You're Dealing With More Than Just Physical Pain

Your accident on Highway 49, in downtown Nevada City, or anywhere in Nevada County wasn't just a moment - it changed your daily reality. Maybe you're struggling with headaches and memory problems from a traumatic brain injury, back pain and leg numbness from a herniated disc, or burning nerve pain from CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) that feels devastating every single day - yet doesn't show up on the X-rays or CT scans the insurance company keeps pointing to.

The worst part? Insurance adjusters who've never experienced chronic pain are telling you that your injuries "aren't that serious" or "couldn't have happened in a low-speed accident." They don't understand traumatic brain injuries that are invisible on standard imaging. They dismiss herniated discs as "normal aging." They've never heard of CRPS and think you're exaggerating.

Meanwhile, you're dealing with questions that keep you awake at night:

These aren't just legal questions. They're survival questions. And if you're in Grass Valley, Truckee, Penn Valley, or anywhere in our Nevada County community, you deserve honest answers from someone who understands both the medicine behind your injury and the practical realities of healing here.

The Questions You're Actually Asking Right Now

When you're dealing with a serious injury - whether it's a concussion that won't resolve, a herniated disc causing leg pain, fractures that required surgery, or nerve damage creating constant burning sensations - you're facing concerns that feel overwhelming:

About Your Medical Treatment and Bills

"My doctor wants me to see a neurologist, but that appointment costs $400 and I don't have that money right now." Many Nevada County medical providers treat accident victims on what's called a "lien basis" - meaning they defer payment until your case settles. We help connect you with providers who work this way so financial concerns don't prevent the medical care you need. This includes specialists in Sacramento, Roseville, and Reno when local options aren't available.

Critical reality about insurance: More and more doctors won't accept Medi-Cal or even Medicare for accident-related treatment. They know these programs pay slowly, pay less, and often deny accident-related care claiming someone else should pay. If you're on Medi-Cal or Medicare, finding providers who'll treat your accident injuries can be nearly impossible through standard channels. Our lien-based provider relationships solve this problem - ensuring you get necessary care regardless of your insurance status.

"The insurance company told me I don't need an MRI - that my CT scan was normal." Insurance companies routinely deny necessary testing to avoid paying claims. Many serious injuries including brain damage, disc herniations, and ligament tears don't show on CT scans or X-rays but are clearly visible on MRI. Your doctor's recommendation matters more than an insurance adjuster's opinion. We can help arrange the testing you actually need.

"Why is my health insurance denying treatment for my accident injuries?" Health insurance companies often refuse to cover accident-related treatment, claiming someone else should pay. Meanwhile, the at-fault driver's insurance hasn't accepted responsibility yet. This creates a gap where you can't get treatment. We help navigate these insurance conflicts and ensure you receive necessary care while liability disputes get resolved.

The Nevada County Medical Care Challenge - And How We've Solved It

Here's a reality about Nevada County that most personal injury attorneys won't tell you: our local medical providers are limited, and many lack the specialized expertise your serious injury requires.

Need a neurologist who understands traumatic brain injury? The wait for appointments at local providers can be months. Need comprehensive neuropsychological testing to prove your cognitive deficits? Not available locally. Need a neuroradiologist who specializes in reading DTI imaging or advanced MRI sequences? Nevada County doesn't have them. Need an orthopedic surgeon who focuses specifically on complex spine injuries? You're looking at drives to Sacramento, Roseville, or the Bay Area.

And here's the cruel part: you're supposed to make these drives while dealing with concussion symptoms, chronic pain, or medications that impair driving. You're supposed to take entire days off work you can't afford to miss. You're supposed to navigate unfamiliar medical centers while cognitively impaired or physically limited.

This network took 25+ years to build. You can't Google your way to these relationships. These specialists don't take every attorney's calls. But they take ours, because we've worked together on dozens of cases and they trust that when we refer a client, that person genuinely needs their expertise.

