William John Light
Offices in Santa Ana
Call me at (424) 269-5554. Email me at wmlight@pacbell.net. Visit my website at www.frankbarbarolaw.com.
I have been practicing law for 30+ years. I have recovered millions and millions of dollars for people like you. I have met thousands of decent, honorable people who have been hurt due to negligence or intentional wrongdoing of others. You deserve a voice. We will speak for you. When we speak, insurance companies pay attention. Some of our biggest and most satisfying cases involved representing victims of dog bites, sexual molestation, product liability, dangerous roads and, of course, vehicle collisions involving cars, bicycles, motorcycles and semis/trucks. We have a great deal of experience in virtually every kind of personal injury claim there is, including dental and medical malpractice, premises liability and employment disputes. I would like to discuss your case with you. Consultations are free.
Nothing herein guarantees, warranties, or predicts the result of any future legal representation. No attorney-client relationship is formed without my consent expressed in a written retainer agreement.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Animal & Dog Law
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Elder Law
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
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Contingent Fees
Fees are 33 1/3% to 40%, depending on when the case is resolved. Fees for minors are set by the Court.
- California
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- English: Spoken, Written
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- Frank P. Barbaro & Associates, APC, Santa Ana, CA
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- Personal Injury, Products Liability, Road Defect, Slip and Fall, Molestation, Employment Law, Professional Malpractice, Excessive Force. Have recovered Millions and Millions for victims.
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- Law Offices of Todd Rash, Riverside, CA
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- Personal Injury, Products Liability, Road Defect, Slip and Fall, Molestation, Employment Law, Professional Malpractice, Excessive Force. Have recovered Millions and Millions for victims.
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- Black, Compean, Hall & Lenneman
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- Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation.
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- Clausen & Campbell
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- Insurance Defense, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith.
- Univ of North Dakota
- Undergraduate Degree
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- Southwestern Univ School of Law
- Law Degree
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- Dean Paul Wildman Scholarship
- Southwestern University School of Law
- Evidence Award
- American Jurisprudence
- California State Bar # 141220
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- Q. Unauthorized driver caused a hit-and-run with damages exceeding insurance limit. How to handle?
- A: "Unauthorized" can mean a couple of different things. 1. You let someone, who was excluded from your policy, drive your vehicle. 2. Someone took your car without permission.
Under Option 1, you are responsible for the harm caused, up to the limits of ownership liability in California. This was $15k per person for bodily injury ($30k per accident of more than 1 injured person) and $5k for property damage, but I believe that those limits went up in 2025. If that is what happened, it's a little late to "protect" yourself. "Protection" would involve not letting excluded drivers operate your vehicle. Now, "protection" may involve paying uninsured ... Read More
- Q. Legal malpractice claim for reliance on AI responses in CA?
- A: Unlikely. Responding to a question on Justia does not form an attorney client relationship. Responding to a large number of questions on Justia from the same poster on the same topic might, I suppose. You would then have to prove that the responses were wrong, and were below the standard of care, that your reliance was reasonable, and that you were harmed. It is highly likely you were aware that the responses were AI generated, as that has been frequently identified by other attorneys with respect to a certain attorney who made a large number of posts on Justia, and elsewhere. If you were so aware, your reliance was unreasonable. This does not even begin to touch on whether the responses ... Read More
- Q. Can I take legal action for not being informed about a colon cancer diagnosis in 2021?
- A: If you have been injured as a result, you may have a claim. Injury will mean your condition progressed from treatable to not treatable, or that the nature of treatment has changed and will leave you in a substantially worse position than if treatment had been provided in 2021. Ordinarily, your statute of limitations was three years. However, in these circumstances, you will argue that you only reasonably discovered the omission in 2025, so you will claim 1 year from the discovery date as your statute of limitations.
