The law of personal injury involves accidents, and accidents happen every day all around us. Victims are injured or killed in traffic accidents involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Other accidents might involve slip-and-falls, trip-and-falls, construction or industrial accidents, or dangerously defective products. In those cases,
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Legal fees in personal injury cases are almost always based on what is known as a contingency fee. A contingency fee is a type of financial arrangement where the lawyer’s payment is based on a percentage of the winnings of a lawsuit or settlement agreement. Contingency fees
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After being seriously injured in an accident that was caused by another person or legal entity, you don’t want to take a single step toward a personal injury claim or lawsuit without the benefit of a dedicated and qualified personal injury attorney’s representation. Personal injury law contemplates
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As opposed to property damage cases when damage occurs to real or personal property, personal injury cases are involved with injuries to one or more parts of a person’s body. They might even involve the wrongful death of a victim. Only a small percentage of personal injuries
Read more →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
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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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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