Woodland Hills Personal Injury Blog
Posted on Feb 9, 2012 By Berglund & Johnson
Finally, California has increased its small claims recovery. A natural person (an individual) can get up to $10,000 in a lawsuit. Businesses and other entities (like government entities) can only get ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2012 By Berglund & Johnson
Last year the California Legislature approved new law on booster seats which will affect drivers and passengers in 2012, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. Starting Jan. 1, young ...
Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
By now, you've probably learned how to ski, but do you know which ski equipment is safest to use? It is very important to take the time to choose equipment that is safe and comfortable for you. ...
Posted on Jul 29, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
It's becoming hard for parents to realize what their children are able to get into on the Internet. Kids are starting to get 'online friends' through internet games and chats, and they are doing an ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
In frontal and side impact tests, dummies are measured according to the forces to it's head, neck, chest and femurs. It is important to compare these crash test scores to get a better understanding of ...
Continue reading "How to Buy a Safe Vehicle: Part 2" »
Posted on Jul 11, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
If it's time to buy yourself a new car, it is important to make sure the vehicle you buy is safe for yourself, spouse or child. This will be split up into two separate blogs, since it is the most ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
With summer break here, many working parents will begin to leave their children home alone over the next couple months. Costs for day-care and babysitters can be a suffering cost for many parents, so ...
Continue reading "Getting Your Child to be "Home Alone" Ready" »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! Now that summer is officially here, we are all spending more time on the sand and in the ocean, which leads to the discussion of rip currents. Rip currents are ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
It's the time of year when kid's cant resist their desire to go in the pool. However, along with the fun comes serious dangers. These dangers include drowning, slips and falls, and risky diving. ...
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Posted on Jun 30, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
On April 2, 2011, a 3-year-old boy died of head injuries from a roller coaster in Illinois. He managed to get underneath the safety bar and slip out of the ride while it was in motion. What steps can ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
With summer finally here, children are beginning to play in their neighborhood streets and driveways, which increases the risk children face with frontover and backover accidents. In 2010, there were ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Imagine that you are on vacation, and you decide to grab a drink at the hotel pool and settle in the hot tub. You do this several times throughout your stay and begin to start feeling weak. It gets ...
Continue reading "The Hidden Dangers of Hot Tubs" »
Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
We always refer to incidents as "accidents" when, in actuality, most "accidents" are anything but. With a little care, they could have been prevented. So, what are you doing to make sure your house ...
Continue reading "Is Your House Safe or an "Accident" Waiting to Happen?" »
Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
The topic of burns in the home is little discussed. However, if you ask any emergency room doctor, you will know how serious & prevalent scalding injuries are. It is important to protect yourself ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Families around the country have been using dehumidifiers for years in their homes to make them more comfortable. These devices are used to draw excess humidity from the air. In addition to making the ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
This document fragment was dated July 1, 1850 by Abraham Lincoln's White House secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay, who collected many of his manuscripts after his death. The note in the Collected ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
A branch of the World Health Organization, The International Agency for Research on Cancer has officially linked cellphone usage with being "possibly carcinogenic." It only points out the ...
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Posted on May 9, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Every year thousands of children are injured or killed by drivers accidentally backing over them. These accidents usually occur in residential driveways or in parking lots. Because more people are ...
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Posted on May 5, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Wikipedia has several definitions, but we like this one best: an evaluation of a particular individual's moral qualities. Character is the constellation of traits that we demonstrate on a consistent ...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Organization (OSHA), work-related accidents and illnesses claim over two million lives every year. Over 250 million accidents in the workplace cause ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Over 50 years ago in 1959, a small private single engine plane took off from Clear Lake, Iowa shortly after 1 a.m. bound for Fargo, N.D. It did not get far. A cold northeasterly wind gave way to heavy ...
Continue reading "'Rock-N-Roll' and Ice in Flight" »
Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Whether it was woven into popcorn ceilings and insulation or used for its flame-retardant, chemical-resistant properties, asbestos once held promise in the late-19th century as an essential ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
In today's economic climate, more drivers are either going without automobile insurance or only purchasing the minimum amount required by law, which is $15,000 liability insurance. That is why it's ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated their Web site last month to make it easier for consumers to choose a nursing home: http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp The updated ...
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Posted on Apr 5, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
As in any profession, there are those who give others a bad name. For those who practice personal injury law, it's the unscrupulous attorneys who improperly and aggressively solicit the representation ...
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