What Is Underinsurance, And Why Should I Care?
My eyes have seen What my hand did. -Robert Lowell Underinsurance means that your property is insured for less than its worth. When you purchase a homeowners policy your home is…
What Caused The Northern California Fire?
Fire knows nothing of mercy. -Proverb What caused the 2017 Northern California fire? Here's what's currently being reported: People have reported cases of damaged infrastructure like wires down and broken…
What Are The Statutes Of Limitations In California?
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time. -W.B. Yeats Litigation lives and dies on deadlines. Causes of action in California are subject to statutes of limitations. That…
What Is Inverse Condemnation In California?
The glory that was Greece, And the grandeur that was Rome. -Edgar Allan Poe Inverse condemnation in California allows you to sue the government if the government damaged your property.…
What Is The Value Of Damaged Trees In California?
Heaven is what I cannot reach The apple on the tree. -Emily Dickinson Tree law is gnarled. The following discusses the value of damaged trees in California. In other words,…
San Diego Storms: Trees, Water, and Liability
...on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. -Genesis Introduction Fierce winds and a sunless sky move outside…
California: What is the Made Whole Doctrine?
In most things success depends On knowing how long it takes to succeed. - Montesquieu Introduction Misinformation abounds when people speak of the Made Whole Doctrine. This principle is important and…
California Property Damage Law: Personal Property and Loss of Use
The worst is not, So long as we can say, "This is the worst." -Shakespeare Introduction Nature devastates. Perhaps fire, wind, or water devastated your home. If so, here…
California Burning: How to make a viable insurance claim for fire damage
“A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.” — Robert Herrick Fires are burning throughout California. If your home has been damaged, here's how to make a viable insurance claim for…
Effective Communication: How to Write Like a Lawyer
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ” — Benjamin FranklinAll lawyers write; few write like a lawyer. That's because most lawyers miss the goal of writing: effective…
How insurance claims work
“I have striven not to laugh at human actions, Not to weep at them, nor to hate them, But to understand them.” — Baruch SpinozaInsurance companies process claims with hesitation,…
El Niño Cometh: Understanding Your Homeowners Policy
“Nature cannot be ordered about, except by obeying her. ” — Francis Bacon I'm told that the storms of early January were but a foretaste of things to come. If…
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