The practical result for you: Better medical care with less burden. Top-tier diagnostic evidence proving your injury. Expert opinions insurance companies can't dismiss. All arranged by us, on lien basis when necessary, without you driving hours while injured or figuring out how to access specialists you didn't know existed.

About Lost Wages and Work

"I've been out of work for six weeks and my disability claim is still 'pending' - how do I pay my bills?" Disability insurance claims through employers or California's State Disability Insurance often take months to process. This financial pressure pushes injured people to return to work before they've healed, often making injuries worse. We can advance costs for immediate needs and pursue compensation for all lost income, including the gap before disability payments start.

"My boss says if I don't come back next week, they're replacing me." California law provides some protection against firing injured workers, but the reality is more complex. If you're physically unable to perform your job duties, these protections have limits. We help document your functional limitations and work restrictions to protect your rights while exploring whether modified duty or temporary alternative positions are options.

"I'm self-employed - how do I prove lost income when I don't have pay stubs?" Self-employed individuals can recover lost earning capacity through tax returns, bank statements, client contracts, and expert testimony. The documentation requirements are more complex than for W-2 employees, but lost self-employment income is absolutely recoverable. We work with economists who specialize in calculating self-employment losses.

About Your Specific Injury

"My concussion was three months ago but I still can't focus at work or remember things." Post-concussion syndrome causes symptoms lasting months or even years after "mild" traumatic brain injuries. Insurance companies dismiss ongoing symptoms as unrelated to the accident, arguing that concussions should resolve quickly. Proving persistent brain injury requires specialized testing like neuropsychological evaluation, advanced imaging including DTI showing white matter damage, and expert testimony explaining why your symptoms are real and accident-related.

"I had some back pain before the accident - does that mean I can't recover anything?" Pre-existing conditions don't bar recovery under California law. If your accident aggravated, accelerated, or worsened pre-existing problems, you deserve compensation for that aggravation. The key is proving the accident made things significantly worse. This requires comparing pre-accident and post-accident medical records, documenting your functional abilities before the accident, and expert testimony explaining how trauma worsened underlying conditions.

"The insurance company says my injury couldn't have happened in a 'low-speed' accident." Insurance companies routinely minimize property damage to argue injuries couldn't occur. This ignores medical reality - serious injuries including brain trauma, disc herniations, and soft tissue damage regularly occur in crashes causing minimal vehicle damage. Body position at impact, seat belt restraint forces, airbag deployment, pre-existing vulnerabilities, and individual biomechanics all affect injury patterns. Accident reconstruction experts and biomechanical engineers can prove that your injuries are consistent with the collision forces, regardless of property damage.

About The Legal Process and Insurance Companies

"An adjuster called and wants a recorded statement - should I talk to them?" No. Politely decline all recorded statements from the at-fault party's insurance company. Adjusters use recorded statements to trap you into minimizing your injuries, accepting partial fault, or making contradictory statements they'll use against you months later. You're not legally required to give them recorded statements. Once you have an attorney, all communications go through legal counsel.

"The insurance company offered me $15,000 to settle - is that fair?" Early settlement offers are almost never fair. Insurance companies make quick offers hoping you'll accept before understanding your injury's full extent. Once you settle and sign a release, you cannot reopen your case if your condition worsens or treatment costs exceed what you anticipated. Never evaluate settlement offers without attorney input. We know what Nevada County cases are actually worth based on injury type, treatment needs, and local jury attitudes.

"How long will this take? I need money now." Timeline varies based on injury severity and case complexity. Simple cases with clear liability often settle within 6-12 months. Cases requiring surgery, permanent injuries, or disputed liability may take 18-24 months. We understand the financial pressure you're under - bills don't stop while your case proceeds.

There are options we can explain and help you with: Pre-settlement loans (also called lawsuit funding) provide cash advances against your expected settlement, allowing you to pay urgent bills while your case proceeds. These aren't traditional loans requiring credit checks or monthly payments - you only repay if you win your case. We can connect you with reputable funding companies and help you understand the costs and benefits.

