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I’m sorry to hear that you had an accident in Los Angeles. Personal injury cases can be frustrating and lengthy. However, you can improve your chances of getting a good settlement.

First, after an accident in which you are injured, you must take care of your health. Your settlement will most likely hinge on the extent of your injuries. You must go to the doctor if you have been injured. You also must follow all of the doctor’s orders concerning your treatment and follow up. If you fail to go to the doctor at all, it will appear as if you haven’t been injured and your settlement will likely be greatly reduced. Also, if you do not go for follow-up treatments, it will open up the possibility that the defendant will claim that you were not really hurt and did not take the steps you should have to minimize your injuries.

You can also help your case by gathering evidence and keeping it organized. Obviously, your case will hinge on evidence. If you are able, you should start gathering evidence immediately after the accident, including pictures of the scene and the vehicles involved and pictures of your injuries. If there are any witnesses, you should obtain contact information for them. You should also keep your medical records organized.

One way you can damage your case is with the use of social media while your case is ongoing. Posting pictures of fun trips you are taking and nights out with friends could hurt your case. You should also watch what you say to others about the accident. Those statements could come back to bite you later.

Finally, you should hire an experienced attorney with a good reputation in handling personal injury cases. A personal injury attorney can help take a lot of stress away in dealing with the case, and you will likely receive a much larger settlement than you would if you handled the case alone. If you have been injured in an accident in Los Angeles, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.

I am very sorry to hear that your child was injured during childbirth. The birth of a child is supposed to be a happy time, and when the negligence of a medical professional causes injuries, you should speak with a medical malpractice attorney about your legal options.

Forceps deliveries are a type of assisted childbirth. In a forceps delivery, a health care provider uses forceps to help guide the child’s head out of the birth canal. Forceps are an instrument that looks like a pair of large spoons. Forceps deliveries are normally only performed if there is some type of fetal distress or extended labor.

Forceps deliveries increase the risk of complications and trauma during childbirth. They can harm both the mother and the child. Some injuries that can occur to the child include skull injuries, internal bleeding, and injuries to the head and face. The mother can suffer damage to her urinary tract, uterine rupture, and internal bleeding.

Doctors and nurses can be held liable for medical malpractice for negligence during a forceps delivery that causes a birth injury. Medical malpractice cases can be challenging, but if you believe that your doctor or nurse provided improper care during your delivery, you should speak to an attorney. If you’re in Los Angeles, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles medical malpractice attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.

Employers have a legal duty to their employees to provide a safe workplace. However, industrial settings like warehouses and factories have higher than average rates of injuries. Employees who are injured on the job in Los Angeles deserve to be fairly compensated for their injuries.

There are a lot of types of industrial workplaces, including warehouses, factories, refineries, chemical plants, energy plants, and others. Every environment is different but a common factor is that industrial work is more dangerous and causes more injuries to workers than other jobs. Some common types of industrial accidents can involve falling objects, falls, forklift accidents, injuries from machinery or equipment, chemical burns, and explosions.

When an industrial accident does occur, the accidents can be more serious than accidents that occur in other workplaces. Sadly, it has been estimated that two out of every 1,000 industrial workers will die from a workplace accident.

It is important to know following an accident whether the employer was complying with OSHA safety standards. Many of the most common safety citations and violations given occur in industrial industries. An experienced attorney can help determine whether the employer was meeting OSHA standards, which can help show liability on the part of the employer.

If you have been injured in an industrial accident in Los Angeles, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

After receiving the news of a pregnancy, one of the mother’s first thoughts may be how to take time off work. Employers often do not appreciate too many days missed because of a medical condition. In serious situations, an employer may terminate an employee who has taken too many days off work.

Fortunately, both federal law and California law allow employees to take time off from work in certain situations. In those cases, the employer must allow the employee to return to work. The federal law that gives time off work is the Family and Medical Leave Act. The California law is called the California Family Rights Act. The laws are very similar but do have some differences. They only apply to covered employers, which generally means employers who have 50 or more employees.

