Auto Accidents

As an experienced personal injury lawyer since 1982, it gives me no pleasure to write the above headline.  Many of my friends (indeed my family)…

The term “phantom vehicle” about automobile accidents can mean a couple of different things to insurance companies.  It can refer to a vehicle that causes…

Seat belts have been perhaps the most important innovation in motor vehicle safety since automobiles were invented. However, even though these devices can greatly improve…

Speed tables, speed bumps and speed humps are similar structures in concept and they all come with a purpose of lowering vehicle speeds in order…

Tailgating (driving too closely behind another vehicle) is not only annoying, it is dangerous, and a common cause of rear-end accidents.  Tailgating is a pet…

  This is part 2 of a 2 part series on Diagnosing loss of smell. Part 1 of the article is here. After the patient…

Diagnosing Loss of Smell from Trauma  is a complicated process. Many times, people in motor vehicle accidents suffer head or brain injuries as a result….

Though it may seem a very ordinary occurrence during driving, executing a U-turn may be one of the most dangerous driving maneuvers, and a common…

By now, virtually all California drivers must know that it is against to law to drive while using the telephone unless the device is hands-free…

There is a recent boom in a brand new industry — ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft. As more and more vehicles with pink…

Traumatic Injury Rates Traumatic injury is far and away the leading cause of death in children in the United States, and a major portion of…

Driver Fatigue Driver fatigue is a well-recognized cause of motor vehicle accidents, injuries, and fatalities. Most often we probably think of long-haul truckers and graveyard-shift…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has stricter guidelines for children in car seats than most states.  California is one of the most stringent…

  You may have heard the descriptive legal term “eggshell plaintiff” and wondered what that meant.  It conjures up a vision of Humpty Dumpty sitting…

Crash Testing Minicars In recent crash testing, minicars (such as Fiat 500 and Honda Fit) were the worst-performing group with regard to safety in the…

When a person is injured in an automobile accident, the physical injuries and time spent at a doctor’s office, or laid up on pain, will…