Yes, you can sue a restaurant for food poisoning in California. To have a valid claim, you must prove four things: the restaurant’s food caused your illness, a medical diagnosis identifies the pathogen, the restaurant breached its duty of care, and you suffered quantifiable damages like medical bills or lost wages. California recognizes both negligence […]
Who Is Liable If My Child Is Injured on a Playground? If you’re asking, who is liable if my child is injured on a playground, the answer depends on where the injury occurred and who was responsible for safety — because playground injury liability varies across schools, cities, and businesses. Common parties that may be […]
A demand letter in California is a formal written document sent to an at-fault party or their insurance company. It outlines the facts of a dispute, the injuries or damages suffered, and the specific compensation being requested. In personal injury cases, it is the primary tool used to initiate settlement negotiations before filing a lawsuit. […]
California liability law operates on a fault-based system: the party responsible for causing an injury is financially liable for the resulting damages. California also applies pure comparative fault, which means your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault. You can still recover damages even if you were partially responsible for the incident. How California’s […]
A demand letter is a formal notice that demands the other individual or company (the “debtor“) to rectify the situation or face legal action. In the context of personal injury, for instance, if you have been injured in a car accident due to another’s negligence, a demand letter serves to notify the party at fault, […]
To win a product liability claim, you must prove the product was defective, the defect existed when it left the manufacturer’s control, the defect directly caused your injury, and you were using the product as intended. Defects fall into three categories: manufacturing defects, design defects, and failure to warn. Each type requires different evidence to […]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are about 6 million automobile crashes reported by police every year in the US. In the state of Texas, not a single day passes by without a road crash. Subsequently, data from the Texas Department of Transportation show there were 14,282 crashes on Texas roads in 2017, resulting in […]
This past week, another story emerged of a Tesla autopilot failure. A North Carolina doctor’s Model S sedan catastrophically failed when it drove directly into not one, but two police vehicles. The Tesla autopilot collided with a police-issue Dodge Charger that was stopped to assist a highway patrol trooper, pushing the Charger into the patrol […]
Car seat failures are a real concern for parents. Child safety seat laws have changed over the years, and children under the age of eight years ride in a child safety seat as opposed to using a seatbelt alone. Additional clarity is provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which states that children should be in rear-facing seats […]
Product liability laws are imposed on manufacturers and retailers in a bid to ensure that they do not sell defective goods to consumers. Even with these laws in place, thousands of people still get injured every year due to product defects. Such products could be food, toys, utensils, vehicles, medication, and medical equipment, among others. This […]
The medical industry has come a long way over the last few decades. There are medical devices approved by the FDA that are meant to make the lives of people with illnesses and diseases easier. Sometimes, though, a medical device designed to help does the unthinkable and causes injuries or death. When this happens, victims […]
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