Under both laws, eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of paid or unpaid leave during a 12-month period for certain reasons, of one which is the birth or adoption or foster care placement of a child. In order to be eligible for that leave, the employee must have been employed by the employer for at least 12 months on the date the leave is set to start and must have worked at least 1,250 hours during the previous 12-month period. The rules apply to both fathers and mothers. The employees who take leave are also allowed to retain their benefits, although if they are required to pay for the benefits they must continue to do so.

If you believe that your employer is violating the law on maternity leave in Los Angeles, you should speak with a Los Angeles employment attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

A woman is suing Uber in Los Angeles Superior Court following an alleged assault in 2017. The lawsuit claims the assault occurred while she was riding in Uber and was intoxicated.

The woman, who is only identified as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit late last month, alleging sexual battery, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional and negligent misrepresentation. The lawsuit is seeking damages in an unspecific amount.

The plaintiff claims that she attended a wedding in Glendale in October 2017 and became intoxicated. She lived less than a mile away, so a friend arranged for an Uber driver to take her to her home. The woman was picked up by an Uber driver about 1:10 a.m. The driver did not take the woman home, and instead drove her to a gas station and persuaded her to get in the front seat of his vehicle. The driver then began trying to kiss the woman despite her protests. She claims he drove to a side street, took her clothes off, and touched her inappropriately as she begged to be taken home.

The driver later dropped the woman off near her home. Instead, she sat at a bus stop crying hysterically until a police officer stopped to check on her and took her to receive medical care. The driver was arrested and charged with three felonies, but he failed to appear in court and has likely fled the country. The victim sued Uber for her damages, claiming that the company collected and retained a fee from the trip which resulted in a sexual assault.

Unfortunately, similar stories of this type of behavior from rideshare drivers abound. Uber and Lyft have been accused of doing a poor job on background checks on their drivers, which can result in tragedy for passengers. If you have been harmed by an Uber or a Lyft driver, you should speak with an attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles rideshare injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

It can be difficult to place a loved one into a nursing home. In most cases, family members do that as a last resort when they cannot provide care to family members. Nursing homes are expected to provide a high level of care to their residents.

However, many nursing homes fail in their duties. It is not uncommon for nursing homes to neglect their patients, who may then ultimately pass away as a result of the neglect. Preventing premature deaths in nursing homes is not difficult. If a premature death happens as a result of poor treatment, it is critical that the nursing home be held accountable for their actions.

Nursing home residents have common issues that can hasten their deaths. If a nursing home resident is not receiving proper nutrition or hydration, the resident’s existing medical issues can worsen, or they may face new issues. Bedsores are another condition that is very preventable. Bedsores don’t often cause death, but they can be extremely painful and can cause infections. Nursing homes often try to hide bedsores rather than preventing and treating them. In severe cases, a resident could die from an infection caused by the bedsore.

Another common problem in nursing homes is issues with medication. Nursing homes are often understaffed. The employees in charge of prescribing the medications or giving them to residents may be rushed. Patients may not know what they are taking, and they could receive the wrong medication entirely or the wrong dosage.

If a nursing home resident’s death is the result of an intentional act or negligence, the individual’s family has the right to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the wrongdoer. Call me, Los Angeles nursing home malpractice attorney Conal Doyle at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

If you have been hurt in an accident in Los Angeles, you may decide to file a personal injury lawsuit so that you can obtain compensation for your damages. If you hire an attorney, the attorney can help walk you through the phases of the lawsuit.

Discovery refers to one phase of a lawsuit. Discovery happens after a legal complaint is filed in court and delivered to a defendant. Discovery is a process that attorneys and their clients use to understand the facts of the case. Although each side understands the case from their own perspective, but discovery helps all the parties discover information that the other side knows. This can help both sides to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their case as well as to prepare for a potential trial. The parties may also more easily reach a settlement after learning more about the other side’s evidence.

There are several forms of discovery which are commonly used in a personal injury case in Los Angeles. Depositions are common. They are chances for each party to question the other or to question other witnesses with knowledge about the case. Depositions are done in the presence of a court reporter and occur under oath. Interrogatories are another type of discovery. They are lists of questions sent to the other party which must be answered. Requests for production of documents are also common. They are requests for each side to produce documents that are relevant to the case.

