IS TIME A FACTOR IN MY ABILITY TO SUE FOR CAR ACCIDENT INJURIES?
Lawyers and insurance company claims adjusters understand the important role time plays when someone is injured in a car accident. Once an insurance company for a negligent driver is notified of a car collision in which someone suffers a serious injury, it will complete its accident investigation and wait.
WHAT IS “PROXIMATE CAUSE”?
In any negligence-based lawsuit, such as one involving a car accident with another driver, in addition to showing that you have been harmed in your person, your property or both you will need to prove that the defendant or defendants caused your injury. But the law in California when it comes to...
How Are Negligence and Recklessness Different?
The legal theory underlying many California car accident-related personal injury lawsuits is based on the behavior of the person alleged to have caused the harm. The question is whether he was acting unreasonably under the circumstances that existed at the time of the accident. Two legal terms often used to refer to...
3 Killed in Wrong-Way Collision in California
On April 28, a two-car collision in Los Banos ended with three deaths. According to the California Highway Patrol, a driver caused the accident by traveling at excessive speeds. Although authorities do not believe that drugs and alcohol were factors in the crash, the details of the accident are still being investigated....
3 Brothers Dead Following Head-On Dui Accident in California
A fiery wreck occurred around 3:45 p.m. on April 25 in Sutter County. The California Highway Patrol reported a 38-year-old male driver from Oroville is suspected of causing the accident and being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Police arrested the man on suspicion of felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter.
MOTORCYCLISTS AND DRIVER BOTH KILLED IN TARZANA CRASH
Police report that a motorcycle that was traveling at a high rate of speed collided with a Honda sedan, resulting in the deaths of both the driver of the car and the motorcyclist. The accident happened around 11 p.m. on April 12 in Tarzana at the corner of Collins Street and Reseda...
CALIFORNIA TEEN DIES IN HEAD-ON CAR CRASH
Investigators from the California Highway Patrol are trying to figure out what caused the 70-year-old driver of a Toyota Tundra to cross the center line on Highway 41. His truck went into oncoming traffic near Avenue 12 and hit a Toyota Corolla head on.
Rescue workers in Madera County...
HEAD-ON COLLISION KILLS ONE, INJURES ANOTHER ON HIGHWAY 1
A head-on collision on Highway 1 near Lompoc left one California man dead and another in serious condition on March 10. Authorities said the crash occurred shortly before 6:30 a.m. south of Jalama Road.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a 32-year-old Lynwood man was driving his Toyota Tacoma...
2 Killed, 1 Seriously Injured in California Head-on Crash
Two men were killed and one woman was injured in a two-car accident in California on Feb. 20. Police said that one of the deceased men was traveling in the wrong lane and struck another vehicle.
The accident occurred at about 12:50 p.m. on Highway 101 just north of...
WOMAN KILLED IN REAR-END COLLISION IN DIAMOND BAR
It has been reported that a woman died in a fatal rear-end collision that occurred on Feb. 16. The accident occurred in the northbound lanes of the 57 Freeway around 12:20 p.m.
Investigators stated that a person driving a 2008 Ford SUV was driving about 65 mph. He reportedly...