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Plain-English guidance for injured Californians. This information is educational and is not legal advice.
California is a pure comparative fault state: being partly to blame reduces your recovery but never bars it. Here is how the percentages are set, what Proposition 51 changed, and how insurers use fault to cut claims.
California is the only state to formally define lane splitting in statute — and the law sets no specific speed limit. Here is what Vehicle Code 21658.1 actually says, the CHP guidance, and how insurers use rider bias.
The adjuster is friendly, but they work for the insurer. Here is what California law requires of them, what a recorded statement is really for, and how to handle the first offer without damaging your claim.
California injury damages fall into economic and non-economic categories — and they are proven in very different ways. Here is what each covers, how future losses are valued, and what Proposition 51 means when several parties are at fault.
A police report helps an injury claim, but it is not legally required to bring one. Here is when California law requires a report, the separate DMV SR-1 deadline most drivers miss, and how to prove a claim without one.
California is a strict liability dog bite state — an owner can be responsible even if the dog never bit anyone before. Here is what Civil Code 3342 actually says, who it protects, and the defenses that still apply.
Some California injury claims resolve in months; others take years. Here is what happens at each stage, why medical treatment sets the pace, and the factors that lengthen or shorten a case.
In a California rideshare crash, which policy pays depends on exactly what the driver was doing at that moment. Here are the three coverage periods set by state law, and the dollar figures attached to each.
California drivers must yield to pedestrians in marked and unmarked crosswalks — but pedestrians have duties too. Here is what Vehicle Code section 21950 actually says, and how fault is decided when someone is hit.
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