While accidents can happen anywhere, many of the accidents that commonly occur outside of the home are due to poor planning or management on the part of a property owner or manager. These incidents fall under a legal concept called premises liability, which holds property owners and managers responsible for failing to maintain safe conditions. […]
Over the past decade, social and economic forces have caused cycling to experience a new renaissance. As more young professionals choose to leave the suburbs behind in favor of urban living, bicycles and e-bikes have become a primary form of transportation for both work and pleasure. Riding cautiously, wearing protective gear and use of safety […]
Accidents and injuries are an unfortunate fact of life, which is why the insurance industry has become the behemoth that you see today. While they do provide you with some protection against liability events and the high costs of the medical system, many find that their coverage is inadequate to cover the full damages they […]
If you go to any major metropolitan area in the United States, you’re likely to see at least one rider on the nation’s most recent popular trend in transportation and recreation: electronically powered bicycles. Popularly referred to as E-bikes, these battery-powered mini-vehicles provide users with the speed of a top-tier bicycle without the need to […]
Nothing quite beats the freedom one can experience riding on a motorcycle. The realization that there is nothing between you and the landscape before you, the wind whistling in your ears, and the feel of the power of the machine you’re riding all make for a memorable and exhilarating experience. Unfortunately, the very aspects that […]
Unfortunately, injury accidents are an inevitable part of life. Machinery breaks down, people are fallible and make mistakes, and the forces of entropy and the elements can cause unpredictable damage to people, buildings, tools, and everything else we use and interact with on a daily basis. Thankfully, most accidents don’t result in significant injury and […]
If you’ve ever heard the expression ‘punch drunk’, it describes what happens to the brain after experiencing a traumatic brain injury, or sudden physical shock from an external force. Much as boxers may lose some mental faculties after a long career of receiving repeated blows to the head, an accident or event causing damage to […]
When an individual has died as a result of certain actions of another individual or entity, their surviving family or dependants may file a wrongful death lawsuit. Navigating the legal process of wrongful death raises many questions, some of which this article will answer. Disclaimer: The content of this website or any blog is for […]
Recently in Carlsbad, CA, an Uber car was struck by a drunk driver causing the death of one passenger and serious injuries to the other passengers. Earlier this year, an Uber passenger was killed by a hit and run driver in San Francisco. In Sacramento, CA, an intoxicated passenger in a Uber grabbed the steering […]
Elon Musk is finally getting served some humble pie, but it’s not as savory as it seems. The serial technology entrepreneur has failed to deliver on his prediction that American roads would be filled with self-driving cars by 2020. Musk has publicly admitted to underestimating the extent to which self-driving cars are a “hard problem”, […]