More importantly, we arrange medical treatment on a lien basis when needed. This is critical because more and more doctors won't accept Medi-Cal or even Medicare for accident-related injuries. If you lack private health insurance, your insurance is denying accident treatment, or you're on Medi-Cal/Medicare and can't find providers who'll treat you, lien-based care ensures you get necessary treatment without upfront payment. Medical providers accept payment from your eventual settlement, so financial concerns don't prevent the medical care and diagnostic evidence your case requires.

We work to balance your immediate financial needs against maximizing long-term compensation. Rushing settlement to get quick money often means leaving substantial compensation on the table - money you'll need for future medical treatment and lost earning capacity. Let's discuss your specific situation and explore all options for managing financial pressure while pursuing full compensation.

Why Your Nevada County Injury Needs Focused Legal Knowledge

Not all personal injury cases are the same. A fender-bender with whiplash that resolves in six weeks is fundamentally different from a brain injury causing memory problems, a herniated disc requiring surgery, or fractures preventing you from returning to physically demanding work.

Serious injuries require attorneys who understand the complex medical evidence these cases demand - not general practitioners who handle a little bit of everything from DUIs to divorces to slip and falls.

When Brain Injuries Don't Show on Standard Tests

Your CT scan in the Nevada City emergency department came back "normal." The ER doctor said you had a concussion and sent you home. But three months later, you still have headaches, memory problems, difficulty concentrating, mood changes, and sleep disturbances. You can't function at work. Your family says you're "different."

Insurance companies see the normal CT scan and dismiss your symptoms as exaggerated or psychological. They argue that if you really had a brain injury, it would show on imaging.

This argument ignores medical reality. Standard CT scans and MRIs often appear completely normal despite significant brain damage. Diffuse axonal injury - stretching and tearing of nerve fibers throughout the brain - is invisible on conventional imaging but causes devastating cognitive problems.

Proving brain injuries requires advanced evidence the insurance company doesn't want you to know about:

DTI (diffusion tensor imaging) shows white matter tract damage by measuring how water molecules diffuse through brain tissue. Damaged nerve fibers show abnormal diffusion patterns, proving structural injury even when standard MRIs appear normal.

PET scans reveal metabolic dysfunction in brain regions by measuring glucose uptake. Injured brain tissue shows reduced metabolism despite appearing normal structurally.

Neuropsychological testing objectively measures cognitive deficits in memory, attention, processing speed, and executive function - documenting impairments you're experiencing but can't prove without testing.

Quantitative EEG documents electrical abnormalities in brain wave patterns, providing additional objective evidence of brain dysfunction.

Here's where Nevada County's medical limitations hurt you - and where our relationships help: Your health insurance probably won't cover these specialized tests. The out-of-pocket costs run $5,000-$15,000. And even if you get the testing done, having a general radiologist in Nevada County read your DTI or advanced MRI sequences won't provide the expertise you need.

We arrange this testing through specialists who accept payment from settlement proceeds, so cost doesn't prevent access to evidence you need. More importantly, we send your imaging to the best neuroradiologists in the country - physicians who read hundreds of traumatic brain injury scans monthly and know exactly what to look for. These aren't generalists reading broken bones one hour and brain scans the next. These are subspecialists whose entire practice focuses on neuroimaging.

When a recognized neuroradiologist from a major medical center writes a report explaining the specific white matter damage visible on your DTI, insurance companies can't dismiss it as a "local doctor helping out a lawyer." This evidence, from these experts, often makes the difference between insurance companies accepting or denying brain injury claims.

When Spine and Nerve Injuries Get Minimized

You're experiencing shooting pain down your leg, numbness in your foot, and weakness making it difficult to walk. The emergency MRI showed a herniated disc at L5-S1 compressing your nerve root. Your orthopedic surgeon recommends surgery.

The insurance company obtains your prior medical records going back ten years. They find notes from five years ago where you mentioned "occasional low back soreness" to your doctor. Now they're arguing your disc problem is pre-existing and unrelated to the accident.

