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 [...]
Humans have felt the need for speed for centuries. We first tasted it on horseback, then by train, and more recently in a car. The speeds at which anyone in a modern car can reach are truly astounding when you consider that the Model T topped out at 40 mph and now a Tesla can [...]
Despite what the band Missing Persons wants you to believe, people do walk in Los Angeles. In fact, they walk all over California including on the roads and byways of the state and increasingly they are being hit by cars and unfortunately are dying as a result. Between 2014 and 2018, pedestrian deaths in California [...]
California is just second to Texas in the total number of lane miles it has in the state: an impressive 396,540 miles of roads throughout the state. While we would like to hope that all 396,540 miles of road are defect free and perfectly safe to drive on, the reality is that road design, construction, [...]
