Bus and Train Accidents
The mass transit system in Southern California is among the most heavily trafficked in the world. The OCTD (Orange County Transit District), the Metrolink, Amtrak, and the Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority, shuttle millions of residents between home, work, and all the area’s attractions. Unfortunately, with that many people riding the rails and taking the bus, injuries will occur. If you have been injured while traveling on a train or bus, you want an experienced and aggressive attorney to protect your interests.
Bus and train accidents often involve multiple defendants who all contributed to your injury. The injuries sustained can be serious and catastrophic or even fatal. We will carefully examine all the facts of your case to ensure that the appropriate parties are held accountable.
Boat Accidents
If you have been injured on the waterways in Southern California, you need an experienced attorney to help you get compensation for all your losses. You may be unable to work. The medical bills may be piling up. The pain and suffering you experience every day can make each day a challenge.
Because boat accident injuries often involve boats that travel at high speeds and have powerful motors and propellers, the injuries suffered in a boating accident can be catastrophic and can even result in accidental death. We handle all types of serious injuries, including traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. At Kerr Law Firm, we take all boat accident injury claims on a contingency basis. We do not charge any fee until we have recovered compensation for your injury. We also advance all costs and expenses, so that you pay nothing at all until your case is resolved.
Car Accidents
If you have been injured in an automobile accident, you need an experienced and aggressive lawyer to help you get full and fair compensation for your losses. Insurance companies will quickly get involved and will try to minimize your damage claims. You need someone who will help you recover all your damages, including medical expenses, lost wages, the costs of rehabilitation or physical therapy, and pain and suffering.
It is also important that you not say anything to the other party’s insurance company except through your attorney. Even though the statements you make are true, insurance adjusters are paid to frame their questions and interpret what you say in a light most favorable to the insurance company, not you. When you retain the services of Kerr Law Firm, we will use our skill, expertise, and financial resources to help you maximize your recovery and keep you from giving the insurance company tools to defeat or minimize your claim in the future.
Construction Accidents
If you have been injured on a construction site because of the negligence of another person, you need an experienced and aggressive lawyer to help you recover full and fair compensation for all your losses. You may have lost wages or income. You may have substantial medical bills or need extensive rehabilitation or physical therapy. Your pain and suffering may be unbearable.
We also represent construction workers who have been exposed to toxic materials, as well as those who have contracted mesothelioma. Because construction accidents often involve heavy equipment and power tools, the injuries suffered can be catastrophic. We handle personal injury claims involving back injury, spinal cord injury, and brain injury, as well as claims involving accidental or wrongful death. At Kerr Law Firm, we take pride in the close communication we maintain with all our clients. We answer all phone calls promptly and continually keep you informed of the status of your case.
Motorcycle Accidents
If you are a biker in Southern California, you are familiar with prejudice. You know the perceptions that many people have. Unfortunately, these prejudices also come into play when you have been injured in a motorcycle accident. They’ll assume that it must have been your fault. They’ll tell you that it’s what you get when you ride a dangerous vehicle at high speeds. If you have been injured in a motorcycle crash, you want an attorney who understands the prejudices that exist and who will aggressively protect your right to compensation.
Because motorcycle riders have less protection, the injuries suffered can be serious. We handle all types of catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury. We also represent individuals and families in wrongful death actions.
Pedestrian Accidents
If you have been injured as a pedestrian in an accident involving a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, truck, bus or train, your injuries can be serious. You need an experienced and aggressive attorney to help you recover damages for all your losses, including the costs of long-term care, rehabilitation or physical therapy.
Except in situations where the motorist is either traveling slowly or has just started to move, pedestrian accidents are generally more serious than any other traffic accident. We work with pedestrians who have suffered traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury after being struck by a motor vehicle. We also handle accidental or wrongful death claims arising out of pedestrian accidents.
Slip and Fall Accidents
If someone else’s negligence or carelessness in maintaining their property has caused you to suffer a personal injury, you need an aggressive and experienced lawyer to help you recover full and fair compensation. Statistics show that slip and fall accidents are a leading cause of traumatic brain injury. A broken step, a slippery aisle at the grocery store, or a defective handrail can result in serious personal injury, or even death.
If you were injured on government property, you should contact a personal injury lawyer immediately. You only have 6 months to file a claim for negligence on municipal property.
Truck Accidents
Southern California has a large network of freeways that carry heavy commercial traffic. Every day, big rigs travel down I-405, I-605, I-5, and other major thoroughfares. In the highly competitive commercial trucking industry, however, drivers often cut corners or push themselves beyond their limits, creating potentially dangerous situations for everyone on the road.
We represent individuals who have been injured in truck accidents on roadways throughout Southern California, including Once we take your case, we will aggressively examine all evidence to build the best case to help you recover for lost wages and income, medical expenses, and pain and suffering. We will get a diagram of the road, go to the scene of the accident and reconstruct the chain of events. We will conduct all necessary investigations and depositions to establish the negligence of the driver and/or the trucking company.
At the offices of Kerr Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation, we have represented personal injury victims throughout Southern California since 1979. Because of our reputation for successful and aggressive advocacy, almost all of our cases come to us as referrals from other lawyers, from doctors and chiropractors, and from former clients. Contact us for a free case evaluation.
At Kerr Law Firm, we take all personal injury claims on a contingency basis. We do not charge any fee until we have recovered money for your injury. We also advance all costs and expenses, so that you pay nothing at all until your case is resolved.
If you want experienced personal injury lawyers to aggressively pursue full and fair compensation for your truck accident injury, contact Kerr Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation, to schedule a free case evaluation. If you are unable to travel due to your injury, we will come to you.
