John Roach, Esq. | July 25, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
A skull fracture is one of the few injuries where the visible damage is often the smallest part of the story. The skull exists to protect the brain, and when it breaks, the force required to break it has almost always done something to the… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 22, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Riders in San Francisco face a double injustice. First, when a careless driver hits them, the lack of a steel cage means the injuries are far more severe than they would be in a car. Second, they then have to overcome a stubborn bias —… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 20, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
More than a quarter of a million vehicles cross the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge every day, funneling through tunnels, tight merges, and some of the most congested traffic in the region. Most crashes there look like ordinary collisions — one driver hits another. But the… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 18, 2026 | California Law
Every mild TBI client I have ever represented has said some version of the same sentence: “Everyone keeps telling me I’m fine, but I’m not.” The scan was normal. The screening came back okay. They went back to work. And for years, insurance companies have… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 17, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
You had the green. You were going straight through the intersection, doing everything right — and a driver coming the other way turned left directly across your path. In the half-second before impact, there was nowhere to go. If that’s your story, you’re describing the… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 15, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
One of the first moves an insurance company makes after a crash is to shift blame onto you. “You were going a little fast.” “You should have seen them.” “You weren’t wearing your seatbelt.” This is not idle conversation. It is the deliberate use of… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 13, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Delivery vehicles have taken over San Francisco’s streets. Amazon vans double-park in the Valencia Street bike lanes, UPS trucks back across crosswalks in SoMa alleys, and FedEx drivers race quotas up hills with blind crests. When one of them causes a crash, the injury is… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 11, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
On June 25, 2026, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 623 — the Fair Medical Billing & Rideshare Safety Act — into law as Chapter 17 of the Statutes of 2026. If you ride in, drive for, or share the road with Uber and Lyft vehicles… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 8, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Almost everyone knows the feeling: the light turns green, the car ahead does not move, and the driver’s head is tilted down at a phone in their lap. Distracted driving is now one of the most common causes of crashes in San Francisco — and… read more
John Roach, Esq. | July 6, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
A fully loaded big rig can weigh 80,000 pounds — roughly twenty times the weight of the car next to it on the 80, the 101, or the 880. When a truck like that crashes, the people in the smaller vehicle absorb forces that ordinary… read more