Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney Blog

The Third Circuit Court of Appeal in California has recently issued a ruling in Corenbaum v. Lampkin (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 1308, that, in my opinion as an attorney that represents injured victims in California, has simply added insult to injury to a terrible decision issued in prior CA Supreme Court case, Howell v. Hamilton Meats,…

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California law on serving an obviously intoxicated minor provides an exception to the so-called “dram shop” immunity. What does this mean? It means that if a bar, hotel, restaurant or other similar establishment serves a minor who is clearly under the influence at the time of service, they can be held liable for any injury…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just released its “Most Wanted” list, which reflects what it feels should be priorities for transportation safety in the U.S. moving forward into 2014. These priorities are all well in line with what I see as transportation safety needs for California as well. They include the following: The…

Los Angeles personal injury lawyer reviews are one way to determine if the law firm you hire to assist you with your accident claim has a reputation in the community for quality legal representation related to bodily harm or wrongful death claims in and around the SoCal area. L.A. is the second largest metropolitan area…

New laws important to California personal injury victims is something I thought I would review here at the first part of 2014. It is not every year that new statutes are passed in the Golden State that may affect persons making claims for injuries or wrongful death but, this year there are a few, important…

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As a resident of Los Angeles, I began seeing cars around town with big, pink fuzzy mustaches on them and wondered what this was all about. It turns out that this is one indication of a “ride-share” vehicle. The concept is to allow drivers to connect with people needing rides via smart phones and the…

Korean personal injury attorneys in Los Angeles are not unheard of but, quality accident lawyers for the Korean American community are far too few, in my opinion. This is a shame in that the Los Angeles area including Orange County and the Inland Empire has the highest concentration of Koreans anywhere in the world other…

As Californians, we have all seen the advertisements on television and the internet from lawyer referral services. I think the average California consumer does not realize, however, that they are seeing a referral service in all of these ads or even what a referral service is. I wanted to do a post explaining how many…