From teachers in classrooms to parents in living rooms (and even law firms on injury blogs), teens are constantly warned about the dangers of irresponsible driving. Still, for every safety message, there’s another message sent through movies, video games, and peers that glorifies speeding and other hallmarks of reckless driving.…
The mayor and police chief of San Francisco unveiled on Thursday a program to improve pedestrian safety on the streets of the city by the bay, and the campaign could not come soon enough for those, including San Francisco pedestrian accident attorney Gregory J. Brod, who have been alarmed by…
Our decades of work as a San Francisco car accident law firm have shown us the tragic consequences of dangerous driving behaviors. We have learned that accidents have a multitude of causes, but there are some that appear time and time again. As we’ve noted in prior blog posts, speeding…
For many years, tobacco companies resisted admitting that cigarettes were hazardous to consumers’ health. Such a position is no longer realistic. Today, there’s a new front for a similar debate: the safety of e-cigarettes. While they eliminate the actual smoke, electronic or e-cigarettes deliver nicotine and other substances using an…
While it is a subject that has frustrated many high school students, chemistry is essential to modern life. Likewise, chemicals are essential to everything from medicine to transportation. Still, many useful chemicals are dangerous and chemical exposure can be illness-inducing and life-threatening. As an Oakland chemical exposure lawyer, Attorney Brod…
Earlier this week, we discussed the ongoing San Francisco housing crisis. Sadly, as too many of you know from personal experience, the housing issues in California go beyond one city. California mobile home residents, particularly those living in San Jose mobile homes, are also living in fear of losing their…
Americans, particularly Californians, have had a love affair with the automobile. Countless movies from the 1950s and ’60s include scenes with young people gathered around as two drivers face off. In the movies, the victor gains honor and admiration (and, often, gets the girl), with the only injury coming in…
It has been the subject of local discussions for some time and concerns about the San Francisco’s housing crisis are now being talked about on a national level. As a San Francisco tenant’s law firm, The Brod Firm knows that for many the crisis is much more than coffee-talk, it…
Teen drivers are the target of many an angry tirade, sometimes with good reason. Only in recent years has attention shifted to the particular dangers at the other end of the age spectrum. Our San Jose personal injury law firm believes it is important to examine the unique concerns raised…
The collision between a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train on Sept. 12, 2008, in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles was a tragically memorable accident in which 25 people died and another 135 were injured. In the wake of that sad day, the National Transportation Safety…