The California Serious Injury Lawyers Group Has Added Food Poisoning Attorneys, Supplementing its General Personal Injury Practice, as Auto And Motorcycle Accident Lawyers, Premises Liability Attorneys, Medical Malpractice and Drug Product Liability Lawyers.
Our Serious Injury Attorneys Group has expanded its already broad personal injury lawyer practice to include a very highly qualified affiliate California food poisoning attorney with a particular interest in E. coli HUS Listeria and Salmonella cases. Nick Allis is a former President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. As a part of honing his skills specifically to become a premier food poisoning lawyer, this highly acclaimed attorney learned the subject from the bottom up, including by taking the course in "food management" and passing the test to become a "certified food manager." This represents the kind of dedication that our Serious Injury Law Group appreciates in our affiliate lawyers. The addition of food poisoning law to the practice areas of the Serious Injury Attorneys Law Group is intended to further extend our personal injury practice coverage and our commitment to excellence. Our California medical malpractice lawyers have a particular interest in obstetrical malpractice and birth injury cases. We have also made important contributions to change the standards of medical and hospital care nationwide, including by bringing what was heralded in the press as the first AIDS medical fraud case in the United States[1], resulting in a widely acclaimed multimillion dollar jury verdict against the physicians for medical malpractice and fraud and against the hospital for conspiracy to defraud the patients. The lead medical malpractice attorney, Ray Henke, also testified before the United States House of Representatives with regard to the case, urging the importance of controlling health fraud.[2]
Our California pharmaceutical product liability attorneys are currently are involved in or investigating the Ortho Evra Patch and its alleged association with heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolis: Digiteck cases arising from an alleged manufacturing defect resulting in over dosage, contaminated Heparin manufactured at Baxter's China facilities allegedly resulting in anaphylactic reaction; and Requip, a Parkinson's drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline which has allegedly resulted in an increased incidence of compulsive gambling. Our drug side effect lawyers are also investigating Chantix, a Pfizer drug which the FDA has warned of a high incidence of reports of serious depression, suicide and attempted suicide.
Our auto accident lawyers represent those seriously injured as the result of motorcycle, bicycle and big rig truck accidents. Our California auto accident lawyers" have published scientific review articles on cell phone accident litigation, and have campaigned for comprehensive bans on the use of all cell phones while driving, including both handheld or hands-free cell phones. According to our research, the scientific evidence demonstrates that conversation by handheld and hands-free cell phone results in the identical DUI level driving impairment and 4-5 fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident. Our auto accident lawyers who see the outcomes of these accidents feel strongly that it is essential to curtail the obscene number of accidents resulting from what can only be described as an epidemic increase in the use of cell phones while driving over the past decade.
Our California elder abuse attorneys concentrate on elder abandonment and neglect, elder physical and psychological abuse in cases against nursing homes and retirement centers. Our California product liability lawyers are involved in a wide range cases involving defective products, from defective machinery to exploding cans to defective polo helmets. Our California premises liability lawyers focus on serious falls on residential, commercial and public property including for negligent failure to maintain the property or for property defects.
Our Serious Injury Lawyers Group practices throughout Northern and Southern California, from San Diego to Sacramento, from Orange County to San Jose and Santa Clara County, from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland and Berkeley.
Author/Contact: Ray Henke, Senior Trial Attorney, "Serious Injury Law Group"
*Most recent Jury Verdict or Settlement:
$2,500,000.00 Settlement in Contested Liability Motorcycle Accident. Below knee amputation. The settlement was obtained after California auto accident lawyer, Henke, demonstrated by his interrogation of the investigating police officer that his motorcyclist client was not contributorily negligent for having pulled out into an intersection, "splitting lanes," between cars in two adjoining left turn lanes, and after investigating to discover that the defendant driver was operating his vehicle "in the course and scope of his employment," naming the employer as a defendant in the litigation, and in this way putting at risk the employer's liability and excess insurance coverage.
*The results obtained in the cases listed were dependent upon the facts of the cases, and the results will differ in other cases based on different facts
$2,500,000.00 Settlement in Contested Liability Motorcycle Accident. Below knee amputation. The settlement was obtained after California auto accident lawyer, Henke, demonstrated by his interrogation of the investigating police officer that his motorcyclist client was not contributorily negligent for having pulled out into an intersection, "splitting lanes," between cars in two adjoining left turn lanes, and after investigating to discover that the defendant driver was operating his vehicle "in the course and scope of his employment," naming the employer as a defendant in the litigation, and in this way putting at risk the employer's liability and excess insurance coverage.
