March 2026

A California jury recently awarded $77.1 million to a motorcyclist who was left wheelchair-bound after a reckless driver crossed into oncoming traffic on a mountain highway north of Los Angeles. The verdict, recognized as a “Top Verdict” by the Daily Journal in February 2026, included both compensatory and punitive damages. For motorcycle riders across California,…

In July 2025, a 12-year-old boy ran a red light in Yorba Linda on a device his family called an e-bike, and a Honda Civic that tried to swerve could not avoid him. The boy suffered a fractured skull, intracranial bleeding, a broken wrist, and a fractured femur, all while wearing a helmet that investigators…

A Routine Transfer That Changed Everything Genice Horta had done this dozens of times. Transport a dog, get it safely to a rescue facility, move on to the next assignment. On a September morning in 2020, she arrived at the East Valley Animal Shelter in Pacoima to pick up a one-year-old Belgian Malinois named Maximus….

Most people who visit California’s state parks expect a beautiful hike, a scenic overlook, maybe a picnic. Helen Anthony expected exactly that when she crossed a marked crosswalk at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve on the morning of June 10, 2023. Instead, she was struck by an electric utility vehicle driven by an 82-year-old state…