Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Obtaining Uninsured/Underinsured (UM/UIM) motorist coverage is very important, especially in California where the minimum amount of...
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Liability for Driver When Owner is a Passenger
Subject to two very specific exceptions, where the owner of a vehicle allows someone else to drive that vehicle and the owner suffers...
Owner’s Liability When Someone Else is Driving
There is a common misconception that you cannot be pursued for damages for someone else’s personal injuries if you merely loaned your...
Reporting Requirements Following an Accident
Following an automobile accident, the state of California imposes a strict reporting requirement to the drivers involved. While many...
Mandatory Exchange of Information After an Accident
California Vehicle Code Section 16025 requires that every driver involved in a car accident provide certain information to all other...
Understanding the Value of Your Property Damage After an Accident
As indicated in a previous blog post (see Statutes of Limitations Related to Personal Injury Claims), the amount of time you have to file...
Recent DUI Hit and Run in Costa Mesa and Punitive Damages
On Friday, January 18, 2012 a typical traffic accident between two drivers took a turn for the worse (no pun intended) when one of the...
Personal Injuries Associated with Rear-End Collisions
Invariably, a large portion of auto accidents result from rear-end collisions, otherwise known as fender-benders. This is the case...
Car Accidents: Injuries and Impacts
One of the biggest misconceptions about car accidents, and how they correlate to personal injuries, is that injuries can’t occur (or...
Car Accident? What Kind of Insurance Do You Have/Need?
Car insurance policies are not created equal. After you have been involved in a car, motorcycle or truck accident (whether it was your...
Truck Accidents: Cause and Effects
It goes without saying that any type of vehicle accident can cause catastrophic personal injury and the reasons why accidents occur in...
Top Causes of Car, Truck & Motorcycle Accidents
There are countless reasons why an auto accident involving a car, a motorcycle or truck occurs, and to attempt to list them all would be...
Auto Accidents When Victim-Driver is Uninsured
In previous posts (see Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage and Car Accident? What Kind of Insurance Do You Have/Need?) it was...
Motorcycle Accidents: Increased Risk of Injury and Death
Motorcycle accidents are particularly damaging to the accident victim because of safety factors inherently absent from the motorcycle....
Wrongful Death Actions in California
California Civil Code Section 377.60 provides a cause of action against an individual or entity who is responsible for the death of a...
Riding a Bicycle on California Streets? Useful Information to Avoid Accidents
Personal injury accidents come in all shapes and sizes. Depending on the type of vehicle involved, some accidents can be more...
Car, Truck & Motorcycle Accidents with Comparative Fault
California law follows ‘comparative fault’ rules when the victim of a car, truck or motorcycle accident is partly responsible for causing...
Vehicle Owner’s Liability Following a Car Accident – Identity and Permission
California law imposes financial liability on the owner of a vehicle involved in a car accident, truck accident, motorcycle accident, or...
Top 4 CA Vehicle Code Violations Resulting in Injury Accidents
The California Vehicle Code (CVC) governs the rules and responsibilities of all persons operating a car, truck, motorcycle or other motor...
Car, Truck & Motorcycle Accidents and Necessary Experts
Following a car, truck or motorcycle accident, the personal injury victim is most concerned with obtaining the best medical care for...
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