California Auto Accidents, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawyer

Law Office of Reuben J. Donig

177 Bovet Road, Suite 600 San Mateo, California 94402 USA

 (650) 489-0545 or (866) 515-9229
 (650) 638-2536

www.doniglaw.com
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The Law Office of Reuben Donig has been serving California's San Francisco Bay Area since 1976, handling personal injury and wrongful death claims and litigation. The firm's lawyer and professional staff work to get the best possible result for every client, and have successfully recovered compensation for accident victims and their families in a large number of cases.

As members of a personal injury practice, our firm's lawyer and staff see the challenges that our clients face following a catastrophic accident. Litigation, a process that can be lengthy and stressful, and carries a degree of risk, is not the only option we explore on behalf of a client. However, attorney Reuben Donig has an exceptional ability to accurately identify the true value of a claim, and will not hesitate to go to trial to help a client get the fair settlement necessary to rebuild his or her life. He often is able to resolve cases through negotiation, mediation, or arbitration, allowing the injured persons and their families to begin the process of rebuilding their lives as quickly and smoothly as possible.

If a member of your family has been seriously injured it is extremely important that you get a legal opinion before accepting any insurance settlement offer. If you would like to speak with our lawyer about your claim, please contact our San Mateo office to arrange a free consultation. All cases at our firm are handled on a contingency fee basis, meaning that we charge no attorney fees unless our client recovers compensation as a result of our efforts.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas Description

- Personal Injury

Not every tragic accident entitles the injured person, or, in the case of a fatal accident, family members, to a claim for compensation. However, it is important, if a member of your family has sustained a serious accidental injury, such as brain damage or a spinal cord injury that you discuss your case with an experienced lawyer to see that no source of compensation is overlooked. If you would like attorney Reuben J. Donig to review your case, please contact our San Mateo office to arrange a free consultation. Our personal injury firm serves clients throughout California's San Francisco Bay area.

- Motor Vehicle Accidents / Car Accidents

Car accidents are one of the most common causes of personal injury in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you or members of your family were seriously injured in an auto collision, you may be dealing with medical treatments and medical and household bills. If a loved one was in a fatal accident, you may, emotionally and economically, face an uncertain future. Several insurance policies may be available to cover your medical expenses and lost wages, including your health insurance, personal injury protections and uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage in motor vehicle insurance covering you or any member of your household, and insurance of the driver of the other car. If the accident involved a road defect, defective product, or was caused by a drunk driver, other claims may apply. As your lawyer, Mr. Donig will work to identify all policies that apply and coordinate the benefits to provide you with maximum compensation.

- Motorcycle Accident

After a motorcycle accident, the most common statement by the bike rider is, "the driver didn't see me." Those are cases where the motorcycle riders survived the crashes and were able to discuss their accidents. Due to the catastrophic injuries suffered by drivers and passengers in motorcycle accidents, it is extremely important that they recover maximum compensation for their losses. The life cost of care for a victim of head trauma leading to permanent brain damage or a spinal cord injury resulting in quadriplegia or paraplegia, or the future disability and medical expenses for a person who has multiple broken bones, is difficult to describe. Yet that is exactly the first step your lawyer will take in order to recover sufficient damages to provide for treatment.

- Trucking Accidents

At our San Francisco Bay Area personal injury firm, attorney Reuben J. Donig has over thirty years of experience in unraveling the web of information necessary to help victims of trucking accidents, and families who have lost loved ones, recover maximum compensation through personal injury and wrongful death claims. He is prepared to handle truck accident claims involving a broad range of factors. The following are just a few examples: improperly secured cargo and oversized loads; brake failure, defective tires, and other defective equipment; jackknife and rollover accidents; truck driver negligence, including drowsy driving, speeding, or the use of drugs or alcohol; hazardous material transportation permit violations; defective roadways, including those with poorly designed grades and missing signage; and accidents involving municipal trucks and other government vehicles.

- Uninsured / Under-insured Motorists

If you were struck by an uninsured or underinsured motorist, and your auto insurance policy includes uninsured motorist protection, your policy will cover your medical expenses — even if you weren't driving your car. You may have been injured in a pedestrian, bicycle, or motorcycle accident, you may have been driving a rental car, or you may have been a passenger in another person's auto. In a successful motor vehicle accident injury claim, the lawyer has accomplished three goals: proving fault, identifying resources, and establishing the full value of the client's loss. At our San Mateo firm, attorney Reuben J. Donig has done exactly that, serving clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for over thirty years.