This is the most common insurance company defense to spine injury claims. Most adults over 40 show some degenerative disc disease on MRI. Insurance companies exploit this, claiming every spine injury is just "normal aging" or pre-existing degeneration.

Overcoming pre-existing condition arguments requires specific evidence:

Comparison imaging - If you had prior MRIs showing your spine, comparing those to post-accident imaging proves new herniations or significant worsening of existing disc problems.

Functional history - Documenting that you were working physically demanding jobs, playing sports, and living without significant limitations before the accident proves that any degenerative changes were asymptomatic.

Biomechanical evidence - Accident reconstruction showing that collision forces were sufficient to cause acute disc herniation, regardless of pre-existing degeneration.

Medical causation opinions - Orthopedic surgeons or neurosurgeons explaining how trauma caused acute injury superimposed on chronic degeneration - converting you from an asymptomatic person to a symptomatic patient requiring surgery.

For catastrophic spine injuries resulting in paralysis or requiring multi-million dollar lifetime care, the case complexity exceeds what a solo practitioner can handle alone. These cases require teams of experts, extensive resources, and specialized litigation experience. When our clients face these devastating injuries, we partner with leading spine injury law firms to ensure they receive the comprehensive representation these cases demand while maintaining our local Nevada City advocacy and personal attention.

When Complex Fractures Require Surgery

You suffered multiple fractures in your accident - perhaps a shattered wrist requiring plates and screws, a complex ankle fracture needing surgical reconstruction, or hip fractures common in pedestrian accidents. Your orthopedic surgeon says you'll have permanent arthritis, limited range of motion, and difficulty with physical work.

Insurance companies minimize orthopedic injuries by arguing that "fractures heal" and you'll be "back to normal" after a few months. This ignores the reality that complex fractures requiring surgical fixation often result in permanent limitations including post-traumatic arthritis developing years after surgery, hardware complications requiring removal or revision, reduced strength and range of motion, and chronic pain limiting work capacity.

Proving the full impact of complex orthopedic injuries requires functional capacity evaluations documenting your physical limitations, life care planning projecting future surgeries including hardware removal and eventual joint replacements, vocational expert testimony calculating lost earning capacity when injuries prevent physical work, and orthopedic expert opinions explaining why permanent restrictions are necessary even after "healing."

The Nevada County Advantage You Need in Your Corner

When you're injured in Nevada City, Grass Valley, Truckee, or anywhere in Nevada County, local representation provides practical advantages that matter during your recovery:

Access to Top Medical Specialists Without the Travel Burden

Nevada County's limited medical specialists create a serious problem for injury victims. Getting proper evaluation often means choosing between inadequate local care or driving hours to Sacramento, Roseville, or the Bay Area while injured, in pain, or cognitively impaired.

We've solved this through 25+ years of building relationships with top specialists nationwide. You get telemedicine consultations with Stanford neurologists, UC Davis specialists, and nationally recognized experts - without leaving Nevada County. Your MRI gets read by the country's best neuroradiologists who specialize in traumatic brain injury, not generalists reading everything from broken ankles to brain scans.

These relationships mean immediate access when you need it. While other injured people wait months for specialist appointments or make multiple Sacramento trips that worsen their conditions, our clients get scheduled within days with physicians whose opinions insurance companies cannot dismiss.

This isn't marketing talk. This is practical: better medical care, better diagnostic evidence, better expert testimony - all arranged by us, often on lien basis, without you navigating an unfamiliar medical system while dealing with brain fog, chronic pain, or medication side effects.

Understanding Nevada County Superior Court and Local Juries

If your case requires filing a lawsuit, it goes to Nevada County Superior Court on Railroad Avenue in Nevada City - right next to our office. We've practiced in this courthouse for over 25 years, appearing before local judges hundreds of times.

This experience matters because Nevada County judges have individual preferences on how they handle cases, what evidence they find persuasive, and how they conduct trials. We know which judges prefer detailed written briefs versus oral argument, how each judge handles discovery disputes, and the most effective way to present complex medical evidence to specific judges.

