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5 Rules Of The Road You Had No Idea You’re Violating

There are aspects of the vehicle code that we all know we break sometimes, like not using a turn signal when turning or changing lanes. We know we’re supposed to do it, but sometimes we forget or just don’t bother. (You really should though, if...

February 2, 2016

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5 Public Places that Are Nowhere Near as Safe as You Thought

When you go out in public, there are places where you feel relatively safe — but many of these places have hidden risks. 5. Fights Aren't the Only Way to Be Hurt at the Club It makes sense that any place that mixes alcohol and large groups...

January 28, 2016

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5 ‘Rare’ Accidents that Are Actually Pretty Common

When we hear about sudden injuries or deaths that seem to occur in non-typical locations or situations, we may not be aware of how common these types of accidents are. 5. Escalators Injure and Kill Enough People to Fill a Minor League Baseball Stadium While most people...

January 26, 2016

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Reporting Hazardous Road Conditions

In exchange for your tax dollars, one of the things the government must do is provide safe roadways. For example, if Caltrans knows that a road is unsafe because there have been many reported accidents at a certain intersection, and the state does nothing to...

July 25, 2013

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“My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court”

As a personal injury lawyer and consumer advocate, I've spent the last five years of my life fighting insurance companies on behalf of people who have been injured or have lost love ones in accidents. For me, it has been a harsh reality how unfair...

August 17, 2012

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“Hot Coffee” – documentary

Everyone knows the McDonald's Hot Coffee case - or at least everyone thinks they know about the case. The truth is, most of America still doesn't know what actually happened in the case, other than to mock the "greedy plaintiff," the "greedy lawyer" and the...

June 28, 2011

The Impact of Tort Reform on Sexual Assault Cases

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The Case Against Tort Reform

Published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal & San Francisco Daily Journal Monday May 3, 2010 By Allen P. Wilkinson and Reza Torkzadeh. Tort law is all about a person's right to be fairly and fully compensated for his or her injuries—or the death of a...

May 2, 2010

3,450 people died due to distracted driving in 2016

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Jury Awards $22 Million in Wrongful Death Case – Text Messaging

Last week, a Texas jury returned a $22 million dollar verdict against Jason Reed Vestal, a Texas A&M student who was found to have made seven phone calls and have sent or received fifteen (15) text messages in the 45 minutes before the accident which...

April 18, 2010

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Accidents Involving Teen Drivers

In 2005, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death for United States teens, accounting for more than one in three deaths in this age group. While deadly crashes involving teen drivers is down, thanks to California's "Graduated Driving Law," a 16-year-old is still 20 times...

May 19, 2009

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Personal Injury Interest Stories

5 Rules Of The Road You Had No Idea You’re Violating

5 Public Places that Are Nowhere Near as Safe as You Thought

5 ‘Rare’ Accidents that Are Actually Pretty Common

Reporting Hazardous Road Conditions

“My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court”

“Hot Coffee” – documentary

The Case Against Tort Reform

Jury Awards $22 Million in Wrongful Death Case – Text Messaging

Accidents Involving Teen Drivers

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