We have previously written about the very important California Court of Appeals decision handed down in the case of Howell v. Hamilton Meats and Provisions‚ Inc. which clarified that the collateral source rule is still the law in California‚ thereby permitting injured people to recover the full amounts of their medical bills from the negligent […]
Learn More About CA Supreme Court Appears Poised to Side with Insurance CompaniesLast year‚ we wrote about a story where an insurance agent failed to sell an auto insurance policy upgrade to a client of Northern Virginia personal injury attorney Ben Glass. The result? It cost his client $900‚000 in underinsured settlement funds while an increase in the policy limits up to the $1‚000‚000 case value would […]
Learn More About Agents Still Not Selling UM/UIM Insurance | San Diego Injury AttorneyIn my profession as a car accident attorney in a San Diego personal injury law firm‚ I am all too familiar with the statistics: 6 million auto accidents in the United States every year- and your chances of being involved in a fatal accident at some point in your life—1 in 75. With these types […]
Learn More About Seattle Car Accident Attorney | San Diego Auto Accident Lawyer | Personal Injury Law FirmAccording to a new study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ seat belt use during 2009 was at an all-time high. Eighty-four percent (84%) of all vehicle occupants use seat belts while traveling in vehicles. That was up from 2008 where the same study found 83% of all vehicle occupants wore their […]
Learn More About Seat Belt Use at All-Time HighIKEA-USA and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall order for all IKEA LEOPARD highchairs that come with a separate tray and seat that snap together using locks. Apparently the defective seat locks have posed a choking hazard or have allowed children to fall through the seat and injure themselves. Although no […]
Learn More About San Diego‚ CA Child Injury Attorney Warns of IKEA Highchair RecallInjured by an Allstate driver? Wondering whether you should hire a personal injury attorney to help you with your California accident case when Allstate is insuring the other driver? San Diego injury lawyer Ross Jurewitz gives you an example of one case where Allstate did not have any evidence to support their position yet did […]
Learn More About Why You Need an Attorney for Allstate Claim | San Diego Personal Injury LawyerSan Diego officials announced that it’s red-light cameras were having a tremendous effect on catching red-light running drivers. In fact‚ more than half of all citations were issued at one intersection: Grape Street and Harbor Drive. In less than a year‚ San Diego issued 8,261 red-light tickets and 54.5 percent were issued at that intersection […]
Learn More About San Diego Red-Light Runners Targeted by Red-Light CamerasProgressive Insurance’s slippery and underhanded tactics have been profiled before. Now comes Progressive’s latest dirty trick: offering personal injury settlements in auto accident cases before victims even get a chance to see a doctor. How The New Strategy Works If Progressive determines that it’s insured is at fault‚ it sends its’ adjustor to the victim’s […]
Learn More About Progressive Insurance Company’s Newest Dirty Trick