Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By Pete Clancy
We are thrilled to announce that we have settled a premises liability case (dangerous stairway) for $1,300,000. In doing so, we are able to bring some semblance of normalcy to our client. Our client ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A southern California man was killed when he was in an auto accident at the intersection of Hesperian and Industrial in Hayward. According to my reading of a story by Erin Ivie of the Bay Area News ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2012 By Pete Clancy
Do you really need a personal injury lawyer ? Do you really want a personal injury lawyer ? In the right case, the right personal injury lawyer will help you out a lot. But not every accident requires ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By Pete Clancy
I have previously written about the pedestrians who were struck in San Francisco on December 20. Police are now reporting that one of the pedestrians has passed away. I am not sure there is ever a ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A hit-and-run driver who struck and injured 4 pedestrians last night was apparenlty detained. The incident took place in San Francisco on the evening of December 20 on Christmas Tree Point Road. One ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A pedestrian was struck by a car near the intersection of 7th and Madison near Lake Merritt BART in Oakland this morning. According to a KTVU report, she was transported to the hospital with ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012 By Pete Clancy
What rights does a pedestrian have in Oakland ? The first thing to ask is whether the pedestrian is in a crosswalk. If an pedestrian is in a crosswalk "the driver of a vehicle shall yield the ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2012 By Pete Clancy
Two pedestrians were seriously injured last night on the 400 block of Grand Avenue in Oakland near Lake Merritt. The pedestrians were in a crosswalk when they were struck by a car. One of the ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2012 By Pete Clancy
I get this question a lot: How long will it take to get my personal injury claim finished in Oakland The answer depends in part on part on whether you want to get "some" of the compensation ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2012 By Pete Clancy
Imagine you pay your health insurance premium every month. You also pay your auto insurance premium every month. Now imagine you are in a bad rear-end accident and are taken to the hospital in an ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2012 By Pete Clancy
If you have been injured in an auto accident you will almost certainly receive a letter from the insurance company asking for permission to obtain your medical records (a " HIPPA " release). ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A man who stole a car and then fled from Oakland Police crashed his car and injured a pedestrian on December 10. The pedestrian was struck near hte 4200 block of Bond Street. The pedestrian was taken ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A pedestrian was struck and killed yesterday in San Francisco at the intersection of Market and Beale Streets in San Francsico. According to reports, the pedestrian was in the crosswalk when he was ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2012 By Pete Clancy
Clancy & Diaz, LLP just settled a large premises liability claim where required handrails were not built onto a flight of dangerous stairs. Our client tripped and fell while trying to descend the ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2012 By Pete Clancy
Cars that had been crushed and were on their way to a landfill fell off the truck and caused an accident on northbound Highway 880 in San Leandro. Injuries are reported to be minor.
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Posted on Aug 7, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A driver was killed on Highway 238 in San Leandro this morning after a big rig pushed the driver's car under another truck. The accident snarled traffic for hours. I have not seen the results of ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2012 By Pete Clancy
You send your child to school and you assume that the school will supervise him or her. You get a phone call telling you that your child is on his way to hospital with a serious injury. How did this ...
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Posted on May 18, 2012 By Pete Clancy
A San Jose man was killed when a drunk driver fleeing CHP officers struck a parked vehicle, pushing it forward into a pedestrian. The alleged drunk driver, Dario Dwayne Taylor of Pittsburg, was ...
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Posted on May 11, 2012 By Pete Clancy
If you are in an a rear-end accident, how can you show that you were hurt ? The most common way to show an injury is with medical records. Each time you visit a doctor or medical facility, a record of ...
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Posted on May 6, 2012 By Pete Clancy
Eggshell Plaintiffs & Pre-existing Conditions In law school we learned about the " eggshell " plaintiff. This is a plaintiff who is as fragile as an eggshell, and who suffers injuries ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2012 By Pete Clancy
April 10, 2012 A 51 year-old man was struck and killed by an SUV in Oakland on Monday at the intersection of Bancroft and 78th in Oakland. The driver of the SUV that struck the man stopped and ...
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