Palm Springs Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Feb 16, 2012 By Barry Regar
There was a serious truck accident on 2/16/12 in Cathedral City. It was a multi-car collision claiming the life of one of the drivers. The police reported that a driver of a flat-bed truck suffered ...
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Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Barry Regar
Driving within three hours after smoking or ingesting marijuana nearly doubles a driver's risk of a vehicle accident as reported in a new Canadian study. The risk is very high for fatal crashes ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By Barry Regar
Commercial Vehicle accidents on I-10 are increasing in number resulting in a serious personal injury upswing in the Coachella Valley. In order to combat the accidents involving large commercial ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Barry Regar
On Wednesday, February 1 st , Pfizer Inc. the giant drug manufacturer recalled one million packets of birth control pills in the United States. They announced the recall was due to a packaging error ...
Continue reading "The Pill That Doesn't Deliver And Wrongful Life/Birth" »
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Barry Regar
Medicare and Medical reimbursement in personal injury claims matters is a subject that is unknown to most accident victims making injury claims against insurance companies. Medicare has a right to ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Barry Regar
A new statistical study has revealed that deaths and serious injuries involving pedestrians wearing headphones have increased more than three times what they were six years ago. Pedestrian versus car ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Barry Regar
Punitive damages are damages designed to punish a wrongdoer who acted with malice in causing an injury to another. Malice can be inferred if a person or business entity acted in a manner that ...
Continue reading "Wrongful Death Claims And Punitive Damages" »
Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Barry Regar
In the recent California Appellate Court decision of People v. Nelson 200 Cal.App.4 th 1083, the court held that a driver who was using a cell phone in his car which was not, "hands free", ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Barry Regar
Starting 1/1/12 the new Child Safety Seat Law for Californians will be enforced and hopefully help save the lives of our children. The new law says that as of Jan. 1 children will have to be a least 8 ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2011 By Barry Regar
Insured drunk drivers that cause automobile accidents may think that the only financial losses they may suffer are their attorney's fee to defend them in a drunk driving prosecution and the court ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Barry Regar
On Tuesday, December 13 th , the National Transportation Safety Board [NTSB] recommended a total ban on drivers using cell phones except for emergencies. The statistics that have been recorded prove ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Barry Regar
As the, "snowbirds", return to Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley we often see an increase in the number of Pedestrian Accidents . The increase is usually due to more cars on ...
Continue reading "Pedestrian Accidents Should Be Investigated" »
Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Barry Regar
What is a car owner's potential liability for an auto accident caused by the permissive user of the owner's car? The answer depends on the facts. Let us say that you own a car and that you ...
Continue reading "Think Twice About Allowing Another To Drive Your Car" »
Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By Barry Regar
The best kept secret during a Personal Injury jury trial is that the defendant, the person being sued may be insured. The evidence that is presented by either the plaintiff’s attorney or the ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Barry Regar
What if you suffered a personal injury on the job in the Coachella Valley and your employer didn't have Workers Compensation Insurance? Suppose you need medical attention because of your injuries; ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Barry Regar
A mother called me today about a single vehicle rollover auto accident in which her son was an injured passenger. The accident was caused by the driver who was driving in a reckless manner. Both the ...
Continue reading "The Not So Simple Auto Accident" »
Posted on Oct 30, 2011 By Barry Regar
As a Palm Desert Personal Injury Lawyer I speak to innocent accident victims on a daily basis. One of the most difficult conversations I must have with potential clients is when I have to inform them ...
Continue reading "Serious Injury And No Liability Insurance" »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Barry Regar
In the Supreme Court case of McDonald v. Chicago (2010) the United States Supreme court held that the Second Amendment guaranteed the right of citizens to possess firearms in their houses. The case ...
Continue reading "Your Car Is Not Treated Like Your Home" »
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 By Barry Regar
Driving an SUV increases your gas bill; but also increases your chances of surviving an auto accident . The Department of Highway Safety predicts that by 2035 there will be 3 billion passenger ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Barry Regar
Recent crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that if the driver if a passenger automobile crashes into the backend of a semi-truck trailer, the driver of the car ...
Continue reading "Palm Desert Truck Accident Fatal Statistics" »
Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Barry Regar
Texting while driving is a violation of the California Vehicle Code. The police agencies in the Coachella Valley use a preprinted automobile accident form when preparing a traffic collision report. ...
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Posted on Oct 2, 2011 By Barry Regar
For many accident victims the thought of filing a lawsuit is foreign to their way of thinking. They contact a Palm Desert Personal Injury because they discover to their surprise that the friendly ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Barry Regar
Accident victims who file lawsuits in personal injury cases are very often required to submit to a medical examination performed by a doctor hired by the negligent party's insurance company. ...
Continue reading "Insurance Company Games" »
Posted on Sep 18, 2011 By Barry Regar
Asking your lawyer for a quick personal injury settlement can be a mistake. As a Palm Springs Personal Injury Lawyer I know the possible unfortunate consequences of trying to settle a personal injury ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Barry Regar
If you are standing in a line waiting to purchase a movie ticket and another person hits you without provocation and causes you to be injured you can sue that person for, "battery". You must ...
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