Miscellaneous

• Seeking Medical Treatment Immediately After an Accident is a Must

  Shanley Monroe | August 27, 2009 1:37 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Jack and Jill go up the hill in their brand new Honda Civic to get a 12 pack of Aquafina from Circle K. Just as they are pulling out of the parking lot, Hansel and Gretel, who are running from the...

• Don't Pay What You Don't Owe

  Shanley Monroe | July 31, 2009 7:36 PM | 1 CommentStockton, CA

  In today’s economy, most people are very concerned that they not be reported to the credit bureau. With layoffs abounding and prices on the rise, the last thing you need is a bad credit score...

• Bars Serving to Laker Parade Attendees Are Immune From Lawsuits

  Lawrence Knapp | June 17, 2009 2:03 PM | 1 CommentStockton, CA

  The 1978 Legislature made imposition of civil liability for furnishing liquor to an adult expressly prohibited. No Civil Liability. “No person who sells, furnishes, gives, or causes to be...

• California Insurance Companies Are Immune From Third Party Bad Faith Cases

  Lawrence Knapp | June 09, 2009 7:12 PM | 2 CommentsStockton, CA

  You probably don't know it but you can get justice in Kentucky from Insurance Companies run amok, but you can't in California. In this case, for nearly two years, the company – -- American...

• Big Business Brain Washing America

  Lawrence Knapp | June 04, 2009 5:06 PM | 3 CommentsStockton, CA

  The United States Chamber of Commerce, which represents three million businesses, is going to show an ad campaign that omits key facts to movie goers this summer. Big Business hopes that this...

• Sizzler Settlement relates to Current Tomato Scare

  Howard Knapp | June 20, 2008 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  After eight years of battling insurance companies and mega corporations, the Kriefall family has finally held Sizzler responsible for their 3-year old daughter’s death. In 2000, the girl died...

• Ritter Case Demonstrates Value of Jury

  Larry Knapp | March 17, 2008 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  For those who are down on the Civil Justice System for whatever reason, consider the opinion of John Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck. Ms. Yasbeck's husband died under circumstances that led to medical malpractice claims. Several of the defendants, after evaluating their chances in front of a jury, chose to settle their claims. Apparently, there must have been enough merit in the claims that the...

• Civil Justice System Causes Bayer Corporation to Protect the Public

  Larry Knapp | November 06, 2007 7:37 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  This is the kind of publicity the civil justice system routinely fails to garner. While it is easy to target lawyers and lawsuits as the bane of all of society's problems, actions like the recent decision by Bayer to pull its drug Trasylol from the market demonstrate how important it is to have a system of redress that causes powerful corporations to consider the potential penalty of making...

• Rain Leads to More Automobile Accidents

  Larry Knapp | October 18, 2007 8:47 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  I had to take my car into the shop for some maintenance work this week. On the way, as I was driving on Highway 26, I watched a pick-up truck with a rack on it (clearly a contractor) get rear-ended by a small Honda. I could see as the truck was struck how unexpectedly violent and severe the impact was to the driver. It was hard to tell whether the driver had been injured. However, it was...

• Food Poisoning can lead to Injury and Death

  Larry Knapp | October 11, 2007 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Conagra Foods, Inc. is pulling its pot pies from store shelves due to injuries that are hospitalizing people. While the company is not recalling its product, it is offering to reimburse the consumer for the cost of the pie. Food poisoning can lead to system wide infection and organ failure. Thus far there have been no deaths reported.Our office once represented an elderly gentleman who was...