Preventing Accidents During Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and the experienced motorcycle accident lawyers at Casper Meadows Schwartz & Cook felt it would be helpful to share some important tips that might save your life when riding a motorcycle. Because nearly one-third of fatal motorcycle accidents in the U.S. involve...
Common Types of Industrial Accidents and Their Resulting Injuries
Industrial settings are fraught with potential dangers, from heavy machinery to hazardous materials. Unfortunately, serious accidents are a regular occurrence in industrial workplaces due to these inherent risks. Below, we’ll examine some common types of industrial accidents and the injuries that typically occur as a result.
Forklift...
Injuries from Exploding Pressure Cookers and Multicooker Defects
Pressure cookers and multicookers are automated cooking appliances that can cause severe injuries when defects are present. Sometimes, these injuries are relatively minor, but other times, they can impact an individual for life.
You may have a valid product liability claim if you've suffered an injury in a...
Can Amazon Be Held Liable for a Defective Product Injury?
Have you suffered injuries from using a product listed on Amazon by a third-party seller? Is Amazon liable for your injuries? That's a question that courts nationwide have been trying to answer for the past few years. California courts have taken steps that may make it easier to hold Amazon accountable.
Who Is Responsible if I’m Hurt on Public Transportation?
If you've been hurt on public transportation, liability may fall on the entity operating the transit system — especially if the injury was caused by a safety oversight or negligence. Public transit accidents are caused by many factors, such as negligence on the part of a bus driver, sudden starts and stops,...
What Damages Can You Recover in a Slip and Fall Claim?
Slip and fall accidents can cause significant injuries, including broken bones, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injuries. When these injuries occur on someone else’s property, an injured person has the right to seek compensation for their medical costs and other losses.
This compensation, also called damages, fits into...
Steps to Take if You Are Injured on Someone Else’s Property
If you were injured in an accident on someone else’s property, you may have a premises liability claim against the property owner or manager. California's premises liability laws help protect those injured by dangerous conditions on someone else's property, whether that property was a business, a private home, or a public...
Serious Injuries That Can Result From Falling Objects
Falling objects can pose a substantial risk to workers and unsuspecting passersby. These incidents can cause significant physical, emotional, and financial harm. They may lead to serious injuries with lifelong ramifications. In some cases, falling object injuries can result in death.
Where Do Falling Object Accidents Occur, and...
Uber Eats and DoorDash Delivery Crashes: Who is Liable?
Food delivery services like Uber Eats and DoorDash are now part of everyday life. In California, drivers for these services are everywhere, leading to a rise in delivery-related accidents. This raises the question of who is liable if a delivery driver strikes you. Is it the driver? Is it the delivery service...
Who Is Responsible for Self-Driving Car Accidents?
The companies that make self-driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles, sell them on the promise that they will revolutionize transportation. In theory, they’ll save lives by removing human error from driving. But they aren’t quite there yet—and they may never be.
So far, self-driving cars have only introduced...