Travel safety tip: When you travel far from home, consider getting accident insurance that would cover travel back to your hometown by air ambulance if necessary, if you should be involved in a serious accident.
Injured While on Vacation?
Every year, California welcomes tourists and visitors from throughout the United States and from throughout the world. The tourism industry is an important part of our economy. In addition, Californians are proud to show off to visitors the many beautiful points of interest in our state, such as the following:
- The plentiful vineyards of wine country
- The awe-inspiring coastline
- Amusement parks
- Seaside and beach-area vacation and entertainment areas
- U.S. Route 101/State Highway 1 with its magnificent vistas of Big Sur and mountain regions
- Redwood trees
Injured While on Vacation in Oakland, Santa Rosa or Anywhere in Northern California?
While tourists enjoy seeing the sights and trying new things it is not uncommon for them to be involved in accidents from time to time. Eager to make memories, quite a few visitors engage in activities that they have never done before or haven't tried for many years:
- Surfing
- Wind surfing
- Scuba diving
- Golfing
- Fishing on charger boats
- Bicycling around tourist areas
- Horseback riding
- Hot air ballooning
- Helicopter touring
- Driving rented cars on mountain roads
Talk to a Northern Californian Personal Injury Attorney After a Tourist Accident
If you suffered a serious or catastrophic injury while on vacation in California, you and your family may wonder whom to contact first: your insurance agents back home or a California personal injury lawyer?
At the personal injury law offices of Shapiro, Galvin, Shapiro & Moran, serving the Santa Rosa and San Francisco areas and beyond, we make it our business to find the right answers for our clients. We have helped a number of tourists, including foreign nationals, navigate the processes involved in making claims and filing lawsuits to recover compensation after car and truck accidents and other types of accidents.
Should the injury claim be handled through courts in your hometown in Canada, Mexico or a U.S. state — or in California? How and when can the injured person be moved back home after a pedestrian accident — and who will pay for the transfer? Get answers to these and other urgent questions after you have been injured as a tourist or visiting business traveler in California. Contact us by phone or e-mail to schedule a free initial consultation with an experienced San Francisco tourist accidents lawyer.
