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Trial notes from the hard cases.
Worksite Injuries · Privette Exception
Negligent exercise of retained control: beating the Privette defense
The doctrine that supposedly bars an injured worker's case has an exception, and we have won on it. What retained control means, and how it is proven.
Read →Brain Injury · Medicine First
What is a diffuse axonal injury?
The brain's wiring can tear while the first CT scan looks normal. What shearing injury is, why MRI sees more, and why a family's observations are evidence.
Read →Brain Injury · The Defense Fight
Can I have a brain injury if my CT scan was normal?
Yes. The ER scan looks for bleeding that needs surgery, not the microscopic injury behind lasting symptoms. The most common defense argument, answered.
Read →Car Accidents · First Steps
What should I do after a car accident in Pasadena?
The first hour decides more than the next year. The scene steps, when police actually come, where the report lives, and the phone call you should not take.
Read →Car Accidents · Settlement Value
What is the average car accident settlement in California?
Averages are marketing. Cases are priced on documentation, treatment, and trial readiness. What actually moves the number, explained honestly.
Read →Deadlines · Statute of Limitations
How long do I have to file a personal injury lawsuit in California?
Two years is the rule everyone knows, and trusting it blindly is how good cases die. The clocks, including the six-month government claim trap, explained plainly.
Read →Car Accidents · Medical Bills
Who pays my medical bills after a car accident in California?
Not the at-fault insurer, not as you go. How treatment actually gets funded while a case is pending, and how the settlement squares it under Howell.
Read →Car Accidents · Uninsured Motorist
What happens if the driver who hit me has no insurance?
Your case usually survives; it just changes address. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage under Insurance Code section 11580.2, and why your own carrier fights.
Read →Wrongful Death · Putative Spouse
Can a putative spouse sue for wrongful death in California?
A marriage that turns out void or voidable does not erase the survivor's claim. Good faith and dependence are what Code of Civil Procedure section 377.60 asks for.
Read →Dangerous Condition of Public Property
What it takes to beat a city: the $22.6M falling light-pole verdict
A two-pound cap fell thirty feet onto a pedestrian's head. The City of Los Angeles said it owed nothing. A fourteen-day trial said otherwise.
Read →Wrongful Death · Premises Liability
"It was their own fault." Why that defense doesn't end a wrongful-death case
California's pure comparative-fault rule means a decedent's own fault reduces, but does not bar, a family's recovery. How we win the cases others call unwinnable.
Read →Elder Abuse & Neglect
Elder abuse and the MICRA cap: breaking through the medical-malpractice ceiling
The defense calls it capped "medical negligence." Proving reckless neglect (and defeating their summary-judgment motion) is how a family recovers in full.
Read →Drunk-Driving Injuries
Suing a drunk driver in California: liability is the easy part
Negligence per se, punitive damages, and the real fight: finding every source of coverage to make a catastrophically injured victim whole.
Read →Worksite Injury · Privette Doctrine
Beating Privette: a worker's recovery after two summary-judgment motions
A welder was hurt when a test cart was released. The hirers said the law barred his claim and moved for summary judgment. Twice. The retained-control exception said otherwise.
Read →Amusement-Ride Injuries
When a thrill ride causes a catastrophe — and the maker is an ocean away
Roller coasters are common carriers owing the utmost care. The hard part is dragging out-of-state and international manufacturers into a California court.
Read →Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is evaluated on its own facts.