- Pedestrian Accident

A pedestrian is completely vulnerable. If a car, bus, or truck fails to observe California's crosswalk law, is speeding through an intersection in a school zone, or for some other reason hits a pedestrian, the victim is likely to suffer catastrophic injuries leading to permanent brain or spinal cord damage or death. If a victim survives a pedestrian accident, he or she may never work again, may have lost the ability to provide companionship to his or her family, and may require lifetime nursing care. Even a broken knee or ankle may mean permanent disability and the need for extensive future medical treatments. It is extremely important to investigate all possible sources of compensation in order to provide for the needs of the victim and his or her family.

- Bicycle Accident

An accident involving a bicycle and a car, bus, or truck often results in catastrophic injuries to the bike rider, injuries that lead to permanent disability or death. A number of sources may be liable for damages, including the victim's health and auto insurance policies. For example: a car insurance policy belonging to any member of the bike rider's household may, under both personal injury protection and uninsured/underinsured motorist provisions, cover injuries from a bicycle accident; if the bike helmet failed to protect the head of the rider, or the bicycle's brakes failed, the victim may be able to make a defective product claim; if the driver of a motor vehicle ignored traffic laws and drove into the bike lane, drove too fast for visibility or weather conditions, didn't notice the bicycle reflectors in the headlights, or failed to stop for a traffic signal at an intersection, the driver was negligent; and if the bicyclist was in an accident while working for a bike messenger service, there may be an employment claim involved.

- Premises Liability / Slip and Fall

Homeowners, landlords, owners of retail stores and other commercial establishments, managers of apartment complexes, and owners of commercial property are responsible for maintaining safe premises. When a property owner knows — or should know — of a dangerous condition, and fails to perform maintenance or take other measures to protect visitors, a resulting accident entitles an injury victim to a premises liability claim. Walkways should be free from trip hazards. Regardless of your vision, or the lighting at the time, you should be safe walking indoors or outdoors on someone else's property. You should not have to be gingerly stepping over fixed or temporary obstacles. If you are looking out for traffic or greeting another person, you cannot at the same time be looking at the ground for potential trip hazards. If you've been injured because someone else negligently failed to keep their property safe, you're entitled to compensation for your injuries.

- Defective Roadways

A city, county or state highway department is, just like a private party, responsible for maintaining property in a reasonably safe condition, and for taking measures to prevent foreseeable pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic accidents. Public property includes highways, streets, bike paths, and recreational trails. Defects and dangerous road conditions that may indicate negligence include the following: missing or badly maintained guardrails and poorly designed or defective guardrails; missing road signs and poorly marked crosswalks and intersections; intersections which do not have traffic signals or street lights, despite a history of collisions; broken pavement, missing manhole covers, debris from asphalt resurfacing; and potholes, cave-ins, and ponding.

- Catastrophic Injuries

Our attorney is prepared to advise clients on cases involving a wide range of serious injuries: traumatic brain injury (TBI), closed-head injuries, brain damage resulting in memory loss, personality changes, or a persistent vegetative state; loss of limbs or the use of limbs (paralysis, quadriplegia) and other degrees of paralysis; loss of a bodily function such as hearing or sight; third or second degree burns, disfigurement, facial scarring; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); non-economic damages such as pain, suffering, and loss of companionship; injuries resulting from a car accident or motorcycle accident; slip or trip and fall injury; and dangerous products. As your lawyer Mr. Donig will call on life care, medical, and economic experts to assist in building a compelling presentation of your case's value to insurance negotiators and a jury. He will work to get you the compensation you deserve.

- Wrongful Death

If you have recently lost a member of your family, we extend our sincere sympathy, and realize that nothing can replace your loved one. As members of a personal injury law firm, our experience leads us to encourage you, if the death may have been in part or in whole due to the negligence or intentional act of another, to take measures to see that you recover all compensation you are entitled to. This will allow you and your family every opportunity to heal and live with dignity. If a fatal accident resulted from gross negligence and willful disregard for the safety of others, a jury may award punitive damages as part of a wrongful death verdict. These large awards are not based on the families' losses, but are designed to punish the individual or company responsible and save others from similar carelessness and disregard for safety.

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