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Common Causes of Bicycle Accidents in California

Bicycle Accidents,personal injury | March 22, 2024

Bicycle accidents can leave individuals in our area with severe injuries. Information from the California Office of Traffic Safety shows that there were more than 8,600 total reported bicycle accident injuries in 2022, the most recent reporting year of data on file. Unfortunately, bicycle accidents can occur in a wide variety of ways, and often…

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Examples of Comparative Negligence in Personal Injury Claims

personal injury | March 18, 2024

Personal injury claims often involve incidents of shared negligence. In other words, more than one party contributed to the incident that led to the injury. When this happens, the process of figuring out who receives what compensation and how much becomes more complicated. Here, we want to discuss a few examples of when comparative negligence…

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What is Comparative Negligence?

personal injury | March 15, 2024

When a personal injury claim arises, individuals who are harmed may be able to recover compensation if they can prove that another party caused their injury. However, injury claims are not always cut and dry. There are times when more than one party shares fault for causing an injury, and this can complicate the process…

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What is Drowsy Driving?

Uncategorized | March 11, 2024

Driving while drowsy. Even though this may not seem like such a big deal, it most certainly is. Drowsy driving leads to approximately 328,000 vehicle crashes a year across the country. Driving while fatigued puts others in danger on the roadway and even led to 684 traffic deaths in 2021. Understanding the scope of fatigued…

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What Compensation Can I Get for a Pedestrian Accident

Pedestrian Accidents | February 29, 2024

When a pedestrian accident causes injuries, victims are often able to recover compensation if the incident was caused by the negligence of another party. Sometimes, this compensation comes through a settlement with an insurance carrier. In other situations, a pedestrian accident victim may have to file a personal injury lawsuit against the other party. A…

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Who is Liable in Rideshare Accident

Car Accidents | February 23, 2024

Rideshare services like Uber and Lyft are immensely popular, particularly here in California. Even though most of us do not think twice about clicking a few buttons on our phones and getting a ride to our destination, the reality is that accidents involving rideshare vehicles can occur. When a rideshare accident does happen, any person…

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Common Causes of Dog Bites

Dog Bites & Injuries | February 16, 2024

Dog bites are a significant public health issue, but you will be hard-pressed to find any comprehensive study of dog bites in the US. One recent study does tackle the subject of dog bites and examines data from a recent 10-year timeframe. This data shows that the overwhelming majority of dog bite incidents occur by…

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What is Highway Hypnosis

Drunk Driving Accidents | February 8, 2024

Getting behind the wheel of your vehicle seems like second nature, no doubt. Driving from one place to another is something you do regularly, so there is nothing to worry about, right? We have all experienced some form of highway hypnosis, but we probably didn’t know what to call it. If you have ever snapped…

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Where Do T-Bone Accidents Most Commonly Occur?

Car Accidents | January 26, 2024

T-bone accidents are not uncommon and often result in severe injuries for drivers and passengers. Data indicates that approximately 22% of all passenger vehicle occupant deaths were caused by side impact collisions in 2021. Most T-bone, or broadside, accident collisions occur in areas where vehicles cross paths perpendicularly, usually at an intersection type of arrangement….

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What To Do After a Rideshare Accident

Car Accidents | January 22, 2024

Vehicle accidents and the aftermath of an incident can be confusing, and this is especially true after an incident involving a rideshare vehicle. Even though we count on services like Uber and Lyft to get us from point A to point B safely and conveniently, the reality is that accidents involving these vehicles do occur….

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