Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can help you recover money to compensate you for medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering and more if you or a loved one has been injured or killed by a drunk driver in Palm Desert, CA.
Our experienced lawyers have been handling drunk driving crashes since 1990. We have recovered in excess of $750,000,000 for our clients. Hiring our experienced drunk driving accident attorneys gives you the best chance to recover the most financial compensation possible.
We represent drunk driving accident victims without charging them a fee until and unless we obtain a financial recovery for them. This means that we don’t charge victims of drunk drivers any legal fees until and unless we win their case. Victims of drunk driving accidents will never owe us a penny of upfront or out-of-pocket fees.
If you can’t afford medical treatment after being injured by an intoxicated driver, we can make sure you are treated by doctors who will treat you on a lien. This means that you won’t be charged for your treatment until your case ends. Doctors’ willingness to do this for our clients is evidence of our reputation for getting fantastic results for the clients we represent in drunk driving accident cases.
Call a DUI accident lawyer at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers today for a free consultation, send us a text from this page or fill out the free contact form on this page. Let us obtain for you the compensation and justice that you so rightfully deserve.
What Is The Difference Between Criminal And Civil Drunk Driving Accident Lawyers?
There are two types of lawyers who are likely to be involved in accident cases involving impaired drivers: civil lawyers and criminal lawyers. Civil lawyers deal with the civil court system and criminal lawyers deal with the criminal court system.
Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers are civil lawyers. We provide legal representation to plaintiffs who have been injured by drivers with an illegal blood alcohol content. We seek to recover financial compensation from the drunk driver or, more commonly, the drunk driver’s insurance company. This compensation is intended to compensate our clients for their medical bills, loss of wages, property damage and more.
On the other hand, there are also criminal defense lawyers who people who have been accused of drunk driving can hire to defend them in criminal court against criminal charges. Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers are not criminal defense lawyers.
What Compensation Is Available After Drunk Driving Crashes?
You could qualify to receive money to compensate you for many different things in your drunk driving accident case, including:
Medical Expenses
The largest chunk of compensation you may receive after your drunk driving crash, like in a typical personal injury claim, will probably compensate you for medical bills. You are probably already owing money to medical providers after being hurt due to someone else’s intoxicated driving, and you might also need medical treatments in the future which will lead to more medical expenses. Our drunk driving accident lawyers can help you recover compensation for any past or future medical bill which is related to your drunk driving collision.
Loss Of Wages
One of the more common forms of compensation available in drunk driving accident claims is compensation for lost wages. This means that if you were unable to work for a period of time because of your auto accident, whether that be because you were injured too badly to work or because you had to miss work to attend appointments at medical facilities, a DUI accident attorney at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can help you recover compensation for the wages you lost so you can continue to pay your bills and pay for daily expenses.
Loss Of Earning Capacity
A common form of compensation available in a typical personal injury case is compensation for loss of earning capacity. This means that when those injured in DUI accidents are never able to work again, or are never able to do the job they used to again, they can receive compensation for the loss or reduction to their earning capacity.
Pain And Suffering
It is common for a DUI accident victim to experience physical pain and mental suffering after their motor vehicle accident. You may be eligible for compensation for any pain and suffering caused by your car accident.
Property Damage
Your vehicle was probably damaged in your accident which involved a driver over the legal limit regarding how drunk they were. It may have even been totaled. We can handle the whole process for you regarding obtaining compensation from an insurance company for your property damage so you don’t have to handle that process.
Wrongful Death
Unfortunately, fatal drunk driving accidents happen, and we are truly sorry for your loss if you lost a loved one in a car wreck involving alcohol consumption. Financial compensation, unfortunately, can’t bring your loved one back. It can, however, help make sure that you don’t have to go through financial distress because you lost your loved one. Your loved one may have provided you with income, household services, love and companionship, and we can help you recover compensation for these losses in a wrongful death claim. A drunk driving accident attorney at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can also recover for those who lost loved ones to fatal car accidents compensation for their loved one’s medical bills, pain, suffering, funeral expenses and burial expenses via wrongful death claims.
Punitive Damages
Punitive damages are intended to punish defendants and deter others from behaving like the defendants in the future. They are not usually awarded in most typical personal injury cases. However, they are commonly awarded in cases involving intoxicated drivers. We will seek punitive damages on your behalf to punish the drunk driver who injured you for driving with an illegal blood alcohol concentration.
Why Do I Need Drunk Driving Accident Attorneys?
If you wish to recover the most money possible for your injuries in a civil claim, you will need to be represented by an experienced law firm with a reputation for success if you want to be able to recover the money you deserve. In addition, one of the main reasons you need a lawyer is so a lawyer can do all the talking with insurance companies for you, since it’s very easy for you to say something you shouldn’t to an insurance company, and this could cause the money you qualify for to be drastically reduced.
