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Northern California Wildfire Debris Removal Suits Filed
The Bohemian Two contracting companies that cleared fire debris in the North Bay last year have been defrauding the federal government on contracts across the ...
Arns Davis Law Files Lawsuit Against BART on Behalf of Family of Nia Wilson
From the San Francisco Chronicle Just days after BART kicked off a security blitz aimed at curbing fare evaders, the family of a woman killed ...
Arns Davis Law Will File Complaint against BART for Stabbing Death
is preparing to file a lawsuit on behalf of the family of Nia Wilson, the woman tragically killed the night of Sunday, July ...
Ask the Expert: Severe Penalties for Employers Who Deny Rest Breaks
The SF Building Trades "Organized Labor" Newsletter will run an "Ask the Expert" column featuring attorney Kevin Osborne responding to worker questions regarding ...
Majority Rules: The Consensus on the Retained Control Doctrine
Premises liability law regarding workers on construction sites developed its own path over the last fifty years. This subset of cases involves injuries occurring on ...
The Ins and Outs of Expert Disclosure under California Code of Civil Procedure § 2034
An expert witness can make or break a case. A good expert grabs the jury’s attention and offers the moral authority of a saint. A ...
Current Construction Injury Law in California
Since the last issue of the Forum dedicated to construction litigation, a number of cases have refined the area of construction injury law, but none ...
Elsner v. Uveges and OSHA into Evidence
Representing workers injured on construction sites just became easier with the recent Supreme Court decision of Elsner v. Uveges (2004) 34 Cal.4th 915, where the ...
Admissibility of Insurance/Indemnity Agreements
A motion in limine to exclude evidence of insurance is familiar to every trial attorney who practices in the personal injury field. As a matter ...
AB 1127: Back to the Future For the New Millennium
On October 6, 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed legislation intended to increase OSHA fines for serious violations. Freshman Assembly Member Darryl Steinberg from Sacramento sponsored ...
Handling Injury & Death Cases Arising Out of Construction Incidents: 10Basic Concepts
This article discusses 10 basic concepts utilized in the prosecution of death and injury cases arising out of construction incidents. It is indisputable that construction ...
Recent Developments Regarding AB 1127
As discussed in my prior article, "Back to the Future for the New Millennium," Forum, Dec. 1999, AB 1127 instituted a number of fundamental changes ...
Calculating the Judgment on Jury Verdict: Where Art Meets the MathNightmare
INTRODUCTION Accurately evaluating economic and non-economic damages before verdict is an art form mastered by only the most experienced lawyer. However, such predictions are becoming ...
Admissibility of Subsequent Remedial Measures in a Premises or Construction Incident Case
You are in the middle of trial on a work-site injury case where the plaintiff is severely injured from a 20-foot fall following a collapse ...
