Terms of Service

AccidentPath operates the website at accidentpath.com, including its English and Spanish pages, educational guides, interactive tools, attorney directory, and the "find-help" intake wizard (the "Service"). "AccidentPath," "we," "us," and "our" mean [ENTITY_NAME], the entity that operates the Service. These Terms are a legal agreement between you and AccidentPath.

AccidentPath is not a law firm, is not a lawyer, and does not practice law. We do not provide legal advice, legal opinions, or legal representation. Nothing on the Service - including our guides, tools, intake questions, directory listings, or any routing of your inquiry to an attorney - is legal advice, and none of it should be relied on as legal advice.

Using the Service does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and AccidentPath or between you and any attorney who appears on, or receives information through, the Service. An attorney-client relationship is formed only if and when you and a licensed attorney separately agree, in writing, to that relationship.

Legal claims are subject to strict deadlines, including statutes of limitations. We do not track, calculate, or preserve any deadline for you. If you believe you may have a claim, speak with a licensed attorney promptly. The Service is not for emergencies - if you are in immediate danger, call 911.

The Service publishes a browsable directory of attorneys and law firms. Directory listings are attorney advertising and informational listings, not recommendations by us. Some profiles are clearly labeled "Demo" product-preview profiles that do not represent a real, available attorney.

If you use the intake wizard, your inquiry and the information you provide may be routed to, and shared with, one or more attorney partners and our third-party intake-processing service so that an attorney can decide whether to contact you. We do not endorse, recommend, or vouch for any attorney, and we do not guarantee the quality, competence, licensing status, availability, or results of any attorney. You should independently verify an attorney's license and standing before engaging them.

Paid placement disclosure: some attorneys pay us a marketing fee to appear or to receive priority placement in the directory or intake routing. Listings that involve a paid marketing relationship are labeled "Sponsored." AccidentPath's relationship with participating attorneys is a marketing-services relationship. AccidentPath does not represent itself as a State-Bar-of-California-certified lawyer referral service under California Business and Professions Code section 6155 unless separately certified, and nothing on the Service should be read as such a representation.

When you use the intake wizard, you may provide personal information - including your name, email, phone number, accident type and date, city and state, a description of your injuries, your medical-treatment status, insurance status, and work impact - and we may record your IP address and the version of the consent language you agreed to.

By submitting information, you understand that it may be stored by us (using hosting and database providers including Vercel and Supabase) and transmitted to a third-party workflow/intake-processing service and to one or more attorney partners for the purpose of evaluating and responding to your inquiry. Once shared with an attorney partner or third-party service, its use of your information is governed by its own policies, not these Terms. The Service is free to you, and you are not obligated to hire any attorney.

Consent to contact (TCPA): if you provide a phone number and check the consent box, you separately consent to be contacted by AccidentPath and its attorney partners as described in that consent language, which may include calls and text messages made using automated technology. That consent is not a condition of the Service, and you may revoke it at any time by contacting privacy@accidentpath.com (and, for text messages, by replying STOP). Message and data rates may apply.

To use the Service, you must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract, and use the Service only for your own lawful, personal, non-commercial purposes. The Service is intended for users located in the United States, and our directory and intake routing currently focus on California and Arizona.

You agree that you will not: provide false, misleading, or fraudulent information or impersonate any person; submit another individual's personal, health, or contact information without authorization; use the Service to harass, threaten, defame, or harm any person, including any attorney listed in the directory; use the Service for any unlawful or unauthorized commercial purpose; scrape, crawl, or harvest content by automated means except as permitted by our robots.txt; reverse engineer or circumvent any security control; or introduce malware or otherwise disrupt the Service.

Directory listings come from a mix of sources: information submitted by an attorney or firm; information compiled from public sources; and clearly labeled "Demo" profiles that are fictional. We do not independently guarantee the accuracy, completeness, currency, licensing status, or standing of any listing. You are responsible for independently verifying any attorney's identity, license, standing, and qualifications before relying on a listing or engaging an attorney.

The Service may link to or display content, tools, or services operated by third parties, including attorney websites, analytics providers, and our intake-processing partner. We do not control third-party sites or services and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, or privacy practices. Your use of any third-party site is at your own risk.

Except for third-party content and attorney-supplied information, all content, design, logos, trademarks, and software on the Service are owned by or licensed to AccidentPath. We grant you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive license to access and use the Service for your own personal, non-commercial use only. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

The Service, and all content, tools, directory listings, and attorney information in it, are provided "as is" and "as available," with all faults and without warranty of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, AccidentPath disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the Service or any directory or attorney information is accurate, complete, or error-free; that the Service will be uninterrupted or secure; or that any attorney will contact you, be qualified, or achieve any result. No advice - legal, medical, or otherwise - is given through the Service. You use the Service at your own risk.

The decision to contact, communicate with, or hire any attorney, and the decision about how to handle any legal matter, is yours alone. AccidentPath is not a party to, and has no responsibility for, any agreement, communication, advice, fee arrangement, act, or omission between you and any attorney. Any dispute you have with an attorney is between you and that attorney.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, AccidentPath will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms. Our total aggregate liability will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (the Service is currently free, so this is typically $0) or one hundred U.S. dollars (US $100).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law, including any non-waivable rights you may have under California and Arizona consumer-protection law.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless AccidentPath and its owners, officers, employees, contractors, suppliers, and licensors from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use or misuse of the Service, your violation of these Terms or any law, any information you submit, or your disputes with any attorney or third party.

We may, at any time and without prior notice, suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to all or part of the Service, including for any violation of these Terms. You may stop using the Service at any time. Our handling and retention of any information you already submitted is governed by our Privacy Policy.

DRAFT - counsel to confirm. Before starting any formal proceeding, you and AccidentPath agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by written notice to us. If not resolved within 60 days, either party may proceed as set out below.

Except for carve-outs (small-claims matters, requests for public injunctive relief to the extent a waiver is unenforceable under California law, and actions to protect intellectual property), you and AccidentPath agree that any dispute will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, and each may bring claims only in an individual capacity and not as part of any class or representative proceeding. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement within 30 days after first accepting these Terms by written notice with your name and email. [ARBITRATION_PROVIDER and full arbitration mechanics to be confirmed by counsel.]

These Terms and any dispute arising out of them are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and, where applicable, by the Federal Arbitration Act. For any dispute not subject to arbitration, you and AccidentPath agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in [COUNTY], California. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable consumer rights under the laws of the state where you reside.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the "Last updated" date at the top and, for material changes, provide reasonable notice. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of an updated version means you accept the updated Terms.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, are the entire agreement between you and AccidentPath about the Service. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the rest will stay in effect. These Terms are provided in English and Spanish. [COUNSEL: confirm which language controls in case of conflict.]

For questions about these Terms, contact privacy@accidentpath.com or write to [ENTITY_NAME], [ENTITY_ADDRESS].