If you or your loved one was seriously hurt in an accident caused by someone else’s negligence, you need full financial compensation to pay your bills and support your family. The vast majority of personal injury claims are handled by insurance companies. Unfortunately, collecting full compensation from the insurance company is difficult—especially when you run […]
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
PG&E Electrocution of a Pedestrian and Failure to Clear Dangerous Tree Limbs: A Case Study
As safety lawyers we explore in depth issues for our clients and make our research available to promote safety and responsibility. Case studies, such as this one, are an extremely valuable source of detailed information for the public and lawyers that otherwise is not available. It is for this reason that we require each of […]
Deaths on the Conception: Our Opinion Confirmed by the NTSB
This is an “I told you so.” More than a year before the NTSB ruled on the cause of the 33 deaths on the dive boat Conception, on September 4, 2019, two days after the fire and sinking, I published my evaluation on the cause and the responsibility for these deaths. My opinion was based […]
Sports Injuries, Accidents, and Liability in California
According to Stanford Children’s Health, approximately 30 million children and teens participate in organized sports in the United States. Nearly one-half of Americans under the age of 18 are currently playing at least one organized sport. Each year in the U.S., an estimated 1.35 million children are taken to hospital emergency rooms with a sports-related […]
How to Win a Traumatic Brain Injury Case: Oppose Motions for Defense Psychiatric Examinations
When a defendant is facing a serious traumatic brain injury claim, a defense motion to compel the plaintiff to submit to a psychiatric mental examination should be expected. A psychiatric examination should never be allowed. It is an invasion of privacy and an attempt to divert the focus from the responsibility for having caused a […]
