Legal Insights
Practical guidance on your rights from Arta Wildeboer, Attorney at Law.
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After a drowning, near-drowning, or serious pool injury at a hotel, apartment, vacation rental, party venue, or private home, families should preserve property, booking, maintenance, camera, and medical evidence quickly.
A pedestrian died after a July 20 Metrolink incident in Northridge. Learn which rail, video, agency, device, and family records may matter.
A preservation letter asks a person or business to retain identified evidence. Learn what it should cover, what it cannot compel, and how it differs from discovery.
Social media can create misleading snapshots after an accident. Learn why injured Californians should preserve existing content and avoid impulsive deletion.
A store's statement that there is no video does not explain whether cameras existed, footage was overwritten, or the area was outside camera coverage. Learn what to ask and what other evidence to preserve after a California fall.
A July 17 rollover beneath an Arlington Heights apartment building sent one patient to a hospital. Learn which crash, camera, vehicle, building, and medical records may disappear first.
The July 16 West Hollywood water main break flooded streets, garages, and vehicles. Learn what evidence to save after property damage or injury.
Medical records after an injury are spread across emergency care, imaging, follow-up visits, prescriptions, work restrictions, bills, and insurance statements. Learn what to request and how to organize the file without altering the record.
After an Uber, Lyft, or other rideshare crash, the passenger's app history can show the accepted trip, driver, vehicle, route, and timing. Preserve those records before focusing only on insurance calls or vehicle damage.
LAFD reported that a tractor rolled and trapped its operator in Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw on July 13. The public alert does not identify the cause, equipment owner, property controller, or whether the incident was work-related, making early evidence preservation important.
A California crash report may contain an incorrect name, insurance detail, vehicle description, witness account, diagram, or summary. Learn how to separate factual mistakes from disputed conclusions and preserve the evidence needed to address both.
After LAFD extricated and transported one person from a vehicle beyond the northbound I-405 guardrail in Sherman Oaks, the legal questions turn on medical records, vehicle data, roadway conditions, and evidence that can disappear quickly.
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