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What to Do After a Motorcycle Accident

As a motorcyclist, a simple accident can change your life. Motorcyclists are among the least protected drivers on the road. Those vulnerabilities allow a car or truck driver to seriously injure you, while they drive away unscathed. When a vehicle turns into your path or bumps you from the rear, it may cause catastrophic injuries. Read More

What You Should Look for in a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer and How One Can Help You

A motorcycle ride that ends in a collision may result in major life changes for you and your family. From serious injuries to the death of a loved one, a motorcycle accident caused by a negligent driver demands justice. The pursuit of legal action against the responsible party is difficult during your period of recovery Read More

The Unique Hazards of Tanker Truck Accidents and How to Avoid Them

Tanker trucks transport a variety of liquids and gasses across the United States. That tank can contain substances such as gas, water, liquid sugar, molasses, or industrial chemicals. As a driver traveling near a tanker truck, you may have no idea what chemicals or substances that tanker truck contains. While they offer valuable services to Read More

T-bone Truck Accidents

Any motor vehicle accident can cause catastrophic or fatal injuries. However, few crashes can match the extreme and deadly forces of a truck T-boning a car. You would be lucky to survive a T-bone truck accident, although that does not mean that anyone feels lucky after getting injured in one. More often than not, a Read More

Common Factors in Tow Truck Accidents and How to Avoid Them

When you find yourself stranded by the side of the road, in a parking lot, or after an accident that causes severe damage to your vehicle, the arrival of a tow truck can be an enormous relief. Thanks to the tow truck, you can safely move your vehicle to a new location, get it out Read More

Motorcycle Laws

The Rules You Must Follow When Sharing the Road With Motorcycles Bikers need to follow a set of comprehensive laws and regulations when riding on the roads in California. Other drivers sharing the road with them, however, must also take certain precautions to decrease the risk of an accident. With California’s scenic highways and great Read More

The Most Common Bicycle Accidents

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that more than 700 people die in bicycle crashes on roads across the United States each year. Thousands suffer injuries, some of which are debilitating and lead to permanent disability. Fortunately, bicycle accident fatalities have declined over the last few years from a high of 852 deaths Read More

How to Find a Personal Injury Lawyer

Suffering injuries in an accident that was not your fault creates frustration, but also confusion. You may face serious medical injuries that require extensive help. Understanding what you need to do next can present additional stress and worry. You may not know exactly how you will get better. You may not know how you will Read More

How Much Is My Accident Injury Claim Worth?

The worth of your accident injury claim depends on a variety of factors, making it impossible to provide you a specific amount or guarantee a specific financial outcome from a settlement or jury award. Lawyers and insurance companies use a variety of methods to assess the value of your accident injury claim, and the insurance Read More

How Much Does It Cost to Talk to a Lawyer?

The cost of hiring a lawyer weighs heavily on your mind when you have suffered an unexpected injury in an incident or accident. Suddenly, medical bills start to pile up on the kitchen table. You miss time at work, burning through sick days and paid time off, before going without a paycheck altogether. Meanwhile, life Read More

How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Lawyer?

One of the first and most pressing questions people have when they think of engaging a lawyer to represent them is a simple one: how much does it cost to hire a lawyer? It’s an excellent question. Lawyers have a reputation for providing pricey services. If you’re a victim of an accident or other trauma, Read More

How Long Does a Personal Injury Lawsuit Take?

Suffering any type of injury is a frustrating and exhausting experience. It can also be a painful one, depending on the type of injuries you received. You probably want nothing more than to recover from your injuries and get back to your regular life. Adding insult to injury, the personal injury claims process can be Read More

How Long After an Accident Can You Claim Injury?

Why Acting Quickly is Essential for Your Case A statute of limitations sets a deadline for pursuing legal action. The time between your injury and your deadline to build a case is not long. The tight timeline is why you need immediate medical attention following an accident that results in injuries for you or a Read More

Causes of Motorcycle Accidents

Of course, there are lots of great reasons to ride a motorcycle. Riders enjoy the feel of the open road, the sense of adventure, and a connection to the journey of traveling from one place to another. The feeling of freedom offered by riding a motorcycle simply cannot be achieved from the confines of a Read More

After Suffering a Brain Injury From a Motorcycle Accident

In the United States, the number of motorcycle accident fatalities and injuries have shown a slight decrease in specific years. However, this group of travelers remains around twenty-eight times more likely than passengers of other motor vehicles to be killed in an accident. The most common fatal injury to be suffered by motorcycle riders and Read More

Rideshare Sexual Assaults

For the year of 2018 alone, Uber drivers made 3,045 reports of sexual assaults in the United States.  On December 5, 2019, the New York Times published an article about the recent safety report done by Uber Technologies.  It is important to be informed about the statistics of ride-share assaults, tips on how to protect Read More

Kohl’s Three-Wick Candle Recall Due to Fire Hazard

On November 10, 2020, Kohl’s issued a recall for over 500,000 SONOMA Goods For Life branded three-wick candles for fire and burn hazards. The National Consumer Product Safety Commission warns consumers that the three-wick candle flames can ignite the surface of the wax and/or cause the glass container to break. The three-wick candles subject of Read More

Concussion Without Loss of Consciousness

When you have a concussion, you might not know it. It does not always affect people the way they think it would. You do not have to pass out or fall to the ground with excruciating pain. If you are in a car accident, you might tell the investigating officer that you feel just fine. Read More

Long Term Effects of “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury

At Gomez Trial Attorneys, we find that people often think a concussion is not serious enough, as injuries go, to give them legal rights to compensation. When we encounter one of these individuals, we always tell them that nothing could be further from the truth and that the term “mild traumatic brain injury” is a Read More

Nausea After Hitting Head: How a Brain Injury Can Affect Your Body and Your Life

Striking your head against a hard surface can affect your body in multiple ways. As home to one of the body’s most important organs—the brain—hitting your head can leave you feeling downright sick. If you suffer nausea after hitting your head, seek medical attention immediately. If the accident that caused you to strike your head Read More

Recent Posts

• What to Do After a Motorcycle Accident
• What You Should Look for in a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer and How One Can Help You
• The Unique Hazards of Tanker Truck Accidents and How to Avoid Them
• T-bone Truck Accidents
• Common Factors in Tow Truck Accidents and How to Avoid Them

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