The horribly tragic Miami condo collapse raises questions about liability for dangerous property in California. The legal theory that covers injury from dangerous property is called premises liability. In other words, I have been thinking about who is responsible for this horrific condo collapse that…
As more San Francisco residents return to work, and traffic steadily rises back to pre-pandemic levels, there is renewed risk to cyclists and pedestrians city-wide, now having to reintegrate with motor vehicles and drivers that have been off the road for quite some time. It’s…
E-cigarettes are causing a new generation of kids to become addicted to tobacco. The number of kids using vape pens and flavored types of tobacco products has grown so rapidly that the U.S. Surgeon General and other public health officials have even called it an…
California roads are notoriously dangerous for hit-and-runs, with one 2018 report revealing that California leads the nation in the annual number of fatal hit-and-run crashes. In an analysis of national hit-and-run accident statistics, AAA researchers found that almost 65 percent of people killed in hit-and-run…
Today, there is still no publicly available data regarding the over 100 reported cases of sexual harassment or assault committed by Uber drivers. This has led many to speculate that Uber’s lack of transparency is a sign that executives are intentionally concealing information from the…
A salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey has sickened 13 people in California, 164 nationally, causing the federal Centers for Disease control and Prevention to issue warnings for all those hoping to keep Turkey on the menu this thanksgiving: be extra careful – This outbreak is…
Earlier this year the FDA released its Medical Device Safety Action Plan, aimed at enhancing device safety, building on existing initiatives to further ensure consumer medical devices are safe, and effective. After half a year of review, the FDA will be releasing updates to this…
Federal regulators are hoping to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes at retail locations such as gas stations and convenience stores, and require age verification of anyone buying e-cigarettes online, according to reports. New restrictions come after a dramatic increase in teen vaping over the past…
In a press release earlier this month Federal Health Officials at the Food and Drug Administration said that tainted romaine lettuce, linked to a recent outbreak of E. Coli, likely originated from California. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb explained in a series of tweets that the wide…
A 25 year old pedestrian from Santa Rosa was hospitalized late last month in critical condition after being struck by a car on Middle Rincon Road and State Highway 12 in Sonoma County, according to official reports. The man was crossing the street in a crosswalk when…
