Fairbanks Road Defect Accident Attorney

Fairbanks Road Defect Accident Attorney Ready To Help You

When you get into your vehicle, you expect the roads and highways you drive on to be designed and maintained with your safety in mind. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. When roadways are improperly designed, constructed, or maintained, accidents can result. If you have been involved in an accident due to a road defect, a Fairbanks road defect accident attorney can help.

We believe you deserve compensation for your injuries and will work with you from beginning to end to ensure you receive just compensation. We understand what a difficult time this is for you, and that you may be facing medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

At Ringstad Law Office, P.C., an experienced Fairbanks road defect accident attorney knows how to uncover who is at fault in your case; we are skilled negotiators as well as aggressive litigators and will use our experience and knowledge to your advantage.

Local and state government authorities are responsible for road conditions and must follow national and state standards for design, construction, and maintenance of the nation’s roadways. Further, tax dollars are spent to ensure the roads are safe for all those who travel them. In fact, current state and federal laws mandate that all public entities be charged with keeping our public roadways safe for those who travel them. This responsibility includes doing everything possible to maintain our American roadways in a way which maximizes safety and minimizes the potential for serious or fatal accidents.

Structural or design flaws, as well as maintenance issues on the road, can include:

• Inadequate lighting;
• Faulty signage which fails to notify drivers of dangers or unpredictability of the road ahead;
• Dangerous or inadequate signals;
• Poorly designed intersections with a history of being deadly;
• Faded lines on roads;
• Potholes;
• Excessive debris;
• Improperly maintained roads;
• Trees or bushes hindering the ability to see oncoming traffic;
• Lack of adequate signage;
• Broken road surfaces;
• Shoulder drop-off;
• Lack of warning regarding known hazards, or
• Excessive oil or gravel on the road.

Such road design defects or inadequate maintenance are often the cause of minor to serious accidents, yet without an experienced Fairbanks road defect accident attorney by your side, it would certainly be a mistake to file a lawsuit against a public entity on your own. Lawsuits directed at governmental agencies are full of special complexities and have procedural differences from a typical lawsuit filed against a business or individual.

The Driver’s Responsibility

As a driver on the roadways, you have a responsibility to maintain your automobile properly and drive in a safe and responsible manner. While many accidents are caused by nothing more than driver error—and the driver responsible must accept the blame—there are a good number of accidents which have nothing to do with driver error and the responsible governmental entity must accept the blame. When a road design defect causes an accident, it may be overlooked as the definitive cause simply because it can be challenging to prove.

A highly experienced Ringstad Law Office, P.C Fairbanks road defect accident attorney will have a solid understanding of all the nuances encompassing an accident caused by a road design defect and is aware that it can be difficult to prove (unless the defect has prior documentation but was not corrected). Most insurance companies decide fault and blame based primarily on a police report, but in truth, most police officers have neither the time nor the expertise to determine the cause of an accident unless it is quite obvious. Such cases require knowledgeable legal counsel who has experience gathering the complex evidence necessary to make your lawsuit successful—Ringstad Law Office, P.C. can do all this and more.