Personal Injury Blog

In California, there are about 12,000 injury accidents a year involving motorcycles. The most common cause for a motorcycle accident is when they’re going straight, and a vehicle turns left in front of them. This is very hard for the motorcyclist to avoid that accident. Oftentimes they must lay the bike down or crash into the turning vehicle. Common injuries from those types of accidents are lower leg injuries, spine injuries, brain injuries, and road

Under California law, the decedent’s spouse, the decedent’s children, and the decedent’s domestic partner can bring a lawsuit for wrongful death. If there’s no line of descent, then parents and stepchildren can bring a wrongful death action if they’re being financially supported by the decedent at the time of his death. Can I sue on behalf of a decedent? It really comes down to if you are rightful heir. And the law in California is

An owner of a dog is strictly liable for the dog’s bite. That means if the dog bites you, there’s really no defense unless you were trespassing and being in an area where you shouldn’t be, or you were antagonizing the animal. If your dog bites somebody, then yes, you can be sued. The law requires you to control your animal. And when the dog bites an individual, you’re automatically liable for that unless that

Product liability is basically being injured by a product that you purchased, essentially a defective product. And those can come in lots of different ways. But the three main ways are a defective design of the product, a defective manufacturer of the product, or a defective marketing of the product. In a design defect case, the product as it was designed is dangerous and injured somebody for them using it in its intended way. An

The most common causes for bicycle accidents are vehicles that are inattentive, not paying attention, get too close to the bicyclist, clip the bicyclist. Other reasons for cycle accidents are roadway hazards, such as potholes, debris left in the roadway. If you’re injured while cycling and it’s due to the fault of somebody else, do your best to get that driver’s information, their license plate, their insurance. If they happen to flee the scene, report

So what should I do immediately after car accident? Assuming you can, move your vehicle to a safe place, call the police to get an accident report, exchange information with the at fault driver, take a few pictures if possible and seek medical treatment right away, assuming you’re injured. Once you’ve done those things, contact your insurance company and contact an injury lawyer for assistance. What you shouldn’t do is talk to the other side’s