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12 May 2014, 9:01 am
In discussions of street safety, there is a tendency to stereotype pedestrian and bicycle advocates as hipsters, gentrifiers, yuppies, and a host of other terms that connote a young, white, upper-middle class demographic that bicycle lanes or streetscape improvements allegedly serve. [read post]
9 May 2014, 9:58 am
If you’re on Medicare, they cannot take your entire recovery. [read post]
5 May 2014, 1:33 pm
The City of Berkeley is a well-known leader in environmentalism, social justice, and public health. [read post]
2 May 2014, 8:17 am
No, at least if you are on MediCal–the California version of Medicaid–they cannot take your entire recovery. [read post]
25 Apr 2014, 8:43 am
Under California law there is a presumption that if you are struck in the rear, that it is the fault of the person who struck you. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 2:36 pm
Telegraph Avenue is one of Oakland’s key transportation corridors, linking Downtown Oakland with Downtown Berkeley. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 7:47 am
Bicycle accidents and auto accidents, technically, are treated identically under California law. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 9:32 am
Recently we discussed the ongoing battle between California cities and Caltrans over street design, most notably cycle tracks. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 8:59 am
Technically, motorcycle accidents and auto accidents are treated identically under the law, but as a practical matter juries are less kind and less favorable to motorcycle riders than they are to automobile drivers. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 4:24 pm
A year ago, 17 year old Hanren Chang was hit and killed by a drunk driver while crossing Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 10:22 am
The rise of bicycling and the expansion of bike lanes can at times provoke strong negative reactions in people, whether it’s at public meetings, newspaper comment boards, or casual conversations. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 8:22 am
This is an issue that comes up fairly frequently. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 4:05 pm
As cities across California seek to build safer, healthier, greener “complete streets,” many have come into conflict with Caltrans over what constitutes an acceptable (and legally defensible) design. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 10:19 am
If you’re injured on the job, you may have two separate kinds of cases. [read post]
21 Mar 2014, 8:34 am
The Affordable Care Act actually gives a lot more confidence to me as an attorney in settling a client’s case because prior to the Affordable Care Act, even if I were to get a client an enormous settlement, the question is: if they were out of work and not eligible for health insurance, how are they going to obtain health insurance in the future? [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 8:02 am
As a general rule, whether you have us get you a settlement from the insurance company or whether we get you a verdict from the insurance company, that settlement or verdict includes the future medical bills that are anticipated. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 9:48 am
Last Thursday, Mayor Ed Lee launched the WalkFirst Capital Improvement Program (PDF link) as a means of addressing the city’s pedestrian safety crisis. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 6:00 am
This can be actually a fairly complex issue. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 7:12 am
Uninsured motorist coverage is something you can buy from your insurance company to protect you in the eventuality that you are injured in an accident by a person without insurance. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 3:20 pm
Very often when a client comes to see me, what they’re primarily concerned with is how much automobile insurance is owned by the person who caused the accident they were in. [read post]
