On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 31, 2018 | Firm News
When you visit a business, the owner owes you a duty to exercise reasonable care to prevent an injury on the premises. If an injury is caused by a safe or faulty condition on the property, then you can sue the business owner for negligence. To make a claim for...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 31, 2018 | Firm News
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently issued a press release about the safety recall of a popular off-road utility vehicle. According to the CPSC, John Deere is recalling their Crossover Gator. At this time, about 68,300 of the four-passenger utility...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 16, 2018 | Firm News
The scope of public nuisance law has taken on new dimensions in California. The case decided by a California appellate court was based on serious harm caused to thousands of children who live in homes with lead-based paint. In San Francisco alone, approximately 22,000...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 15, 2018 | Firm News
Toyota is the latest car manufacturer to face hundreds of lawsuits for faulty mechanisms in its vehicles. The plaintiffs maintain that they suffered death or personal injury from a defect that caused their cars to accelerate without any warning. The defect also caused...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 12, 2018 | Firm News
Consumer Watchdog, an important non-profit organization dedicated to protecting American consumers, recently issued a press release about threats to California’s Proposition 103. Since 2003, challenges filed under Proposition 103 have saved the public $3.4 billion....
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 12, 2018 | Firm News
The growth of the internet economy has posed many legal challenges for new ventures. Airbnb, the broker-based online service that offers leases or short-term lodging to customers, has raised some legal issues involving civil liability, restrictions on subleases, and...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 11, 2018 | Firm News
When a scaffolding injury occurs, who is liable for your injuries? The answer might not be obvious. Various parties owe duties or have statutory obligations to workers on construction sites. It is important to identify all potentially liable parties so that the...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 10, 2018 | Firm News
Injuries in the workplace take place in many forms from overexertion to roadway accidents. Determining what you may be entitled to recover is not always apparent -a single injury related to your employment, such as a car accident, can lead to a variety of claims...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 9, 2018 | Firm News
Consumer Watchdog has some serious concerns about how the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) plans to regulate robot cars, especially those set to be introduced by General Motors (GM). GM is planning to unveil a robot car taxi service in 2019 and was already rolling...
On Behalf of Alexander Law Group, LLP | Jan 8, 2018 | Firm News
If General Motors (GM) thought it could avoid liability for a defect that killed 124 people and injured 275 others, the U.S. Supreme Court decisively quashed that notion. In April of this year, the Court rejected an appeal by GM to dismiss dozens of lawsuits over...
