Templeton, CA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

It's not clear who you are suing. Were you working on your own roof? Or is this a workers comp case as you were employed installing the steel pipe? In any event, no one can answer this question without reviewing your entire file. There is no ball park estimate possible.

If your current atty "dropped" the first lawsuit that is litigation which probably would trigger the higher amount. In any event, most State Bar Associations have a fee dispute resolution procedure. Call the state bar office and see if they do. If so, get the information, but don't file anything until you call your attorney and tell him you would like to use the service. This may trigger a compromise that you and the attorney can agree to.

My preliminary question is yes based on the injuries you describe. We took a similar case to trial a few years ago and won when an inebriated bar patron jumped on my client and forced his hand into a window, bending his hand back and breaking it. My client there was unprovoked. I do not know what the story is here with 4-5 guys jumping your son. In my prior case we sued the individual only, not the bar. Unless the bar allowed these guys to come in and they had a known history of bullying, there is not much chance of the bar being liable. The bar should have med-pay insurance though, which is insurance that will pay your son's medical bills up to a specified limit in their policy regardless of liability. I am baffled at why the police would not file battery charges under these circumstances unless there is some type of legitimate self-defense argument being made, which is the typical defense in assault and battery cases. If your son sues the assailants he can recover his medical expenses (past and future), loss of earnings, if any, pain, suffering and inconvenience damages and punitive damages.