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...
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...
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...
Comparative Negligence vs. Contributory Negligence – What’s the Difference?
Under California law, anyone who negligently injures another person may be found liable for all damages stemming from such injury....
Asserting the Rescue Doctrine After an Accident
In California, the law provides a certain level of protection (in the form of a cause of action) for an individual who is injured while...
Pre-Existing Injuries: Jury Instructions and Case Law
Following a car accident, motorcycle crash, trucking (‘big-rig’) accident or other personal injury, it is of utmost importance for the...
Thin-Skulled Personal Injury Victim: Legally Defined
In a previous blog post (see Pre-Existing Injuries in a Personal Injury Claim) the ‘thin-skulled’ plaintiff (otherwise known as the...
Responsible for a Car Accident? Can an Umbrella Policy Protect You?
There are many kinds of insurance policies under which you can protect yourself and your property following a car, motorcycle or trucking...
Minimizing Injuries from a Bicycle Accident
In a previous post, we discussed important California laws related to the operation of a bicycle on streets and highways. These laws were...
Liability Standards for Personal Injuries from a Domestic Animal
In our previous blog post, we discussed how California law imposes strict liability on the owner of a wild animal that injures someone,...
Attacked by Someone’s Wild Animal? Strict Liability it is…
A previous blog post discussed how California law follows a theory of liability known as “strict liability” for the owner of a dog that...
Rules for the Good Samaritan Helping an Injured Victim in an Accident
In our previous blog post, If a Child is Injured and in Need of Help, Do You Have to Help?, we discovered that there is no affirmative...
If a Child is Injured and in Need of Help, Do You have to Help?
While driving down a rural country road, you see a 7-year old kid yelling to you for help. He is bleeding badly and in need of assistance...
Injured in an Accident by Someone with a Disability?
Continuing our series on causes of action under a negligence theory (see Injury Accident Cause of Action? Negligence) stemming from a...
Standard of Care for Minors after an Injury Accident
Undeniably, children are treated differently under the law than adults. This is true both in the criminal courts, as well as the civil...
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress from a Personal Injury Accident
The direct victim of a car accident, trucking accident (i.e., “big-rig” accident), motorcycle accident, premises liability accident...
Personal Injuries and the Imminent Peril Doctrine
Invariably, personal injuries can result from a wide variety of circumstances, such as truck accidents (i.e., big-rig or 18-wheeler...
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