Buying or selling real estate can be one of the most significant financial transactions you'll ever make. With high stakes involved, it's important to understand your rights should your contract be breached. In California, specific laws protect both buyers and sellers when things go wrong in a real estate deal. Knowing what...
Mediation and Arbitration in Real Estate Contract Disputes
Real estate transactions involve significant financial stakes, and when disputes arise, it’s extremely important to resolve them as quickly as possible. While litigation is an option, it's often costly and time-consuming. In California, many real estate disputes are resolved through mediation or arbitration—two forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that offer quicker,...
Essential Estate Planning Documents in California
Estate planning is a critical step to take in the path to securing your legacy and ensuring the well-being of your loved ones. This is true in any state, California included.
To help ensure that you are maximizing the benefits of estate planning, we are going to...
Common Causes of Personal Injuries in California
What starts the need to file a personal injury claim? Well, there are a variety of personal injury causes that would necessitate the pursuit of a personal injury claim to seek proper compensation for the harm a person has suffered.
After all, when someone else’s negligence or...
Pre-Existing Conditions and Your Injury Claim
Personal injury claims arise when a person is injured due to the negligence or wrongful actions of someone else. These claims can encompass a wide range of incidents, from car accidents and slip and fall accidents to medical malpractice and product liability cases.
Navigating the...
The Benefits of New Parents Establishing a Trust
Becoming a new parent is undoubtedly one of life’s most transformative experiences. It ushers in a profound sense of joy, love, and fulfillment. It also, however, brings forth an array of new responsibilities, many of which revolve around ensuring your child’s welfare and security. Among these responsibilities, financial planning often takes center...
The Continuing Risks of Severe Burn Injuries
If you sustain a burn in an accident, you may notice some of the more immediate symptoms that are associated with this type of injury. The burn site may begin blistering that ends up leaking fluid. There may be significant pain, but burns can also be painless as well. The area may...
The Dangers of Texting While Driving
We are more reliant on our phones than ever before. At times it seems as if our phones have become an extension of ourselves. We are tied to them and most of us look at them frequently. Most of the time, this may not be ideal, but it’s fine. We use our...
What Causes a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Traumatic brain injuries are as scary as they sound. When the brain sustains trauma, the whole body can suffer as a result. The side effects of a traumatic brain injury can mean life altering consequences for a person. While traumatic brain injuries vary in severity, they should be taken seriously, nonetheless....
Factors that Increase the Risk of a Truck Accident
All drivers on the road have an obligation to one another to drive safely and comply with the rules of the road. This applies to drivers of motorcycles, cars, semi-trucks and everything in between.
Semi-truck drivers, however, are held to even higher standards than others on the road...