The scene in Walnut Creek sounds almost too dramatic; the horrific death and injuries sound almost too terrible. Sometimes reality is more extreme than the most over-the-top, made-to-scare (or, perhaps, “scar”) drivers’ education video. As a law firm with specific experience helping victims of the most catastrophic accidents, The Brod…
It is a terrifying thought, looking through your car’s windshield to see another vehicle’s headlights coming straight at you. Head-on collisions are particularly terrifying to contemplate. Surprisingly, they are actually relatively uncommon, but head-on accidents can be among the most dangerous of roadway crashes. As an Oakland accident attorney specializing…
Whether on our highways, city streets, or residential roads, automobile accidents seem to be almost a daily occurrence in Northern California. These accidents cause serious injury, major property loss, and, all too often, the loss of life. As a San Francisco accident lawyer, Attorney Greg Brod works to help victims…
According to the National Highway Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), 2,791 people lost their lives in fatal car accidents in California during 2011. While this is a slight increase from the year prior, there has general been a downward trend in fatal crashes in the state since 2007 when 3,995 people died…
In recent years, the term “distracted driving” has worked its way into our conversations about driving safety. We believe this is a good thing. In the minds of the team at our Sacramento injury law firm, the more attention paid to safety, the better. We are glad people are talking…
Sometimes the statistics aren’t enough. Sometimes it takes a story, one with very real tears, to make people pay attention to a serious safety threat. While we still believe in sharing statistics, the team at our Oakland accident law firm hopes that sharing the story of four lives cut short…
We’ve all known them — The hard-to-navigate curves, the messy merges, the intersections that confuse even the locals. We almost come to expect to see the aftermath of an accident on these dangerous roads. Our San Francisco car accident lawyer often hears about these hazardous thoroughfares from accident victims who…
Drunk driving leads to tragic results. This is one of the many truths that we confront regularly at The Brod Firm. We can help our clients, including injured victims and grieving families, recover damages in California’s civil courts. We cannot, however, answer one of the questions that we hear time…
Once again, a local headline not only captured our attention but also pulled at the hearts of all the members of our Sacramento injury law firm. The Sacramento Bee’s story is accompanied by a picture of a young boy whose smile takes up half the frame. The boy is six…
Any accident that causes a serious injury or death is a tragedy. It is upsetting how an innocent victim can suffer severe consequences due to another driver’s negligence. Despite serving as a San Francisco accident law firm for many years, there are still some cases that shock our team with…