Recent content by betachains

Over the years, I have utilized multiple lawyers. Unlike other professional services, I have had to paid them in full prior to any work ("retainers"). Not surprisingly, after full payment, emails are often ignored and phone calls are not returned. The exceptions are if future business is likely...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA Some weeks ago I was involved in a 2-vehicle accident at which I was supposedly at fault. The other car was damaged but was driven away. The driver gave a statement to the police and refused medical treatment. My insurance company now tells me...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA While attending to other things at a hospital, I encountered a blood draw on a DUI arrestee. The blood tech (phlebotomist) is a hospital employee. She used the usual alcohol swap (instead of the providone one) for the draw. The police officer...

I plead guilty to a 1st-time DUI in Calif. a few months ago. The county court's online database does not show my case, though other ones more recent than mine are there. Is it just that the records department enter cases in no particular order, and my case will eventually make it online? Or did...