Drivers of passenger vehicles in Los Angeles and across California often large commercial vehicles. It is important to understand the challenges truckers face, like needing more space to stop, managing blind spots, etc. Although safety authorities underscore safety is...
Personal Injury
Parking lots are the subject of many personal injury claims
Thousands of people in Los Angeles and across California suffer personal injuries while walking or driving in parking lots of malls and other public facilities. Fortunately, documented financial and emotional damages may be recoverable in civil court if there is...
Damages recoverable after accidents involving drunk drivers
Motorists in Los Angeles are always at risk of crossing paths with impaired drivers of other vehicles. Sadly, victims of drunk driving accidents often suffer injuries that adversely affect their lives and the lives of their loved ones forever. Navigating civil...
What happens when both people are at fault for an accident?
People in California are not perfect and make mistakes from time to time. This is part of being human and it is understandable that mistakes occur. Some of the mistakes are relatively harmless and do not affect people’s lives. However, other mistakes can lead to...
Summer is here and playgrounds are calling Los Angeles children
With warmer weather, trips to the parks and playgrounds in and around Los Angeles are becoming more frequent. However, parents must not overlook the dangers posed at these facilities. To underscore that, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that over 200,000...
Nine injured in rented Malibu home as balcony collapses at party
After a trying and difficult year, people are slowly trying to return to some semblance of normalcy in Los Angeles and across California. Part of that is gathering with friends. When at a house party, few are expecting there to be accidents with injuries,...
Pedestrians: no group is more vulnerable on LA streets and roadways
Negligence. In a nutshell, that is virtually all that needs to be said when spotlighting the primary catalyst that quite literally drives motor vehicle accidents and injuries across Los Angeles. Put another way: Although various causes unquestionably contribute to...
When should you settle your personal injury case?
Television and film make it look like every case goes to trial. This simply isn’t the case in real life. In fact, most cases, including those involving personal injury, settle well before they get to trial. Settling a case can provide quick resolution and reasonably...
Recovering compensation following a store slip-and-fall accident
No one expects to suffer a broken bone or traumatic brain injury while picking up a few things from the grocery store, but this is the unexpected reality for many Los Angeles slip-and-fall accident victims. Store owners have a legal and moral obligation to take...
Lawsuit filed for Glee actor’s drowning
Local governments and private property owners have the important duty of keeping their recreational facilities safe. In one tragic case, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed over the death of Glee actor Naya Rivera who died while boating with her four-year-old son in a...