An Irvine car accident lawyer is an absolute necessity if you want to recover all the damages to which you are entitled from your car accident.  But how do you choose the right Irvine car accident attorney?  With so many attorneys around, many of them advertising for your business, it can be a bit confusing to choose the one which will work best with you.  However, there are some basic rules to choosing an attorney which do not change, no matter what the situation.  Here are some tips for finding the right Irvine car accident attorney to handle your case.

1) Listen to what others tell you. One of the best ways to find out how an attorney works with clients is to talk to those who have used that particular lawyer.  Former clients tend to give unbiased reviews; if a former client is angry with an attorney, there is usually a reason.  On the other hand, a client who tells you that the attorney was approachable, easy to talk to, and worked hard to get her a fair settlement is probably not just trying to drum up business for her former lawyer.  Talk to people you trust who you know have used a personal injury lawyer in the past and ask for honest recommendations. More

January 23, 2012--Newark, CA--an innocent man lost his life Monday during a high-speed chase of three burglary suspects with extensive criminal histories.  Authorities verified that a Fremont man, whose name has not been released, was driving a Honda sedan on Cherry Street and Mowry Avenue.  He was struck by the airborne vehicle of three men running from the police in connection with a burglary charge.  The victim was killed instantly in an impact that was heard for several blocks.

Police maintain that they were not chasing the vehicle with the three suspects at the time of the accident, but had called off the pursuit due to the dangerous nature of the chase.  Police had earlier attempted to make a traffic stop in relation to a 911 call received about a burglary.  When the officer attempted to stop the suspects' vehicle, the driver eluded the officer, driving at a high rate of speed.  Witnesses estimated the car was traveling up to 80 miles per hour as it left the scene.  Although police initially pursued the car, the pursuit was called off due to the dangerous nature of the chase.  The suspects' vehicle struck the victim's car about a mile and a half from the point where police allegedly stopped pursuit.

The suspects were taken into custody shortly after the accident.

My prayers and condolences go out to the victim's family at this time. More

Motorcycle accident lawyers in Anaheim know that riders are in serious trouble. Motorcyclists are 35 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than the drivers of automobiles, according to the Highway Transportation Safety Administration. The reasons for this may seem obvious: motorcyclists have far less protection from the effects of a crash than those in a car., and are far more likely to be hurt or killed if they suffer a collision. However, this is not the whole story.

In two-thirds of the cases in which a motorcycle collides with a car, it is the driver of the car, not the driver of the motorcycle, who is at fault. This data comes from the Hurt Report, published in 1981 at the request of Congress. The Hurt Report focused on motorcycle riders in the Los Angeles area, but its findings have been used to support studies and changes in laws throughout the nation. More

Police in Orange County are looking for a hit-and-run suspect -- a bicyclist who fled the scene after hitting and injuring another bicyclist. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury collision occurred the afternoon of September 13, 2010 on Los Alisos Boulevard, near Muirlands Boulevard, in Lake Forest. Two bicyclists were riding near each other, when one bicyclist pulled closer to the bike ahead and struck the rider from the left. More

Shane Marquez Vargas, 32, was critically injured in a Ventura car accident after he was struck by a vehicle the afternoon of August 11, 2010. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, the major injury pedestrian collision occurred near the intersection of Gonzales Road and Oxnard Boulevard in Oxnard. Police say 83-year-old Luningning Diaz Angeles was driving east on Gonzales Road when she struck Vargas. Some witnesses told police that Vargas had run into traffic between several vehicles. Vargas sustained severe head injuries in the crash. Angeles was uninjured. An investigation is ongoing. More

Gregg Haskell, 57, was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Modesto area after he lost control of his 2004 Harley-Davidson and crashed, the Modesto Bee reports. The fatal motorcycle crash occurred the evening of May 12, 2010 when Haskell was riding his motorcycle east on Orange Blossom Road near Horseshoe Road. California Highway Patrol officials said Haskell drifted off the road and into the dirt shoulder as he rode through a moderate curve. The motorcycle hit the curb and Haskell was ejected from his bike. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he died. More

A jury has awarded $30 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against Northern California based Horizon West Healthcare Inc. According to an Associated Press news report, the verdict in the civil case comes soon after a Sacramento County Superior Court jury found Colonial Healthcare of Auburn and its parent company, Horizon West, guilty of elder abuse in connection with the 2005 death of Frances Tanner. In addition to awarding $1.1 million in compensatory damages, jurors decided in the civil case that the nursing home companies should pay $28 million in punitive damages to Tanner's estate and her daughter, Elizabeth Pao. More

Police in the San Francisco Bay Area are looking for a driver who they say was involved in a hit-and-run collision that killed 35-year-old Victor Diaz and 56-year-old Phillip Coston on April 16, 2010. The Contra Costa Times reports that the collision occurred when a Ford going east on Buchanan Road attempted to make a left turn onto Brookside Drive and struck a Dodge. The driver of the Dodge, Diaz, and Coston, a passenger in the Ford, were killed. The driver of the Ford ran away from the scene of the crash. Police are looking for this individual and say that he will likely face felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter charges. More

A man was injured in a bicycle accident when he was hit by a vehicle on a San Diego street. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the injury crash happened on April 14, 2010, in the 2700 block of Kurtz Street. The injured man was taken to an area hospital. The extent or seriousness of his injuries is not known. Police say that this bicycle versus minivan collision occurred in the Midway District area. An investigation is ongoing. More

One person sustained injuries in an Anaheim car accident, after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and rear-ended another vehicle. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury collision occurred the morning of April 2, 2010 in the westbound lanes of the 91 Freeway, near Lemon Street, in Anaheim. California Highway Patrol officials said the driver of a Toyota Corolla fell asleep at the wheel while driving in the number three lane. When traffic slowed, he rear-ended a GMC truck. More