San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyers

Medical Malpractice

The lawyers at Hersh & Hersh represent individuals who have been injured by the negligence of medical professionals. We are recognized for our work in medical malpractice cases. Medical malpractice can be challenging, but the lawyers at Hersh & Hersh have vast experience litigating these cases and have been representing the victims of medical negligence since the 1970s.

Starting in the 1970s, California imposed a cap on the compensation plaintiffs can recover in a medical malpractice case for non-economic damages. While a cap still exists, the policy was recently changed in 2023 to increase the cap each year.

Despite the cap in damages, which can pose a hurdle to pursuing medical malpractice cases, Hersh & Hersh has always specialized in medical malpractice and pursued cases that others think may be too challenging to prove or too limited in recovery given the cap in damages. Hersh & Hersh works with clients to ensure that they are pursuing the maximum recovery available under the laws in California.

Hersh & Hersh works with highly qualified and skilled consultants to evaluate medical malpractice cases and to obtain necessary evidence to successfully prosecute the claims on behalf of their clients. The trial lawyers at Hersh & Hersh take on all types of medical malpractice cases, including obstetrical cases, both prenatal and birth injury, cases dealing with neurological injuries, stroke cases, brain injury cases, as well as wrongful death cases, including cases arising from a medical professional’s failure to timely diagnose and treat a medical emergency, serious disease, or complication.

If you contact Hersh & Hersh, you will speak directly to a lawyer, and the team of lawyers will closely evaluate your case.

Auto, Bicycle, Pedestrian, Motorcycle & Other Roadway Accidents

Hersh & Hersh has decades of experience representing victims of accidents on roadways, including motor vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, or other transport accidents, as well as injuries resulting from roadways or property. Accidents on roadways account for a high number of very serious and debilitating injuries and death.

The creativity and tenacious spirit of the Hersh & Hersh team has resulted in victories for clients in very complicated or difficult cases when at-fault parties deny responsibility or claim there are no funds to adequately compensate an injured victim.

Lawyers, like the Hersh & Hersh lawyers, will offer their expertise and skill to help clients from the time they are injured until the time they receive compensation for their injuries. Victims have a right to be made whole and to be compensated for their losses, both past and future.

Know your rights by calling a lawyer before you attempt to navigate a claim against insurance companies.

Fertility Clinic and Sperm Bank Litigation

Hersh & Hersh was a pioneer in fertility clinic and sperm bank litigation. Over two decades ago, when fertility care and treatment was not as widely known or recognized, Hersh & Hersh pursued a case against a clinic and provider for use of the wrong embryo. Since that time, Hersh & Hersh has specialized in litigating cases against fertility clinics and sperm banks. Each case and each client’s experience are very unique and personal and are treated as such by the team of lawyers at Hersh & Hersh.

We have successfully pursued cases involving injuries arising from the use and transfer of the wrong embryos, destruction of genetic material due to negligence or wrongdoing on the part of the physicians, laboratory or equipment, as well as cases arising from negligent practices in the laboratory and promotion of sperm donors who have genetic or other risks that result in injury to their offspring or the individuals using the sperm to conceive children.

We understand that when individuals, couples and families who are pursuing fertility care and treatment are faced with the devastating losses and injuries that arise due to the wrongdoing or negligence of clinics or providers in whom they placed the utmost trust, they need assistance and support. We offer a dedicated team of lawyers and staff who have vast experience handling fertility matters and can provide their skills and advocacy to help navigate the injuries, obtain results and achieve the desired change.

Personal Injury and Catastrophic Injuries

Life can change unexpectedly and in an instant when you are the victim of an injury that occurs in daily life and that was preventable, including a slip and fall, dog bite, machinery or equipment failure or design defect, or other wrongdoing, including due to a third party conduct in the workplace. Hersh & Hersh represents clients injured by negligence or wrongdoing of another in many settings.

We work on contingency fee. If your case does not generate compensation for you then we do not receive any compensation for our services, fees, or costs.

Contact us by email or telephone today to speak directly with one of our lawyers for an evaluation of your potential case.

Dangerous Property Conditions

Hersh & Hersh has handled complex cases involving dangerous property or accidents on roadways due to dangerous conditions.

Property can be dangerous for many reasons, including the failure by an owner to warn of a dangerous condition, rules and regulations that are unsafe, unsafe maintenance or design, a defective product or item on the property, like a ladder or lighting, failure by the owner to have security on site, or other dangerous conditions.

Hersh & Hersh lawyers have successfully represented individuals and families who have sustained injuries because the property they entered was dangerous, including worksites, construction sites or roadways. Also, any “on the job injury” may be caused by a person or company, not just your employer. This could mean you get additional compensation, not just workers’ compensation.

We have worked on cases involving a man at work who fell from a defective ladder attached to a building, a brain injury from drug overdose in a university residence because of policies and procedures in the residence, death from assault in a nightclub without sufficient security, and injuries from defective equipment in a storage facility, a defective guardrail on a roadway piercing a vehicle.

Dangerous & Defective Products/Devices

We have been at the forefront of litigation involving dangerous products and devices, including drug products and medical devices.

We live as consumers in a world that is constantly marketing and selling products. Many times, the products are sold and distributed with inadequate or misleading labels or warnings. Other times, the products or devices do not operate as promoted, marketed, and sold. There are many ways in which we have seen products and devices cause devastating injuries to our clients while their manufacturers, distributors, vendors, wholesalers, or others involved in selling the products and devices profit from the sales despite causing harm.

Hersh & Hersh has represented thousands of individuals who have suffered devastating injuries from drug products or who have been injured by defective medical devices, or other products. Hersh & Hersh has changed the law and industry standards through its work and has made products or devices safer for consumption by the public.