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 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 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
John Roach, Esq. | September 2, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Ben Fisher was walking his two-year-old daughter across Sanchez and Duncan streets in Noe Valley shortly after 9:30 a.m. last Friday when she tripped and fell, face-down, in the crosswalk. As she lay there, a Waymo robotaxi began moving into the intersection toward them, according… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 1, 2026 | Car Accidents
The pattern behind most Market Street bike and scooter falls is almost always the same: a rider swerves around a bus or a double-parked car blocking the bike lane, drifts into the track-lined portion of the roadway, and catches a wheel in the gap alongside… read more
John Roach, Esq. | August 30, 2026 | Car Accidents
Data Analysis · Traffic Safety in San Francisco San Francisco’s Most Dangerous Intersections: What the City’s Own Data Shows Citywide traffic deaths just hit a decade low. But San Francisco has the highest share of pedestrian deaths of any major U.S. city — and the… read more
John Roach, Esq. | August 28, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
For the second time in less than a year, video has surfaced showing a San Francisco Muni operator asleep at the controls of a moving train. On July 31, 2026, at roughly 8:30 a.m., an L Taraval train ran into a stopped, empty train near… read more
John Roach, Esq. | August 22, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
After a car or rideshare accident in San Mateo, California law lets you recover medical bills, lost wages and pain-and-suffering damages — and if an Uber or Lyft was involved, there may be up to $1 million in coverage most victims never hear about. Attorney… read more
John Roach, Esq. | August 21, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
You accepted a delivery block, loaded your car at the station, and somewhere between a pickup and a doorstep across the city, a crash upended everything — the emergency room, the missed blocks, the income you were counting on. Then you started reading the fine… read more
John Roach, Esq. | August 8, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
If you were hurt in a car accident in Concord, California law gives you two years to bring a claim — but the evidence that wins your case is gone within days, and the deadline drops to six months if a government entity is involved…. read more