California Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation Lawyers

Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III

706 Ferry Street Martinez, California 94553 USA

 (925) 231-0726
 (925) 372-4244

www.scottolaw.com
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At the Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III, our experience with the proof of both personal injury and California workers' compensation claims means that our attorneys can help injured workers pursue all of their rights that might arise in a single workplace accident. This ability can go far to protect the overall value of a job-related injury claim.

In 1990, the founder and principal established The Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III. Having practiced personal injury and workers' compensation law since 1979, he has learned how to recognize and best serve the needs of clients in crisis due to disability or death. He also learned that small practices provide the greatest attention to client's needs.

Since founding the firm, Vincent Scotto has provided the level of personal, hands-on attention his clients expect and deserve. In appreciation, his clients have continually referred friends and family to him. He is respected throughout the legal community and commonly receives referrals from doctors and other attorneys.

At The Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III, we exclusively practice personal injury and workers' compensation law. Whether you are a blue-collar worker or an executive, a healthcare provider or a construction worker, we are here for you. Contact us today for workplace injuries or those resulting from car or truck accidents. If you have suffered serious personal injury due to someone else's negligence, we can help you recover compensation to cover your hospital bills, lost wages, property damage and permanent disability.

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Practice Areas Description

- Personal Injury

With offices in the South Bay and East Bay areas, the attorneys of the Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III, offer prompt client service, thorough attention to detail, and a demonstrated record of success in serious and fatal accident litigation throughout the San Francisco-Oakland metro area and Northern California. We advise clients about their rights and legal options in such personal injury situations as the following: car accidents, truck and commercial vehicle accidents, public transit and train accidents, motorcycle accidents, bike and pedestrian accidents, product liability claims, premises liability claims, personal injury litigation related to workplace injuries, brain injury cases, neck, back or spinal cord injury cases and California wrongful death claims.

- Workers' Compensation

As lawyers, we know about the discriminatory conduct that can happen in the workplace. There is pressure on you as an injured victim to either just pretend an accident did not happen or to cut short the treatment and get back to work. We also know of employers who are reticent to make accommodations for the victim's needs. If you need assistance in seeking benefits and treatment for a job-related injury, we are ready and willing to roll up our sleeves and go to work for you. Our legal team can help you: file a workers' compensation claim, fight employer retaliation or discrimination, obtain benefits to pay medical bills and other expenses, insure that you obtain proper medical care and return to work. From construction workers, to nurses and teachers, to executives, we can help you if you have been injured on the job.

- Industrial Injuries

In any industrial accident setting, we will investigate the case to find evidence of a third party's negligence while your workers' compensation claim is pending or even paying benefits. If defective industrial machinery was responsible for the accident, we will consider a lawsuit against the manufacturer. If a supplier's driver hit you or your forklift at a loading dock, we can seek damages against the driver's employer. Our ability to pursue both workers' compensation benefits and personal injury damages related to the same job-related accident can help workers in all Bay Area industries, including transportation, manufacturing, chemical processing, oil and gas, construction, or health care.

- Construction Accidents

Our attorneys advise and represent clients in litigation related to construction accidents such as the following: scaffolding accidents and falls from heights, excavation accidents, motor vehicle accidents at construction sites and in construction zones, electrocution or explosion accidents, and accidents caused by defective machines or equipment, crane accidents and fatal construction injuries. We draw on a 30-year tradition of client service in work-related accident litigation. This experience enables us to cut straight to the most effective strategies for recovering the financial support that injured workers and their families need.

- Chronic Injury Claims

With offices in San Mateo and Martinez, we advise Bay Area workers' compensation clients about their legal options for a wide range of disabling conditions that reflect physical damage over time rather than a single accident: repetitive stress injury, respiratory problems related to asbestos or silica dust, illnesses related to "sick building syndrome" involving the circulation of toxins or allergens through an office building ventilation system, loss of hearing or eyesight through years of exposure to noise, bad lighting or other stresses, neurological problems such as fibromyalgia or complex regional pain syndrome and organ damage or failure due to chemical or toxic exposure over time. Over the last few years, our lawyers have seen an increase in the success rate for workers' compensation claims based on chronic injury, illness or pain related to job stresses. Workplace safety has tended to deteriorate as state and federal inspection and enforcement budgets have declined.

- Oilfield Accidents and Injuries

Our lawyers can help you pursue your rights for permanent partial or total disability under the workers' compensation system, or investigate the possibility of a personal injury lawsuit against a negligent vendor, supplier, contractor or manufacturer. We represent clients on refinery accident claims involving: falls from heights; burns or scalding injuries related to pipe-bleeding operations; injuries caused by blows from loose chains, insecure superstructure components or other falling objects; injuries caused by fire or explosion; injuries related to toxic exposure; and injuries related to stand-down, repair or decommissioning operations.

- Motor Vehicle Accidents

Most severe accidents will result in damages that exceed the limits of the other driver's insurance. You will then need to proceed against your own policy's underinsured motorist coverage. In a hit-and-run case, you'll need to access your uninsured motorist benefits. At the same time, you will need to protect your claim from the possibility that your own medical insurer will try to pass its payments through to the auto insurance companies. Benefit from our law firm's experience with the resolution of serious auto accident claims across the full spectrum of motor vehicle accident litigation: car accidents, truck accidents, bicycle or pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus or train accidents on the BART or other regional transit systems, professional driver injuries in commercial vehicle accidents, brain injury cases, back, neck or spinal cord injury cases and California wrongful death litigation following fatal accidents.

- Wrongful Death

Any family coming to terms with the death of a parent, spouse or child in a negligent accident has more than enough to deal with. Unfortunately, your legal interests will not stand still while you are passing through a difficult transition. At the Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III, our attorneys understand the challenges you are facing, and we do everything we can to support your family in hard circumstances. Our main job, however, is to protect and advance your family's interest in a fair settlement of your legal claims against the negligent defendant and its insurer.

- Product Liability

At the Law Offices of Vincent J. Scotto, III, we use our experience and familiarity with product liability litigation to benefit our clients in two different ways. First, we help people recover the damages they need when injured by defective consumer, automotive or industrial products in freestanding personal injury lawsuits. We also handle product defect cases on behalf of clients who first approached us with a workers' compensation problem or a car accident claim. No matter how your case originates, you'll find that our ability to analyze and pursue design or manufacturing defects represents a powerful strength of our practice.

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