When a vehicle makes a sudden stop on the road, it can catch other motorists by surprise. When something so unexpected happens on the road, drivers can react in the wrong way, making collisions much more likely. It’s for this reason that sudden stops are never...
According to numbers form the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), 37,461 Americans were killed in car accidents in the year 2016. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) noticed a 43 percent increase in Bay Area auto accident fatalities from 2010...
Injuries that cause paralysis are perhaps the most tragic cases our legal team encounters. These kinds of injuries lead to permanent disability, changing the lives of injury victims as well as their loved ones. Rest assured that whether you are based in San Jose, CA...
Auto accidents injure millions of people each year, result in wrongful death, and lead to significant financial losses. Even under seemingly ideal circumstances, there is always the risk that an auto accident can occur. To reduce the risk of an auto accident as much...
When you suffer an injury, the consequences can be devastating, not only physically and emotionally, but also financially. Victims in personal injury cases often require medical care, which results in hospital fees and other medical expenses. Depending on the severity...
When it comes to property damage, injuries, and death, truck accidents are one of the most dangerous types of automobile crashes. Commercial trucks are larger and heavier than most other vehicles on the road, so any car they strike is likely to be severely damaged....
There are roughly half a million truck accidents in the United States each year. Due to the large size and heavy weight of commercial trucks, most truck accidents result in catastrophic personal injuries and costly property damage. Sadly, around 10 percent...
When power tools malfunction, they can lead to major harm to the person using the tool as well as others who are nearby. The hazards of defective power tools may impact workers at construction sites or people just trying to do home improvement work. When these tools...
When we think about auto accidents we often think of speeding and reckless driving as major factors. Yet when it comes to truck accidents, a lack of sleep is a common danger. Driver fatigue puts everyone on the road at risk, from normal motorists to the drivers...
Suffering a catastrophic injury is life changing in several ways. Severe injuries can require lifelong medical care or physical therapy, which are costly and emotionally demanding. They often result in a loss of quality of life. At Bowles & Verna LLP in San Jose,...