The California Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Evaluating Third Person Liability.

As a top personal injury law firm, the law office of Barry P. Goldberg in Woodland Hills receives many inquiries from victims who have been injured in an accident—often wondering who can be held liable.  The responsibility of persons directly involved in the accident is often clear: of course, they can be held liable. What…

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A CCP 998 Offer to Compromise Must be in the Proper Form

Woodland Hills car accident attorney Barry P. Goldberg has written several articles regarding the use of Code of Civil Procedure section 998 Offers to Compromise. In fact, his west San Fernando Valley personal injury law office uses 998 Offers to Compromise in every case in litigation, including uninsured and underinsured motorist arbitrations in order to…

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Hand-Off Errors

As a medical malpractice lawyer, Mishkind Kulwicki Law Co., L.P.A. will review medical journals on an ongoing basis in order to stay current on medical standards of care. After all, medical negligence is defined as medical care that falls below accepted standards of medical care. These standards can sometimes be found in professional guidelines, recommendations…

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How to Choose a Personal Injury Lawyer

Woodland Hills personal injury lawyer Barry P. Goldberg is quizzed by prospective new clients regularly in their desperate attempt to ask the right questions which might possibly provide enough information for them to choose a personal injury lawyer. Sometimes they ask all the right questions. Sometimes they ask questions which could not possibly give them…

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The 6 Top Reasons Why It Is Worth Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer?

Woodland Hills personal injury lawyer Barry P. Goldberg is asked by prospective new clients on a regular basis; “Is it worth hiring a personal injury lawyer?”  Believe it or not, the answer varies with the circumstances. On many simple fender-bender accidents with very minor property damage and very moderate injuries, it may be preferable to…

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Mastering Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations

Mastering Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitrations Initiating arbitration, conducting discovery, obtaining an enforceable award, and recovering allowable costs in UM/UIM arbitrations. Uninsured and underinsured motorist arbitrations should be relatively straightforward and self-executing. However, they are not. The California Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Law, Insurance Code section 11580.2, set out to provide a prompt and relatively inexpensive resolution…

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Underinsured Motorist Time Limits and Deadlines.

Woodland Hills car accident lawyer Barry P. Goldberg is known as an expert in Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist law and arbitration. Recently, he was consulted by another personal injury lawyer regarding the outside time to complete an Underinsured Motorist arbitration and whether there are any time requirements for prosecuting an Underinsured Motorist arbitration. Unfortunately, many…

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