Personal injuries can occur as a result of accidents. These could be car accidents, falling on someone else’s premises, or through the negligence of medical caregivers. Other causes of personal injuries are construction or factory accidents, sexual abuse, and injuries resulting from the use of defective products of a company.
The Scope of Personal Injuries in San Francisco
Car accidents are the most prevalent in San Francisco, due to the large demographic of the city’s residents who use bicycles and motorcycles. All these road users face the risk of injury following car accidents by reckless drivers. Driverless cars can…
Is bicycle riding inherently dangerous? I don’t think so. However, whenever there is a crash between a car or truck or bus and a bicycle rider, the cyclist is most likely to suffer grievous personal injuries. The San Francisco Bay Area and all of Northern California are great places to ride a mountain bike, a road bike or a cruiser or a hybrid bicycle, but the streets are too often congested with motor vehicles, whose drivers are distracted or who don’t know how to keep a proper lookout or how to properly share the road with bicyclists. The vast majority…
Injuries to the neck and back can result from car accidents. This is especially prevalent in San Francisco given that the city has many pedestrians and people using bicycles and motorcycles. As a result, most accidents happen to such road users who fall victim to reckless vehicle drivers. This causes severe injuries that affect the daily lives of many residents of the city.
Neck and back injuries can be attributed to whiplash. This is the jerking motion that occurs when a moving vehicle slams into someone. The resultant force of inertia causes vigorous movement that seatbelts or other objects…
A wrongful death occurs when a person dies due to some sort of act of negligence or wrongdoing by another person. It can also apply to medical malpractice in relatively more uncommon cases. In opposition to something such as a murder, wrongful death is typically handled as a civil lawsuit. This means either a surviving family member(s) will directly bring it forth into a court of law or an official representative of the deceased person’s estate, to then decide upon an appropriate amount of compensation paid for by the defendant.
A civil lawsuit of this nature can, and often is,…
San Francisco is one of America’s busiest and most popular cities, making taxi rides common and abundant for tourists and locals alike. This is because taxis work as a great convenience, particularly for people who are not properly served by other transport options or must travel to the surrounding areas. Plus, taxis come in handy when you’ve had a night out and want a safe way to get home.
Taxi Collisions in San Francisco
However, taxi drivers (like other drivers) may be reckless in how they make their way out of traffic. Or they might speed so that they can…
