Dave Ring Featured in Lawdragon’s Lawyer Limelight

Partner Dave Ring discusses how his practice has evolved since the 90’s, balancing law with family life and why he admires his clients in Lawdragon’s: Lawyer Limelight series. “My former law partner and I, Patrick McNicholas, decided to take this particular abuse case to trial because the settlement offer was low. The jury returned a…

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Human error a central catalyst in wrongful death outcomes

Virtually any caring and empathetic personal injury attorney can readily speak to the stark upside involved in helping injury victims and their families obtain closure and meaningful recoveries in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Bringing legal acumen and experience to bear on behalf of individuals who sorely need assistance is often a profoundly and…

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Was laxity not readily apparent in this child sexual abuse case?

The sad saga now being recounted in some national media outlets regarding the sexual abuse of young children is typical for its sketching of details that all too commonly feature in such cases There was an adult authority figure, namely, a school bus helper. That individual — a 38-year-old male — had ready access to…

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Sexual assault survey with relevance to college campuses unveiled

We have noted the sad reality regarding sexual assault of women generally and the particularly high level of sex-based crimes against females that occur on American campuses across the country in prior select blog posts. We noted in a recent post entry, for example, the rather astounding report that “about 20 percent of female college…

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Shared responsibility in sex crimes cases, Part 2

We noted in our immediately preceding blog post that “responsibility in a sex crimes matter can indeed be dispersed and broadly shared.” It is certainly important that the Southern California readers of our personal injury victims’ advocacy website at the Los Angeles law firm of Taylor & Ring understand and appreciate that point, because it…

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Many parties can share responsibility in a sex crimes case

Issues regarding culpability and legal liability routinely emerge in all areas of the law, which can make a timely consultation with a proven attorney a critically important first step for an injured victim to take. And that can be especially true in the realm of sex crimes, for several very important reasons. For starters, prosecutors…

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Does a judge like this chill victims’ rape reports?

He apologized, but hey, well … whatever. That has undoubtedly got to be the reaction of legions of people who heard in media reports across the country last week what can only be termed as the outrageous comments of one man regarding rape. Unfortunately, that man is a judge. And from the statements he uttered…

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Campus sexual assault reporting, Part 2: introducing Callisto

We continue in today’s blog post with a topic we initially broached last week that has been termed “a hot topic in higher education.” Unfortunately, and as noted in our September 11 entry, that subject has nothing to do with anything salutary that is occurring on college campuses in California or elsewhere across the country.…

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Seriously, how scary has this texting-while-driving thing become?

You know that we’ve literally got a deadly serious problem with texting while driving when stories like this emerge: Cops see motorist “wrist driving” while holding a phone in each hand Cars driven by texting drivers end up in trees People are locked in on YouTube videos when behind the wheel The practice of bowing…

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