John Roach, Esq. | May 11, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Two Bay Area injury victims with similar accidents and similar injuries can end up with dramatically different settlements. The difference often isn’t the strength of the underlying case — it’s the strategic decisions made along the way. I’ve represented Bay Area injury victims since 2009,… read more
John Roach, Esq. | May 8, 2026 | California Law
Few legal matters are as difficult as a wrongful death case following a public transit accident. The family is grieving. The bureaucracy of a government agency is unfamiliar. Deadlines that most personal injury cases never face — including a six-month government tort claim deadline that… read more
John Roach, Esq. | May 4, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
I tell every new client at intake the same handful of things that no insurance adjuster will ever volunteer. After years of representing Bay Area injury victims since 2009, I’ve watched these specific knowledge gaps cost injured people tens of thousands — sometimes hundreds of… read more
John Roach, Esq. | May 1, 2026 | California Law
“How long is this going to take?” It’s the question I hear from nearly every client who sits down with me for a free consultation. After a serious injury, you’re dealing with medical bills, missed work, and uncertainty about your future — and what you… read more
John Roach, Esq. | April 29, 2026 | California Law
Daly City has roughly 105,000 residents, more than 30,000 households, and tens of thousands of dogs across its neighborhoods — from Westlake to Bayshore, Crocker to Serramonte. Most encounters with neighborhood dogs are uneventful. But when a dog bite happens — at a friend’s barbecue,… read more
John Roach, Esq. | April 27, 2026 | California Law
If you’ve been injured in Daly City — in a car accident on I-280, a slip and fall at Serramonte Center, a pedestrian incident on Mission Street, or any other accident caused by someone else’s negligence — one of the first questions you probably have… read more
John Roach, Esq. | April 24, 2026 | California Law
After years handling personal injury cases throughout Oakland, San Francisco, and the greater Bay Area, I’ve seen the same mistakes cost injured people tens of thousands — sometimes hundreds of thousands — of dollars. Not because they did anything wrong in the accident. Because they… read more
John Roach, Esq. | April 22, 2026 | California Law
Oakland is one of the most economically active cities in the Bay Area — home to the Port of Oakland, one of the busiest cargo hubs on the West Coast, as well as construction sites, warehouses, biotech firms, restaurants, and small businesses employing hundreds of… read more
John Roach, Esq. | April 20, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
I wrote this post not because I’m looking for Prop 213 cases — I’m not — but because I want every California driver who reads it to understand why carrying at least minimum liability insurance is one of the most important financial decisions they’ll ever… read more
John Roach, Esq. | April 17, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
For the first time since 1967 — nearly 60 years — California has updated its minimum car insurance requirements. Under Senate Bill 1107, known as the Protect California Drivers Act, the new minimums took effect January 1, 2025. If you drive in California or were… read more