4 WAYS TO AVOID A COLLISION IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. If you regularly drive in the Bay Area, there is a good chance that you have encountered road construction. In fact, California officials are tackling the largest road-improvement project in recent years. Still, if you are not careful, you may find yourself in the middle of a collision in a construction zone. Car crashes in construction zones are likely more common than you think. Because a collision in a construction area may leave you with a catastrophic injury, you must do what you can to avoid one altogether. Here are four tips: ...

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Fatal car accident may have been due to DUI

On behalf of Shea & Shea – A Professional Law Corporation posted in motor vehicle accidents on Monday, December 2, 2019. When a car crash happens, it can change a family’s life in the blink of an eye. A collision that results in the loss of life or in a serious injury can devastate a family both emotionally and financially. When the crash happens because of someone else’s carelessness, the tragedy is often amplified. This may be what some California families are experiencing after a recent car accident took one life and left two children seriously injured. According to law enforcement, the crash happened on a recent late ...

Categories: Motor Vehicle Accidents

Amputations are some of the most severe catastrophic injuries

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in catastrophic injuries on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Losing a body part is naturally traumatic, and amputations are typically life-changing injuries. Like all other catastrophic injuries suffered in California, if the negligence of another party caused them, the victim might have grounds for a legal claim. Amputations can involve the loss of a finger, arm, toe or leg, and it might limit the victim's earning capacity as treatment causes extended periods of lost workdays; sometimes, the victim cannot return to the same occupation. Accidents can cause partial ...

Categories: Catastrophic Injuries

What are California’s default speed limits?

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in motor vehicle accidents on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. It goes without saying that speeding can increase the chances of a person being involved in or causing a car accident in San Jose. Yet many people may miss the general purpose of speed limits. They might think that is the speed at which one traveling through an area must drive. Likewise, some might actually think that there is no speed limit through an area where none is officially posted. These assumptions may lead the person that caused your car accident to claim that they were not violating speed limit la ...

Categories: Motor Vehicle Accidents

WHAT ARE THE THREE CATEGORIES OF INTRACRANIAL HEMATOMA?

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in traumatic brain injuries on Monday, October 7, 2019. An intracranial hematoma in California is a potentially life-threatening traumatic brain injury. It causes blood to collect and pool inside the skull, putting pressure on the brain. If you or someone you know experiences an intracranial hematoma, it is important to seek medical treatment as soon as you can. However, you may not realize right away that a hematoma may have taken place. In the first place, it is a closed head injury that can occur without any fracture of the skull or penetration of a forei ...

Categories: Traumatic Brain Injuries

Motorcycle accident claims life of 70-year-old man

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in motor vehicle accidents on Saturday, October 19, 2019. Though most people who ride motorcycles follow proper safety precautions, they can't always count on others to do the same. Since motorbikes are considerably smaller and offer less protection than passenger vehicles, bikers face increased risk when they get into a motorcycle accident. They are more likely to suffer a serious injury or even lose their life. This was the sad case for one California motorcyclist who died recently after being hit by a pickup truck. Authorities say that the collision happene ...

Categories: Motor Vehicle Accidents

Survival actions explained

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in catastrophic injuries on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Those in San Jose who are involved in accidents that result in extensive injuries may have cause to pursue claims against the people that caused said accidents. Yet before they can initiate action, they typically need time to recover from their injuries. Many often wonder, then, what happens if those people ultimately die before being able to pursue their claims? The immediate assumption may be either that their claim dies with them, or those that they leave behind file a wrongful death lawsuit on their beh ...

Categories: Catastrophic Injuries

The dangers of tire blow outs

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in personal injury law on Friday, August 30, 2019. Unfortunately, many Californian drivers do not understand the true risks that a blown-out tire can present. Understanding what to do in the aftermath of a tire blow-out can potentially help a driver avoid a future crash. First, FindLaw examines some of the potential sources of weakness in a tire. Manufacturing errors can and do lead to tire blow-outs. They may result in zipper failures, bead failures, and tread separation. A zipper failure occurs when the sidewall of a tire catastrophically fails and tears. Be ...

Categories: Personal Injury Law

Revealing the dangers of eating and drinking while driving

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in motor vehicle accidents on Monday, August 19, 2019. In the immediate aftermath of you having been involved in a car accident in San Jose, your first thoughts may be how is that the person that caused the accident could have lost control of their vehicle in the way that they did. After seeing them with food or grease stains on their clothing (or spills on the seats or floor of their vehicle, you may just have your answer. Many of those that come to see us here at Shea & Shea - a Professional Law Corporation are surprised at just how distracting eating while d ...

Categories: Motor Vehicle Accidents

Woman arrested following fatal crash in Tulare County

On behalf of Shea & Shea - A Professional Law Corporation posted in motor vehicle accidents on Monday, August 5, 2019. The term “car accident” is used to describe collisions between vehicles on San Jose’s streets because most such incidents are indeed accidents in which the people that caused them had no intention of causing harm. While that may have little impact on the devastating outcomes that such accidents can produce, it may affect the attitudes of those involved. However, when one acts so recklessly as to show an indifference towards the safety of others, then the decision of whether or not to seek legal action foll ...

Categories: Motor Vehicle Accidents

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