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From the very start, Russ was incredibly detailed, walking me through every step of the process. His responsiveness, care, and professionalism were evident throughout my entire case. He was always clear in his communication and managed my expectations realistically, which I greatly appreciated.
Most importantly, he turned a frustrating situation into the best possible outcome. I felt well-represented and confident in his advice from beginning to end.
I highly recommend Russ to anyone needing a personal injury attorney who is both skilled and truly cares about his clients.
Dear Atty Sheldon and law firm staff:
I am writing to Thank you and your entire law firm for all of your hard work handling my case. Throughout the time you worked on my accident, everyone at your law firm was kind, patient, and supportive. I am grateful for the professionalism and excellent job working on my case. It’s been a pleasure working with you. Thank you very much. I hope you and your team took a well deserved break after we won the case.
God bless.
Mary Ann Montenegro
This level of responsiveness, care, and professionalism is an extremely rare find these days. I'm deeply grateful to Russell, and wish him and his practice tremendous success. I'll be recommending him to everyone I know.
From what was an extremely traumatic traffic accident that left me shocked, stressed, and emotionally shaken; Kerr & Sheldon took charge with the intricacies of dealing with the aftermath. I was able to focus on my healing, mentally and physically, while they took care of the rest. They were very clear the whole process in communicating with me and made sure to go above and beyond to help me get the best services I needed in repairs (car & myself).
I’d also like to give a personal thank you to the receptionist I spoke with who prayed for my dog when she was very ill. Even though my stress and sadness of a sick pet was not their responsibility , she took the time to be there for me and help lift me up in the added stress of a motor accident. Unfortunately my poor baby passed away in April, I will never forget the prayer I received through the phone and the kindness and love I was given. That reflects on the whole team and I’m happy I decided to put my trust in them. Thank you!
Russell helped me with a difficult claim situation and was responsive and helpful the whole way. Thank you!
I hardly ever post reviews, but he was so amazing and responded quickly and thoroughly to all my emails and all my questions even though I wasn’t a client that I wanted to let people know.
Hopefully I don’t get into another accident, but should I ever need an attorney for an accident, I will definitely contact Mr. Kerr as an actual client. In the meantime I am very grateful for all the help and advice he gave me.
Have to be Orange County's (if not California's!) #1 most professional, educated, dependable and successful Law Firm for the public and for it's community. 🥇
Here is my story and confirmation.
Last August, while riding my bicycle home from work, the usual route taken through south Costa Mesa, i was Struck by a Motor vehicle. Luckily and most importantly im here alive to share. That is exactly the big picture. An outcome, in which my assigned attorney Geoff Rill had reminded me, with comfort since Day 1 from our very first conversation over the phone. I am alive and survived with only minor injuries. The evening of my accident, my body was in so much shock, along with the painful abrasions to my knee and contusion to my forearm, there was a substantial amount of adrenaline running through my body still causing me plenty of confusion and uncertainty of "What Do I Do Now?"
Now, revisiting that day of my accident, im realizing just how lucky and how much gratitude i hold for my good friend who referred me to the law offices of Kerr & Sheldon. If it weren't for that advice, there is No doubt that i would still be managing pain from the accident and without reimbursement or transportation. In hopes, by writing this more victims or even if those are personally considered being the possibility of one in an accident, they will reach out Here(K&S) with confidence.
Sir Geoff Rill, forever in debt for this gentleman's services. Initially, when first speaking with him, i felt more as though i was speaking to a family member. I remember being over excited with emotion, both the feeling of gratefulness for still being here on earth.. and some of anger and disbelief for the man who'd hit me with his vehicle. He brought me a sense of peacefulness, calamity and the reassurance that i was and will be just fine and there is nothing for me to be concerned about. Not one thing. .....He was right.
The days following my accident and the phone call to Geoff, continued on seamlessly smoothly and without worry. He and his team at K&S were extremely supportive and accommodating. My bike was totaled. It was a quality bicycle with more value than i had estimated. Before i had time to inquire about a possible replacement, himself and an office assistant had already assured me that the insurance would cover my cost. It did. To my appreciative surprise a check with a generous sum(k's) swiftly arrived in my mailbox. Couldn't have taken them more than a few weeks. Along with my loss damages check, was also the refund for All of the Uber rides and receipts i had incurred during those weeks for work, doctor visits etc. It was all taken care of. We kept in touch naturally, a delighted phone call from Geoff to see how all of the tests, procedures and doctor visits had been going during the weeks was not uncommon. He Cared. That was paramount for myself. He genuinely took the time, always understanding of my time during those calls, just to ask "Hey! how're you feeling?" and had the patience to listen, understand and always giving advice that had made so much sense to my confusion. It Helped. He helped. They helped.
In guidance and at a comfort level i could have never imagined existed.
Concluding my case in the following short few months. It was a bond, in which him and the team at Kerr & Sheldon produced with myself and the medical staff handling my health improvement from the accident, that really proved to me that they are The Best Legal team in OC. Within i'd say, 90 days from the accident i had received the loss/damages check for property and then a 2nd much larger check(+10K total) for all losses including medical was received. He went above and beyond my expectations to insure every cent of cost was payed for... and much more. If you've been involved, a victim of or just unsure of the accident involved in.. i would highly, i mean Highly Recommend, giving the pleasant team of people over at Kerr & Sheldon a call. Thank you again for the diligence while i was able to heal and focus on my personal life.
- jason
Very well done, thank you Russel to you and your team!
