John Roach, Esq. | September 18, 2026 | Brain Injuries \ Premises Liability
Six Flags Magic Mountain’s X2 coaster, a ride built around a spinning car and a launch designed to disorient riders on purpose, is now the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging it caused catastrophic brain injuries and at least one death. One family’s wrongful death case… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 18, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Senate Bill 371 fixed the headline number everyone worried about: Uber and Lyft’s $1 million commercial liability policy stayed intact when the new rideshare insurance rules took effect. What got far less attention is what SB 371 did to the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 17, 2026 | California Law \ Premises Liability
Most people who get bitten by a dog in San Francisco never make a claim. They assume the owner isn’t responsible because the dog “never bit anyone before.” They don’t want to go after a neighbor. Or the dog never actually bit them — it… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 16, 2026 | California Law
San Francisco sells tourists a fantasy: hop on the cable car, ring the bell, coast down California Street with the bay in the distance. On December 15, 2025, that fantasy broke. According to the lawsuit filed this month in San Francisco Superior Court, Cable Car… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 12, 2026 | All Things Trial \ Attorney Tips
Most people picture a personal injury trial as a fight over medical bills and photographs of a wrecked car. In reality, a large part of the outcome is decided before a single witness is sworn in — during the process of questioning the jury panel,… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 10, 2026 | Brain Injuries \ California Law \ Car Accidents
You did everything right. You wore a DOT-approved helmet, you rode sober and alert, and a driver still turned left across your lane or drifted into you on the 101. The helmet did its job — you’re alive, your skull is intact. But in the… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 9, 2026 | California Law
A dog attacked a woman on the 500 block of Larkin Street in the Tenderloin at around 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, leaving her with serious, life-threatening injuries. San Francisco Fire Department paramedics treated her at the scene before she was taken to… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 7, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
Labor Day weekend is supposed to honor working people. The bitter irony I see in my office every September: it’s also when a lot of working people get hurt — on holiday-schedule shifts, short-staffed job sites, and rush deliveries. And almost every injured worker who… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 5, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
Pain and suffering is proven by the people who watched you change. A San Francisco lawyer explains what California compensates, who can testify, and why the witness list should be complete.
John Roach, Esq. | September 3, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
You got in the back seat, confirmed the driver’s name, and watched the little car icon crawl across the map. Then someone ran a light — your driver, or the other driver, it happened too fast to tell — and now you’re hurt, the trip… read more