"California juries are fed up with drunk drivers," says Oakland trial lawyer Lew Van Blois. If you drink and drive and cause an accident with injuries, you will not only be forced to pay huge compensatory damages to innocent victims, you may also be socked with...
Van Blois Law
Unsafe Truck Driving in Winter Weather
Every winter, many people are severely injured or killed by commercial semi-truck drivers who violate the law by driving in adverse weather conditions. It takes longer to stop and is more difficult to turn without skidding when the road is slippery. If the road is...
Fatal Pedestrian Accidents are Increasing
Pedestrian deaths are increasing nationally and are surging in San Francisco. Nationally, pedestrian deaths increased ten percent in 2015. San Francisco is California's most dangerous City for pedestrians. Fifty percent of all traffic deaths in San Francisco are...
Truck Platooning Can Be Unsafe
Truck platooning is an aerodynamic approach to cut fuel consumption by reducing wind resistance. Two big-rig trucks speed down the freeway only 30-50 feet apart leaving no real gap between them with the lead truck in control. The reduction in aerodynamic drag of...
Asleep At The Wheel
TRUCK DRIVER fatigue is a factor in one-third of all truck crashes, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). A survey of long-haul truck drivers reported that 66 percent of drivers acknowledged experiencing fatigue on at least half of their trips....
Kids, car crashes and growth plate fractures
The scary thing about an accident involving your child isn't the actual accident itself, despite what you might think. It's the possibility that the so-called minor injuries that your child sustained could be covering up something much more serious.Kids are hardy...