Debris on a freeway or highway is one of those commonplace hazards that doesn’t receive nearly as much media attention as it deserves. Every day, Californians are injured – and some even lose their lives – due to roadway debris. If you or a loved one has recently been injured due to roadway debris, you don’t have to navigate the stresses and complexities of this situation alone.
Each year, between 400-600 motorcycle riders die on California roads. Thousands more are injured in crashes in any given month. Given that California has more than 800,000 registered motorcycles (far more than any other state in the nation), these crash statistics may appear relatively insignificant. The truth, though, is that not a single one of the riders affected by an injurious crash is merely a statistic.
Several years ago, a landmark medical study exposed the truth about the prevalence of medical errors in the U.S. This study revealed that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in adults. Although it had long been understood that medical errors and other forms of medical negligence affect millions upon millions of Americans every year, this study clarified how destructive medical errors truly are.
The new year has brought some recent changes to existing California personal injury law statutes, mainly related to what is known as “time-limited demands.”
Within the framework of personal injury law, such demands may be referred to as “time-limited settlement offers,” “policy limit demands,” “time limit demands,” or “998 offers to compromise,” all of which have long been regulated by California’s Code of Civil Procedures (Section 998).
If you’ve recently been involved in a motor vehicle crash while test-driving a car, you may be panicking. Chances are that the car you were testing out was either brand new or expensive enough that any damage you may have caused is not in your family’s budget to fix… especially because you need to be able to afford a new vehicle right now as well.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (January 10, 2023) – At least 9 people were injured in a Tesla car accident with multiple vehicles on the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
San Francisco officials are saying that the accident took place on Thanksgiving Day. A white Tesla was traveling on the San Francisco Bay Bridge while using the new “Full Self-Driving” feature.
If you’ve recently been injured in an accident that occurred in an intersection, you likely have questions about your contribution to the crash in relation to everyone else’s fault for the cause. Intersection crashes tend to be confusing and complicated because it’s rare that there is absolute clarity about what caused the wreck and who should be held accountable for it.
T-bone accidents can be uniquely traumatizing events. While it is certainly jarring to be involved in a rear-end accident, there is something mentally and emotionally different about being broadsided or about broadsiding someone else. It is relatively rare that a rear-end accident is catastrophic. By contrast, T-bone accidents are rarely minor in the scope of damage they inflict.
An AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety report says that road debris causes 200,000 accidents, 39,000 injuries, and 500 deaths every four years in the U.S. Debris falling from vehicles causes two-thirds of these accidents, whereas debris that is already taking up space on the road causes the remainder.
If someone brake-checked you and caused an accident, you may be in a position to show that they were entirely or partially at fault for any harm that was caused by the resulting crash. A driver “brake-checks” another driver when they tap their brakes while driving, causing their brake lights to come on and their car to slow slightly.
