San Diego Personal Injury Blog

To prove medical malpractice is responsible for an injury or illness, you must be able to demonstrate the following four elements of negligence. 

The defendant (at-fault party) owed the plaintiff (victim) a duty of care.

There are a wide variety of reasons why car accidents happen, but the leading causes of traffic fatalities in California include the following. 

Traveling above the posted speed limit or too fast for roadway conditions is a primary cause of car accidents and traffic fatalities in California.

California offers two types of motorcycle licenses, known as M1 and M2. These licenses allow different riding privileges. Just ask our motorcycle accident lawyers in San Diego today!

An M1 license is the type of license you need to ride any bike, including any two-wheel motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized scooter, and all vehicles listed under Class M2.

California’s Proposition 213 applies to uninsured drivers, preventing them from collecting compensation for pain and suffering even if they are not at fault for an accident. This legislation received widespread support in response to higher insurance premiums and the increasing number of uninsured drivers on the road. 

By Eric Ganci

Filing a lawsuit in California, or anywhere, requires big decisions. One decision may be if you file, you may need to put your actual name on file, for all the public to have access to.

The law firm of CaseyGerry is representing plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Tesla for misleading marketing practices regarding the capabilities of their Advanced Driver Assistance Systems technology (ADAS).

The lawsuit, which was filed in September of 2022 alleges that Tesla misled customers on the true capabilities of their self-driving technology.

By Eric Ganci

In civil law, Defendant can file a motion for summary judgment (an MSJ as we shorten it in the legal biz). I shan’t get deep into what is an MSJ or the law behind it, but at 30,000 feet the law is this: “A court may grant a motion for summary judgment ‘only when ‘all the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.’”

Normally, you would file an insurance claim directly with the at-fault party’s auto insurer after an accident in California. However, if a driver hits you that is uninsured, your only options are to turn to your own insurer or sue the uninsured driver.