The death of a California college student by a distracted driver prompts his father to file a claim against Apple for a failure to institute a program to disable texting while driving. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge, Judge Maureen Folan decided against plaintiff Craig Riggs in August, saying he…
Maria Gaglione, 24, from Pittsburg, died after the car she was a passenger in during a high-speed chase with police in a stolen car. Her parents assert she did not know the car had been stolen 2 days earlier and was not participating in the flight from law. Jurors at…
Today, I would like to speak to you about how details are important when it comes to the practice of law. Sometimes, all it takes is one tiny little thing that can change the outcome of an entire claim. For those who don’t know, an Oxford comma is what we…
California is in the forefront of the self-driving car movement. Only a few U.S. cities have these little modern wonders tooling around their streets and it will take more than the recent accident to keep them off the roads despite being suspended for a few days. An Uber self-driving Volvo…
Picture this: you are driving through your town late on a Saturday night. Suddenly, something comes out into the road. It’s a person. You try to swerve, but it’s too late. You know you have made contact. That is almost exactly what happened on January 17, 2015. A 73-year-old woman…
In a surprising turn of events, a Las Vegas hospital filed a defamation lawsuit against an attorney who represents a client in a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital. Robert Cottle, a Nevada personal injury attorney, filed the medical malpractice lawsuit against Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas alleging…
Patients rely on doctors and other medical professionals to maintain a standard of care when providing medical services. While instances of medical malpractice are not uncommon, some acts are so negligent that patients have no alternative but to file suit against the responsible parties. This is the case of a…
Do not worry if your lawyer says that your case is not worthy of being taken to the court. You should look for another personal injury lawyer. There is no shortage of lawyers out there. However, not all lawyers are ready to invest the time and effort to handle your…
V. ECONOMIC DAMAGES Past Economic Damages: Meridian Resource Company $ 21,454.67 Valley MRI & Family Imaging Center $ 1,306.80 Central Anesthesia Medical Group, Inc. $ 100.32 Northern California Cardiology Associates Med. Grp. $ 32.00 Mark Hambly, M.D. $ 658.26 Jeff Jones, M.D. $ 2,693.00 Randall Armstrong, MD $ 220.00 Roseville…
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the proceedings.) Defendant driver, Bobbi Jones, had driven this trip 17 of the 19 years that it had taken place, and prior to this year she had never had a problem. This year,…