Levin Simes Abrams senior attorney, Amy Eskin, will present “Experience Seeing The World Through Your Client’s Eyes” at the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) conference held this week in San Francisco, CA. Amy Eskin’s course will be held on November 16th, 2018, 3:30-5:00 pm. Amy Eskin Amy Eskin is a trial lawyer who has successfully… Read More
What is CTE? Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease found in persons with a history of repetitive brain trauma. Over the past few years, CTE has garnered increased attention due to high profile, professional athletes being diagnosed with the disease. The 2015 film Concussion also increased public awareness. While symptoms of CTE generally… Read More
Uber, Lyft and the rate of fatal accidents on our streets Uber and Lyft are lauded as making streets safer by keeping drunk drivers off the road. In fact, Uber and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) released a report in 2015 that said, “Uber is having a meaningful and positive impact on mindsets and the… Read More
Electric Scooter and Ebike Accidents With the return of app-based electric scooter rentals to San Francisco and the proliferation of electric scooters and bikes across the Bay Area and throughout the country, officials are reporting increasing numbers of accidents involving electric bikes and scooters. These accidents are typically caused in one of two ways: (1)… Read More
The e-cigarette industry adamantly promotes vaping as a safe alternative to smoking regular cigarettes. Not true, according to a study published in the American Journal of Physiology, Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. The study used mice to compare the relative damage to lungs when exposed to regular cigarettes, e-juice with and without nicotine, and e-juice with… Read More