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Personal injury claims in California arise when someone is injured due to another party’s negligence, unsafe conduct, or failure to meet a legal duty of care. These cases can involve a wide range of situations, including roadway incidents, unsafe property conditions, and defective products.
On Thursday, May 3, I met with Ms. B___ and her daughter. Ms. B___’s arm, specifically her radius, was shattered when she took a bad fall. Surgery, a plate, ten screws. I took notes as she told me how she could not work at the hospital for now and how difficult it was to care of herself. On Friday, May 4, I had a court appearance in Redwood City.
The lawyers sat there, stunned. The doctor sat across from them, giving the couple time to absorb the information. Their three-year-old daughter’s cough and fever? Not pneumonia. Cancer. A tumor. A big one, crushing the little girl’s right lung. Rare – a few hundred reported cases. And tough odds. Chemo, a surgery, more chemo. A year-long process and the hope that it doesn’t recur… because recurrence with the particular cancer does not end well.
Vision Zero and the idea that we can do a better job for everyone on our streets by reducing fatalities and injuries There’s a music video that made the internet rounds titled “I’m on a M-Fing bike.” (You can see it on Youtube here – note that its language is not edited.) It is a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of hipsters and…
