Cases involving claims against other lawyers for mistakes made in handling a claim or case. Many such cases are complex in that the original claim must also be proven so that damages for failure to properly pursue a claim can be obtained.

Our sophistication in civil law provides us with the ability to aggressively pursue legal malpractice cases.

Both first party and third party cases arising out of the refusal or failure of an insurance carrier to pay policy benefits or policy limits for a particular covered claim.

These cases also include failures to timely defend or indemnify insured’s pursuant to the terms and conditions of an insurance policy. All types of insurance polices can form the basis of a bad faith claim. Such policies include auto, homeowners, Comprehensive General Liability, health, disability, life, professional malpractice, title, and specialized business and personal protection policies.

Any accident or mishap that results in injury to the brain or spinal cord that might result in paralysis, coma, or death.

These cases require an unusual amount of experience, significant resources and patience to determine what the required care will be for the remainder of an injured person’s lifetime, including the loss of income that he or she otherwise would have made, the money necessary to provide the injured person with the necessary medical care and treatment to preserve life and dignity, as well as compensation for the emotional trauma of the accident and living with the resulting disability.

Auto accidents, work-place accidents, or any other accidents involving a product that is defective and causes injury for any of the following reasons:

• The product failed to perform in the way it was intended;
• A product was defective in it’s manufacture or design, or
• A failure to warn of a defect in a product.

Our office has achieved numerous awards for injured victims for defective products ranging from injection molding machines, stamp machines, motor vehicles, fixed and non-fixed aircraft, tools, and many others.

All cases that have resulted in death. One of our particular areas of expertise, in which the firm and Mr. Stanley Jacobs in particular, has the largest and highest paid jury verdict in California for the death of a child.

We have successfully represented surviving spouses, children, parents, grandparents and estates of decedents for the wrongful death of those that die as the result of the fault of another.

Accidents involving trucks require particular sophistication and expertise in accident reconstruction and mechanics and regulations that are unique to the trucking industry. Our firm has handled many cases involving trucks from all over the United States that have been involved in accidents in California.