Sherman Oaks is a growing city with over 9 percent population increase in the last decade, and with this much growth comes construction. New construction and remodel or repairs of homes, roads, business, streets, sidewalks strip malls and other types of construction is a regular occurrence in
Read more →After an accident, an injured person will talk to the insurance company for the other driver and tell them what happened. They might even say things like “I feel fine” or It’s nothing just a little sore.” But what if they later feel worse? Or maybe what
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With a new school year starting in the Los Angeles metro area, many parents take to worrying about their kids while at school and getting there and back safely. A recent crash highlighted these worries Tuesday morning, September 4, 2019, when a charter bus was transporting elementary
Read more →As each month passes, e-scooters become an increasingly common sight on America’s roadways, bike lanes, and – unfortunately for urban planners – sidewalks. If you believe these devices are just a passing fad, you’d better think again. A new study out of the National Association of City
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You’re zipping along at 15 miles per hour on a Lime electric scooter when suddenly the wheels stop moving. Although the scooter stopped, you didn’t, and now you’re on the ground with a broken arm. That’s allegedly what happened in February 2019 when the brakes on a
Read more →Bird Scooters have descended upon Culver City, California and as of 2019 they’re in a pilot phase. But what happens if you’re injured on one or by one? You could have a personal injury case if you were: A pedestrian hit by a scooter A scooter rider
Read more →Bakersfield is the latest Californian city to have hundreds of unexpected e-scooters appear on its streets overnight. On December 9, 2018, the Santa Monica-based company Bird planted 200 of its rentable e-scooters throughout Bakersfield without receiving a permit from city leaders. This isn’t the first time an
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With all of the commotion about the dumping of dockless electric scooters in Southern California, Vespa scooters have been forgotten. Vespas are of Italian lineage with gas engines. They were first introduced in 1946, and by 1956, more than 100,000 of them had been sold. For more
Read more →Most personal injury claims or lawsuits are resolved without the necessity of a trial of any kind. After all medical bills, records and reports are received along with lost earnings verification, a settlement demand is made by the injured party’s lawyer. Then, the opposing insurance company considers
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Sherman Oaks isn’t a municipality. It’s a neighborhood in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles has over 10,000 miles of sidewalks, nearly all of which are owned by the city. It’s estimated that in excess of 4,000 miles of those sidewalks are in disrepair, and inspections revealed that
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