Orange County T-Bone Car Accident Lawyers
T-Bone Car Accident Attorneys in Orange County, California
T-bone car accidents are one of the most terrifying incidents that can occur in a person’s life. The danger of these collisions perhaps comes second only to head-on collisions. When a side-impact Orange County car accident occurs, the most common reason is someone running a red light or stop sign. There are several other instances that might lead to a T-bone crash, and those specific circumstances help to inform how your Easton & Easton attorneys handle the case.
What To Do After a T-Bone Accident
It is impossible to give advice that covers everyone involved in a T-bone accident. Every case is different, and liability varies. Even so, there are some important steps you can take to protect yourself.
Stop the Vehicle
This seems like a simple enough instruction, but guilty people often flee the scene. Many drivers equip their vehicles with dashcams that can pick up license plates. Even if the driver does not have this footage, another driver present at the scene might. For this and ethical reasons, stop the vehicle in a safe location and put the hazards on.
Assess Injuries and Damage
Check to ensure that you are not hurt, particularly if there is extensive damage to the vehicle or it flipped. If there are other passengers in the vehicle, check to ensure that they are also okay. Determine if anyone in the other vehicle is injured. If someone got hurt, call for help. After ensuring everyone is okay, check the vehicles for damage.
Collect Information
You don’t want the person to leave before you can get everything you need, so exchange information as soon as possible and verify what you can. Take photos of the weather conditions, site of the accident, damage of both vehicles and anything else that might prove useful. If passersby stopped who saw the incident, get their information as well and request footage from their dashcams.
Report the Incident
If the damage is extensive, call the police. You should also consider calling an attorney. Doing so early in the process helps them provide you with the guidance you need to address the issue in the way that best protects your interests. Calling your insurance company is also important. Note that California law requires you to report the incident to the DMV within 10 days if the damage is more than $750 or someone got injured.
Seek Medical Attention
If you are not seriously injured, you might decide not to go to the hospital. However, injuries often creep up over a few hours or even several days. Because of this, it’s a good idea to pay your doctor a visit and get examined. Let professionals determine if you have suffered injuries that prompt concern or require any remedies. Many physicians may recommend an X-ray or CT scan after an accident.
How To Determine Liability for the Accident
When drivers get into an accident in Orange County, both parties might claim they were not responsible. This is especially likely if there is no objective evidence to prove either party was at fault. Not only do many people refuse to take accountability for their actions, but they worry about their driving records and the insurance premium hikes.
Even if you believe you might be partially at fault, most professionals in this field recommend not admitting guilt. To do so might injure the case and can be very difficult to take back. Working with an attorney is especially important in these cases. An attorney can guide you on how to gather evidence, how to answer questions and what to expect as things proceed.
If you believe you are not at fault, then proving this becomes easier. You might have more freedom to rely on any evidence available, including traffic cameras, police reports and dashcam footage from anyone at the scene. All of these might help you to prove the other driver’s negligence so you can get the maximum compensation you deserve.
At Easton & Easton, one of the tasks we take on is helping you determine who might be at fault before you file your claim. This allows you to set realistic expectations about how the insurance company might handle the case and how much compensation you can expect to receive.
Note that these are estimates based on the evidence provided, but the other party might also provide evidence that helps to tilt the scale in his or her favor. Even so, it is much better to go into the process with some idea of the road ahead.
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What Causes T-Bone Accidents
When determining liability, one of the things insurance companies try to do is figure out what caused the accident. It then follows that whoever was responsible for that action led to the accident occurring and is therefore at fault. Here are some common reasons:
Impaired Driving: People who are intoxicated, drowsy, distracted or all three are more likely to fail to follow signs or notice another vehicle.
Failure to Yield: This explains why in some instances, the driver that gets T-boned becomes the at-fault driver in the accident.
Mechanical Failure: Sometimes brakes fail or another malfunction might make it difficult for the car to stop, thus resulting in a crash.
Orange County T-Bone Accident Attorneys Can Help
After an accident, many people find that they are unable to think straight. You might feel emotionally distraught and skip important steps. Making mistakes is fairly normal even when people know exactly what to do. Even if this is the case and the insurance company has already denied your claim, there is hope yet.
Attorneys might still help you turn the case around or appeal the decision. If the insurance company has begun to stall rather than issue a denial, attorneys can help to speed things up. Insurance companies often walk all over drivers when they have no representation but become more alert and careful when an Orange County personal injury attorney takes on the case.
Yes, it is almost always in your best interest to consult with an attorney as soon as possible. However, we are willing to look at any case at any stage of the process in an Orange County car accident. To find out if we can help and how, contact our law offices today.
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Easton & Easton was recently honored for securing a $26,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as a Top 10 Personal Injury Settlement in California in 2023 by TopVerdict.com.
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Easton & Easton was recently honored for securing a $32,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as one of the Top 20 Personal Injury Settlements in the entire United States in 2024 by TopVerdict.com.
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We were recently honored for securing a $26,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as a the #1 Personal Injury Settlement in Los Angeles County in 2023 by TopVerdict.com.
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Travis Easton, Gabe Mendoza, and Brenda Kocaj were selected to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 — an invitation-only honor recognizing the nation's top young trial attorneys. At Easton & Easton, experience and ambition work side by side.
Easton & Easton was honored for securing a $20,000,000 settlement for our client, which was selected as one of the Top 10 Personal Injury Settlements in the entire United States in 2019 by TopVerdict.com.
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Easton & Easton was honored to have been chosen by the LA Times Reader's Choice Poll as "The Best Personal Injury Law Firm in Orange County" for 2018-2020 (each year the voting took place).
We were recently honored for our efforts in securing a $1,850,000 verdict for a client, which was selected as one of the Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2016 by TopVerdict.com.
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