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Last Updated: August 23, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney In qualified cases, our office may be able to offer a personal injury case advance to clients while their case is pending, consistent with the professional rules that govern California attorneys. Whether an advance […]

Last Updated: August 5, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney Personal injury cases in California most often take longer than expected because of insurance company disputes, contested liability, incomplete medical information, ongoing treatment, and the time it takes to properly develop the evidence supporting

Last Updated: August 11, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney No, not every personal injury claim requires a lawsuit — some resolve through pre-litigation settlement negotiations with the insurance company. However, our office files over 90% of our personal injury cases, because litigation gives

Last Updated: August 5, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney Expert witnesses in a personal injury case are specialists retained to explain technical issues a jury cannot evaluate on their own — how the injury happened, whether it was caused by the incident, how

Last Updated: July 30, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney A California personal injury case is valued on economic damages (medical bills, lost income, future care), non-economic damages (pain and suffering), liability strength, available insurance limits, and your share of fault under comparative negligence.

Last Updated: July 27, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney In California, anyone in the chain of distribution can be held strictly liable for a defective product — the manufacturer, component maker, distributor, wholesaler, and the retailer that sold it. You do not have

Last Updated: July 23, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney A gap in treatment is any significant break between medical visits after an injury. Insurers use gaps to argue you were not really hurt or that something else caused your condition. Gaps do not

Last Updated: July 16, 2026 By Faud Haghighi, Esq. — Law Offices of Faud Haghighi | Orange County Personal Injury Attorney An incident report is often the only contemporaneous record that your injury happened on the property. It fixes the date, location, and condition in writing before the business can repair the hazard or lose

How do you prove a property owner knew about a dangerous condition? You prove it by showing actual notice or constructive notice. Actual notice means the owner or employees knew about the hazard. Constructive notice means the condition existed long enough that a reasonably careful property owner should have discovered, repaired, cleaned, blocked off, or

What medical records do I need to prove a personal injury claim? The most helpful records include ambulance and ER reports, urgent care notes, X-rays, MRIs, CT scans, specialist evaluations, physical therapy records, pain management notes, treating-physician records, prescriptions, bills, and discharge instructions. Together, these records help prove causation, damages, and the impact of your