Should You Settle Your Personal Injury Case Alone or With an Attorney?
After an accident your life has likely changed dramatically. You’re living with the physical and emotional trauma of your accident, and you likely need money for medical bills and time you’ve lost at work. Pursuing a personal injury case may be your best option. But how should you do it? Should you handle it yourself […]
Here’s why an attorney may not take your personal injury case
…and why you should not take no for an answer Is this you? You’ve been injured through no fault of your own. You could’ve slipped in a puddle of water at the grocery store or maybe your neck is hurting after a fender bender. Because you’re certain it was not your fault, you’re either certain […]
Cyclist Harassments Are Always Too Close for Comfort
They’re in the way. They’re too slow. They’re taking over the road. That’s what some drivers say about cyclists, and sometimes their impatience leads to hostility. Some time ago Ken Adams and his buddy were cycling Glendora Mountain Road/Glendora Ridge Road, a popular cycling path in southern California, when a CHP officer buzzed by them. […]
AT&T’s distracted driving video hits home
The worst part about “Close to Home” is the tension. You know there’s going to be a crash but the video does not rush to it. It lets the dread build, to the point that you start wishing for the accident to happen just to get it over with. You wonder who the victims will […]
What to Do When You’re in a Bike Accident
You’re biking along, and come to an intersection. You have the green. As you head through, a car coming in the opposite direction tries to make a left turn. They clearly don’t see you coming through, and they hit you – hard. Stories like this one are more common than most of us would like […]
Can You Trust the Insurance Claims Adjuster in Your Personal Injury Claim?
Insurance adjusters are the people who determine how much money the insurance company should give you in response to your personal injury case. They do this by weighing your version of events, the evidence on hand, the other party’s liability, and other important variables. As you might imagine, these people have a lot of power […]
Making Mt. Diablo Safe for Cyclists: A Model For All Communities
Mt. Diablo’s the tallest mountain in the Bay Area, and the view from the summit is world-class. Most days the whole Bay Area is laid out for you, and on particularly clear days you can see all the way to Yosemite, Mount Lassen or Mount Shasta. Thousands of people visit the Mount Diablo State Park […]
3 Year Old Killed in Sears Parking Lot, Antioch
Her name was Angela Nguyen and she was just 3 years old. She was in the Sears parking lot on Somersville Road when she was hit by a car. An eyewitness told KPIX 5 that “the vehicle barreled through the parking lot at a high speed when the child and her parent were coming out […]
California Supreme Court overturns “no duty” rule in Cabral v. Ralph’s
And what we can all learn from this tragedy In Maria Cabral v. Ralph’s Grocery Company, S178799, filed by the California Supreme Court on February 28, 2011, the Court held in favor of an accident victim and took a very restrictive view of the “no duty rule”. What is the “no duty rule”? According to […]
Are drivers still liable if they are hit by a cyclist riding on the sidewalk?
Law enforcement officers sometimes mistakenly cite cyclists who are involved in traffic accidents for violating Vehicle Code §21650.1. In general, under California law, if someone is riding a bicycle on a roadway, he or she must ride in the same direction as motor vehicles (Vehicle Code §21650.1). Sidewalks, however, are not legally considered part of […]
