Catastrophic Injuries

Catastrophic Injuries

San Francisco Catastrophic Injury Attorney

Personal Injury Lawyers with Over 100 Years of Combined Experience

Serious accidents often result in serious injuries. Did you know that the severity of your injury could affect the amount of compensation owed to you? If the physical harm you suffer from an accident is enough to cause long-term impairment or permanent damage, you may be able to pursue damages for catastrophic injury.

If you suffered in any of the following ways, do not wait to contact a San Francisco catastrophic injury lawyer from our office.

Additional types of serious and catastrophic injuries that we can legally address include loss of limb(s), acoustic trauma, scarring / disfigurement, vision loss, and physiological disorders induced by trauma.

How do I know if I have a case?

At Walker, Hamilton & Kearns, LLP, we are here to help you determine whether or not you have cause for a catastrophic injury claim in San Francisco. Together, our team has been working in the legal field for more than a century, and we have seen all types of catastrophic injury cases.

When you call our firm for a free consultation, we can review the details of your accident and injury. From there, we will decide if it is in your best interests to pursue compensation. We are prepared to help you file a claim, fight a claim denial, or even take your case to court if need be.

At Walker, Hamilton & Kearns, LLP, we don’t require you to know whether or not you have a case. We will make that determination for you. As soon as you call our personal injury office to schedule a free evaluation, we can begin the legal process. Don’t wait to contact us today!

$11,500,000

Diver Breaks Neck

$2,850,000

Pedestrian Loses Legs

$185,000

Rear End Accident Exiting Freeway

$250,000

Medical Malpractice Against Kaiser Permanente

Jul, 082020

High School Swimmer Breaks Neck

$11,500,000 settlement for high school swimmer who broke his neck in a dive from a starting block

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Jul, 122020

Pedestrian Loses Legs

Attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP mediated a $2.85 million settlement for their clients, a pedestrian who was struck and severely injured by an automobile and her daughter who witnessed the horrific event. On August 5, 2012, WHK’s client, a 54-year-old professional housekeeper, was driving her children to their Karate lesson and stopped to pick up another child at his house. As her son went to get the other child, she and her daughter got out of their SUV to

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Jul, 132020

Rear-End Accident Exiting Freeway

The attorneys at Walker, Hamilton & Koenig, LLP successfully negotiated a $185,000 settlement for two clients involved in a rear-end car accident. On September 15, 2012, John and Nancy K. were exiting the freeway in Fremont, California and came to a stop at an intersection. The defendant, who had followed John and Nancy off the exit, did not notice they had stopped and rear-ended them at high speed, pushing their car forward 15 feet. Two months prior to the

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Jul, 132020

Medical Malpractice Against Kaiser Permanente

Trial attorney Timothy Hamilton received a $250,000 arbitration award against Kaiser Permanente, the maximum allowed by California law for pain and suffering in medical malpractice actions. Tim represented a client whose wife had died after a surgery at Kaiser Permanente’s San Francisco campus. Tim alleged and was able to prove that her doctors failed to provide instructions on or monitor her blood thinning medication, which resulted in her taking the medication too soon after surgery causing her to bleed internally. After a

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