2017 March

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Articles in this issue:

Comparative fault

Keeping plaintiff’s irrelevant drug and alcohol use away from the jury

2017 March


Anatomy of a scaffolding case

Liability often focuses on witnesses to prove why the scaffolding failed

Jeremy Cloyd

2017 March


California bicycle laws – A primer

A look at the issues a lawyer may be presented with upon being retained in a bicycle case

Timothy A. Loranger

2017 March


Voir dire in a bicycle case

The quest for understanding and common ground is not easy; jurors may harbor strong feelings about bicycles sharing the road with cars

Artemis Malekpour

2017 March


Governmental immunities that preclude bicyclists from prevailing in their actions

A finding of liability is not guaranteed — even when it seems obvious

Molly M. McKibben

2017 March


The party-bus industry

A new breed of common carrier with the need for enhanced regulation

Christian Nickerson

2017 March


A common carrier’s obligation to provide utmost care

The duty should include warning passengers about deep-vein thrombosis

Joseph Persoff

2017 March


Five tips on handling the adverse Traffic Collision Report in bicycle and pedestrian cases

The officer and the witness say in the TCR that your guy was at fault – but that doesn’t make it so

Greg Schaffer

2017 March


Pedestrians: Walking the line of dangerous-condition claims

Missing traffic signals, inadequate crosswalks, and improper signage

Alan Van Gelder
Alexis Djivre

2017 March


Appellate Reports

Okafor v. United States of America – Holds that a lawyer’s reliance on FedEx to timely deliver a document constitutes “routine negligence”

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

2017 March


An inspiring human story

CAALA member overcomes tremendous odds in the criminal justice system

Ricardo Echeverria

2017 March


Trial lawyers

Changing public perception, one anecdote at a time

Stuart Zanville

2017 March


The Neptune incident

Changing the public’s perception of trial lawyers

Shaina Colover

2017 March

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