Serious Personal Injury
A personal injury action is a lawsuit brought by someone who has been injured as a result of another’s negligence (carelessness) or wrongful conduct.
Damages for such personal injuries include:
- Payment for pain and suffering
- Lost wages
- Past and future medical expenses
Based in Sacramento, California, the personal injury attorneys at Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff have handled and resolved thousands of personal injury cases resulting from all types of intentional or negligent conduct, throughout the country.
Our personal injury attorneys specialize in handling complex personal injury cases involving motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, including rare and complicated medical conditions such as cauda equina syndrome, and major medical misdiagnosis of diseases such as cancer or HIV.
We also represent hundreds of individuals from many different states who were injured by defective medical devices or dangerous drugs that had undisclosed, harmful side effects.
Select Personal Injury Case Highlights
- Attorneys at Kershaw, Cutter and Ratinoff successfully resolved cases against Johnson & Johnson on behalf over 200 individuals who alleged they were injured after receiving contaminated Vicryl sutures during an operation.
- In another case against Johnson & Johnson, we successfully resolved cases on behalf of approximately 55 women who alleged they were injured by a medical device known as Gynecare Intergel
- Presently, we represent hundreds of people who allege they were injured by a wide variety of dangerous drugs including Vioxx, Phen Phen, Fosamax, Bextra, and Bausch & Lomb’s Renu Moistureloc eye solution.
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Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff took a lead role in a nationwide case against
Boston Scientific and Guidant arising from their recall of thousands of pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators. Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff was on the executive committee for this Multi-District Litigation (MDL).
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To contact a personal injury attorney at Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff experienced in serious personal injury cases, fill out and submit the contact form on this page or call us toll-free at (888) 285-3333.