Legal Articles, Slip & Fall Accident

Here's a compilation of articles on Insurance Claims that will provide you the information you need to know.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Feb. 08, 2022 -- A Kern County jury awarded a verdict in the amount of $4.317M on Nov. 18, 2021, to a Lompoc man who was injured in 2016 while shopping in a Taft, California, Albertsons grocery store. Santa Barbara Attorney Steven R. Andrade of Andrade Law Offices secured the verdict after four weeks of trial in Kern County Superior Court with Judge Thomas Clark presiding.

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If you were injured in Rhode Island there is a 3 year statute of limitations to bring your case in court or else you will be barred forever from doing so. However, if your injury occurred on a public street and you are claiming that it was caused by a dangerous condition you must act much faster. This article details the crucial notice that you must give to a Rhode Island city or town where you were injured pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-15-9.

You are not obligated to fill out any forms or sign any statements if you have been injured in a slip-and-fall.

Comparative or contributory negligence can impact the percentage of damages a person may receive in their case.

In California (as in the rest of the country), the vast majority of the slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall accidents occur in grocery stores and department stores. These accidents mainly occur due to failure to properly maintain the premises and keep it in reasonably safe condition.

One of the most common causes of motorcycle accidents in California, in my experience, is vehicles making left-hand turns in front of motorcycles. When vehicles make left-hand turns, they often don’t see the motorcyclist, either because they’re not paying attention or because they misjudge the speed.

California Disabled Persons are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) including 42 U.S.C. section 12102, California Government Code section 12926(m), Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code section 51, et seq. (“Unruh Act”), and the California Disabled Persons Act, California Civil Code section 54, et seq. (“DPA”). Title III of the ADA provides in pertinent part, “No individual shall be discriminated against on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any place of public accommodation by any person who . . . operates a place of public accommodation.” (42 U.S.C. § 12182(a).) “The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the enjoyment of public accommodations, including with respect to access.” Jankey v. Lee (2012) 55 Cal.4th 1038, 1044.

Many of the commercial vehicle and/or trucking accidents I see in California are caused by speeding. Some truck drivers have a propensity for driving too fast, for various reasons. They also tend to make lane changes without ensuring that there is proper clearance to make that lane change. I also see many commercial vehicle and trucking accidents in California caused by inattention, texting, and being on a cellphone.