Insurance Companies Won’t Respect You If You Don’t Have A Lawyer
California law entitles you to compensation from those who injure you while driving drunk. However, insurance companies won’t actually pay you all of the compensation you’re entitled to if they don’t respect your ability to sue them and win. They know that if they offer you a tiny fraction of what you are actually entitled to, your only choices are to accept their tiny offer or sue them over that offer. They know that if you aren’t represented by an attorney, you have no chance of suing them and winning, as they can afford very expensive lawyers to represent them in court. So, the insurance companies will never offer you what you actually deserve if you don’t have a lawyer.
This is where Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers come in. We have a long-established record of success. The insurance companies who represent drunk drivers keep records on injury lawyers. When they see you are represented by us, they will consult with these records. When they do this, they will see that when we go to court and fight for our clients, we win. They will see that it will be a waste of expensive legal fees to try to take us on in court. They will then likely offer you the full compensation you’re entitled to under the law, up to the policy limits. Almost all of our cases settle out of court for amounts that are fair and just because insurance companies know that we fight for our clients and win.
Talking With Insurance Companies Can Be Dangerous
It is a bad idea for you to talk to insurance companies after being injured in an accident. Insurance companies’ primary interest is limiting the amount of money they pay you as much as they can to preserve their own profit margins. They are very good at this and will not hesitate to resort to dirty tricks in order to do so. They will offer you tiny settlement amounts and pressure you to accept them. They will use delay tactics, hoping to be able to delay your claim long enough that the time limit to sue them expires. Worst of all, they actually train their insurance adjusters to trick you into saying things, while you are being recorded, that imply your injuries aren’t as severe as you claim, or that imply that you were partially at fault for the accident. Their adjusters are very good at doing this, and if you fall for their manipulation, it could end up costing you tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Let a Palm Desert drunk driving accident lawyer at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers do all the talking with insurance companies for you. We can handle any and all negotiations and communications with the insurance companies for you. We know how to accurately put a value on your claim, so we will know when the insurance company’s offer to you is fair. When the insurance company’s offer to you isn’t fair, we will let you know, and we will fiercely and aggressively negotiate with the insurance company for you to make sure you receive fair compensation in the end.
Call us today for a free case evaluation so we can deal with the insurance companies for you and make sure you receive the compensation and justice that you deserve.
What If I Was Partially At Fault For My Accident But Wasn’t Drinking?
You may have been partially at fault for your accident even if the other driver was drinking and you were not. However, even in this circumstance, you will still be eligible for financial compensation for your injuries.
The way this works in California is this: you will be assigned a percentage of fault for your accident. The amount of money you are eligible to recover for your injuries will simply be reduced by your percentage of fault for your accident. So, if you are found to be 20 percent at fault for your accident, your recovery will simply be reduced by 20 percent. If you are found to be 20 percent at fault for your accident and suffered $100,000 worth of damages, you will be eligible to recover $80,000.
If you were partially at fault for your accident, it is vital for you to obtain the representation of experienced counsel like Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers. We have been representing clients who are partially responsible for their own injuries since 1990. We are vastly experienced in reducing the percentage of fault ultimately assigned to our clients in order to maximize the financial compensation they are eligible for.
How Much Will It Cost Me For Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers To Represent Me?
It will not cost you a single penny out of your own pocket for us to represent you, and that is a promise.
So, how do we make money? We charge legal fees if and only if we recover money for our clients, and don’t charge these fees until we recover money for our clients. Our fees are simply a percentage of whatever money we obtain for our clients. This means that you cannot lose money by hiring us, only gain money. We are able to operate on this business model because we virtually always win our cases.
Is There A Time Limit To File A Lawsuit Against A Drunk Driver In California?
Yes, there is. That time limit is two years from the date that you were injured in a drunk driving accident. This time limit is commonly known as a statute of limitations. If this time limit expires, you will no longer be able to file a lawsuit seeking to recover compensation for your losses and injuries.
There is an exception to this time limit, though. When government entities are involved, the time limit is shortened to six months. Say your accident had multiple causes – the other driver was partially at fault for driving drunk, but there was also a dangerous roadway condition which contributed to the accident, a condition a government entity should have but did not correct. In this instance, you would only have six months to file a lawsuit seeking compensation for your injuries.
You should call us today to give us the most time possible to build a convincing case for you and make sure that any and all paperwork is filed in a timely fashion. Drunk driving accident cases can be complex. It can take a while to build up a convincing case. A lot of evidence needs to be gathered. Experts need to be hired and allowed to investigate your case. If you wait until the last minute to call a lawyer, you shouldn’t expect great results. Don’t hesitate – call us today for a free consultation.
