When you are involved in an accident and are injured, one of the most fundamental questions that is up to a judge or jury to answer is the amount of your damages from the accident. As we have discussed before, there are numerous types of damages associated with a personal injury claim including property [...]
When a loved one is killed in an accident, there are numerous considerations for the survivors ranging from handling the funeral and burial to managing the distribution of the person’s estate. However, there is one thing that the decedent’s survivors also need to consider: whether to bring a wrongful death action and/or a survival action [...]
Guardrails are, by design, intended to save lives. They are there to prevent a careening vehicle from either entering oncoming traffic, going over a bridge or overpass, or hitting something far more dangerous. However, as with all things man made, guardrails are not perfect. In fact, sometimes they are designed or installed in such a [...]
Fault is a loaded word in California. Not only is it important to find faults to predict earthquakes, it is also imperative to find who is at fault when there has been a car accident to ensure that the right person is made to pay. But where finding earthquake faults is a science, finding [...]
There is no argument that car accidents are incredibly inconvenient for everyone involved. When there are injuries involved, however, the disruption caused by the accident is increased exponentially. For accident victims who have health insurance, the ability to secure necessary care is not significantly impacted and the insurer will work behind the scenes to recoup [...]
The wheels of justice can turn slowly … or sometimes very, very slowly. However, when you are injured in a car accident, you want those wheels to turn as fast as possible because you are without a car, incurring medical bills, and possibly missing work because of someone else’s negligence. So just how long will [...]
One thing that most people do not know about lawyers is that, like doctors, they have their own areas of specialization. It is true that all lawyers take the same classes in law school and the same bar exam but usually the similarities end there. So, while your uncle’s real estate attorney may be a [...]
Without a doubt, car accidents are expensive, not only in terms of the actual costs but with opportunity costs, lost time, and the sheer stress of it all. While the law seeks to make the person who has suffered whole because of the accident, it does not offer a particularly easy formula for making [...]
Perhaps more than any other vehicle on the road, motorcycles represent the quintessential American experience of feeling the wind in your face while riding at speeds that were once only imaginable (on a 2-wheeler, that is!). As of 2018, there were 8.3 million motorcycles registered in the United States and not surprisingly, California, along with [...]
There has been distracted driving as early as there has been driving but distraction due to cell phones has found a unique place in the distracted driving world. In 2019 alone, there were 3,142 automobile fatalities nationwide directly linked to distracted driving. Of the roughly 3,606 automobile fatalities in California in 2019, it is [...]
