Los angeles injury lawyer

Standard of care owed by property ownersProperty owners owe duties of care to maintain their homes in reasonably safe conditions and to warn those who will be staying in their homes about existing hazards. If there is a dangerous condition on the property that the property owner knows about or should have reasonably known about and it injures a lawfully present person, the property owner may be liable to pay damages if the property owner failed to warn the visitor or failed to correct the hazardous condition.  Instances of dangerous conditions can include slippery surfaces including floors, tripping hazards and defects in yards or landscaping that can cause trips or falls (such as inconspicuous holes, poor nighttime lighting).  Such dangers may also include security issues such as non-functioning locks on doors or windows that lead to break-ins, assaults or batteries. Many other types of property conditions that may lead to bodily harm or even death of the occupant … [Read more...] about Airbnb in Los Angeles and Beyond: Potential Legal Issues

On one fall day in 2006, my friend and expert on some of my cases stopped by my office in the morning to discuss a case he had reviewed. I had just set down the local newspaper. Walking into my office was the young Nigerian neuropathologist who had diagnosed the second former Steeler with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) a chronic and latent developing neurocognitive disease of the brain caused from repeated trauma to one's head. Dr. Bennet Omalu sat across my desk from me, holding an article which characterized his findings on CTE as speculative" and "unscientific." As a friend, I told him he needed to fight back from the harsh criticism printed in the article, cast by doctors employed within the NFL. Dr. Omalu suggested to me that I investigate filing a lawsuit against the NFL, and this is where the most publicized litigation in the last decade all began. … [Read more...] about The NFL Concussion Lawsuit from the Eyes of the Pittsburgh Lawyer who Originated the Case

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) OverviewSearch Engine Marketing (SEM) is generally used to describe paid search advertising campaigns. Paid search is most commonly associated with pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns, but there are also other paid SEM options, such as cost-per-thousand impressions (CPM) and cost-per-acquisition (CPA). PPC campaigns are placed through a number of advertising platforms; however, the most commonly used are Google AdWords and Bing Ads (Bing also serves a large portion of Yahoo ads). Note that Google, Bing and Yahoo make up approximately 96% of worldwide search engine market share, and Google dominates that group with a market share around 89%. … [Read more...] about Paid Search Advertising: Personal Injury in a Digital World

Dorothy C. Sims of Ocala, Florida, focuses her practice almost entirely on cross-examining expert witnesses. Sims was a member of the three-lawyer defense team for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted in 2011 of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Sims says psychiatrists’ and psychologists’ processes can be deeply flawed and vulnerable to attack. Your goal, she says, should be to hit early at the deposition stage, so your opponent is forced to withdraw the mental health expert—ideally after it’s permissible to name a replacement. … [Read more...] about How lawyers can effectively cross-examine psychiatrists and psychologists

“I’m an old guy,” he says with a smile in his voice. “I’ve tried a lot of cases. Won some. Lost some. But even when we lose, when my clients feel they’ve had a shot before a jury, they feel some measure of satisfaction.” … [Read more...] about A Thurgood Marshall trial comes into focus through Connecticut lawyer’s screenplay