A scary accident along Highway 99 in Bakersfield can leave you shaken up and in a great deal of pain. You might quickly have medical bills come due while dealing with lost job hours at work due to a debilitating injury.
An at-fault driver’s car insurance provider may tell you they aren’t responsible, but we fight to make sure they are held accountable. Contact a Bakersfield Car Accident Lawyer for a free consultation to discuss your options and the potential to receive a settlement check that’s fair for what you’ve been through.
Do You Need a Car Accident Lawyer
The speeds and driver errors along Route 99 can lead to major collisions. If your accident only involves minor injuries and/or car damage, you may be fine handling your claim yourself. But with a serious injury, you may need the protection and negotiation skills of a skilled attorney to win everything you need in recovery.
A serious injury like a broken wrist, a neck or back issue, or brain trauma, will come with escalating medical bills. This increased cost can lead to major hospital bills, and the totals will make car insurance companies look for every way possible to escape blame.
Your lawyer backs your case with evidence so that insurance adjusters can shift the blame to you. You can always file a claim yourself, but when a serious injury is involved, a lawyer can often win you much more than you could by taking on an insurance company on your own.
Take Advantage of a Free Legal Consultation
You may still be wondering if you have a case that is worth the hassle. There’s an easy way to find out. Take advantage of a no-risk question & answer session with a real lawyer.
Victims in Bakersfield and across Kern County can schedule a free case consultation with Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers of Bakersfield. We’ll go over what you’ll need to win your case and secure the support you require to get your life back to normal. If you could use our help to win more, we want to help you through this difficult and frustrating time. Let us file your claim and fight for you, while you focus on getting better.
What Is My Highway Accident Case Worth
If your case only involves minor injuries and body damage to your SUV, the value of your case may only go as high as your repair costs and perhaps an ambulance fee.
But if you come away with a bone fracture that requires much more time in an ER or hospital, and your injury requires surgeries or extensive physical therapy, your case instantly becomes much more valuable. Unfortunately, this means car insurance companies will make your attempt to secure even basic support that much harder.
Your attorney makes sure your case is backed with evidence before it’s submitted. Your lawyer also turns in a full list of your hardships and every factor the insurer is expected to take responsibility for.
Help With Bills:
- Your lawyer demands compensation for every medical bill you have. That includes additional support for any care victims may need if an injury flares up, continues to cause pain, or requires more physical therapy.
- Support for the missed paychecks victims suffer. Allowing victims to pay car payments, rent or mortgage, and credit card bills they may have fallen behind on.
- The cost of your car repairs.
Help With Non-Economic Damages:
- Support for the pain victims may need help coping with.
- Support for the emotional trauma that a frightening accident and major injury can cause.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Loss of intimacy with a spouse or partner.
Help for Families Who Lose a Loved One to a Highway 99 Collision:
- Wrongful death support for the funeral costs that families must pay
- Support for the leftover medical bills and emergency response fees.
- Support for the loss of guidance, love, and companionship.
- Support for the important life moments that can never be shared again, such as a wedding day and birthdays.
- Support to replace the income that a loved one may have provided to the family.
A Bakersfield Wrongful Death Lawyer can represent a spouse, children, and other relatives of the victim and make sure they receive justice and full support at such a devastating time.
Highway 99 Accident Risks
Highway 99 represents a major thoroughfare through Bakersfield and through the entire Central Valley. Farms, orchards, ranches, and factories all use it to transport their goods. Families use it to go to work, school, or to head out for a grocery run.
It’s why the mix of big rigs, delivery vans, SUVs, cars, and motorcycles all speeding along can lead to multicar pileups in Kern County. Collisions are especially common around busy city interchanges like the White Lane exit and on-ramp.
Drivers can think a straightaway is a good time to watch a cellphone video. They may fail to notice that they are veering into another lane, or that a traffic jam has slowed traffic ahead. A frightening chain-reaction collision can occur in a heartbeat.
It’s a dangerous stretch of road that shows up in shocking accident statistics each year.
- Kern County recorded 253 Highway 99 accidents involving injuries in 2024, those accidents resulting in at least 12 deaths. Those figures come from California’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS).
- In 2023, Kern County recorded 302 serious accidents along Highway 99, with 13 traffic fatalities.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Should I Do Right After an Accident on Highway 99?
If you are left strong enough and the scene is secure, you should try to collect the evidence that’s all around you. Call 911. Request an ambulance if you or anyone else is hurt. Get photos of the damage to the vehicles, your injuries, and the entire location. Get witness contact information. Keep any damaged or bloody clothing. Don’t wash it. Contact your own insurer to tell them what happened. Then reach out to a skilled lawyer if you have injuries that go beyond more than minor bumps and bruises.
How long do I have to file a car accident claim?
The statute of limitations on a car accident case is two years in California. But for the sake of your case, you should explore your options as soon as possible. Contact a car accident lawyer. If you wait, your lawyer will have a harder time tracking down evidence and locating witnesses. Surveillance video and dashcam footage may get erased. You’ll want to give your attorney a head start on building your case as strong as possible.
What if my accident has left me unable to afford a car accident lawyer?
After a frightening accident, you probably won’t have a lot of extra money lying around. That’s okay, because you won’t need it to hire Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers. You don’t pay us anything unless your case is successful. Then, if we win, our pay comes out of the settlement check that a car insurance company must send you.
Contact a Bakersfield Highway 99 Accident Lawyer
If you suffered a serious injury and a reckless highway driver caused your accident, it’s a good idea to take advantage of a free case review. Contact us to set up a meeting with a real lawyer.
We want to hear about your accident and figure out how we can help you earn more. We’ll inform you of every benefit available before an insurance adjuster can convince you that your injuries are worth nothing at all.