We help the victims of self-driving car accidents on Bakersfield Streets. You may be in a self-driving car when an accident occurs, or you may be in your own car when you are struck by a self-driving vehicle.
If you have been hurt in such an accident, contact us for a free consultation. You can find out more about what we can do for car accident victims on our Bakersfield Car Accident Lawyer page.
Do You Need a Bakersfield Self-Driving Car Accident Lawyer
Victims can file accident claims and even lawsuits on their own. And when accidents only involve very minor injuries or just car damage, that’s probably the way to go.
But when victims have more serious injuries, and a self-driving car caused the collision, it’s a good sign that victims should speak to a lawyer. Hospital costs and lost paychecks will begin to add up, and insurers wanting to avoid these expenses make it harder for victims to win full support. Insurance companies may find it more cost-effective to try to blame an innocent victim for the accident or question their injury diagnosis.
Your attorney backs your case with evidence and makes sure the blame stays with the computer driver and the company behind the self-driving car.
A lawyer may be helpful to you in these and other situations:
- You are left with a bone fracture, like a broken ankle bone, in a collision caused by a self-driving car.
- You come away with neck or back pain that doesn’t go away in a few days.
- You endure a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
- Your loved one is the victim of a self-driving car accident.
- There’s an injury involved, and the self-driving car company tries to pin the blame on you, even though you didn’t cause the accident.
A Free Consultation with a Real Bakersfield Car Accident Attorney
You may still have questions about your case and whether you’ll need a lawyer. There’s an easy way to determine what’s best for your recovery.
Schedule a no-risk, free case consultation with Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield.
We want to go over the details of what happened to you, and then examine your best and quickest path to earning support. If we can’t help you earn more, and you’d be better off handling your case yourself, we’ll tell you that. We definitely want to give you an idea of what your case is worth before you go. Because you should never let an insurance company or a self-driving car company decide what your pain and hardships should earn.
What a Self-Driving Car Company Must Cover After an Accident
The size of a settlement check a self-driving car company must write for you will depend largely on how seriously you are hurt and how long you’ll require care.
But there are other economic and non-economic factors that will contribute to your settlement.
These are just a few of the benefits your Bakersfield car accident attorney demands for you:
Economic Damages:
These are the costs that can be totaled or estimated. The totals on your current medical bills must be fully covered. A settlement offer must also provide for any care you could require in the years ahead (e.g., additional surgeries or physical therapy). That future care could include lifetime support if you endure a permanent physical disability. The paychecks you lose out on while you can’t work must also be covered. Your repair costs if your vehicle is rammed by a self-driving vehicle must be compensated.
Non-Economic Damage:
These are the damages you suffer that are harder to assign a monetary figure to, but that are just as real. They include things like the pain you may endure in an accident and then over a long recovery. This difficult time must be considered in a settlement award. The emotional toll a frightening accident in a self-driving vehicle might take should be compensated. This can include the time victims must change their lifestyles due to injury, including giving up favorite hobbies and participation in family activities.
The Liability in a Self-Driving Car Accident
Local travelers can be put at risk by a variety of self-driving vehicles or vehicles with driver-assist features. Waymo self-driving taxis are showing up in more and more cities across California. Motorists might even be alongside driverless big rigs being tested (with human guidance) on local highways.
But some cars, SUVs, and pick-ups also come with hands-free driving. Already careless drivers can rely too much on this feature and end up allowing a devastating accident to occur. This can include Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Feature or GM’s Super Cruise Control System.
Victims can end up in a frightening collision along a busy route like Highway 99. They might be in another car or a passenger in a computer-controlled vehicle. Victims would be rushed to a facility like Bakersfield’s Memorial Hospital. Later, they may get time to wonder who should be paying their ambulance fees and ER bills.
Several parties may be liable when a self-driving or driver-assisted car causes a crash. In some cases, more than one party may be held liable for a single accident.
Your lawyer would be investigating the liability of these and other parties:
- A car owner or driver who allowed a driver-assist car to smash into you.
- A self-driving car operator, like Waymo taxis, when a vehicle smashes into you or when you are a passenger in a self-driving car that crashes.
- A self-driving car manufacturer or software developer, when a car’s design or programming causes a crash.
- A normal driver who smashes into the self-driving car you are riding in.
The truth is that these parties will all have car insurance providers who would handle claims and decide what injured victims should receive. Of course, insurers have developed tactics to limit what injured victims can count on to help with recovery costs.
It’s always a good idea to check over your case with a skilled attorney in Kern County. If a self-driving car company or an insurer offers you a quick settlement, have a lawyer look it over. There’s a good chance that the offer won’t cover all that you’ve been put through. Your lawyer helps you reject “lowball” offers and demands more on your behalf.
Contact a Bakersfield Self-Driving Car Accident Lawyer
You can seek support after an accident by filing an injury claim and asking for assistance with your medical bills and forfeited paychecks. But insurers for autonomous car companies can play “keep away” with compensation and make you fight through red tape just to earn basic support.
Our Bakersfield car accident attorneys collect evidence to show that a reckless driver caused a collision and to demonstrate how badly you are hurt. This puts an end to insurance tactics. We then battle to seek the maximum possible for your recovery.
If you suffer a serious injury and another driver is to blame, contact us for a free, no-obligation case consultation. For decades, Martin Gasparian has been helping victims earn injury support from giant insurance companies and corporations like Google and Waymo. He doesn’t back down from these big businesses and their corporate lawyers.
And if you are worried about how you’ll pay a lawyer’s fee, there’s no reason to stress. We work under a contingency agreement, which means we don’t get paid unless we win your case. Then, our pay comes out of the settlement check that the insurer must send to you.