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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
