Pursley Personal Injury Law Blog
What Do You Do When Your Dog Bites You?
The first thing you do after a dog bite is see a doctor. As outlined below, dog bite injuries are very serious and usually occur in stages. These conditions are usually degenerative. Any delay greatly complicates the medical treatment process. An unexpected trip to the emergency room usually means a long wait and an… Read More »
What are the Three Kinds of Distracted Drivers?
As outlined below, the three kinds of distracted drivers are visually, manually, and cognitively distracted drivers. Frequently, at least two of these categories overlap. Hand-held cell phones, which are illegal for drivers to use in California and most other states, combine all three kinds of distracted drivers. If one or more forms of driver… Read More »
Five Common Bus Crash Injuries
Bus driver error, such as extreme fatigue or distraction, causes about 90 percent of the bus crash injuries in California. Many bus drivers are behind the wheel early in the morning or late at night. Most people are naturally drowsy at these times, regardless of the amount of sleep they had the previous night…. Read More »
Teenager Critically Injured in Mountain View Crash
An 18-year old woman is clinging to life after she was thrown into the windshield in a May 5, 2025 collision. A 21-year-old man behind the wheel of a 2009 Honda Accord took the offramp from southbound Interstate 805 at 2:35 a.m. and failed to stop at the red traffic light at Imperial Avenue,… Read More »
What Causes Brain Injuries?
Motor vehicle collisions cause most of the brain injuries in California. As outlined below, car crashes combine all three underlying causes of traumatic brain injuries. These injuries are very difficult to diagnose, a fact that the story of Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley sadly illustrates. In 1972, Oakley was in a motorcycle crash… Read More »
What You Should Know About Burn Injuries
Burn injuries are among the most catastrophic personal injuries. The medical bills alone in these cases often exceed $1 million. The external physical injuries are just the beginning. These victims usually develop PTSD, a brain injury that’s caused by a stress-induced chemical imbalance in the brain. The symptoms of PTSD, especially depression and hypervigilance,… Read More »
What Causes Motorcycle Crashes?
Human error, usually aggressive driving or operator impairment, causes over 90 percent of the motorcycle crashes in SoCal. Regardless of the cause of a motorcycle crash, the result is usually the same. These victims usually sustain serious injuries. In fact, the motorcycle rider fatality rate is thirty times higher than the vehicle occupant fatality… Read More »
What are Some Examples of Nursing Home Abuse?
Nursing home abuse, unlike nursing home neglect, is an intentional tort. Intentional tort actors, like assault actors, intend both the conduct (hitting someone) and the result (hurting someone). Unintentional tort actors, like nursing home workers who permit resident-on-resident assaults, intend the conduct (ignoring the situation) but not the result (someone getting hurt). For a… Read More »
What are the Risks of E-Scooters?
E-anything is usually a marketing term. The seller wants consumers to believe the product is easy and safe. E-cigarettes are a good example. Most doctors agree these contraptions are almost as unhealthy and nasty as combustion cigarettes. E-scooters are much the same. These vehicles are a mixture of bicycles and motorcycles. They’re small, fast,… Read More »
Elevator Accidents in California: What You Should Know
Many commercial buildings in SoCal are over fifty years old. So, for the most part, an elevator in a seventy-five-year-old building has 1950s technology. Safety technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since then, but elevators in old buildings often don’t have this technology. The elevators work fine, but that’s about it. Furthermore, the… Read More »
