Pursley Personal Injury Law Blog
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 »
Impairment and Intoxication: What’s the Difference?
In some ways there’s no difference between driver impairment and driver intoxication, because quite frankly, dead is dead. A third of tortfeasors (negligent drivers) who cause fatal collisions have a BAC level of at least .01. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the number of fatal drunk driver crashes had been declining steadily since the 1990s…. Read More »
Fatal Pedestrian Accident in Encinitas
A 12-year-old girl, who was in a crosswalk at the time, was killed in an April 25, 2025 vehicle collision in Encinitas. Officials said a Nissan Xterra, driven by a 44-year-old man, was heading westbound when it collided with a Ford Fusion driven by another 44-year-old man. The force of the collision caused the… Read More »
How Much Does Workers’ Comp Pay in California?
Usually, workers’ comp pays two-thirds of a job injury victim’s average weekly wage for the duration of a temporary or permanent disability. The AWW formula includes a nationwide average. A truck driver in Oceanside usually earns much more than a truck driver in Omaha. Furthermore, the AWW anticipates future lost income. If Ben’s work-related… Read More »
Breaking Down the Seat Belt Defense in California
The seat belt defense is based on a concept lawyers call mitigation of damages. If John’s house catches fire, he cannot simply watch it burn down. He must make some effort to put out the fire. In the same way, when people climb into motor vehicles, they have a legal responsibility to look after… Read More »
