Firefighter Injured in Multi-Vehicle Collision in Northern California
Careless California Driving Consequences Unfortunately, it is something we see all too often in California. A speedy motorist in a flashy car thinks that the traffic laws – and the rules of common decency – do not apply, and turns the freeway into his personal racetrack, cutting off other vehicles and swerving in and out […]
Los Angeles Ranked in Top Five Cities with Most Pedestrian Fatalities
Wet, Fall Weather Means Dangerous Conditions According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), California, Florida and Texas have more pedestrian deaths than any other states, and Los Angeles ranks in the top five cities with the most pedestrian deaths as a proportion of total pedestrian fatalities. The NHTSA reports that the most deadly […]
Wrongful Death Versus Survival Action: Why You Should Know the Difference
When a loved one dies because of the negligence of another, California law provides for two different types of lawsuits that can be brought against the wrongdoer. One type of lawsuit is known as a wrongful death lawsuit and is brought under California Code of Civil Procedure §377.60. The other is known as a “survival action” […]
Broker’s Duties to Conduct Visual Inspections Pursuant to C.C.P. SECTION 2079, ET SEQ.
Duty to Disclose A selling broker or agent has a duty to conduct a visual inspection of residential property offered for sale and to disclose all facts materially affecting the value of the property to a potential buyer. See Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §2079 et seq. To be safe, a broker or agent showing a […]
Wrongful Death of a Jogger by Pack of Dogs
Wrongful Death Cases Come in Many Forms A sixty-three year old jogger was violently mauled to death by a pack of pit bulls in the Palmdale area of Los Angeles County on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The victim was dragged fifty yards and her arm was ripped off in the attack. She died of her […]
Wrongful Death of Unborn Babies Killed by Ariel Castro
Unlawful Killing of a Fetus Ohio prosecutors sought death penalty charges against convicted kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro for the miscarriages he inflicted on the women he held prisoner for ten years. The women testified that Castro starved them and beat them in the stomach in order to terminate their pregnancies making him the first […]
Wrongful Death of Bride and Her Friends Killed in Limousine Fire
Tragic California Wrongful Death Case In the California Bay Area, five women, including a bride, were killed while on their way to a bridal shower when their limousine – a 1999 Lincoln Town Car – suddenly caught fire on a San Francisco bridge. Four other passengers escaped with injuries including burns and smoke inhalation and […]
There Was Something About Mary
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com For the first 89 years of this country’s existence, no woman was ever executed for any crime. Then along came Mary Surratt. How It All Began Mary Surratt and Thomas Jones never knew one another, but they both knew the actor John Wilkes Booth. In […]
No Cold Case for This Murder
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com ‘Professor Kirkpatrick’ His friends called him Kirk but I always called him Professor Kirkpatrick. He sat white-haired, dignified in his wheelchair, patient to his admiring students, popular, even kind. So I felt grateful to take three of his classes, plus a seminar, plus an independent study. […]
Right to Privacy
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com The Fate of Roe v. Wade The Los Angeles Times reminded us this week that the fate of Roe v. Wade likely depends on this presidential election. The next president, they say, will appoint the swing votes on the Supreme Court for or against the […]
When David Killed Goliath
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com David Steals Goliath’s Music – A New York Times editorial weighs online music piracy. David Versus Goliath – Business Week describes podcast wars. Newsweek says Arabs on the street see America as Goliath. An ad agency just calls itself “David and Goliath,” because everyone […]
The Sport of Headhunting
By Philip W. Boesch, Jr. Reprinted with permission – www.westsidetoday.com To Litigate or Not to Litigate Litigation is a nasty business, an expensive process which usually leaves the underdog deep under. But it is the system we have for ordinarily civilized people to resolve conflict, so as to come to a settlement no one is […]