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Experienced San Francisco Injured Travelers' Attorneys

Injuries to international travelers create special challenges. When you are a tourist involved in an accident in America while traveling from abroad or you are an American who was injured in another country:

  • You may not understand the health care system with its myriad insurers, service providers and reams of paperwork - all in a language you may not speak well.
  • You may be afraid that legal fees could be too high, or that it might not even be possible to hold someone accountable for your injuries.
  • If you are citizen of another country who was injured in the United States, you may be concerned that you will have to return to the U.S. on multiple occasions, missing work and family, in order to see a claim or a lawsuit through to conclusion.
  • If you are an American who was injured in a foreign country, you may be unaware of how to go about filing a legal claim in another country.

If you or a loved one was injured while traveling internationally for work or recreation:

At the California personal injury law firm of Baum & Blake we are experienced in serving the legal needs of injured international travelers. We have extensive international connections with personal injury lawyers around the world. If you are a foreigner who was injured in the United States, we can work with an attorney from your home country to ensure your interests are fully protected. If you are an American who was injured abroad, we can work with a personal injury attorney in the country in which you were injured.

Our goal, when dealing either with injuries to international travelers in the U.S.A. or injuries to US travelers in foreign countries, is to help you resolve your case without undue burden and expense. If necessary, we will travel outside the United States to gather the evidence necessary to present your case.

We have handled many cases for injured travelers who have suffered fractures, neck injuries, back injuries, head injuries and other serious injuries while on holiday Link to injury on holiday. Our firm has procured excellent verdicts and settlements as a result of our experience and dedication. We invite you to review some select cases below and in our newsletter, the Baum & Blake Report.

International visitors anywhere in America and United States and citizens abroad who have been injured are invited to contact the international personal injury law firm of Baum & Blake for a free initial consultation.

We handle cases in California and with associate counsel in Florida, New York and all over the United States. Our clients have come have from many countries including the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales) and Ireland; Europe including France, Germany, Holland, Italy and Czechoslovakia; Canada, Australia, South Africa, Israel, China and Mexico.

Representative Cases

Client: Dutch tourists on vacation Las Vegas

Accident: Helicopter crash in GRAND CANYON

Injury: Burn injuries

Challenge: The clients returned to Holland. Medical treatment in Nevada and Holland. Medical reports were in Dutch. Medical expense reimbursement claims by U.K. insurers.

Creative Response: Used International Lawyer Network to connect with attorneys in Holland, England and Nevada to develop case.

Outcome: Award

International personal injury lawyer: David Baum


Representative Cases

Client: 39 bus passengers

Accident: Bus crash on Nevada interstate.

Injury: When the bus skidded on its side down the highway, passengers came in contact with the pavement, leading to fractures, degloving injuries, loss of body parts and serious head injuries.

Challenge: Litigation took place in Nevada, California, and England, the country of origin for the bus passengers. Multiple companies involved, with questions of liability.

Creative Response: Select plaintiffs and medical witnesses appeared for mediation hearing by videoconference from England.

Outcome: Mediated settlement of $10 million, plus additional confidential sum and payment of U.S. medical bills for all travelers.

International personal injury lawyer: Martin Blake