Personal Injury Law Firm in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties

Maho & Prentice, LLP

Fithian Building
629 State Street, Suite 217
Santa Barbara, California 93101
USA

(805) 618-1367

(805) 456-2141

www.maho-prentice.com

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Maho & Prentice, LLP is a personal injury law firm with offices in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. Our practice focuses on the representation of plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation matters throughout California. Our goals are to:

• Provide the best legal advice and representation to our clients
• Build a personal relationship with each and every one of our clients
• Maintain a strong sense of ethics and professionalism

As an experienced team of Santa Barbara and Ventura personal injury lawyers, we believe a close relationship with our clients enables us to develop legal strategies that will resolve their disputes efficiently and effectively.

Our law firm values regular and responsive communication with our clients as it is paramount to success in any litigation. This approach has led to better than a 90 percent success rate at jury trial in our combined 33 years of practice. Tyrone Maho and Chad Prentice pride themselves on maximizing compensation for their clients. In the past five years alone, our injury lawyers have successfully obtained more than $10 million in settlements and verdicts for our clients.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Escalator/Elevator Accidents; Elder Abuse; Oilfield Accidents; Swimming Pool Drowning; Whiplash.

Practice Areas Description

Our practice includes:

- Personal Injury

If you have suffered a personal injury in Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, or anywhere else in California, one of our personal injury lawyers can guide you every step of the way. While you focus on healing, spending time with family, and regaining control of your life, we can speak on your behalf. We can advise you of your options under California personal injury laws. From Goleta to Oxnard, and throughout the state, our knowledgeable personal injury law firm can provide you with the type of effective representation you need.

- Products Liability

Maho & Prentice represents individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of defective products. Our attorneys can represent you in many types of product liability actions, including the following: Defective household products; Defective automobile lifts; Products which injure children; Defective work equipment and machinery; Defective medical devices; Poor and misleading instructions or warnings on products. Success in a defective product case often requires expert design or manufacturing analysis, and our firm will engage the appropriate consulting engineer or other specialist to work with us to determine the causes of the product failure.

- Auto Accidents

The occurrence of so many accidents results in many types of injuries and far too many fatalities. Not surprisingly, auto accidents represent the most common type of personal injury lawsuit brought in the U.S. automobile accident injury in the counties of Santa Barbara and Ventura happens frequently. Car accidents have many causes, including alcohol abuse and inattentive drivers. Most auto accidents involve some kind of driver error, such as inattention caused by cell phone use and texting while driving. Seatbelt failure and defective roadways are also common causes of car accidents.

- Wrongful Death

Unexpectedly losing a family member is one of life’s worst experiences. When death is caused by negligence or through liability, surviving family members have the right to pursue a lawsuit based on California wrongful death and survival statutes. Our wrongful death lawyers in Santa Barbara at Maho & Prentice can explain your rights under the law and help you decide whether to pursue a claim. A wrongful death claim can help re-establish financial security when a key family provider dies. It also acts as a safeguard to protect other families from a similar tragedy by holding negligent or liable parties accountable.

- Slip and Fall Accidents

Property owners are responsible for maintaining safe grounds and buildings. Under premises liability law, an owner could be liable for damages if: A property owner knows about or should have known about a dangerous condition; The owner (within a reasonable amount of time) fails to warn about or repair the hazard; Someone is injured because of unsafe conditions. If you sustained injuries, such as broken bones, a herniated disc, a concussion, or some other serious injury, there may be grounds to recover damages.

- Dog Bites

Dog owners who know that their pet has either bitten someone or is likely to bite can be held liable for damages under California law. Children are bitten more frequently than adults, mostly on the face or head. Damages can be sought for medical and psychological treatment and also for reconstructive surgery to handle disfigurement.