California Personal Injury Attorneys
Weber & Nierenberg
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4040 Civic Center Drive Suite 200 San Rafael, California 94903 USA |
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(415) 788-3900
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www.weberandnierenberg.com/
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Weber & Nierenberg is an experienced, dedicated law firm with several offices all over California. We are two AV*-rated (highest national rating), respected, successful and tenacious San Francisco Bay Area attorneys specializing in representing individuals and families who have been seriously injured or lost a loved one from accidents involving automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, bicycles, pedestrians or uninsured motorists.
We handle cases involving injuries to children, wrongful death, dangerous conditions on private or public property, and San Francisco bus/public transit accidents. These injuries can involve fractures, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries and amputations. Our firm is kept small because we prefer a hands-on approach to every aspect of each case, and our style is to personally serve each client. In no event will a client's case be “passed down” to a less experienced junior attorney.
We have each spent our entire career (more than 57 years of combined experience) representing injured persons exclusively, and our law firm has been recognized for personal, caring and effective service. Attorneys Steve Weber and Joe Nierenberg and legal assistant Lorraine Burciaga are focused on helping injured people and the families of wrongful death victims.
When you come in for a free consultation, you will have a one-on-one consultation with your personal injury lawyer. We will talk to you about the reason you consulted us, explain your rights and explain the litigation process. We dedicate ourselves to helping those in need. Our goal is to obtain for you and your family the compensation you need and deserve. We handle all claims on a contingency-fee basis, which means you pay us nothing unless we secure compensation for you.
Practice Areas
Additional Practice Areas: Amputation & Severed Limbs; Broken Bone Injury; Carbon Monoxide Injuries; Deck Collapse; Drunk Driving Accidents; Elevator Accidents; Fractures; Gas Explosions; Knee & Shoulder Injury; Light Rail Accidents; Public Transportation Accidents; Roadway Defect Accidents; Scaffolding and Ladder Accidents; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Accidents; Whiplash & Soft Tissue Injury.
Practice Areas Description
Our practice includes:- Fractures
The more serious the bone fracture you suffered in a motorcycle accident, car accident, bicycle accident or truck accident, the more you need a fracture injury lawyer who understands the complex medical issues involved — and how that bone fracture injury will continue to affect your life. With offices throughout northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, San Rafael, Oakland and San Jose, the personal injury attorneys at Weber & Nierenberg have extensive experience handling injury claims involving broken bones or bone fractures.
- Spinal Cord Injury
A single, catastrophic impact can change a life in an instant. The physical, financial and psychological impact on the victim and the victim's family and friends can be difficult to measure. Our spinal cord injury law firm has extensive experience helping spinal cord injury victims obtain the pretrial settlements or jury verdicts necessary to compensate them for their injuries and monetary losses.
- Traumatic Brain Injury
In an injury caused by an auto accident, truck accident or dangerous property condition on private or public property, a direct blow to the head or a severe jolt that causes the brain to hit the skull can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sometimes hard to diagnose, TBI requires knowledgeable medical diagnosis and care. A successful TBI insurance claim takes the understanding and experience of a traumatic brain injury lawyer.
- Wrongful Death
When a loved one dies suddenly because of an accident, the family faces extraordinary grief and a wide range of legal matters to settle. If your relative was killed in a wrongful death accident, turn the legal matters over to a wrongful death lawyer at the Weber & Nierenberg law firm. Our wrongful death attorneys have handled many types of wrongful death claims. You can feel confident in and comfortable with our ability to vigorously protect your interests. When the insurance company or public entity disputes who is at fault for the accident or when the settlement offer is insufficient to compensate you for your losses, we will file a lawsuit and take your case to trial.
- Auto Accidents
If you were seriously injured or lost a loved one in an intersection accident, rear-end collision, accident involving a pedestrian in the crosswalk, freeway crash, multiple-car pile-up or other car accident, then you need a San Francisco auto accident attorney to help you with your insurance claim. If a preventable dangerous highway condition caused your auto accident injury, we can file a claim for you against the public entity responsible. If bad brakes, improperly manufactured tires or another defective product caused your auto accident, the personal injury attorneys at the Weber & Nierenberg law firm will pursue a defective-product case.
- Motorcycle Accidents
If you have been injured in a motorcycle accident, talk to an attorney who has represented hundreds of motorcyclists. The Weber & Nierenberg motorcycle accident law firm has a reputation in the cycling community as a law firm that aggressively represents motorcyclists in personal injury cases. Motorcycle accidents are unique because of the inability of motorists to easily see motorcycles on the road. Also, non-riders typically are biased against motorcyclists. We know how to show the insurance company, public entity and jury that the motorcycle would have been clearly visible if only the motorist had been attentive. We know how to neutralize any personal or corporate bias against motorcyclists.
- Bicycle Accidents
Our law firm, Weber & Nierenberg, has handled many bicycle accident injury cases, most of which involve cars turning right across a bike lane and hitting a bicycle and rider. Such collisions can cause serious injuries for the bicyclist. You can depend on the bicycle accident lawyers at the Weber & Nierenberg law firm to establish how the accident happened and make a claim for your injuries and monetary losses. If you or a loved one has been injured in a bicycle accident — especially a serious injury such as a complex bone fracture, amputation, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury — you should seek counsel from an experienced attorney.
