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Prepping for Your Personal Injury Case in California

Depending on the type of personal injury settlement you are seeking, you may need to gather different information. Here’s a short guide to three of the most common types of personal injury cases in California. Slip and fall – Through negligence or fault, you need to show that the owner of the property caused your injury. If you have pictures of the site where the injury occurred, this can be...Read More

Personal Injury Settlements and Pre-Existing Health Problems

If you are preparing for a personal injury suit, you may wonder how your pre-existing health problems may affect your case. For example, what if you were in a car accident and hurt your neck, but you’ve already been seeing a chiropractor for neck pain? Will that reduce the size of your settlement? It doesn’t have to! Here are a couple of helpful tips: Don’t hide your condition – If it is...Read More

Two Musts for Your Estate Plan if You Have Minor Children

If you have kids who are still under 18, you may not even think you are old enough to worry about estate planning. However, you do have to consider unexpected tragedies and how your family could be impacted if you don’t plan ahead. Here are a couple of things that absolutely must be a part of your estate planning if you have children. Set up a trust – A trust can be designed to leave an...Read More

The Absolute Worst Mistakes You Can Make When It Comes to Estate Planning

Estate planning is one of those activities that people often procrastinate over. After all, whether you are young and healthy right now or you are getting older and experiencing health problems, no one wants to think about their mortality. However, this is something really important for your loved ones. Here are the absolute worst mistakes that you can make when it comes to estate planning so...Read More

Sharing the Right Information with Your Lawyer After an Injury

A personal injury attorney can help you to reach a better settlement with a corporation or insurance company. However, you have to share the right information with your lawyer to help the case move along quickly and favorably for you. Here are some important questions to answer: How were you injured? – From dog attacks to motor vehicle accidents, people suffer injuries in all sorts of ways...Read More

Cycling Safely in Southern California

The US experiences a shocking amount of loss due to motor vehicle accidents involving bicycles. The fact is that when someone on a bike is struck by a car, there are almost always going to be major medical expenses as well as missed workdays. We’ve compiled a few of the best safe riding tips to help you bike safely around southern California. Always assume drivers won’t see you – A person...Read More

Estate Plan Considerations for Frequent Flyers

While you can’t think of every possible contingency when developing your estate plan, you want to give consideration to matters that are relevant both in general and for your family in particular. If you travel on a regular basis, that means that there should be a few extra contingencies in your plan. Here are two things that you need to think about. Does your estate plan take into account...Read More

Caring for Beneficiaries Who Live with Mental Illness

Just about every American family knows first-hand what it is like to deal with mental illness. This is because one recent article reported that nearly a third of American’s will have an anxiety disorder at some point in their life, and more than 20% will experience depression or another mood disorder. You have to account for this when you are leaving an estate for your loved ones. Here are a...Read More