Bicycle Fatalities Hit 25 Year High In California

From 2016 to 2018 more cyclists died in traffic incidents in California than during any other three year period in the past 25 years. During that three year span 45 cyclists were killed and countless more injured according to the National Highway Transportation Administration. These alarming figures translate to about

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Negligence Leads To $332,000 Trial Verdict

Maricela Sotelo was driving in Santa Barbara on February 12, 2013 when she was rear ended by Brooke Holland. Sotelo alleged that Holland was negligent in the operation of her vehicle and Holland admitted negligence. Holland’s Insurance Company was Farmers and they refused to offer anything so our Senior Partner

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Venus Williams Defends Wrongful Death Claim

Professional Tennis Player Venus Williams was in the news this week for something completely unrelated to tennis! A wrongful death lawsuit was filed this week against Ms. Williams after her car entered an intersection and was cut off by another car. That set off a chain of events that resulted

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Audit Slams P.U.C. On Deadly Limo Fire

A recent state audit provides evidence that California’s oversight of limousines, shuttles, charter busses and other passenger carriers is “insufficient to ensure consumer safety” in the aftermath of a deadly limo fire on the San Mateo Bridge.  We have written about this fire on several occasions.  The general public has

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