With the start of summer in California and society incrementally returning to some semblance of normalcy after two difficult years, people are excited. Most excited are children who will be returning to outdoor activities with their friends. For many, that includes...
Oakland Personal Injury Law Blog
How to handle medical bills while your claim is pending
We’ve spent a lot of time on this blog talking about how to position yourself for a successful personal injury claim. That information is critically important as you move forward with your case, but if you’re struggling to get by in the aftermath of a car accident,...
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH-RELATED DEATHS ARE DRAMATICALLY INCREASING
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first nine months of 2021. NHTSA projects that an estimated 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from...
Steps you can take to prove your accident damages
A car accident or a workplace mishap can leave you or your loved one with serious injuries that can reshape the way life is lived. Normal day-to-day activities can become nearly impossible, and merely figuring out how to take care of yourself or your loved one can be...
Bay Area City Adopts a Plan to Eliminate All Transportation Related Fatalities and Severe Injuries
The Vision Zero plan to eliminate traffic fatalities centers around the “three e’s”, educating road users about safe driving and safe behavior, engineering safer streets, and enforcement of traffic laws by police officers. For several years, Vision Zero SF has been...
How you can make living with a catastrophic injury easier
There’s no doubt that a catastrophic injury can reshape your or your loved one’s life. In addition to the unbearable pain and suffering that has been thrust upon you, simple day-to-day activities can become impossible. This, in turn, can lead to stress, frustration,...
Hit and Run Accidents- What You Must Do To Get A Recovery
If you are involved in a vehicular accident and the driver that caused the accident fails to identify himself/herself, certain steps must be taken to prove the uninsured motorist claims of any injury victims. To begin, you must have Uninsured Motorist/Underinsured...
When summer fun in the pool leads to fatalities
When summer arrives, children in Oakland beat the heat by taking a dip in a local swimming pool or lake. Sadly, every summer numerous children drown. Oftentimes this leads to death or catastrophic injuries that leave parents wondering about their child’s future. The...
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Bike fatalities have increased in recent years in California. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 455 cyclists died in traffic accidents from 2016 to 2018. This was the highest number of traffic deaths of any three-year period in 25...
SHARP INCREASE IN TRAFFIC DEATHS IN 2020
Although there were far less drivers traveling on U.S. roads in 2020 because of the pandemic lock downs, the traffic deaths have greatly increased. The National Safety Council recently reported that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020. This figure was an...