Personal Injury Law

When a Dangerous Condition on Public Roads Causes a Motorcycle Accident; What Do You Do
I have handled many motorcycle accidents that were caused solely by dangerous conditions on public roads and highways. Many bikers and motorcyclists don't realize it, but when a dangerous condition on a public road causes a motorcycle accident, in many circumstances a public entity might be responsible not only for the accident, but for your damages that result therefrom...

Los Angeles Police Department Patrol Car Collides with Vehicle; 2 Injured
Granada Hills, California An Los Angeles Police Department Patrol patrol car collided with another vehicle on the 118 freeway in Granada Hills today and overturned, injuring two police officers, authorities said...

The Comparative Nature of Punishment
The law measures most harms by comparing two conditions: a harmed condition to a baseline condition. If you crash into my car, we measure the value of the car after the crash compared to its value immediately beforehand...

A 21 Year Old East Bay man has been killed in three-car crash in Berkeley, California
Berkley, California- An Emeryville man died early this morning after he was in a three-car crash on Interstate 80 early, the Alameda County Coroner’s Office said. Eric Fernandez, 21, was involved in a three-car collision on eastbound I-80 near Ashby Avenue around 12:05 a...

Insurance Companies Can Compensate Students Injured in Lacy Crash
Two of the Olympia High School students injured in the two vehicle crash in Lacy we previously blogged about here remain in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center. Another injured student remains in satisfactory condition at Harborview...

Woman Passenger Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Bakersfield Police officers are investigating a motorcycle crash that resulted in the death of a woman and critically injured a man overnight on the Stockdale Hwy. The crash happened just after midnight in the 10,000 block of Stockdale Hwy...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

California State University
Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Sex Discrimination Case

State Farm Undercompensation
alleging compensation for totaled vehicles is less than California law requires.

Continental Crash
Flight 1404 Crash Probed by FAA

Allstate Insurance Co.
$100,000 insurance settlement after a teenager was killed in a drunk driving accident.

Hospital Staph
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital pays British actress Leslie Ash $10 million settlement after contracting the dangerous infection.

Plavix and Nexium
A Potentially Dangerous Combination