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Car accidents involving pedestrians are increasingly common in Los Angeles.  Pedestrians often walk, jog, or run on public roads, including sidewalks, crosswalks, shoulders, and/or in or next to the rain-gutter. Not only are pedestrians totally exposed to the elements, but also the danger of being sideswiped by a motor vehicle careening out of control or a...
Distracted driving is on the rise in California. While smartphones get the most blame, texting and or talking on the phone while driving is not the only reason drivers cause accidents because they are not paying full attention to the road. In fact, driving while tired can be a huge cause of car accidents in...
Sick and tired of the increased number of hit and run accidents that occur in Los Angeles each week? You aren’t alone. A new California law passed in response to the high number of these accidents throughout the state is intended to give law enforcement officials the ability to investigate deeper into these oftentimes deadly accidents. The...
While often a time of joy, the holiday season can also pose serious injury risks to innocent victims. With more drivers on the roads and shoppers in grocery and retail stores, accidents (including car crashes, slips and falls, and more) occur with alarming frequency during the time period from Thanksgiving to New Years. In an...
As we know from news reports, traffic accidents in California are quite common. In a recent, and quite tragic, case of a multi-car crash in Northern California, five people died; including a child and a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. According to the police report, up to a dozen victims also suffered personal injuries...
When is an employer for a personal injury accident caused by an employee? Under California law, employers can generally be found liable for the actions caused by their employees if the employee was acting within the “scope of employment”. The scope of employment is defined by those actions that either have a reasonable relation to...
While Los Angeles accident victims may like to think that it is clear who is to blame and should be held responsible for an accident, the law is not always so cut-and-dried. Multiple parties may be responsible for causing an accident in varying degrees and many states have devised separate rules concerning the issue of contributory...
There is a myth of the slip and fall ‘victim’ who daintily injures herself while heading into the grocery store, or the homeless man who posts up outside a business, waiting for it to ‘rain’ so he can ‘accidentally’ slip and fall and recover millions of dollars from the ‘negligent’ business. Not surprisingly, this is...
It’s rumored that over 50 million people in the U.S. hold a gym membership, and a good portion of those people probably live in Southern California, where fitness is life. Even if it’s true that only about ⅓ of gym members actually use their membership, there are still a lot of people using gym facilities...
Motorcycle accidents are a serious problem in Los Angeles. With all of the cars, buses, motorcycles, and cyclists on the road, it is easy for a motorcyclist to get caught in the middle of a deadly auto accident. According to the NHTSA, nearly 100,000 motorcyclists are killed in crashes each year. Motorcyclists are nearly 40...
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