Eligibility review
Do You Have a Claim?
Before value or timing matters, there is a prior question — is there a claim, and whose is it. These pages cover standing, viability, and what separates one kind of claim from another.
Birth Injury Claims in CaliforniaA birth injury claim arises when care during pregnancy, labour or delivery falls below the standard and injures the baby or mother. These claims usually centre on fetal monitoring, delivery decisions and lifetime care costs.Car Accident With a Pre-Existing Injury: Can You Still Claim?A prior injury does not bar a California car accident claim. You can recover for the harm the crash added, and the medical records before and after it are what show the difference.How Strong Is My Accident Case?Case strength is four separate things — who is at fault, how badly you were hurt, whether it is documented, and whether there is insurance to pay. A case can be strong on three and still be declined on the fourth. This explains how they interact.Do I Have a Medical Malpractice Case in California?A bad outcome is not malpractice. A case requires a provider who fell below the professional standard of care and caused real harm because of it — a distinction that decides most claims, and one that usually takes an expert to answer.California Personal Injury Case ReviewIf you think you may need legal help after an accident, ClearCaseIQ helps organize your facts, documents, injury signals, and readiness before attorney review.Medication Error Claims in CaliforniaMedication errors happen at three points: prescribing, dispensing and administering. The wrong drug, the wrong dose or a missed interaction can each support a claim against a doctor, pharmacy or hospital.Misdiagnosis and Delayed Diagnosis Claims in CaliforniaA missed or late diagnosis is malpractice when a competent provider would have made it sooner and the delay made the outcome worse. Proving that the delay caused the harm is usually the hardest part.Surgical Error Claims in CaliforniaSome surgical errors, like wrong-site surgery or an instrument left inside, are clear. Others, like a nerve or organ injured during an operation, depend on whether the harm was a known risk or a departure from careful technique.Who Can File a Wrongful Death Claim in California?California limits wrongful-death claims to a defined group — starting with a spouse or domestic partner and children — with others qualifying only in their absence. A separate survival claim belongs to the estate, and sorting out who may sue takes time the deadline does not add back.Wrongful Death After a Car Accident in CaliforniaWhen a crash is fatal, the family’s claim runs against the at-fault driver and anyone else responsible, and is usually paid from auto insurance. Policy limits, and the deceased’s own uninsured motorist coverage, often set the ceiling.Wrongful Death vs. Survival Action in CaliforniaA death can give rise to two separate claims. The family’s wrongful death claim covers what they lost; the estate’s survival action covers what the person who died suffered and lost before death.