A person who is injured in a motor vehicle collision generally has two years to file a lawsuit (but only 6 months to file a government claim), so if you intend to retain an attorney to pursue legal compensation for a collision, it is important to act quickly before evidence disappears (skid marks, surveillance video, etc.) or witnesses move away. For example, Mr. Tomasik handled a wrongful death claim where a 75 year old grandfather was walking in a crosswalk on a walk signal and was crushed to death by a delivery truck making a left turn. The delivery company had a team of investigators on site within minutes, and they were told by neighboring businesses that there was no surveillance video images of the fatal collision. The decedent’s children initially hired another very prominent attorney who did not send anyone to the incident scene to search for evidence. Mr. Tomasik then took over the case and made multiple visits to neighboring businesses, and was also initially told that there was no surveillance video. However, he insisted on seeing the video monitors and then the video from the day of the incident, and he was then able to obtain
There are hundreds of motor vehicle collisions each day in California, and they are one of the largest causes of serious injury and death. If you are injured in a collision, you can recover all damages caused by a motor vehicle collision, including economic damages (your medical bills, wage loss, property damage, etc.) and non-economic damages (pain & suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, loss of consortium). However, sometimes liability for the collision is disputed, and sometimes the insurance coverage issues as to which insurance policy is primary, secondary, or excess (or even if there is any coverage or whether Prop 213 applies) are complex. Mr. Tomasik’s previous work as a former defense attorney for insurance companies, and his work for more than two decades serving injured claimants, has enabled him to obtain recoveries that far exceed those expected by his colleagues.