If you have been harmed by a defective roadway, should you consider legal action?

At the time of a serious motor vehicle accident or other injury on a public roadway involving you or a loved one, you may not be aware that faulty highway design contributed to the accident. After the accident, your most immediate concern should be your own or your loved one’s medical care and rehabilitation. Yet after a roadway accident involving any kind of motor vehicle, including trucks and motorcycles, or involving pedestrians or bicyclists, you should protect your rights by discussing your loss with an attorney experienced not only in motor vehicle law but also in highway design law.

Even while you or your loved one is recuperating, a seasoned California highway design attorney can be investigating the circumstances that led to your injury. An attorney with experience in highway design defects will be alert to the possibility of defects in roadway design, construction, and in maintenance as possible contributors to the accident. The influence of faulty design, construction or maintenance may become clear in the course of investigation of the accident.

California law requires that public entities maintain the roads for which they are responsible in a safe condition. If a city, county, the state or any other public entity has failed to do so, and if you are injured as a result, you may seek damages.

For a thorough understanding of what occurred and of all the contributing factors, the accident investigation should take place as soon as possible, while witnesses’ memories are fresh, and before evidence has been destroyed and.

If you decide to pursue legal action, you should contact an attorney knowledgeable about motor vehicle law and highway design law as soon as possible for review of your situation. Every state has deadlines called statutes of limitation which regulate the filing of lawsuits. In California a claim against a public entity must be filed within six months of the event. If you or a loved one has suffered serious harm in an accident on a public roadway, and you believe that highway design flaws contributed to the accident, you should not delay in contacting an attorney. If the statute of limitations expires, your right to pursue a claim may be forever barred.

Casey Gerry, a leader in highway design defect law

Based in San Diego, Casey Gerry is one of the oldest and most respected plaintiff’s personal injury firms in California. Casey Gerry’s highway design attorneys have worked for more than sixty years with people who have been seriously injured or who have lost loved ones because of highway design defects. highway design cases handled Casey Gerry describes Casey Gerry’s experience in highway design cases, and Casey Gerry’s record in securing fair and just compensation for victims of flawed design, construction, and maintenance.

If you have further questions, or if you would like to discuss your situation with an experienced San Diego highway design lawyer, Casey Gerry attorneys always welcolme your call.