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When someone dies because of the actions of someone or something else, your emotions can range from anger to confusion and just about everything in between. A lawsuit is not something you want to be doing at this time but because of California’s tight statute of limitations from wrongful death cases, it is something you need […]

Did you know that there is a fatal car accident in the United States every twelve minutes? And not surprisingly, the state of California is a big contributor to that startling statistic. In California, we drive almost everywhere we need to go and that reality combined with other factors just puts us more at risk. […]

Tragedy struck at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Philadelphia when concertgoer Thomas Decort slipped and hit his head when trying to navigate his way to his seat in the pitch black Well Fargo Center. While his initial injuries were not life-threatening, what happened on the operating table ended in death. TMZ reports on the […]

Smoking hot! While that might be the goal for some when they put on their favorite Victoria’s Secret item, it’s meant in an entirely different sense than what happened to unhappy customer Samantha Burke. Cooking and wearing a hoodie from Victoria’s Secret’s PINK apparel line, she literally caught fire. Image Via Creative Commons Courthouse News reports […]

You got bit by a dog and are now contemplating a personal injury lawsuit. You have come to the right place. When you are injured by an animal attack of any type, you can and should seek financial compensation for the injuries (often serious and life changing) that animal has caused. Walch Law can help. […]

Remember the famous McDonald’s hot coffee case? Meet the Starbucks hot tea case. Some details on the recently filed lawsuit against the beverage giant– When the lid on Diana Salas-Solano’s 20 ounce hot tea was not secure, it spilled on her and her beloved dog, Alexander. Solano claims she suffered third degree burns so bad […]

The solar eclipse that crossed the US in August 2017 was big business for a lot of different people: the hotels and restaurants in the cities it passed by, the airlines and rental car companies getting people to the prime viewing spots and of course anyone selling eclipse viewing glasses. Included in that last category […]

Riding you bike in LA can be a wonderful exercise in the nearly perfect year round weather. Until it isn’t. We recently blogged about the terrible state of Los Angeles sidewalks. So terrible that the city has agreed to pay $1.3 Billion to fix them. Now you can add $6.5 Million to the tab. UPI.com reports on […]

From the outside, the healthcare industry seems incredibly regulated. It takes years for a drug or device to get approved by the FDA in many instances, so how do defective (and often deadly) medical devices make it on the market in the first place? Like other types of product liability issues, there are a few ways this […]

While work on construction sites comes with many known dangers, death should never be one of them. 34 year-old Jose Luis Delgado died earlier this year after a 76 foot fall from a new building he had been working on at 222 N. Wolfe Road (a property anticipated but not confirmed to be leased by […]

Knott’s Berry Farm is always a popular place for families to go and spend the day eating their famous friend chicken, hitting and rides and enjoying the sites. Unfortunately, one of their most popular rides is causing problems for patrons. According to the Orange County-based lawsuit, the log ride has been operating out of compliance […]

Did you know that Walmart receives around 13 personal injury lawsuits every single day? Forbes paints a picture of what this staggering number of daily lawsuits looks like, “After one of Wal-Mart’s 1.2 million employees gets to work at 9am, three lawsuits will be filed against the company by the time he or she takes a […]

Gyms, schools and just about every other activity you and your children participate in these days likely has you signing some type of legal liability waiver before you can get started. So what exactly are these waivers and how do they impact your ability to file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit in the […]

A Charleston jury recently found Georgia-based SAR Automation liable to the tune of $8.8 Million for the death of one of it’s employees back in 2013. 38 year-old David Priester Jr. fell from a moving elevated platform designed by SAR automation for the Boeing plant while he was working on the body of a Dreamliner […]

A Los Angeles jury just handed down the biggest damages award to date against Johnson and Johnson for their failure to warn about possible cancer risks in their baby powder products. How huge? $417 Million huge. While this verdict represents the first California case to go to trial, Bloomberg reports that there are currently 5,500 cases throughout […]

School is supposed to be a safe place for learning and developing and somewhere the parents can trust in the teachers and administration. Something went terribly wrong in that relationship for one family in Montgomery County, Maryland when their 14 year-old daughter died outside the school gym after repeatedly being denied her requests for her […]

Boats are a very popular recreational activity but while they can move at the speed of a car, they lack many of the important safety features including brakes, airbags and seat belts. This combination can ultimately end in death or serious personal injury. As you may have guessed, boating accidents occur most frequently in the […]

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare– your child is killed coming home from school. Taking his normal route home from his local Newport Beach, California elementary school, 8 year-old Brooks McCann was fatally struck by a CR&R Inc trash truck as he was crossing the street on his bike. OC Weekly reports on the recently filed […]

Here’s the issue: you were injured at a friend’s house or in a car accident with them and while you don’t want to sue them for your injuries, but you also need the money. What do you do? This scenario is a common one and the answer will make you happy– you don’t have to […]

Unarmed 21 year-old Nephi Arreguin was shot and killed back in 2015 while in his car in Cerritos, California by a police officer that was responding to a suspicious person call. The family of Arreguin aruged that the use of a firearm was unprovoked; the city argued that the deceased drove at the officer. Whatever […]

Slip and fall accidents are no joke and the seriously dilapidated sidewalks throughout all of Los Angeles are not only causing major injuries that the city is financially responsible for but they are also making certain routes nearly impossible to navigate for their handicapped citizens. Albeit slowly, the sidewalks in Los Angeles are about to […]

Jennifer Aniston’s highly anticipated 2015 backyard nuptials to fellow actor Justin Theroux was followed by a friend-filled honeymoon at the Four Seasons in Bora Bora. Unfortunately, the lively celebration honeymoon ended in death when the naked body of 28 year-old assistant Carmel Musgrove washed up on shore after a day and night of alcohol and […]

Settlement or trial is a common question for a range of legal issues, including California wrongful death cases. This important decision effectively does the same thing in bringing about a legal resolution to the case but they do so in dramatically different ways. The distinction can be confusing to a non-lawyer and not surprisingly, the decision […]