What is an ‘Eggshell Plaintiff’ and When Does it Matter? Personal injury law has many complicated factors for determining who is responsible for harm, how much harm they are responsible for, and how much that harm is valued monetarily. It’s easy to imagine a healthy person struck by a reckless driver and suffering several broken bones. But other less quantifiable scenarios arise. What if the...
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Serving a Lawsuit
Why Do I Need to Serve a Lawsuit? When you file paperwork for a lawsuit with the court, the next step is to ensure the other party is aware of it. After all, it would be fundamentally unjust for a court to adjudicate a lawsuit if you were not aware enough to defend yourself. When you file your paperwork, the court will give you two dates. The first date is the service date. The second is the...
California’s Strict Liability for Dog Owners
What is Strict Liability? Most all forms of law, whether criminal or civil, recognize the state of mind of the person who committed the act. In other words, there must have been some level of intent in the actions that caused the injury in order to hold someone liable. This intent could be negligence, failing to act with a reasonable amount of care, or it could be intentional, such as engaging...