Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on May 17, 2012 By Barry Regar
Car accident victims who file personal injury lawsuits against a negligent driver must realize that they open up much of their medical history to the adverse insurance company lawyer. I advise my ...
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Posted on May 6, 2012 By Barry Regar
There is possible bad news for Coachella Valley auto accident victims in the foreseeable future. The California budget crisis has finally had its effect on the legal system. The Los Angeles Superior ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Barry Regar
The hypocrisy of State Farm posting an article on their website on 2/12/12 entitled, "The Do's And Don'ts of A Minor Car Accident" is beyond belief. State Farm and other insurance ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2012 By Barry Regar
Another deadly auto/bicyclist accident occurred Wednesday April 18 th in the Coachella Valley. This crash occurred at the intersection of Da Vall Road and Ramon Road in Rancho Mirage at approximately ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By Barry Regar
In a Coachella Valley car crash in which the right front seat female passenger was more seriously injured than the vehicle's crash testing score would have predicted was probably a result of the ...
Continue reading "Female Auto Accident Victims Need A Female Dummy Crash Tested" »
Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Barry Regar
A gentleman who was involved in an Indio auto accident recently called me because he heard that I was an Indio auto accident lawyer and wanted to know if he really needed a lawyer to handle his ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Barry Regar
As a personal injury lawyer in the Coachella Valley who handles defective products lawsuits I have recently been asked if the manufacturer of a product that voluntarily recalls the product can still ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2012 By Barry Regar
Do airbags really help automobile accident victims or do they sometimes do more harm than good? I was recently contacted by an older gentleman who was involved in an Indio auto accident with a small ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Barry Regar
The CHP opened all the eastbound lanes of I-10 today, Monday after a lane closure caused by an Indio auto accident. The lanes had been closed because of an auto accident east of Indio. The accident ...
Continue reading "Indio Car Accidents Increase And Insurance Protection" »
Posted on Mar 14, 2012 By Barry Regar
Data obtained from the microprocessor in your cars, "black box", can help to win or lose a personal injury auto accident case that resulted from a car crash here in the Coachella Valley. ...
Continue reading "The Black Box In Your Car And Auto Accident Lawsuits" »
Posted on Mar 7, 2012 By Barry Regar
As a Palm Springs personal injury lawyer I also handle Coachella Valley medical malpractice cases. Not every accident lawyer has experience with medical malpractice cases. For reasons unknown to me I ...
Continue reading "Coachella Valley Medical Malpractice And Protecting Yourself" »
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Barry Regar
Automobile accident victims who have pending insurance claims against the negligent driver's insurance company should be very careful about what they post on Social Media sites. Let us assume that ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Barry Regar
Insurance adjusters always blame the personal injury accident victim for something. Why do they do that? Because it is the basis of their business model. The insurance company's game plan has ...
Continue reading "You Can't Win With Insurance Adjusters" »
Posted on Feb 23, 2012 By Barry Regar
Drivers of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, have to share the roadway with bicyclists as they all compete for space on the streets of the Coachella Valley. I have noticed more auto accidents in Palm ...
Continue reading "Bicycle Accident Cases And Auto Accidents" »
Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By Barry Regar
Seat belts are designed to protect people in automobile accidents and truck accidents ; but they may not always function as intended by the manufacturer. A seat belt that fails to properly function in ...
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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 ...
Continue reading "Sometimes An Auto Accident Is Just An Accident" »
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 ...
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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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