Dangerous & Defective Highways

Lawyers for Victims of Defective Highways

In far too many cases, drivers and vehicles don't cause car accidents: dangerous roads and highways do.

A road can be defective in design if a curve is too tight or improperly banked. Steep drop-offs between the road and the shoulder can cause a vehicle to veer out of control, injuring occupants.

Passionate Representation in Dangerous Highway Litigation
Contact Hersh & Hersh: 800-441-5545

The attorneys of Hersh & Hersh represent clients who have been injured because of dangerous and defective conditions on roads and highways, including:

• Improper lane marking
• Failure to warn of hazards
• Inadequate signage
• No shoulder or steep shoulder drop-off
• Defectively designed curves
• Poor intersection design
• Defective traffic lights
• Inadequate or improperly placed barriers
• Dangerous exit ramps
• Lack of guard rails
• Failure to maintain roadway
• Dangerous median, lack of median barrier
• Trees or other dangers in the right of way
• Dangerous exit ramps
• Improperly designed construction zones
• Poor Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plans
• Road construction defects
• Failure to comply with state and federal regulations

Hersh & Hersh recovered a $2.9 million settlement for its client against the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the dangerous condition of Interstate 80 in Fairfield. Hersh & Hersh claimed that Caltrans failed to provide a safe and effective median barrier along the interstate to prevent cross-over accidents like this from occurring.

Litigation involving roadway defects depends heavily on testimony from engineers, accident reconstructionists and other expert witnesses. We retain respected experts to investigate cases involving hazardous roads and determine what happened and who is liable for damages.

Then we pursue full compensation for our client's injuries, medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages and property damage. To discuss your case with an attorney experienced in liability claims involving highway defects, please contact Hersh & Hersh today for a free consultation.

From our offices in San Francisco, California, the lawyers of Hersh & Hersh represent people injured by dangerous and defective roads nationwide.