Woodland Hills Personal Injury Attorney Barry P. Goldberg has analyzed the laws on sidewalk bicycle riding and advises his friends, family and clients to not ride on the sidewalks even if legal in certain places. Bicyclists are vulnerable to accident and injury even in the best of traffic circumstances. The injuries can be life changing or even…
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Woodland Hills Personal Injury Attorney Barry P. Goldberg was recently hired to represent an 18 year old traffic collision victim who was violently rear ended on the freeway—A very serious accident to be sure. During the initial interview, discussion about expectations with the victim and her family, it occurred to Mr. Goldberg that the topics addressed may give important…
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Woodland Hills Personal Injury Attorney Barry P. Goldberg was recently hired to represent an 18 year old traffic collision victim who was violently rear ended on the freeway—A very serious accident to be sure. During the initial interview, discussion about expectations with the victim and her family, it occurred to Mr. Goldberg that the topics addressed may…
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Should California Provide Drivers’ Licenses Regardless of Immigration Status? A public safety and uninsured-motorist perspectiveand Los Angeles Uninsured/Underinsured motorist expert Barry P. Goldberg contends that regardless of whether one sides with various liberal immigration policies or stricter (yet seldom enforced) guidelines, it is now inescapable that illegal immigration is a major public safety concern on…
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Los Angeles Uninsured Motorist Attorney Barry P. Goldberg advocates passage of California Assembly Bill AB 862. That Bill is a logical first step in empowering responsible California motorists to be able to adequately insure themselves against the epidemic of uninsured and underinsured drivers in the State of California. In short, the Bill will allow California motorists…
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Woodland Hills personal injury attorney really understands why California drivers have such a hard time understanding Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist coverage. That is why he is becoming known as the Los Angeles Uninsured Motorist Attorney. It is not hard to see that California Insurance Code §11580.2 (“the Uninsured Motorist Law”) is poorly written and not logically organized. More…
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Los Angeles Uninsured Motorist Attorney Barry P. Goldberg counsels those injured by “underinsured” motorists, and their attorneys, to become familiar with the Uninsured Motorist Statute and to always read the applicable insurance policies. After appropriately settling with the underinsured motorist, with all of the attendant conditions and proof, it can sometimes be a task to…
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Los Angeles Uninsured Motorist Attorney Barry P. Goldberg is concerned that most insureds and many personal injury lawyers do not understand some of the unfair anomalies created when accident victims with excellent Uninsured Motorist Coverage are in multi-car collisions. Often an unfair result is created where the “at fault” party has insurance, but because of…
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Los Angeles Uninsured Motorist Attorney Barry P. Goldberg is concerned that most insureds and many personal injury lawyers do not understand some of the unfair anomalies created when accident victims with excellent Uninsured Motorist Coverage are in multi-car collisions. Often an unfair result is created where the “at fault” party has insurance, but because of a multiplicity of injured…
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Los Angeles Uninsured Motorist Attorney, Barry P. Goldberg, observes that Underinsured Motorist claims are always “exhausting!” Underinsured motorist coverage requires exhaustion of the tortfeasor’s policy limits and submission of proof of payment to the insurer. (Wedemeyer v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 1297, 1303) In California, auto insurance policies must provide coverage for insureds where the…
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