Oakland Personal Injury Lawyers
A personal injury attorney represents your interests if you are involved in an accident with another car or collide with a commercial truck, suffer health complications due to medical malpractice, need assistance with a workman’s compensation claim, or suffer other injuries resulting from another person’s actions.
Types of Cases Our Oakland Personal Injury Attorneys Handle
The team at Cutter Law represents plaintiffs and victims in many types of personal injury cases, such as those from:
- Car accidents
- Bicycle accidents
- Dog bites
- Medical malpractice
- Motorcycle accidents
- Nursing home abuse
- Sexual assaults
- Slip and falls
- Truck accidents
We also handle wrongful death cases arising from personal injury incidents as well as other personal injury claims. We offer free consultations to examine the circumstances of your accident and discuss the facts of your case. Call us today to arrange a meeting.
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Featured Oakland Attorney
Brooks has a long-established, respected reputation as a skilled trial attorney and a record of proven success. He has received numerous honors for his advocacy on behalf of clients injured by carelessness, negligence, fraud or willful intent.
Everything about the way Brooks communicated with me was reassuring, professional and comfortable, like talking to a friend.
California Personal Injury Legal Requirements
California has certain legal requirements to file a personal injury claim. These requirements include:
- Statute of Limitations
- Burden of Proof
California Statute of Limitations
The statute of limitations is the length of time an injury victim has to file a suit. If they miss that deadline, they no longer have legal recourse to seek damages.
California has different statutes of limitations for different types of personal injury cases. The statues are generally as follows:
Burden of Proof
A plaintiff’s attorneys must also ensure that their case meets a burden-of-proof threshold. Personal injury cases go through civil court, which has different rules than criminal court.
Instead of proving your case “beyond a reasonable doubt,” your attorney must simply demonstrate that a preponderance of the evidence proves your claim. In other words, your evidence shows that your claim has more than a 50 percent chance (or higher) of being true.
Civil cases have lower standards of proof than criminal ones, but that does not mean they are always easy to prove. Your Oakland personal injury lawyer will gather evidence, like witness accounts, about the situation and may even conduct an independent investigation into who caused your accident.
I think the first thing you want to consider when you’re looking for a lawyer is what they’ve accomplished so far.
Brooks Cutter,
Founder of Cutter Law
Oakland Settlements and Verdicts
At Cutter Law P.C., we have a long record of successfully representing Oakland injury victims. Below is a representative snapshot of the successful cases our law firm has handled:
Trial attorney Brooks Cutter took a lead role in a nationwide case against Boston Scientific and Guidant following a recall of the manufacturer’s pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators.
Medical malpractice jury verdict on behalf of a young woman who suffered a spinal cord injury after doctors failed to diagnose a tumor on her spine.
Brooks Cutter and Margot Cutter won a $2.4 million dollar verdict on behalf of the children of a man who died after a staff doctor at a hospital lied and transferred a patient to another hospital that was not equipped to handle the patient.
Attorneys Todd Walburg and Celine Cutter represented a cyclist in Sonoma County, California who suffered a broken jaw and a mild traumatic brain injury after she rode her bike through a large pothole.
Types of Damages from a Personal Injury Settlement
California personal injury plaintiffs may receive the following types of damages:
- Economic, including medical bills and other calculable costs
- Noneconomic, like pain and suffering from the accident or mental anguish
California has no caps on damages in personal injury cases, with the exception of medical malpractice claims, which is increasing $40,000 until 2034, when the cap will have reached $750,000.
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1901 Harrison Street Suite 910
Oakland CA 94612
Do you need an Oakland personal injury lawyer?
If you’ve been injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, you may be able to seek damages in a personal injury lawsuit.
The legal team at Cutter Law, professional personal injury attorneys in Oakland, can advocate for you every step of the way, from determining the facts of your case all the way to a courtroom.
Call us today for a free consultation.
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Start with a free consultation. We listen to what happened, how it’s affected your life, and what you need to move forward.
You’ll have a direct line to our attorneys. We keep communication open and ensure you always know what’s happening with your case.
From day one, we go all in—gathering evidence, negotiating with insurers, and preparing for trial if needed. You pay nothing unless we win compensation for you.
Economic damages are the losses you can measure with dollars and cents, such as your lost wages, your past medical bills, and your future medical bills.
Non-economic damages are those quality of life losses that you sustain in an injury, including the pain and suffering, humiliation, and grief.
The general rule in California is that most components of personal injury settlements are not taxable income.
As a family run California law firm we pride ourselves in providing every client personal attention and representation. The outstanding results we have gotten for our fire clients are a direct result of our commitment to understanding and presenting all aspects of their case.
Hear from our previous clients about the relationships we build together.
My interaction with Cutter Law -Celine Cutter specifically, was very positive. She explained very clearly the process, timing and expectations for my case from the beginning. Their website is neatly designed, easy to navigate, and includes some very helpful information for anyone in need of legal representation.
Had a great interaction with Cutter Law. They are all very professional. They communicate on a level anyone can understand (not always using the technical legal terms). They make you feel comfortable and ensure that you are being heard. Highly recommend this law firm.
Brooks has a long-established, respected reputation as a skilled trial attorney and a record of proven success.