Drowning accidents cause around 4,000 deaths and 8,000 emergency room visits every year in the United States. Ten leading ways for them to happen are: lack of swimming skills, alcohol, drugs and prescription medications, unsupervised children, unsupervised swimming, untrained supervision, unprotected pools, not wearing a life jacket, loss of consciousness, and flooding disasters. In some cases, …
Senate Bill 1343 is a California legislation that requires employers with 5 or more employees to provide sexual harassment training to all of its employees. The free course provided by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) satisfies this requirement. The law initially required this training to be provided by January 1, 2020. However, the CRD’s …
A subrogation claim is when your insurance company demands reimbursement (out of the money you receive in a personal injury case) for expenses that it covered (usually medical bills) while your case was pending. It is as if the insurance company says to you: “After your accident, we paid the medical bills to treat your …
Lawsuits against landlords or apartment buildings for injuries on the rental property are common personal injury claims. They can be filed against: Landlords, Corporate landlords, Building owners, or Property management companies. These personal injury lawsuits seek compensation for the injuries suffered by you. They can be filed if you have been hurt by a dangerous …
What is "Corporal Injury"? — 3 DefensesWatch this video on YouTube In criminal law, the term corporal injury refers to any physical injury that causes a traumatic condition. This typically means a visible or verifiable injury, whether slight or severe. The existence of a corporal injury can be an element of a violent crime such …
In booking documents and citations, VC is an abbreviation for California Vehicle Code, PC is an abbreviation for California Penal Code, and HS is an abbreviation for California Health and Safety Code. These abbreviations and different codes are used to help police identify which California law a person is suspected of violating. For example, if …
You recently suffered a second-degree burn after a restaurant employee spilled some hot liquids on you. You experienced a good deal of pain and some scarring. Is there an average amount that you should settle your personal injury case for? It is quite difficult to provide an average settlement value in burn injury cases. This …
You unfortunately suffered facial injuries and scarring in a recent car accident. Now, you are trying to heal and find compensation for your losses, like medical expenses. Is there something accident victims should know to help with the situation? Yes. There are four important pieces of information that car accident victims with facial scars should …
You were injured in a car accident and want to file a personal injury claim with the at-fault driver’s insurance company. However, the at-fault party does not have auto insurance. Is there anything you can do to help receive compensation for things like medical bills? You usually have about six options when an at-fault driver …
A loved one recently suffered a personal injury from a defective product. You are seeing more and more similar cases in the news. Can your loved one initiate a class action lawsuit? Or do you need a large group of people to bring one? The law does not really say that there has to be …
Your employer recently started denying you meal breaks. It turns out that many other employees are being denied meals and even minimum wages. Can you initiate a class action lawsuit on behalf of yourself and your colleagues? Likely, yes. There are five important steps in bringing and resolving a class action suit. These are: filing …
With only rare exceptions, holiday pay is not legally mandatory. Premium pay for work performed on recognized holidays is only legally required for certain federal employees and in Rhode Island. There are no other state or federal laws that require it for salaried or hourly workers. However, many employers provide it in their employment contracts. …
You were involved in a motor vehicle accident where you suffered a torn rotator cuff and a bicep tear. You are in pain and may need shoulder surgery. Is there an average settlement amount in these types of cases? It is difficult to provide an exact average settlement value for rotator cuff and bicep injury …
You were injured in a car accident and your attorney is preparing a demand letter to send to the at-fault driver’s insurance company. You do not want to speak with the insurance adjuster at all. Should you tell the insurance company that you have an attorney? Your lawyer will usually do this for you in …
You slipped and fell in a Walmart store and are now injured and in pain. Walmart is a retail giant. Can you really sue the company and be successful? It’s possible, yes. You can start by submitting a demand letter for compensation Claims Management, Inc. This is a company that Walmart created to handle all of …
Your loved one hurt her knee after slipping on a pool of liquid at a grocery store. Her personal injury attorney sent the store’s insurance company a demand letter. Is there an average settlement amount that she can expect? The facts of every knee injury case will differ. As such, knee injury settlement amounts will …
The unfortunate reality is that people get injured in truck accidents every day. If you suffered an accident because of a trucker’s fatigued driving, who do you blame? Is the fatigued truck driver liable? Anyone else? If you suffered an injury in a fatigue-related truck crash, you may have grounds to bring a trucking accident …
You have a loved one in a nursing home facility. You recently noticed some bruises on the family member, and she seems dehydrated. Are these signs of “neglect?” What does neglect in a nursing home case actually even mean? Nursing home neglect is when someone at a nursing home facility (for example, an administrator or …
Assume you suffered a serious back injury in a slip-and-fall accident. You filed a personal injury claim to try and receive compensation for your medical expenses and other losses. Should you expect to receive a particular back injury settlement amount? It is difficult to provide an average settlement amount for lower back injury claims. This …
You were recently rear-ended in an auto accident. The facts and issues regarding fault seem relatively straightforward. Can you really settle a car accident claim without a personal injury lawyer? If you are injured in a car crash, you can file a personal injury claim with the at-fault driver’s insurance company. It is usually a …
Penal Code 29.4 is the California statute that sets forth the legal defense of voluntary intoxication. This defense is asserted in criminal cases that involve a specific intent crime. It allows a defendant to introduce evidence of voluntary intoxication in order to show that the accused did not have the specific intent to commit a …
Imagine a loved one suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) following a car accident. While it is a mild TBI, expenses are piling up and there is a chance of long-term care. Is there a settlement value that you should expect to receive in a TBI or brain injury case? Your brain is a highly …
You were in a car crash and were clearly not at fault. Do you still an attorney? Can’t you just represent yourself? A lack of blame for a car collision may seem like an easy case that would not require help from a car accident lawyer or law firm. But a lawyer can still prove …
Assume for a moment that you were injured in a slip and fall accident. Now it is time to try and recover compensation for your injuries via a personal injury claim/lawsuit. But what is the length of time to reach a fair settlement? It usually take anywhere from a few months to several years to …
A state’s wrongful death laws allow certain parties to sue for damages when someone dies because of another person’s wrongful act (for example, a driver who kills another person in a car accident after violating traffic laws). But who exactly has standing to file a wrongful death lawsuit? The law in the state in which …
