LA Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions , a case now awaiting a California Supreme Court decree that could have multibillion-dollar consequences is a chance for consumers to keep the longstanding ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
Unfortunately, the California Assembly Insurance Committee bowed to heavy insurance industry lobbying and blocked the Underinsured Motorist legislation giving motorists the full benefit of their ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
Woodland Hills Personal Injury attorney , Barry P. Goldberg contends that the combination of the poor economy and the dated minimum statutory limits makes the time right to readjust the intent of the ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
California’s Compulsory Financial Responsibility Law (Ins. Code §16056) requires every driver and owner of a motor vehicle to be financially responsible for their actions. The statutory minimum limits ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
The case law has reinforced the undesirable limit to recovery to amounts less than a policy holder might reasonably expect. In Lopez v. Allstate Insurance Co. , (1993) 14 Cal.App.4 th 1835, both the ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
Uninsured motorist coverage is easy to explain. An uninsured vehicle is a vehicle which has no bodily injury liability insurance at the time of an accident . An uninsured operator is a driver who has ...
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Posted on May 27, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
The basic purpose of the uninsured motorist statute was to minimize losses to the people who are involved in accidents with uninsured or financially irresponsible motorists. Under the statute, at ...
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Posted on May 20, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
Woodland Hills personal injury attorney Barry P. Goldberg believes that California consumers buy uninsured motorist coverage with the mistaken belief that they are fully protected by the amount of ...
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Posted on May 2, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
This is my first blog entry. It is my hope that I will provide useful information, commentary and analysis on areas I have spent 27 years studying and putting into my personal injury practice. As a ...
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Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Barry Goldberg
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Los Angeles personal injury web site and law blog! We have an RSS feed available for you here .
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