California Personal Injury Attorneys

Welcome to CHAIN | COHN | STILES. Here on our website you will find useful information regarding California Personal Injury Law. Our experienced attorneys specialize in handling matters regarding auto accidents, trucking accidents, agriculture accidents, construction injuries, premises liability, product liability, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, motorcycle accidents, consumer law, business litigation, electrical accidents and burn injuries. If you have been injured due to the negligence of another, pick up the phone and call one of our California Personal Injury Lawyers to discuss the specifics of your Personal Injury claim...or click here to fill out our convenient online form.

Bakersfield Attorneys

On our website, you can view our Law Library, with information ranging from California Labor Law, Family Law, Consumer Law, Business Litigation and Health Insurance. Also, our FAQ section contains a complete review of personal injury issues related to Kern County, Bakersfield, California topics related to negligence. For CHAIN | COHN | STILES to prevail in a personal injury case, your liability attorney must prove negligence. In wrongful death cases and any personal injury lawsuit, CHAIN | COHN | STILES's specialized personal injury attorneys must show that the defendant (negligent party) was responsible for your injuries, and that if it were not for that specific negligence, you would not have suffered injuries.

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THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS, CASES AND LAWSUITS HANDLED BY OUR BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRM

Some of the most common types of claims handled by our lawyers are wrongful death and other basic negligence, including Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Bicycle Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents and Bus or Transit System Accidents, including Pedestrian Accidents. CHAIN | COHN | STILES handles Premises Liability claims, Slip and Fall, Trip and Fall injuries, Dog Bites and Animal Attacks, and other Dangerous Conditions of Premises cases. Our team of Kern County California Attorneys handle all Medical Malpractice and Medical Negligence claims. These claims may include those against negligent doctors, negligent hospitals, negligent surgeons, negligent dentists, negligent chiropractors and other negligent medical care providers. CHAIN | COHN | STILES handles all Construction Accidents and Work Related injuries, including Oilfield Accidents, Agriculture Accidents, Heavy Machinery Accidents and Farm Equipment Accidents. We specialize in California Workers' Compensation law. CHAIN | COHN | STILES handles all work-related injuries including back injuries, neck injuries, knee and all other orthopedic injuries, and carpal tunnel syndrome. We handle Products Liability matters including Defective Products, Defective Drugs and Defective Designs. We handle all other very serious personal injury matters including Wrongful Death, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and birth injuries. Our California Personal Injury Attorneys are here to serve you. Please call us for a no obligation, free consultation.

The Largest Wrongful Death Verdict against the City of Bakersfield
Family Awarded $2.1 Million in Park Death Case

A Kern County jury awarded $2.1 Million Friday to the mother and two daughters of a man who was killed in 2008 when a city parks worker drove over him as he rested on the grass at Jefferson Park.

The verdict followed more than two full days of deliberation and several days of sometimes emotional testimony from family members of Armondo Morataya, who was 54 at the time of his death.

The two daughters-Erika Morataya, 32 and Cindy Morataya, 24 both of Houston-and Mr. Morataya's mother, Maria Ramirez, 74, of Bakersfield, were plaintiffs in the case.

Both daughters said they have forgiven Timothy Ornelas, the park employee who on July 10, 2008, was driving a Ford F-150 over a small rise when he struck Morataya, crushing his chest. Morataya died at Kern Medical Center eight days later with his daughters and mother at his side.

The city agreed before the trail that it was liable, and that the negligence of Ornelas, then 45, caused the death. Ornelas was also named as a defendant in the suit.

The jury awarded the daughters $400,000 each. Ramirez was awarded about $1.3 million. Bakersfield attorney David Cohn of Chain Cohn Stiles represented the family and the city’s attorney, Michael O’Dell of Bakersfield firm Clifford & Brown offered the family $500,000 which was declined and they went to a jury trial.

BARBARA HAUBRICH-HASS has been awarded Paralegal Gateway’s 2012 Paralegal Superstar. She is only one of twelve Paralegals recognized nationwide that exemplifies the best and brightest in the paralegal profession. Barbara is also an Advanced Certified Paralegal in Trial Practices, Discovery, and PI-Wrongful Death. She is also a California Advanced Specialist in Civil Litigation. Barbara has worked for David K. Cohn, managing partner of Chain | Cohn | Stiles, since 1995 as his lead paralegal and administrator of his personal injury practice.