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• Is Lawsuit Involving Little League Bat Wrong?

  Larry Knapp | May 19, 2008 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Today a brain injured child's lawyer filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the metal bat from which the baseball that hit the boy in the chest just above his heart (causing the heart to arrest...

• Tatiana Tiger Not Taunted?

  Larry Knapp | January 19, 2008 6:22 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  O.K. the experts say that yelling and waving hands at a tiger likely wouldn't be enough to provoke it to attack. Even throwing rocks wouldn't necessarily cause the cat to leave its home and track down a taunter. You would have to hit it in the face or poke it repeatedly. Urinating would provoke it, too.While there is no evidence that the boys involved in the tiger attack hit the cat in the...

• Modesto Drivers Need Aggressive Representation

  Larry Knapp | December 08, 2007 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Insurance companies are in the business to collect premiums and keep the money. They are not in the business of paying claims. It's not profitable. A perfect example is property damage claims. Most people are entitled to loss of use damages and rarely claim them from the responsible party. Here is the law.Where property is injured, recovery is allowed for loss of use during the time...

• California Fire Victims Need to Be Prepared

  Larry Knapp | October 26, 2007 6:39 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  If you have lost property in the Southern California Disasters this past week be prepared to make a claim with your homeowner's insurance company. First thing you need to do is prepare an inventory. This must be painstakingly detailed. You will need to get as much evidence as possible to back up your inventory. Once you are allowed to return to your home, do not allow the remains to be...

• Mi-Wuk Village Woman Dies in Head-On Collision East of Modesto

  Larry Knapp | October 16, 2007 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  I have written before about the ever increasing danger of auto accidents on the two lane highways that surround us in the Central San Joaquin Valley. As I have said, increasing population pressures from Stockton, Modesto, Manteca, Tracy and the Mother Lode are too taxing for the type of roadways traffic these highways were designed to handle. In the future, I predict that all of these highways...

• California Governor Lets Down Taxpayers and the Injured.

  Larry Knapp | October 10, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Governor Schwarzenegger broke a promise to the taxpayers and injured consumers of the State of California when he failed sign SB 93 (Corbett). The insurance industry has been artificially deflating the value of medical treatment for wrongfully injured people in this state for almost 20 years. This has resulted in huge losses to state programs like Medi-Cal and to those people who are injured...

• QVC Issues Recall of Toasters Due to Fire Hazard

  Courtney Mills | October 02, 2007 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  The giant TV retailer QVC along with the U.S. CPSC has issued a recall for about 5,200 'Cook's Essential' Electric Toasters. There appears to be a risk of toasters catching on fire and burning up, and consumers who purchased these toasters from QVC should stop using them immediately.QVC has received ten reports of its "Cook's Essential" toasters turning on spontaneously, including one incident...

• Drunk Drivers Exposed to Punitive Damages

  Larry Knapp | September 18, 2007 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  When a drunk driver causes an injury in the state of California like Herondina Pinherosias is accused of doing to Clement Cope yesterday afternoon in the Sonora area on Highway 120, the Civil Justice System enables a jury to punish the drunk driver by including money in their verdict for punitive damages. The purpose of these damages is to send a message to the driver that their conduct is so...

• Motorcycle Riders in Modesto Beware

  Larry Knapp | September 17, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Riding a motorcycle can be a dangerous activity, particularly if you happened to be in Modesto last week. Inattention by other drivers is a big factor in many instances. It is critical for the motorcyclist to pay particular attention when entering or exiting Highway 99. Because motorcycle riders tend to be harder for automobile drivers to see it is very important to use extra caution to avoid...

• Truck Accident Under Investigation by California Highway Patrol

  Chrissie Cole | September 07, 2007 9:10 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  A truck accident that happened last week is still under investigation by the California Highway Patrol (CHP).A 79-year-old truck driver was traveling westbound, on Highway 96, carrying logs, when for reasons still unknown, the truck ran off the south edge of the road.CHP is trying to determine how fast the driver was driving at the time of the crash. The truck went over the shoulder and down the...