The California Court of Appeal for the 2nd District, recently issued an instructive opinion on the area of medical malpractice wrongful death cases. In the case, Tam v. Garfield Med. Ctr., Inc., Cal. Ct. App., 2nd Dist. (2014), the plaintiff’s father, Mr. Tam, was involved in a serious car accident…
The California Court of Appeals, 2nd District, recently reached a decision in the case of Torres v. Target Corporation, Cal. Ct. App., 2nd Dist. (2014), which demonstrates the base level of proof required in slip and fall personal injury cases. In the case, the plaintiff slipped and fell in a…
The California Court of Appeals decided to uphold a jury verdict awarding a plaintiff $2, 175.27 for medical expenses and no damages for pain and suffering, in a case where she was seeking between $40,000 and $60,000. The case, Sievers v. Hill, Cal. Ct. App., 3rd Dist. (2014), arose out of an accident…
The California Court of Appeals (4th District, Division 2) recently rendered an opinion that is instructive on the matter of non-economic damage awards in car accident personal injury cases. The case, Onley v. Schneider Nat. Carriers, Inc., Cal. Ct. App., 4th Dist. (2014), arose out of a multi-car accident, in which…
The California Court of Appeals recently rendered an opinion concerning a jury award in a car accident case. The opinion, Webster v. Miles, Cal. Ct. App., 5th Dist. (2014), examined the reasonableness of a jury trial that awarded the plaintiff in a car accident case some $9,395 in past economic damages for medical expenses,…
A recent Court of Appeals case, Duarte v. Kang, Cal. Ct. App, 2nd Div. (2014), demonstrates the importance of having an experienced trial lawyer when it comes to presenting a complete evidentiary record on appeal in a car accident personal injury case. The plaintiffs appealed from a judgment following a jury…
The California Court of Appeals, for the 4th District, recently issued an opinion in a car accident case that sheds some light of the conception of what a “single accident” means for purposes of car insurance policy limits. In the case, Mercury Casualty Co.v. Jones, Cal. Ct. App., 4th Dist. (2014),…
The California Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently issued an opinion that is instructive in several personal injury legal doctrines in California: negligence, professional negligence, and the Elder Abuse Act. In the case, Worsham v. O’Connor Hospital, 226 Cal.App.4th 331 (2014), Ms. Worsham entered a hospital to undergo hip surgery to treat…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently rendered an opinion in Encompass Ins. Co. v. Coast Nat’l., et al., No. 12-55784 (9th Cir. 2014), which is instructive on the matter of what constitutes the use of a vehicle for the purposes of California insurance law. In the case,…
The California Court of Appeals recently reached a decision in Romine v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 224 Cal. App. 4th 990 (2014), regarding a violent multi-car accident that resulted in leaving the individual who brought the lawsuit quadriplegic. The lawsuit arose out of a several-car collision, which was caused by one car, a Mustang,…