Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Five Reasons Schools are Responsible for Violent School Injuries
The number of school shootings that caused serious or fatal injuries skyrocketed during the 2021-22 school year. Other violent incidents, such as fights and bullying, increased as well. Once upon a time, landowners, which in this case is a school district, were never legally responsible for such injuries. Today, the school district might be… Read More »
Breaking Down a Grocery Store Fall Claim
Indoor and outdoor slip and falls are the leading cause of injury accidents among grocery store employees and customers. Bad falls usually cause permanent injuries. Head injuries usually cause personality changes and have other neurological effects. Broken bones, especially broken leg or hip bones, often permanently limit mobility. These permanent injuries make these cases… Read More »
If I Was Hurt in a Motorcycle Crash, Do I Automatically Get a Settlement?
You’d think so, given the serious injuries these riders usually sustain. Motorcyclists are thirty times more likely to die in collisions than vehicle occupants. But unfortunately, the answer to this question is no. Insurance companies care little or nothing about what’s right or fair, despite the claims they make in TV commercials. When the… Read More »
Thanksgiving Day Rollover Wreck Kills Four People
Only one person survived a rollover wreck on Thanksgiving Day on State Route 94 in San Diego. The crash occurred on the eastbound side of State Route 94, just west of Home Avenue. The CHP said a 26-year-old La Mesa man lost control of the BMW he was driving, causing it to overturn and… Read More »
Legal Options in Distracted Driver Cases
Distracted living and working are everyday activities for most people. We multitask at home and at the office. In fact, many people don’t feel comfortable unless they’re juggling two or three activities at once, like eating and talking or texting and working. Divided attention is usually perfectly safe in a controlled, stable environment. Although… Read More »
Breaking Down an Alcohol-Related Wreck in California
Before coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, a long-term drunk driver crackdown appeared to be working. The number of alcohol-related car crashes had been slowly, but steadily, declining since the mid 1990s. Drivers began taking more chances, such as drinking and driving, when roads emptied. Usually, bad habits are easy to form and hard to break. Drinking… Read More »
What Causes Bus Accidents?
Travel may be back to normal after pandemic lockdowns, but large buses aren’t any safer than they were before. In fact, the number of serious bus accidents has increased 25 percent since 2010. Usually, the parties, including the victims and the tortfeasor (negligent actor) are from different counties in California, or even from different… Read More »
Dog Bite Injuries in California
In 2022, for the first time in history, insurance companies, mostly homeowners insurance companies, paid more than $1 billion to settle animal attack injury claims. Individual settlements are especially high in jurisdictions like The Golden State that have victim-friendly dog bite laws. California victims may recover based on the strict liability law in California… Read More »
The Five Kinds of PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a physical brain injury that comes in several forms, which are outlined below. Extreme stress, like the stress of a car wreck, shrinks the hippocampus. This part of the brain controls logical responses to everyday situations. As a result, these victims cannot react rationally to everyday events. Instead, they… Read More »
What to Expect in a Burn Injury Case
Among other things, burn injury victims can expect high medical bills in these cases. If burns cover more than 50 percent of the body, the average burn injury medical bill is over $750,000. Semi-truck wrecks often cause such catastrophic injuries. These vehicles carry hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel, which burns at a different… Read More »
