California Dog Bite Law: Why Owners Are Liable Even for a First Bite The short answer: California is a strict liability state for dog bites. Under the state’s dog bite statute, an owner is liable when their dog bites someone in a public place or lawfully in a private place,…

How Is Pain and Suffering Calculated in California? The short answer: California has no fixed formula for pain and suffering. Juries are instructed to award what is reasonable based on the evidence, insurers use internal multipliers and software as negotiating anchors, and in most injury cases there is no cap.…

Settlement Alert: Motor Vehicle Accident [$60,000.00 Policy Limits] Happy to report a policy limits settlement obtained for one adult and two minor clients involved in a side swipe motor vehicle accident which led our client’s vehicle to hit the center divider and later the freeway exit wall before coming to…