1. When you are pulling into the road from parking, you are entering another's right of way, so if the other car was moving in that right of way, then you have violated his right of way. So contesting liability in this case doesn't seem like a winner.

2. Yes, unfortunately these... View More

You should be able to make a claim with SDGE for personal property damage for your dog, and the driver and/or the company may also be liable for animal cruelty. If SDGE denies your claim, you may be able to sue for civil damages.

You may have a claim for dental malpractice, and should contact a malpractice lawyer right away.

Presumably you and the other driver exchanged insurance information. The other driver should make a claim with your insurance company for any damages they or their car suffered in the accident. You will likely need to provide a statement of what happened to your insurance company (they'll... View More

Contact one of the lawyers on this site for a consultation. There are legal ways you can protect your business assets and sue for wrongful actions being taken against you/your company.

I'm not a tax attorney, and you may need to consult one or a CPA for details, but my understanding is that the IRS only cares about your income received, so you need to report to them your income from that source.

You have 30 days (if served by hand) to respond to the complaint. If an amended complaint was filed, you have 30 days from the date of service of that document. But if no amended complaint was served on you yet, you can always call/email the attorney for plaintiff and ask for service of the... View More

Yes, once a party representing themself hires an attorney, their attorney must file a Substitution of Attorney with the court and send that to all parties in the case. This party may have been sneaky and filed the Substitution with the court right before the deposition and claimed that it had not... View More

You always have the right to fire your attorney if you are dissatisfied with their services. Also, it's completely your choice whether to have the additional surgery or not. Your attorney cannot deny you the right to get that treatment for your injury.

Only if that person has opted out of the class can they collect a separate judgment against you for the same claim. If their claim is different, they may be entitled to a judgment for those other claims.

This is an absolutely awful experience to have suffered. I have experience with this type of case and empathize with the victim. I agree that preserving any evidence of the assault is critical. Memorialize any statements said to the victim by hospital staff, the nurse, director, as well as wow... View More

There is a 1-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice actions, so you will need to be sure to contact an attorney who specializes in this area quickly because lawsuits must be filed within one year of the patient discovering the injury or within three years of the date that injury... View More

The motorcycle is at fault for not leaving enough room to stop in time given the conditions present on the roadway. Whether you are at fault for rear-ending the car in front of you is less clear, since you are also responsible for leaving adequate room to stop, but if the car in front of you... View More

It sounds like you need to hire an attorney to help recover your vehicles. If the vehicles were truly on private property and were owned by you, the police should have no reason to inspect or tow your vehicles (absent there being some safety issue being caused by them).

Do you have a partnership/LLC agreement signed by both parties setting forth that you were partners in the business? If so, your remedies should be criminal prosecution for forgery as well as a civil suit to recover what was stolen (converted) from you (e.g. your business assets/profits).

I would talk to your insurance company and let them know what's going on. Perhaps they will assign an attorney to represent you in response to the motorcyclists' attorney, or perhaps they will speak directly with their attorney.

You should certainly demand that they return to fill in the hazardous condition they left on your property. If they refuse, you should get a quote from another contractor to fill in the hole so you have an amount to demand the septic company pay you (presumably in small claims court) if they... View More

Yes, if you own the house jointly and it has increased in equity since buying it, you should ask for your 30% of the equity in the home. He may be offering to pay you for the months you've lived there to try and avoid having to give you your fair equity in the home. Of course, if the equity... View More

File a claim with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. His money is insured up to $250,000.

No, California is a two-party consent state, meaning that both parties to a conversation must give consent to have a call recorded. Some people record calls without the consent of both parties, and the result is that the call may not be used in evidence against the non-consenting party in a legal... View More