John Roach, Esq. | June 24, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
San Francisco traffic is built for chain reactions. Stop-and-go congestion on the 101 and I-280 approaches, fog that swallows brake lights on Sunset and Skyline corridors, steep grades where downhill momentum does the rest, and the Bay Bridge metering lights compressing five lanes of impatience… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 22, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Father’s Day weekend should end with leftovers in the fridge and kids asleep in the back seat — not with a phone call from the CHP. But every holiday weekend, Bay Area families drive home alongside people who decided the celebration wasn’t over when they… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 17, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
Calling a personal injury lawyer for the first time is intimidating. People don’t know what it will cost, how long the call will take, what they need to have ready, whether the lawyer will take their case, or whether they should even call at all…. read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 15, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Pacific Heights is one of San Francisco’s most walkable neighborhoods. Residents stroll along Fillmore Street, walk dogs to Alta Plaza and Lafayette Park, and move through a grid of leafy residential blocks that feel — and largely are — safer than the city’s denser commercial… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 13, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
A mother watches a speeding car strike her child in a crosswalk. A husband, on the phone with his wife, hears the metal-on-metal of a collision and then silence. A daughter sees her father fall and strike his head. In each case the person watching… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 10, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
The single most common question I get from injured people in San Francisco is some version of: “How long do I have to do something about this?” The short answer most people hear — “you have two years” — is correct as far as it… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 8, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Interstate 280 cuts through the San Francisco Peninsula at speeds and grades that turn ordinary driver mistakes into catastrophic injury cases. A momentary lane drift on Highway 101 becomes a sideswipe. The same drift on I-280 — at 75 miles per hour, on a downhill… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 6, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
Few discovery questions generate as much disagreement among plaintiff-side practitioners as how to answer a special interrogatory asking for the witnesses who can speak to a client’s pain and suffering, emotional distress, and other non-economic damages. I’ve watched this argument play out among colleagues more… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 5, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
The hours and days after a car accident in San Francisco are the most important part of your case — and almost everyone makes mistakes during them. Insurance companies count on it. Adjusters will be calling within 24 hours, your own carrier will be asking… read more
John Roach, Esq. | June 3, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
You are stopped at a red light at Van Ness and Geary. A glance at the rearview mirror catches the SUV behind you closing too fast. There is a second of bracing, then the crash — and then the slow, sickening realization that something in… read more