Pocrass & De Los Reyes is moving. Just across the street, but we have loads of office furniture available that will not be making the move with us. We’re offering nonprofits the furniture free. Some pieces we may be able to help you move, but some of it will be on your own. Please take a …
It’s just another day in paradise. You’re on your morning commute or on your Saturday morning ride when some driver decides to make a right (or left) turn into you and your 18-lb. bike with their 3,000+-lb. car. Good-bye paradise. After the Crash As you untangle yourself from your bike, you take inventory. No blood. …
Top Questions A Bicycle Attorney Is Asked About A Bicycle Crash Lawsuit After 30+ years of representing people who suffered serious personal injuries in a bicycle crash or families who lost a loved one in a wrongful death, there are some questions that I’m asked 99% of the time during a first call. Here is …
Los Angeles bicycle collision lawyer Jim Pocrass was again named to list of The Best Lawyers in America© for 2019 for his work in personal injury litigation. First selected to the list in 2012, this makes Jim Pocrass’s seventh year on the prestigious list. “What makes this award particularly meaningful to me is that the …
If I hadn’t come upon Los Angeles Times writer Robin Abcarian’s article about the danger of Bird scooters, I would never have realized that Bird-sponsored AB 2989 was about to pass the California Senate and become law. I question whether that would be a good thing. The Bird-Brain Bill AB 2989 California Vehicle Code 407.5 …
Someone asked me recently whether a moped – a motorized bicycle – is forbidden from using Class IV bikeways, also known as protected bike lanes. After doing some research, I believe so. Here’s my interpretation of the law. Motorized Bicycle – Moped – Laws In 2001, the United States Congress passed Public Law 107-319. It …
Bicycle riding legally on the sidewalk in Los Angeles is a crap shoot. Some cities – the City of Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, and Pasadena, for instance – permit it. Others – such as the County of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Palmdale – forbid it completely. Then there are the cities that permit it, …
Every one of us has shaken our heads in disgust as we read article after article, month after month, how a hit and run driver who is apprehended and brought to court on criminal charges gets a slap on the wrist or is allowed to plead to lesser charges. To be convicted in criminal …
It’s that time of year again when legislators and special interests hold their breath hoping that the Governor will either sign their legislation into law or doesn’t sign it by Oct. 15 so it becomes law on its own. Two transportation bills that can effect bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists and even motor vehicles were signed yesterday. …
I recently represented a cyclist who was the victim of a hit and run collision that broke almost every bone in his body and caused traumatic brain injuries. The driver of the car turned out to be a 19-year-old woman who was driving drunk. She claimed not to have known that she hit my client, …
As a Los Angeles “bike accident lawyer,” I have handled hundreds of “bike accident” cases. This has resulted in my seeing first-hand how people who have suffered life-altering injuries because of the negligence or carelessness of another have struggled and coped. I see their struggle to heal: physically, emotionally and financially. One cyclist whose accident …
Immediately after any type of motor vehicle “accident” (bicycle, pedestrian, motorcycle, car), most people have one of two reactions: 1.) to blame the other person or 2.) to say, “I’m sorry; it was my fault.” I – and every other personal injury lawyer worth their law degree – counsel people to NEVER, EVER admit fault …