In California, companies, organizations, and property owners have a basic legal obligation to provide safe conditions for customers and guests. When they fail to live up to this duty, serious accidents—including fall accidents—can occur. A business or property owner may be held responsible for a fall accident through a premises liability claim. Business and property […]
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Is it Possible to Collect More Than the Defendant’s Policy Limit?
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 […]
Protecting Service Workers Displaced by the Sale of a Business
On January 12, 2021, the Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to extend the city’s Right of Retention policy — a very significant protection for service workers who have suffered the most job losses in the pandemic. In our personal injury practice we help survivors of serious injuries regain financial stability in their lives after […]
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 […]
