Premises Liability
What You Should Know About California Window Safety and Fall Protection Laws
California window safety laws provide minimum safety standards to protect people, particularly children, from window falls and other risks associated with glass windows. Defective windows that don’t meet these standards may lead to window fall accidents. If an accident leads to a lawsuit, the court…
What You Should Know about Compensation for Victims of Elevated Falls
A fall from an elevated space such as a roof, balcony, window, bridge or scaffold is not something anyone wants to suffer. Injuries from such falls are typically much worse than single-level slip and falls. Injuries from elevated falls often include traumatic brain injury, broken…
Social Host Liability
It’s no secret that high school and college age kids have parties, and that alcohol is often served at these parties. As such, parents may wonder what happens if their son or daughter throws a party at their house and alcohol is present. Could the…
The Real Effects of Illegal Cannabis Dispensaries on Neighborhood Crime
What Is an Illegal Dispensary? California cannabis dispensaries are required to meet state and local licensing requirements to operate legally. Not all cannabis dispensaries meet these requirements and are thereby operating illegally. Illegal dispensaries typically do not have access to banks or electronic payment systems…
Swimming Pool Safety in California
Even a momentary lapse in judgment can result in drowning or other serious injury when at or near a swimming pool. As such, California imposes a variety of rules known as the Swimming Pool Safety Act on the owners of swimming pools. The Swimming Pool…