*The results obtained in the cases listed were dependent upon the facts of the cases, and the results will differ in other cases based on different facts
Driving Under the Influence of Cell Conversation Results in DUI Level Driving Impairment And a 4 fold Increased Likelihood that the Driver will Cause an Accident.
Read Henke Law Group Scientific Review Article. As Knowledgeable Cell Phone Accident Lawyers We Can Investigate to Establish That The Other Driver Was On His Cell Phone. The Evidence Can Make the Difference in a Contested Liability Case.
Where we Can Establish That the Other Driver Was Engaged in a Business Call We Can Bring his Employer in as a Defendant and Recover Against the Employer's Assets and Insurance Coverage.
California auto accident attorney Henke has reviewed all the scientific literature on the effect of cell phone use to impair driver attention. Driving under the influence of cell conversation renders the driver DUI level driving impaired and results in a four fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident. Contrary to popular belief, it is not "holding" the cell phone which resulting the impairment. It is the diversion of conscious attention to the internal-cognitive tasks associated with the give and take of the cell conversation away from the external-visual tasks essential for safe driving. Indeed, it matters not whether the motorist is driving under the influence of handheld or hands-free cell conversation, the impairment and the 4 fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident are precisely the same. Yes, California and a number of other states have enacted handheld laws; unfortunately that is just a function of politics. The scientists are not in dispute. All agree that driving under the influence of any cell phone results in the identical DUI level driving impairment.
It is important that the auto accident lawyer obtain the cell phone records of the other driver in every contested liability case, and especially in any serious injury case in which it appears that the other driver lacks sufficient insurance coverage to fully compensate the plaintiff for his injuries and full measure of his damages. In the contested liability case,the evidence of the other party's cell phone use in the moments prior to the accident may snatch victory from the mouth of defeat. In the most common serious injury auto accident case in which the other driver lacks sufficient insurance to fully compensate the plaintiff for his injuries and damages, it is essential that the cell phone records be obtained and appropriate depositions taken of the defendant and the other party to the call to determine whether the other driver was engaged in a business call in the moments leading up to the accident. If he was, then the knowledgeable cell phone auto accident lawyer can bring the employer into the litigation as a defendant "vicariously liable" for the injuries caused by its employee in the "course and scope of his employment." In this way the auto accident lawyer may assure that the plaintiff will be fully compensated up to the limits of the employers insurance policy, and indeed, the employer's assets would be available to execute against.
Read Henke Law Group Scientific Review Article. As Knowledgeable Cell Phone Accident Lawyers We Can Investigate to Establish That The Other Driver Was On His Cell Phone. The Evidence Can Make the Difference in a Contested Liability Case.
Where we Can Establish That the Other Driver Was Engaged in a Business Call We Can Bring his Employer in as a Defendant and Recover Against the Employer's Assets and Insurance Coverage.
California auto accident attorney Henke has reviewed all the scientific literature on the effect of cell phone use to impair driver attention. Driving under the influence of cell conversation renders the driver DUI level driving impaired and results in a four fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident. Contrary to popular belief, it is not "holding" the cell phone which resulting the impairment. It is the diversion of conscious attention to the internal-cognitive tasks associated with the give and take of the cell conversation away from the external-visual tasks essential for safe driving. Indeed, it matters not whether the motorist is driving under the influence of handheld or hands-free cell conversation, the impairment and the 4 fold increased likelihood that the driver will cause an accident are precisely the same. Yes, California and a number of other states have enacted handheld laws; unfortunately that is just a function of politics. The scientists are not in dispute. All agree that driving under the influence of any cell phone results in the identical DUI level driving impairment.
It is important that the auto accident lawyer obtain the cell phone records of the other driver in every contested liability case, and especially in any serious injury case in which it appears that the other driver lacks sufficient insurance coverage to fully compensate the plaintiff for his injuries and full measure of his damages. In the contested liability case,the evidence of the other party's cell phone use in the moments prior to the accident may snatch victory from the mouth of defeat. In the most common serious injury auto accident case in which the other driver lacks sufficient insurance to fully compensate the plaintiff for his injuries and damages, it is essential that the cell phone records be obtained and appropriate depositions taken of the defendant and the other party to the call to determine whether the other driver was engaged in a business call in the moments leading up to the accident. If he was, then the knowledgeable cell phone auto accident lawyer can bring the employer into the litigation as a defendant "vicariously liable" for the injuries caused by its employee in the "course and scope of his employment." In this way the auto accident lawyer may assure that the plaintiff will be fully compensated up to the limits of the employers insurance policy, and indeed, the employer's assets would be available to execute against.
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