Burns are among the most devastating injuries a person can suffer. They cause intense physical pain, long hospital stays, repeated surgeries, permanent scarring and disfigurement, emotional trauma, and life-altering disability. If you or a loved one suffered a burn in California because of someone else’s conduct, you may have the…
When employees of contractors are injured while performing work on behalf of a third party, they generally cannot hold the company that hired the contractors liable for their injuries. However, exceptions exist when the hirer retains control over the safety conditions of the work environment, fails to disclose a hidden,…
When people are injured by defective products while using them in a reasonably foreseeable manner, they may have the right to recover compensation to cover their losses. However, the alleged defect must have been the direct or proximate cause of an injury for liability to attach. In Shih v. Starbucks…
Burn injury claims are some of the most serious personal injury actions in California. Such was the case in a recent lawsuit involving the severe burning of a minor in a public park has become a precedent setting decision after it was ruled that the defendants in the case, East…