How does comparative negligence affect a slip and fall case?

A slip and fall injury can leave you financially vulnerable. California recognizes the right of injury victims to recover compensation from individuals whose negligence caused the injury. However, a finding of comparative negligence can reduce the amount available. Whether a defendant was negligent or the plaintiff was comparatively negligent depends on the specific underlying facts. There are many factors to ...

Teenage girl killed in Friday Morning Collision

A teenage girl in Malibu was killed in a head-on collision Friday morning around 6:00 a.m. The collision required closure of the entire Pacific Coast Highway for several hours. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage. The collision is under investigation. Local News Coverage.

November 19, 2019 Fatal Pedestrian Collision in Chatsworth

A female pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday morning. The incident occurred just before 5:00 a.m. on Topanga Canyon Boulevard at Nordhoff. The woman died at the scene, and her name has not yet been released. It was not clear if the driver remained at the scene. All southbound lanes of Topanga Canyon were closed and the road was reopened ...

August 30, 2019 LaVerne Collision Kills 2, Injures 3 More

On August 30, 2019, 8:50 p.m., two people were killed in LaVerne, when their Toyota Corolla was struck by an Acura Integra the police were chasing. The collision occurred near White Avenue and College Lane. First responders extracted two people from the Corolla and three from the Acura. All five people were transported to a hospital. The two drivers died ...

Huntington Park-2 Critically Injured when Car Crashes Into Carls Jr.

HUNTINGTON PARK-Five people were injured, three were transported to the hospital, and two of those are in critical condition. According to witnesses, a young female driver in her late teens or early 20’s slammed into the restaurant located at Santa Fe and Florence Avenue. She crashed through a hedge and the wall, striking a family who was dining there. A ...

Remembering my first client

Monday morning I checked my email just like I would any other day, when I saw an email from a former client’s (I’ll call him “Mr. M”) grandson telling me that Mr. M had passed.  Mr. M was one of my first client’s and my first insurance case.  Although we had fifty years between our ages, we developed a friendship ...