Author name: Tom Feher, Esq.

After a California crash: how med pay covers medical bills, who pays for your rental car, and how to dispute a lowball total-loss value. Plain-language guide.

California law strongly protects elders. Nursing home abuse and neglect claims can recover damages plus enhanced remedies and attorney fees under the Elder Abuse Act.

If your child was hurt on a California school bus, you may be able to sue, but a government-claim deadline as short as 6 months applies. What parents must do.

In California, parents can be liable when their teen driver causes a crash, through signed-license liability and negligent entrustment. What parents need to know.

When a California insurer unreasonably denies or delays your valid claim, that is bad faith. You may recover the claim plus extra damages. How to prove it.

Most California personal injury settlements are NOT taxable. Compensation for physical injury is tax-free; interest and punitive damages are taxable. Full breakdown.

Constructive discharge in California lets you sue as if you were fired when conditions were made intolerable. Settlements commonly range $30,000 to $300,000+.

PTSD from a California car accident is compensable. Settlements typically add $20,000 to $200,000+ to a claim when the diagnosis is documented.

Burn injury settlements in California range widely from $50,000 to $8 million+, driven by burn degree, body surface area, and reconstruction needs.

Amputation settlements in California commonly range from $500,000 to $5 million+, driven by prosthetics, revisions, and lost earning capacity.

Catastrophic injury settlements in California commonly reach $1 million to $10 million+ due to lifelong care costs. How these high-value claims are valued.

Average pedestrian accident settlements in California range from $25,000 to $500,000+, with severe or fatal cases far higher. How pedestrian claims are valued.