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Have you or a loved one been seriously injured or killed in an accident? If so, you should consult with an experienced San Diego personal injury lawyer to find out what your legal rights are and what your next step should be.

San Diego personal injury attorney A. Jason Kerckhoff knows how serious and life-changing accidental injuries can be, and how frustrating it is to try to obtain relief from insurance companies and other responsible parties.

Choosing A San Diego Injury Attorney

After a vehicle crash, dog bite attack, slip/trip-and-fall incident, bicycle injury, motorcycle injury, or any other event involving serious injury or the wrongful death of a loved one, it is very important to work with a law firm that specializes in personal injury.

Unfortunately, sometimes people are negligent, reckless, or violent, and their irresponsible or wrongful behavior causes injuries. When these tragic, expensive injuries happen to you or a loved one, the person or company who caused the injuries should be held responsible.

The types of skills required to successfully handle a serious accident or wrongful death case are very specific. Our San Diego personal injury law firm is dedicated to assisting injury victims in obtaining the maximum financial compensation they are entitled to, so that they can move on with their lives.

Have you or a loved one been seriously injured or killed in an accident? If so, you should consult with an experienced injury attorney to find out what your legal rights are and what your next step should be.

San Diego personal injury attorney A. Jason Kerckhoff knows how serious and life-changing accidental injuries can be, and how frustrating it is to try to obtain relief from insurance companies and other responsible parties.

Choosing A Cardiff-By-The-Sea Injury Lawyer

After a vehicle crash, dog bite attack, slip/trip-and-fall incident, bicycle injury, motorcycle injury, or any other event involving serious injury or the wrongful death of a loved one, it is very important to work with a law firm that specializes in personal injury.

Unfortunately, sometimes people are negligent, reckless, or violent, and their irresponsible or wrongful behavior causes injuries. When these tragic, expensive injuries happen to you or a loved one, the person or company who caused the injuries should be held responsible.

The types of skills required to successfully handle a serious accident or wrongful death case are very specific. Our Cardiff By The Sea personal injury law firm is dedicated to assisting injury victims in obtaining the maximum financial compensation they are entitled to, so that they can move on with their lives.

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accidents, gunshot wounds, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.).
The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur. In fact, for most people with SCI, the spinal cord is intact, but the damage to it results in loss of functioning.

Almost 11,000 people in the U.S. sustain a traumatic spinal cord injury each year, resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bowel or bladder dysfunction. In this country, more than 250,000 people live with paralysis caused by SCI.

More than half the people who sustain an SCI are between the ages of 16 and 30. More males than females sustain this type of injury - the ratio is more than four to one. The most common cause of SCI is a motor vehicle crash, accounting for at least 36% of these injuries (broken down as follows: no restraints used - 20%; restraints used - 13.7%; motorcycle - 7.4%; accidents involving pedestrians - 5.2%; other - 2.1%).

Violence-related SCIs have been steadily increasing over the past two decades, and today, violence is associated with 29% of SCIs. Falls and sports injuries result in 21% and 7% of SCI cases, respectively.

Damages In SCI Cases

The amount of damages that may be recovered against a party responsible for causing SCI injury is substantial. The average out-of-pocket cost of coping with a spinal cord injury in the first year can be as high as $741,000 for the most severe injuries. For each year after that, the average cost is approximately $132,000. These amounts don't include indirect damages (which averaged $60,000 in 2006) such as:

If you or a loved one has sustained an SCI due to the negligence of another party, you may want to consult with an experienced SCI attorney to find out what your legal rights are.

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Have you or a love one been injured by someone else's negligence in an El Centro accident? If so, you should consult with an experienced, aggressive attorney to find out what your legal rights are and what your next steps are.

Choosing An El Centro Serious Injury Lawyer

After an automobile crash, dog bite attack, slip/trip-and-fall incident, bicycle injury, motorcycle injury, or any other event involving serious injury or the wrongful death of a loved one, it is very important to work with a law firm that specializes in personal injury.

The types of skills required to successfully handle a serious accident or wrongful death case are very specific. Don't be fooled by choosing a lawyer who dabbles in these types of cases, rather than one who handles them exclusively, as we do. Making a bad choice in getting the wrong attorney can be one of the most regrettable decisions you can make, and may significantly reduce the outcome you might otherwise be able to achieve.

Jason Kerckhoff is an experienced El Centro accident lawyer & Imperial Valley personal injury lawyer who has over 28 years of experience providing legal representation to serious accident victims in southern California, including San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Imperial Counties.

Scottsdale, Arizona's Austin Crane (8 years old), was one of three young siblings hospitalized in critical condition at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, following a light-plane crash on August 2nd in Tierrasanta. The crash killed their mother upon impact. Unfortunately, Austin was pronounced brain dead on August 4th. He is being kept alive on life support awaiting organ donation.

According to broadcast reports, Austin's sisters and father, who was also critically injured in the crash, remain hospitalized.

Pilot Gregory Crane, the children's father, had flown to San Diego to pick up his wife, two daughters, and Austin, who had been visiting family. Mr. Crane's home-built single-engine Velocity Super XLRG5 airplane went down at approximately 1:00 p.m. near the 11th hole of Admiral Baker Golf Course - a military golf course east of Interstate 15 in San Diego.Soon after taking off from Montgomery Field airport about 12:45 p.m., Gregory radioed the airport tower to report that a door on the plane had fallen off and he was heading back to the Kearny Mesa airport to make an emergency landing. Flight controllers lost contact with him, and then the airplane crash was reported moments later. The plane's door was found in a ravine near Santo Road, which is about one- half-mile west of the northwestern edge of the golf course.

Small Plane Crashes Occurring In California

According to 10News, since 1960, there are very few days when a general aviation plane has not been involved in a crash. In July 2010, there were four small-plane or general aviation crashes in California, and 64 crashes throughout the U.S. The National Transportation Safety Board indicates that four crashes in one month is typical.

Plane Crash Liability Issues

While this San Diego airplane crash remains under investigation, the family of the victims should contact an experienced San Diego airplane crash injury lawyer as soon as possible.

The victims may be entitled to compensation for their injuries, pain and suffering, loss of consortium, and lost earnings, as well as Dillonclaims for witnessing the death(s) of their loved one(s). An attorney can also investigate whether a defective product may have caused or contributed to the crash.

Sources: 10 News, NTSB

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