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Types of Car Collisions

It Matters How the Accident Happened

When you start to look for legal advice about how to get financial compensation after a car accident, seek out information from lawyers with extensive experience handling a wide range of different car accidents.

The specific nature of the car accident that caused your injury — or your loved one's injury or untimely death — matters, from a legal perspective. Your lawyer should understand the nature of different types of car accidents and should have access to a network of experts in the areas of engineering, accident reconstruction, medical care for serious injuries and medical rehabilitation.

A Highly Distinguished San Diego Personal Injury Law Firm

Over the course of the past 20 years, The McClellan Law Firm has made a name for itself as a serious law firm for serious injury and wrongful death cases. The firm's founder, Craig R. McClellan, is an AV Peer Review Rated* trial lawyer. He was also the first San Diego attorney to join the Inner Circle of Advocates, an elite legal association of the top 100 personal injury lawyers in the United States.

Our Firm Has Handled Virtually Every Type of Car Accident

  • Rear-end collisions, which often start with a tailgate incident, usually result in whiplash or serious injury to the spinal cord.
  • T-bone accidents can cause serious damage to drivers' and passengers' hips and backs.
  • Head-on collisions almost always cause some form of brain injury, which can be mild or severe depending on the specific nature of the impact.
  • Witnesses can help establish a driver's disregard of traffic laws and help our client's case if the other driver crossed over or weaved between lanes, ran stoplights or disobeyed other traffic laws,. Victims of accidents caused by drunk drivers may have the right to seek financial compensation above and beyond their actual financial losses as a way to further penalize the irresponsible driver.
  • Our firm has nationally recognized experience with collisions caused by automotive defects or defective roadway design.
  • Single-vehicle crashes such as SUV or pickup truck rollovers can cause major injury. In these types of car accidents, we may investigate the vehicle's design for defects in safety and crashworthiness.

Contact The McClellan Law Firm to Learn More

We offer a complimentary case evaluation in any type of motor vehicle accident case. We will listen to your story, explain your legal options, and describe the range of our services. We maintain a small caseload to make sure our attorneys and staff have time to handle each case with the care it deserves. Anyone disabled due to another person's careless conduct deserves our complete attention.

Call us toll free at 866-492-0302 or send us an e-mail to schedule an appointment.


*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
Contact Our Firm

The McClellan Law Firm
1144 State Street
San Diego, California 92101
Tel: 619.677.1641
Toll Free: 866.492.0302
Fax: 619.544.0540
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