Nevada County juries also differ from urban Bay Area or Los Angeles juries. Our community tends to be more conservative and skeptical of large damage claims. However, Nevada County jurors absolutely award substantial verdicts when injuries are serious, well-documented, and honestly presented. We know what resonates with local juries because we've tried cases before them for decades.

Attorneys commuting from Sacramento or the Bay Area lack this institutional knowledge. They're learning Nevada County procedures and jury attitudes at your expense.

Knowing Nevada City's Unique Accident Patterns

Nevada City creates accident risks you won't find in other communities. Highway 49 runs directly through downtown, forcing through traffic to navigate sharp curves, steep grades, and heavy pedestrian traffic. Broad Street's dangerous grade causes brake failures and makes it nearly impossible for vehicles to stop quickly. Winter ice on historic sidewalks creates fall hazards property owners often ignore. Gold Rush era buildings have safety issues masked by historic charm.

We understand these local hazards intimately. When investigating your accident, we know which Nevada City intersections have history of collisions, where sight distance is limited on Highway 49 curves, which downtown properties routinely fail to maintain safe walking surfaces in winter, and how to obtain evidence specific to Nevada County accident patterns.

This local knowledge helps us identify all liable parties, prove negligence effectively, and counter insurance company arguments that your accident was unavoidable or your own fault.

Speaking the Language of Rural Life

When you live in Penn Valley, North San Juan, or rural Nevada County and commute to work in Grass Valley or Nevada City, "can't drive" means something completely different than it does in San Francisco where public transportation exists. When your occupation involves physical labor common in our community - construction, forestry, mining, agriculture - explaining to urban attorneys why you can't work anymore shouldn't require translation.

We understand Nevada County life because we've lived and worked here for decades. When we present your case to local juries, we speak their language about work, recreation, and daily realities they recognize from their own lives.

What You Can Actually Recover - In Plain Terms

California law allows you to recover compensation for everything the accident cost you - both money you've already spent and future losses you'll face because of your injuries.

Medical Expenses - All of Them

Every dollar you've spent on medical treatment is recoverable including ambulance transport from your accident scene, emergency department evaluation, hospitalization, surgery and anesthesia, physician consultations with specialists, physical therapy sessions, medications and medical equipment, imaging studies like X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, and alternative treatments including chiropractic care when medically recommended.

More importantly, you can recover future medical costs for treatment you'll need over your lifetime. For permanent injuries, this includes ongoing physician follow-up and monitoring, future surgeries anticipated by your doctors, long-term physical therapy or pain management, medications needed for years or permanently, assistive devices and home modifications, and potential nursing care if injuries are catastrophic.

Life care planners - medical professionals who specialize in calculating lifetime treatment costs - project these expenses. For serious injuries, future medical costs can exceed a million dollars. Insurance companies fight these projections aggressively, which is why expert testimony from credible life care planners is essential.

Lost Income - Past and Future

You can recover every dollar of income lost because of your injuries including wages you've already missed while unable to work, vacation days and sick leave used during recovery, bonuses and commissions you would have earned, self-employment income with proper documentation, and benefits lost including health insurance and retirement contributions.

Future lost earning capacity is often the largest component of serious injury cases. If your injuries prevent you from returning to your previous occupation or limit the work you can perform, you can recover the difference between what you would have earned and what you can now earn, lost advancement opportunities you would have achieved, and total disability if injuries prevent any gainful employment.

Calculating future earning losses requires vocational experts who evaluate your functional limitations against job market realities and economists who project lifetime losses accounting for wage growth, inflation, and time value of money. A 35-year-old construction worker earning $70,000 annually who can no longer perform physical labor but can work sedentary jobs paying $35,000 has lost approximately $1.4 million in future earning capacity (present value calculation).

