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After a fatal DUI car-versus-car crash in California, the family may sue the driver and owner, seek punitive damages, and use UM or UIM coverage. A plain-English guide to who pays, evidence and deadlines.
A highway work zone crash can involve a careless motorist, a contractor that set up traffic control and sometimes Caltrans. A guide for motorists, workers and families, including workers’ compensation, government claims and deadlines.
When a company truck hits an e-bike rider in a California bike lane, the driver and the employer may both be responsible. A guide to employer liability, negligent hiring and entrustment, commercial insurance, evidence and deadlines.
After an e-scooter turns across traffic and is hit, California’s comparative fault rule decides how much each side pays. A guide to passenger claims, minors, wrongful death, insurance and deadlines.
When a drunk driver kills a pedestrian and flees, the criminal case does not replace a civil claim. A guide to wrongful death, punitive damages, the driver’s insurance, uninsured motorist coverage, restitution and deadlines.
When a driver hits someone on purpose, the driver’s liability insurer may deny the claim under Insurance Code section 533. A guide to uninsured motorist coverage, restitution, the California Victim Compensation Board, civil suits and the deadlines.
Who may pay after a wrong-way crash in California, what families can pursue after a death, how a claim works if the wrong-way driver also died, and the deadlines to know.
A general explainer on who can file a wrongful death claim after a child dies in a California crash, what families may recover, the deadlines and when a public entity may be involved.
Who may be responsible when a freight train hits someone at a California crossing, how federal rail rules apply, what evidence to preserve and the deadlines to know.
On Halloween night, a woman was struck and killed by a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car in Valley Glen.