligation not to put defective products into the “stream of commerce.” When they do, and that defective product—whether it’s a whole car or just a tiny component—fails to work as it’s supposed to and causes an injury, the manufacturers can have legal liability. Suing a manufacturer for a defective part requires a lawyer who isn't afraid to stand toe-to-toe with the biggest corporations in the world. That’s us.
• Governments. In some places, local and state governments that are responsible for maintaining our roads, bridges, and tunnels do a poor job. But when a road condition gets really bad, or when the government designs a road in a way that makes it inherently dangerous, and an accident happens, the accident victims might be able to seek damages from the government. Taking legal action against the government requires having a sophisticated lawyer by your side. This is where we come in.
• Drug companies, doctors, and pharmacists. These days, most television ads are promoting some new medicine that’s supposed to be a miracle treatment for a disease you’ve never heard of. At the end of those ads, the spokesperson recites a long list of horrible side effects that sound worse than whatever the drug is supposed to treat. Regardless, not everyone receives the warnings they need to know about the side effects of the medicine they’re taking. Those same people may get behind the wheel of a car with side effects that leave them in no condition to drive. If an accident happens, the drug companies, doctors, and pharmacists who failed to warn that driver might have liability to the accident victims. If this happened to you, you need a lawyer with the resources and experience to challenge well-funded defendant companies.

This is just a short list of the many different parties who could have legal liability in a car accident. Every time an accident happens, part of a skilled lawyer’s job is to figure out what went wrong, why, and who could have made better choices that might have prevented the accident victims’ injuries. At Trust Guss Injury Lawyers, our team of lawyers and legal professionals has the skills and determination to get to the bottom of your accident and identify everyone who might owe you money.