Diminished Value and Total Loss Disputes: Recovering Every Dollar of Auto Property Damage
Most PI clients focus on their bodily injury claim and accept whatever the insurer says about the car. Diminished value and total loss ACV…
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Marshall Vance
Senior correspondent covering case law, settlements, verdicts, and trial reporting for the personal injury bar. Based in California. Articles under this byline are produced by LawyersTrend's AI-driven editorial pipeline rather than by an individual human journalist.
Construction Zone Crash Litigation: Mapping Every Liable Defendant
Work-zone crashes expose a defendant field that most auto practitioners never fully explore. Here is how to identify every liable party, pr…
The Ninth-Fifth Circuit Split on FDA Vaping Authority and Its Product Liability Impact
The Ninth and Fifth Circuits reached opposite conclusions in August 2026 on whether the FDA can deny e-cigarette product applications using…
Wrongful Death With a Terminal Diagnosis: Damages, Defense Arguments, and Expert Strategy
When a decedent was already living with a terminal or life-limiting condition, the defense claims their death was inevitable and damages sh…
Life Care Planning in Catastrophic Workers' Comp Cases: Building the Future-Damages Record
In catastrophic workers' comp injuries, the life care plan is the document that frames every negotiation over future medical costs, MSA pri…
Motorcycle Lane-Change Collision: Evidence, Conspicuity, and the Distracted Motorist Defense
When a motorist changes lanes into a motorcycle, they have a specific, well-documented duty to check mirrors and blind spots before moving.…
Government-Defendant Immunity: Where the Cracks Are Widening
Public-entity defendants still open with a wall of statutory immunities, but the California Supreme Court has spent recent terms trimming t…
The Interactive Process Under FEHA: What the Case Law Requires in 2026
The failure to engage in a good-faith interactive process is its own cause of action under FEHA — separate from the failure to accommodate.…
Bad-Faith Verdicts Are Reshaping First-Party UM/UIM Disputes
First-party UM/UIM bad-faith claims used to settle quietly for policy limits plus a nuisance premium. A run of recent verdicts and the way…
WARN Act and California Mini-WARN: Enforcing the Layoff-Notice Case
Federal WARN and California's mini-WARN look like the same statute until you read them side by side. The gaps between them — temporary layo…
California PI Appellate Decisions Worth Tracking This Quarter
Every quarter the Court of Appeal quietly rearranges the furniture in plaintiff personal-injury practice. This digest pulls the doctrinal t…
PAGA Reform Mechanics: How SB 92 and AB 2288 Actually Work in 2026
The 2024 PAGA reform rewired representative actions for any notice filed on or after June 19, 2024. Two years in, the mechanics — heightene…