The next stop is several miles away. The highway is long and monotonous. The terrain is flat. And you only had a few hours of sleep the night before. This insidious scenario is comparable to drunk driving and can easily lead to serious personal injuries and death. Safe driving requires consistent horizontal eye coordination along […]
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
Never Enough Insurance Coverage for Major Personal Injuries
By Jed Hetland Richard Alexander must hold the record for financial recoveries in excess of insurance policy limits for major personal injury clients. Eight personal injury clients of Alexander Law Group, LLP, LLP have collected more than $10,650,000 million in recoveries from insurance companies in cases where the total insurance coverage was only $680,000. “That’s […]
Personal Injury Prevention: Pesticides Cause Lymphoma
Cancer of the white blood cells, most commonly diagnosed as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, accounts for 90% of all lymphomas. It is the second most common cancer in the U.S. Closely associated with lymphoma are chlorinated organic solvents, including chlorophenols, dioxins, PCBs, DDT, and the phenoxy herbicides,” e.g. 2,4,5-T, and 2,4-D which are popular weed killers sold […]
Ford Explorer SUV Wrongful Deaths
On evening of July 5, 2006, Tongan Prince Uluvala Tu’ipelehake and Princess Kaimana Tu’ipelehake were rear-seat passengers in a 1998 Ford Explorer SUV on U.S. 101, Menlo Park, California. Both wore seatbelts. The SUV was owned by John Hiss and driven by Vinisia Hefa. A 1998 Ford Mustang was being driven by 18 year-old Edith […]
Negligence Law in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
Q. WHEN IS A PLAINTIFF ENTITLED TO RECOVER? A. A plaintiff who was injured as as result of some negligent conduct on the part of a defendant is entitled to recover compensation for such injury from that defendant. A plaintiff is entitled to a verdict if jury finds 1. That a defendant was negligent, and 2. […]