- Pedestrian Accidents
Even though a pedestrian walking lawfully within a crosswalk has the right of way, drivers of cars, trucks, buses and trolleys sometimes do not notice pedestrians or misjudge a pedestrian's location and speed of walking. Whatever the cause, being hit by a moving vehicle can cause substantial injuries. If you have been injured as a pedestrian, you need a Bay Area pedestrian accident lawyer who will thoroughly investigate the accident and fight for fair and just compensation for your injuries and monetary losses.
- Premises Liability
A premises liability case against a public entity begins differently from those against a private person. You must file a claim within six months of the accident date if you want to seek compensation for your injuries. A premises liability attorney at Weber & Nierenberg will talk to you about your accident and evaluate whether you have a premises liability claim against the government entity that caused the dangerous condition. While some government immunities to liability exist, the state of California, the federal government or a city, town or county may still be held responsible for dangerous premises conditions that cause fractures, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, amputation or wrongful death.
- MUNI / BART / AC Transit / SamTrans Bus Liability / Marin Transit / Golden Gate Transit / VTA
Your first step in the process is to file a claim. When the accident involves a municipal transit carrier, you must file a formal claim against it within six months of the date of the accident. A transit accident lawyer at our law firm can guide you through the claim process to ensure that the circumstances of the accident and your injuries are well documented. If MUNI, BART, AC Transit, SamTrans, Marin Transit, Golden Gate Transit or VTA will not provide an adequate settlement, then our personal injury attorneys will file a lawsuit on your behalf. We will investigate the accident, document your injuries and medical treatment, and provide information about your financial losses.
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
California does not require residents to install carbon monoxide detectors in their home. Every year, hundreds of men, women and children are injured or die from carbon monoxide poisoning. In fact, carbon monoxide is the leading cause of poison-related deaths in the United States. This tragedy possibly could be avoided with the relatively small expense of purchasing and installing a carbon monoxide detector. Over time, carbon monoxide poisoning can cause brain damage and even death. If you have been injured or lost a loved one because of carbon monoxide poisoning, we can help.
- Boating Accident and Watercraft Injuries
With the many lakes and waterways in California, accidents are bound to happen. Far too often, people don’t take reasonable precautions when operating a speedboat or a Jetski®, or they mix alcohol with boating, with disastrous consequences. If you have been hurt in a boating accident or water-related accident in the Bay Area or in northern California, you want an experienced San Francisco Boating Accident Lawyer to help you pursue full and fair compensation for your losses.
- Burn Injury
Burns are undoubtedly one of the most serious injuries. The complications arising from burns can vary a great deal depending on the area burned and the severity of the burn. In some cases, a burn causes permanent deformity and scarring; in other cases, it causes death. With offices throughout northern California, the personal injury attorneys at Weber & Nierenberg have extensive experience handling burn claims, including chemical burns, electrocutions and burns from car and motorcycle accidents.
- Construction Site Accident Injury
In many instances, when you are injured at work, you must seek any damages through a workers’ compensation claim. However, when your injuries are caused by someone other than your employer or a co-employee, you can seek compensation by a lawsuit in court through a third party claim. We will carefully review the facts of your case to determine whether you have a third party claim and, if so, will prepare and file all documents required by the court. We will help you seek recovery for all your losses, from wages and income to medical bills, physical pain and suffering, and loss of consortium or companionship.
- Drunk Driving Accident Injury
If you have been injured in a car accident involving a drunk driver, whether as the operator of another vehicle, or as a passenger or pedestrian, you want an experienced lawyer to help you pursue full and fair compensation for your losses. Many drunk drivers are repeat offenders and, as such, may be uninsured or underinsured. In certain circumstances, you may even be able to seek punitive damages from a drunk driver who caused you injury. You want an attorney who knows and understands the law and the process, as well as the ways that you can seek compensation from a drunk driver.
- Industrial Accident Injury
If you have been injured in an accident at work, you may be limited to the recovery provided by California’s workers’ compensation laws. However, if your accident was caused by someone other than your employer or a co-employee, you may be entitled to file a third party claim in court to recover damages. At the law office of Weber & Nierenberg, we handle all matters related to industrial accidents. We will help you determine whether your sole recourse is through a workers’ comp claim, or whether you have a third party claim as well. We will help you seek full and fair compensation for all your losses, including wages and income, medical expenses, loss of consortium or companionship, and physical pain and suffering.
- Train Accident Injury
Given the sheer size of a commuter train, the number of passengers traveling by train, and the speeds with which trains travel, the injuries suffered in a train accident can be serious and catastrophic. Our attorneys handle all types of injury claims resulting from train accidents, including brain and spinal cord damage, paralysis, broken bones, and amputation or loss of limb. We also handle wrongful death actions. We provide aggressive representation to people who been injured in any type of train accident, including: Train derailments; Collisions between two trains; Collisions between trains and motor vehicles at unmarked railroad crossings; Injuries caused by train operator negligence, inexperience or fatigue, or from improper or inadequate training; Trains colliding with motor vehicles or pedestrians.
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