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Attorney Jared Pursley

Monthly Archives: January 2024

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Your Legal Options Following an Elevator Accident

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Many guests and employees rely on this form of transit. Therefore, elevator safety is an important part of an employer’s or landowner’s duty of care. This duty requires landowners and employers to design and maintain safe workspaces, including safe elevators, inside and outside. Elevators must be in good working order and their floor must… Read More »

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What Causes Electric Scooter Accidents?

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Before we answer this question, we should clear up a common myth. Electric scooter and other crashes usually aren’t accidents. Usually, an “accident” implies that the injury or other incident was unintentional (I accidentally left my keys in the lock and someone broke in the house) or inevitable (I accidentally dropped the ball and… Read More »

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Victim Options Following an Alcohol-Related Wreck

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Coronavirus lockdowns may have reversed the flow in the fight against drunk drivers. Fatal alcohol-related wrecks have increased 14 percent since 2020. Alcohol is an extremely popular party drug that reduces inhibitions (clouds judgment) and relaxes muscles (impairs motor skills). Either effect is dangerous for motorists. For victims, the combination is often deadly. Even… Read More »

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High-Speed Police Chase Kills Two Children

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Two young boys, an 8-year-old and a 4-year-old, were killed in a fireball collision triggered by a high-speed police chase on Interstate 805. After a chase that lasted less than five minutes, California Highway Patrol says a 20-year-old hit-and-run suspect crashed his car into another vehicle at the off-ramp of Interstate 805 at 43rd… Read More »

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Legal Groundwork in Bus Crash Cases

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Municipal and intercity bus crash claims might be the most complex personal injury matters in California. For example, the respondeat superior doctrine usually applies in these wrecks. The public or private company that owned the bus is financially responsible for damages, at least in most cases, even if the bus driver was an independent… Read More »

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Fatal NYEE Crash in Chula Vista

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Investigators believe that the driver’s excessive speed caused a fatal crash on New Years Eve Eve 2023. The driver was heading south on I-805 around 10:25 a.m. when, for unknown reasons, she slammed into a concrete wall on the overpass and crashed through a guardrail, sending her SUV plunging onto the street below, authorities… Read More »

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Possible Defenses in Bicycle Crash Claims

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Bicycle-vehicle collisions have a much higher serious injury rate than vehicle-vehicle collisions. Bicyclists account for about 1 percent of the traffic on California roads. But bicycle riders account for about 2 percent of roadway fatalities in the Golden STate. Bicyclists, unlike vehicle occupants, have no safety restraint systems to protect them. Compensation in serious… Read More »

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What Causes Ridesharing Accidents?

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Ridesharing crashes usually aren’t “accidents.” Instead, driver error causes 98 percent of the vehicle collisions in California. Commercial drivers, like ridesharing operators, are held to a higher standard of care in the Golden State. Therefore, any driver error is usually negligence, or a lack of care. Compensation in a negligence case usually includes money… Read More »

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