Blog Posts in June, 2011
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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