Bakersfield traffic can get very busy at times, and constant construction zones popping up don’t make travel for local residents any easier. Traffic can slow down suddenly, and distracted drivers who don’t notice can ram other cars to cause major damage and injuries.
When car accident victims know their rights and how to hold car insurance companies accountable, they can earn support for 100% of their medical bills and other hardships. Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield can help with the frustrating accident claims process. To find out what’s possible, we offer a free, no-obligation case consultation for all construction zone accident injury victims in Kern County.
Do I Need a Lawyer After an Accident in a Construction Zone?
If your collision in construction traffic results in only car damage, you can probably handle your case yourself. But if your accident involves a serious injury and another driver is to blame, it’s wise to speak with a Bakersfield car accident lawyer about your options.
A skilled attorney protects your insurance claim when adjusters try to avoid responsibility by pointing blame at you or by discounting your pain and your injuries. A good attorney also maximizes the size of the settlement check you receive. Our attorneys can often win you much more than you could secure by handling your injury claim yourself.
Construction Zone Accident Hazards
Bakersfield roads seem like a never-ending project. Commuters on Ming Avenue or Highway 178 may suddenly come upon a wall of stopped vehicles or be herded by orange barrels onto one lane with dozens of cars all packing into a narrow space.
These added obstructions can make careless and reckless drivers all the more likely to cause an accident.
These are just a few of the dangers:
- Head-On Collisions – When opposite lanes of traffic are diverted into construction lanes that come dangerously close to each other.
- Side–Swipe Collisions – When four lanes suddenly go down to one lane, distracted drivers can swipe the vehicles beside them.
- Rear-Enders – A frightening and frequent danger on Highway 99 when distracted drivers don’t see the slowdown ahead and slam into the back of SUVs, trucks, and motorcycles.
- Uneven Surfaces – Construction crews can leave high pavement drop-offs. They can be too high to cause vehicles to go out of control or even flip.
- Road Construction Vehicle Accidents – DOT trucks and large road pavement graders can come out of construction zones and edge into the lanes where vehicles are already in tight traffic. Machinery and vehicles can cause major impacts and serious injuries.
In some cases, the City of Bakersfield or the State DOT may be responsible if they create hazards that cannot be avoided while working on local roads. The contractors hired to make road upgrades could also be liable if their careless actions contribute to an accident.
In normal accidents caused by reckless drivers, a claim with the at-fault motorist’s auto insurance provider is filed. Unfortunately, insurance adjusters are trained to delay accident support and to twist the evidence to make other drivers look like they were to blame. They hope victims get desperate and go away with no support at all or with far less than they need to recover fully.
Our skilled lawyers can call insurers out, make them speed up the claims process, and turn over the maximum in compensation available.
Support for Construction Zone Car Accident Victims
Besides protecting your innocence in an accident, your lawyer also creates a full list of the hardships you are put through in recovery.
This list must be thorough and backed with documentation, because anything left off or not supported with evidence are things that the insurance company doesn’t have to compensate.
These are a few of the factors that will determine the size of the construction zone accident settlement check:
- Final totals on the medical bills the victim receives and estimates on the cost of care that may be required in the future.
- The totals on paychecks that the victim must forfeit while they can’t work due to injury
- Additional support included in a settlement check for the pain victims is asked to endure
- Additional support for the emotional trauma caused by a horrifying collision and the mental anguish involved in a difficult medical recovery
- Support for the loss of enjoyment of life, a victim with a traumatic injury may feel when they have to give up their favorite hobbies and activities
- Support for the costs of travel for patients to see doctors and out-of-town specialists
- Support to cover the cost of car repairs until victims have a vehicle in good working order again
Contact a Construction Zone Car Accident Attorney Who Backs Your Claim with Evidence and Fights to Earn You More
Our attorneys never want to see you struggling to pay medical bills after an accident caused by a careless driver or a negligent road construction contractor. Our attorneys are ready to get aggressive with insurance companies that don’t immediately accept blame.
If you have a serious injury, and a careless driver caused your accident, contact Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield to schedule a free consultation. It’s a confidential, no-obligation review of your case with a real car accident lawyer.
If you end up needing our help to hold an insurance provider accountable, you don’t have to worry about how you’ll get a lawyer paid. We don’t charge anything up front, and we only get paid if we win your case for you. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement check you receive.
