E-scooter accidents

Scooter laws, scooter malfunctions, rider injuries and issues associated with scooter collisions with pedestrians and vehicles

Catherine Lerer

From Issue: 2024 July

Winning bicycle-crash cases that have adverse traffic-collision reports

Fighting back against bogus findings of fault against cyclists

Michael Stephenson
Kyle Smith
Lucy Allen

From Issue: 2022 February

Using discovery to establish liability for bicycle accidents within construction zones

Don’t focus too sharply on the condition that caused the injury. Look at the failures of the public and private entities that created the dangerous condition

Casey A. Kaufman

From Issue: 2022 February

The bogeyman of comparative fault in vehicle vs. pedestrian and vehicle vs. bicycle cases

Weighing damages against comparative fault

Christa Ramey
Bryan Kirsh

From Issue: 2019 March

Humanizing the “cyclist”

Many potential jurors bring anti-cyclist prejudices to the jury box

Nathaniel Leeds

From Issue: 2017 May

From trikes to e-bikes

A review of California bicycle laws and the concerns and considerations in pursuing bicycle-injury cases

Kiran Bisla

From Issue: 2025 May

Electric bicycles: It has a motor, but in California it’s not a motor vehicle

How e-bikes are classified and the legal rules of the road for this fast-emerging mode of transportation

Nestor Schnasse

From Issue: 2022 August

Voir dire in a bicycle case

The quest for understanding and common ground is not easy; jurors may harbor strong feelings about bicycles sharing the road with cars

Artemis Malekpour

From Issue: 2017 March

The right lane

Discovery in cycling cases: There’s more evidence than you think

Steve Rosen

From Issue: 2022 August

It is time to harmonize the UM Statute with the Three Feet for Safety Act

Bicyclists injured by cars need the security of UM coverage, but they don’t need the physical-contact test

Josh Cohen

From Issue: 2017 May

Governmental immunities that preclude bicyclists from prevailing in their actions

A finding of liability is not guaranteed — even when it seems obvious

Molly M. McKibben

From Issue: 2017 March

Five tips on handling the adverse Traffic Collision Report in bicycle and pedestrian cases

The officer and the witness say in the TCR that your guy was at fault – but that doesn’t make it so

Greg Schaffer

From Issue: 2017 March