Pain and Suffering - The Hardest to Quantify But Just as Real

California law recognizes that injuries cause suffering beyond financial losses. Non-economic damages compensate for physical pain you endure from injuries and treatment - both the acute pain of initial trauma and chronic pain lasting months, years, or permanently. Emotional distress including anxiety, depression, and PTSD from your accident. Loss of enjoyment of life when you can no longer participate in activities, hobbies, sports, and simple daily pleasures that previously brought joy. Disfigurement from permanent scarring, especially visible scars on your face or exposed areas. And the impact on relationships including loss of consortium claims available to spouses for lost companionship, affection, and intimacy.

These damages don't have receipts or bills proving their value. Juries determine appropriate compensation based on injury severity, duration, treatment intensity, and impact on your daily life. Pain and suffering damages often equal or exceed economic losses in serious injury cases.

What Nevada County Cases Are Actually Worth

Every case is unique. Values depend on injury severity, permanency, treatment costs, your age and occupation, liability strength, and presentation quality. However, understanding typical ranges helps you evaluate whether insurance settlement offers are fair:

Injury Type	Typical Range in Nevada County
Soft tissue injuries with full recovery	$15,000 - $50,000
Fractures requiring surgery	$75,000 - $400,000
Herniated discs with nerve damage	$150,000 - $500,000
Spinal fusion surgery	$300,000 - $1,000,000+
Traumatic brain injury with cognitive deficits	$500,000 - $5,000,000+
Multiple complex fractures	$200,000 - $800,000
Permanent disability preventing work	$1,000,000 - $10,000,000+

These ranges provide general guidance. Your specific case value depends on your unique circumstances, medical evidence quality, and how effectively your case is presented.

How Contingency Fees Work - And Why They Remove Financial Barriers

You might be thinking: "I can barely afford groceries right now - how can I afford an attorney?" The answer is contingency fee representation removes all financial barriers to quality legal help.

You Pay Nothing Upfront

You don't pay any retainer, hourly fees, or upfront costs for attorney time. We handle your case entirely on contingency - meaning we only get paid if we recover money for you.

Our Fee Structure

We Advance All Case Costs

Properly prosecuting serious injury cases requires investment in medical evidence and expert testimony. We advance all costs including medical records from all providers, expert witness fees for independent medical evaluations, advanced diagnostic testing like DTI imaging or comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, accident reconstruction analysis, court filing fees and service costs, deposition transcripts, and life care planning for permanent injuries.

These costs can reach $30,000-$100,000 in complex cases. You don't pay any of this upfront. We advance everything and are only reimbursed from settlement or verdict proceeds. If we don't recover money for you, you owe nothing for fees or costs.

No Recovery = No Fee, No Costs

This is critical: If we don't win your case, you owe us nothing. Not for our time. Not for costs we advanced. Nothing. This contingency structure allows you to pursue justice regardless of your financial circumstances while giving us strong motivation to maximize your recovery.

What Happens During Your Free Consultation

When you call our Nevada City office, here's what to expect:

We Listen to What Happened

Tell us about your accident and injuries in your own words. How did the accident happen? What injuries are you dealing with? What treatment have you received? How are injuries affecting your daily life and work? We're not judging or evaluating you - we're listening to understand your situation.

We Answer Your Immediate Questions

You have urgent concerns about medical bills, lost wages, insurance company communications, and what happens next. We provide clear, honest answers to your immediate questions without legal jargon or evasion.

We Explain Your Options

Every case is different. We explain what options exist in your specific situation including whether pursuing a claim makes sense given liability and damages, what evidence will be necessary to prove your case, realistic timeline expectations, and potential case value based on similar Nevada County cases.

We're Honest About Whether We Can Help

We don't take every case. Our practice focuses on serious injuries requiring complex medical evidence and significant case investment. If your injuries are minor and will fully resolve, or if liability is so unclear that success seems unlikely, we'll tell you honestly. We'd rather give you straight information during a free consultation than take your case knowing we can't effectively help you.

No Pressure, No Obligation

Consultations are free and involve no obligation. You're not signing anything during initial calls. You're gathering information to make informed decisions about your situation. If we're not the right fit, we'll suggest other resources or attorneys who might be able to help.

Answers to Questions You're Probably Wondering About

How long do I have to do something about this?

