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$2,500,000.00 Settlement in Contested Liability Motorcycle Accident. Below knee amputation.
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Read Henke Law Group Scientific Review Article. As Knowledgeable Cell Phone Accident Lawyers We Can Investigate to Establish That The Other Driver Was On His Cell Phone. The Evidence Can Make the Difference in a Contested Liability Case.
Where we Can Establish That the Other Driver Was Engaged in a Business Call We Can Bring his Employer in as a Defendant and Recover Against the Employer's Assets and Insurance Coverage.
California auto accident attorney Henke has reviewed all the scientific literature on the effect of cell phone use to impair driver attention. Driving under the influence of cell conversation renders the driver DUI level driving impaired and results in a four fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident. Contrary to popular belief, it is not "holding" the cell phone which results in the impairment. It is the diversion of conscious attention to the internal-cognitive tasks associated with the give and take of the cell conversation away from the external-visual tasks essential for safe driving. Indeed, it matters not whether the motorist is driving under the influence of handheld or hands-free cell conversation, the impairment and the 4 fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident are precisely the same. Yes, California and a number of other states have enacted handheld laws; unfortunately that is just a function of politics. The scientists are not in dispute. All agree that driving under the influence of any cell phone results in the identical DUI level driving impairment.
It is important that the auto accident lawyer obtain the cell phone records of the other driver in every contested liability case, and especially in any serious injury case in which it appears that the other driver lacks sufficient insurance coverage to fully compensate the plaintiff for his injuries and full measure of his damages. In the contested liability case,the evidence of the other party's cell phone use in the moments prior to the accident may snatch victory from the mouth of defeat. In the most common serious injury auto accident case in which the other driver lacks sufficient insurance to fully compensate the plaintiff for his injuries and damages, it is essential that the cell phone records be obtained and appropriate depositions taken of the defendant and the other party to the call to determine whether the other driver was engaged in a business call in the moments leading up to the accident. If he was, then the knowledgeable cell phone auto accident lawyer can bring the employer into the litigation as a defendant "vicariously liable" for the injuries caused by its employee in the "course and scope of his employment." In this way the auto accident lawyer may assure that the plaintiff will be fully compensated up to the limits of the employers insurance policy, and indeed, the employer's assets would be available to execute against.
Attorney Qualifications as Serious Injury California Trial Lawyers for Auto & Motorcycle Accident Medical Malpractice Elder Abuse Pharmaceutical Product Liability & Food Poisoning Cases, Serving Northern & Southern California in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Jose, Sacramento.
Attorney. Henke and his law firm are "AV" rated by Martindale and Hubbell, the highest lawyer legal ability rating ("A") and highest attorney ethical standards rating ("V") awarded by the most highly respected lawyer ranking directory in the United States. The Martindale & Hubbell ratings are awarded based upon interviews with judges before whom the attorney has appeared and interviews with other prominent lawyers who are aware of the attorney's legal ability and ethical standards. The "A" in "AV" is defined as "very high to preeminent" in "legal ability" and the "V" stands for "very high" "general ethical standards." According to Martindale & Hubbell, the: "AV Peer Review Rating shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence. He or she has usually practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity."
Attorney Henke is recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers in America," a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, commonly referred to as "the most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States."
Mr. Henke is a former Governor of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, the 5th Largest Trial Lawyer Association in the United States, elected to the position by the large trial lawyer membership. He was also nominated by "Trial Lawyer of the Year" by LATLA.
Attorney Henke has concentrated on serious injury cases and complex litigation, such as pharmaceutical product liability cases. However, all serious injury litigation is complex, even the simplest car or motorcycle accident or premises liability case, because the preparation of general damages and special damages in all serious injury cases is complex. See our "Serious & Catastrophic Injury Lawyers" page at the top of our "Practice Areas" menu.
Attorney Henke's cases and trial work have been the subject of substantial local and national legal journal recognition, including feature articles in "California Lawyer" and "The National Law Journal. His cases, trial work, and jury verdicts have also received substantial legitimate news coverage from the front page of the New York Times to the front page of the Los Angeles Times, from the Washington Post to the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, as well as national legitimate television news segments, e.g., on Tom Brokaw's NBC Evening News and CNN.. He has also testified before Congress at the invitation of the Chairman of Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives, specifically with regard to 10 punitive "test" cases, five of which Henke tried together in a single consolidated trial, yielding a multimillion dollar California jury verdict.
Mr. Henke has obtained numerous million dollar and multimillion dollar jury verdicts and settlements for his clients in cases ranging from auto motorcycle accident cases to medical malpractice and pharmaceutical product liability litigation. Attorney Henke has also obtained extraordinary published state and federal appellate results effecting lasting, significant changes in the law favorable to his clients and other plaintiff litigants. The Henke Law Firm's superior lawyer credentials and track record specific to each subject area are set forth more specifically on subject matter pages.
The Henke Law Offices are your California injury lawyers of choice for serious injury auto accident and motorcycle accident cases, medical malpractice, elder abuse, negligence, premises liability, asbestos mesothelioma, food poisoning, and pharmaceutical product liability cases, serving Northern and Southern California in Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay Area Oakland San Jose San Diego Orange County Fresno Sacramento and every other city and country in California.
