This week’s question comes from Anthony T. in Bernal Heights, who asks: Q: “I am a skateboarder, not a criminal! I use my skateboard as a way of getting around because Uber is expensive, because busses are slow and I live on a hill. It’s fun and good for the environment, right? I was skateboarding […]
Skateboard-Friendly Zones in S.F. Read More »
This week’s column is about personal mobility devices: bikes, scooters and other transportation products available for rent through apps, and which we see littered around the Bay Area. In this column, I will answer a reader’s question and share information I have gathered while fighting to pass bills in Sacramento to require personal mobility device providers
Closing Loopholes That Allow Bike, Scooter Rental Companies to Skirt Liability Read More »
This week’s question comes from Candice in San Leandro, who asks: Q: I am a new mom and plan to return to work at a marketing firm in San Francisco next month. Fortunately, my mother-in-law will be able to take care of my baby most of the time, but she has to leave at 4:30 p.m.
S.F. Allows for Flexibility in the Workplace Read More »
This week’s question comes from John T. in Portola Valley, who asks: Q: “I was using an electric scooter when the brakes failed and I ran into a car, breaking my wrist. I didn’t do anything wrong, but now I have a lot of medical bills and I will miss at least three weeks of work
Following chain of liability in e-scooter injuries Read More »
This week’s question comes from Jennifer in Mill Valley, who writes, Q: After this year’s rainy winter, new potholes seem to be appearing daily. After I predictably blew a tire a few weeks ago, I thought I’d write a note to the city asking for reimbursement of the cost of replacing my tire. I just received
Bumpy Road for Pothole Liability Read More »
This week’s question comes from Tara W. from Tiburon, who asks: Q: “My grandmother is in a nursing home. She is bedbound and can’t use her legs. From my visits and conversations with her, it is clear that the nursing home personnel doesn’t get her out of bed or change her adult diaper nearly regularly
Protecting the Elderly from Abuse and Neglect Read More »
This week’s question comes from K, who asks: Q:“I am female and I work at events that are staffed by Instawork, Wonolo and other gig agencies. We get gigs through these companies to work at various events. One of these events was being catered by a very famous gourmet company [name withheld]. The catering companies contact
Reporting sexual harassment in the gig economy Read More »
This week’s question comes from Holly H. in Berkeley, who asks: “My wife was traveling on a roadway which has a 45 mile an hour limit. It had been raining very heavily for several days but the weather had cleared for at least 4 hours. She was driving about 30 and everything was fine. As she
Driving In Winter Weather and Dangerous Conditions Read More »
This week’s question comes from Shawn J., in Novato, who writes: Q: “I read your column every week. I was heading home from an appointment [earlier this month] in the East Bay and got stuck for hours when the Richmond Bridge was shut down because of falling concrete. While I was sitting there, I was
Who’s responsible for maintaining the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge? Read More »
Recently, I addressed a question posed by a reader who asked who is responsible for damage caused by a tree branch falling from an adjacent yard and crashing through the roof of their house, narrowly missing their child. The article addressed the answer to that question with the assumption that it was a tree owned
Finding Liability for Falling Trees Read More »
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