California's statute of limitations for personal injury claims is two years from your accident date. This deadline is absolute - cases filed even one day late are dismissed regardless of merit. Claims against government entities (Nevada County, Nevada City, CalTrans for Highway 49 accidents) require filing administrative claims within six months.

Don't wait until deadlines approach. Evidence disappears over time. Surveillance footage gets deleted. Witnesses move away. Memories fade. Your accident scene changes. Early attorney involvement preserves evidence while it still exists.

What if I was partially at fault?

California uses pure comparative negligence - you can recover even when partially at fault. Your recovery is reduced by your fault percentage, but partial fault doesn't bar compensation entirely. If damages are $200,000 and you were 25% at fault, you recover $150,000.

Don't assume you have no case because you contributed to the accident. The question is whether the other party also bears fault through negligence. Many cases involve shared fault, and you deserve compensation for the harm others caused.

What if the driver who hit me doesn't have insurance?

Your own auto insurance policy may provide coverage through uninsured motorist (UM) provisions. UM coverage applies even when you were a pedestrian or passenger rather than driving. If you have $100,000 UM coverage and the at-fault driver has no insurance, you can recover up to $100,000 from your own policy.

Hit-and-run accidents also trigger UM coverage when drivers cannot be identified. We work with investigators to locate hit-and-run drivers through surveillance footage, witness descriptions, and vehicle evidence, but UM coverage ensures you're not left without compensation if drivers can't be found.

Can I switch attorneys if I'm unhappy with my current lawyer?

Yes. You can change attorneys anytime. If your current attorney isn't returning calls, lacks experience with your injury type, is pressuring inappropriate settlement, or seems unprepared, don't hesitate to seek new representation.

Switching attorneys involves filing a substitution form with the court. We coordinate with your prior attorney regarding fee division based on work performed. Serious injuries require focused, experienced representation - don't settle for less because you feel obligated to stay with an attorney who isn't meeting your needs.

What if my injuries are getting worse instead of better?

Some injuries worsen over time despite proper treatment. Disc herniations can progress from small bulges to large extrusions. Post-traumatic arthritis develops as damaged joints degenerate. Brain injury symptoms sometimes increase as you attempt to return to normal activities and discover cognitive limitations.

Progressive worsening doesn't mean symptoms are unrelated to the accident. Medical literature documents that traumatic injuries frequently worsen over time. Serial imaging showing progression, physician documentation of worsening examination findings, and expert testimony explaining post-traumatic progression all prove causation. Never accept insurance company arguments that worsening symptoms prove no causal relationship to your accident.

Your Recovery Comes First - We Handle the Rest

You're dealing with physical pain, financial stress, and uncertainty about the future. You shouldn't also have to become an expert in insurance company tactics, medical evidence rules, and Nevada County Superior Court procedures. That's our job.

Your job is healing. Our job is fighting insurance companies who don't understand traumatic brain injury, herniated discs, CRPS pain, or why your "low-speed" accident caused serious injuries. Our job is proving what you're experiencing is real, was caused by the accident, and deserves full compensation.

Call our Nevada City office at (530) 265-0186. Tell us what happened. Ask your questions. Get clear information about your options. No pressure. No obligation. No fees unless we win your case. Just a conversation about your situation and what makes sense for rebuilding your life.

We're located at 305 Railroad Avenue in downtown Nevada City - right next to the Nevada County courthouse. We've been serving Nevada County accident victims from this location for over 25 years. When you're injured in Nevada City, Grass Valley, Truckee, Penn Valley, or anywhere in our community, you deserve local representation from someone who understands both the medicine and the practical realities of healing here.

More importantly, you deserve access to the best medical specialists and diagnostic evidence - not limited by Nevada County's provider shortage. Through our established relationships built over 25+ years, we connect you with top neurologists, neuroradiologists, and specialists nationwide via telemedicine and remote consultations. Better care. Better evidence. Less travel burden while you're healing.

Free consultation. Contingency fees - no recovery, no fee. Call today.