If you have been harmed in an accident in the Los Angeles area and you have suffered damages, you should call a Los Angeles personal injury attorney. Call me, Conal Doyle, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

One year ago, an Uber self-driving SUV that was testing the program in Arizona struck and killed a pedestrian as she was crossing the road. As a result of the death, Uber stopped testing on public roads for nine months and cut its self-driving car program back. It currently only uses one part of a neighborhood in Pittsburg to experiment with self-driving cars.

Several companies are continuing their self-driving vehicle programs despite some obstacles. However, surveys have shown that the American public may not be ready for self-driving cars – 71 percent of Americans have reported they are afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle. Federal officials have invited companies engaging in the self-driving industry to submit detailed safety assessments. Thus far, 13 companies have done so.

Many experts believe that self-driving technology will take much longer to become standard that many people believed. It can take a significant amount of time to develop safety and security systems. It appears that although it may take longer than many people thought, self-driving vehicles will eventually become a reality.

It will likely take the law some time to catch up with the reality of self-driving vehicles. If you have any questions about legal liability and self-driving vehicles in Los Angeles, or if you have been harmed by a self-driving vehicle, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney, at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation on your case.

I’m sorry to hear about your accident. Lyft can often market itself as an underdog when compared with Uber, which is a larger rideshare company than Lyft. There are a number of differences between Lyft and Uber. Some of the differences just involve marketing. However, there are some actual differences in the way the companies operate. Both companies can and do cause their riders to suffer harm on occasion. Some common types of harm include physical injuries incurred in accidents, physical and sexual assaults by drivers, and privacy violations. If you are a victim of a Lyft driver, you should take some steps to recover compensation from the company.

If you have been injured by the wrongful actions of a Lyft driver, you should speak with an attorney. You may have had physical injuries, emotional damages, been forced to take time off work, incurred medical expenses, and more. If you hope to recover compensation for those losses, you must file a claim.

Normally, in order to recover on such a claim, you must be able to prove that Lyft or one of its drivers was negligent. If you are able to prove negligence, you may be able to recover some compensation under California law. In order to show an individual or a company was negligent, you must be able to show that the defendant owed you a duty, that duty was breached, and that the breach caused you damages. Damages can include physical and emotional injuries, property damage, and more.

Also, if a loved one has died in a Lyft accident, you may be able to pursue a wrongful death claim. That claim can cover funeral expenses, loss of companionship and support, burial expenses, loss of inheritance, and more.

Call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney at 310-385-0567 if you have been injured in a Lyft accident. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.

Immediately after an accident, it can be difficult to know what to do with respect to a personal injury case. For some people, it’s obvious they need to hire an attorney to help with their personal injury case. For other people, it may make more sense to handle the case on their own. There are some situations in which it is wise to contact an attorney.

First, if you suffered injuries in the accident, you should speak to an attorney. Medical care is very expensive and can drain an accident victim financially. The accident may require ongoing medical help for years or even for the rest of the victim’s life. Your insurance company may try to avoid paying your medical costs. If you have an attorney, the attorney can increase your odds of receiving fair compensation.

If your insurance company is refusing to help you after your claim, you should speak with an attorney. Obviously, insurance companies exist to make a profit, which only happens if they pay out less in claims than they bring in in premiums. In some cases, they may do everything possible to avoid paying. If your insurance company is refusing to pay your claim, it may be time to speak with an attorney.

If you have suffered either a loss of income, a large amount of property damages, or if you are facing emotional pain and suffering. If you lost some income or your vehicle was destroyed, you are probably facing a financial drain, particularly if the insurance company is not stepping up to pay your damages. If you are suffering from emotional trauma as a result of the accident, you will need professional help and may suffer issues in your career or home life as a result, which can also be expensive.

The bottom line is although an attorney is not needed to handle every single personal injury situation, in many cases an attorney can be invaluable. If you have been hurt in Los Angeles, call me, Conal Doyle, Los Angeles personal injury attorney at 310-385-0567. I can help. Call today to learn more or to schedule a free consultation.