Category : Motor Vehicle Accidents
Four People Injured in Multivehicle Accident in Los Angeles
Four people have been injured in a Los Angeles multi-vehicle crash set off by a woman who lost control of her Toyota.
According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a 20-year-old woman driving a Toyota Celica on the westbound 210 freeway, set off a multi-vehicle collision that involved at least three other cars. Apparently, there was stopped traffic on the freeway, and the woman could not stop in time. She veered to the right and struck a white Honda, and then into a Cadillac. The Cadillac was sent rolling on top of a Mercedes. Four people had to be rushed to the hospital, and one had to be placed on advanced life support. The other victims suffered back, shoulder and neck injuries. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. There is no indication yet that alcohol or drug use were a factor in this accident
The victims here were extremely fortunate. Collisions involving multiple vehicles in heavy traffic can be extremely serious, and lead to instant fatalities or catastrophic injuries. It seems here that the driver of the Toyota Celica was either driving at excessive speeds, or at speeds that were too high for the prevalent traffic conditions. Motorists are required to take into consideration not just existing speed limits, but also existing road, traffic and weather conditions while driving. For instance, driving on a congested freeway will require dropping speeds to ensure that you’re not tailgating the car in front, and to help you bring your car to a stop in case of blocked traffic ahead.
Speeding still remains a major factor in the auto accidents that California accident lawyers come across every day. Speeding doesn’t refer simply to vehicles that are traveling at above the posted speed limits, but also cars that are traveling too fast for prevailing road, traffic and weather conditions. Motorists must slow down, not just in heavy traffic or rush-hour, but also when adverse weather increases the risk of an accident. Driving in stormy weather, heavy snowfall, heavy rains or other adverse weather conditions requires extra caution, and driving even at your normal speed limits may be too fast.
The second biggest factor in auto accidents is drunk driving. Even with all the focus on distracted driving and the number of injuries and fatalities it contributes to every year, more numbers of people are killed in alcohol-related car accidents than accidents caused by distracted driving. Every year, over 1,000 people are killed in California alone in accidents involving drunk motorists. Those numbers have been declining as law enforcement agencies have tightened their hold on intoxicated motorists, and lawmakers have become more proactive in passing laws that focus not just on educating and informing motorists, but also making sure that repeat DUI offenders are not able to drive again.
Cell phone use while driving, texting, shaving, applying makeup, snacking, reaching for a CD, changing music stations, talking to fellow passengers, staring at billboards-all of these constitute distracted driving, and contribute to thousands of accidents every year.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
Los Angeles Has a 60% Rate of Hit-And-Run Accidents While Cars are Parked
In the city of Los Angeles, 67 percent of drivers who reported that their cars were hit while parked, said that the other motorist simply left without bothering to leave a note. Los Angeles is not alone in such dishonorable motorist behavior. In fact, the more crowded city is, the more likely it is for a motorists to be a victim of a hit-and-run where the other driver not even bothering to leave a note.
Those statistics come via a report by insurer Allstate this week. The report says that New York City had the highest number of hit-and-run accidents involving parked vehicles. In fact, in the Big Apple, 70% of hit-and-run crashes involved vehicles that were parked. Houston was at the other end of the spectrum, with just 57% of hit-and-run accident involving parked vehicles. In the cities of Chicago and Phoenix, the rate was at 67% much like Los Angeles.
Allstate mentions that those high rates don’t necessarily mean that the culture in the cities lean towards irresponsible or negligent behavior. However, the congested nature of the cities may be conducive to an accident.
Even when you are involved in a hit-and-run accident involving a parked vehicle, you are required to leave a note on the other person’s vehicle explaining exactly what happened. Allstate has advice for victims of parked vehicle hit-and-run accidents.
- Contact your insurance company immediately.
- Take pictures of the damage to your car.
- Look around to see if you can find witnesses to whatever happened. Take down their contact information.
According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 37,000 traffic accident fatalities in 2008. Out of these, 447 fatalities involved hit-and-run accidents in which moving vehicles were involved. However, there were 91 fatalities in hit-and-run crashes involving a parked vehicle.
Just because you can’t trace the driver who struck your car while it was parked and fled the scene, doesn’t mean that you have no rights to compensation. This is where Uninsured Motorist Coverage kicks in. Motorists in California are required to maintain Uninsured Motorist Coverage, and this is part of the policy you have with your insurer. Uninsured Motorist Coverage kicks in not just during hit-and-run accidents where you can’t trace the driver, but also in accidents where there is an at-fault driver available, but he or she has no insurance.
Your Uninsured Motorist Coverage should kick in as soon as the accident occurs. Make sure you file a claim with your insurance company. The Uninsured Motorist Coverage must include your medical bills, lost wages and may be even other damages.
It’s important to understand that your Uninsured Motorist Coverage benefits are your rights because you have paid for these. When an insurer refuses to pay out benefits, or delays these, or pays you lesser than you are eligible for, it’s always best to consult with a California car accident lawyer, who specializes in Uninsured Motorist Coverage matters.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
Digitized Highway Signs Amplify Risk of Accidents in California
The New York Times has been in the forefront of raising public awareness about the dangers of driving while distracted. It runs a regular series of reports called Driven to Distraction on the numerous distractions that motorists face as they drive on American highways. The most recent report in the series deals with the distractions that motorists face in the form of brightly illuminated, neon, digitized highway billboard signs.
Billboards have always been a source of distraction for motorists on a highway. In the past, studies around the world have shown that certain billboards tend to have a higher risk of crashes. For instance, a billboard featuring a scantily clad model is more likely to have male motorists lose focus, and crash. However, those distractions tempting as they are, may pale in the face of new distractions from brightly lit, neon colored highway billboards that are cropping up increasingly on our highways. The Federal Highway Administration estimates that out of the approximately 450,000 billboards in the US, only about 2,000 are currently digitized. But the trend to have these digitized billboards at heavy traffic intersections is growing stronger by the day, as advertisers find the prospect of grabbing eyeballs at heavy traffic areas too tempting to pass up.
By any account, the digitized billboard industry is in an expanding one. While a traditional billboard can cost anywhere from $5,000-$50,000, a digitized billboard can cost between $250,000 and $300,000. The price for a digitized billboard is much lower than it used to be just a few years back. As the technology improves, and these billboards become more common, California injury lawyers find it highly likely that these prices could drop further. That means more and more billboards on US highways, distracting motorists who are already talking on their cell phones or text messaging while driving.
There haven’t been extensive studies done into how much these billboards can increase the risk of an accident. In 2007, a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that digitized billboards did not substantially increase the risk of accidents compared to traditional billboards. However, the findings of that study are suspect because the study was financed by the billboard industry, not the most impartial source.
However, federal transportation officials are beginning to take the matter seriously. The Federal Highway Administration is presently conducting a study into the effects of digitized billboards. The study includes installing eye tracking cameras in the cars of motorists, and monitoring for how long these drivers look at these billboards while driving. Last year, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute published a study which stressed the need for further investigations into the results of digitized billboard distractions on drivers. This spring, researchers will also have the opportunity to travel around the world to see how other cities have handled the distractions arising from digitized billboards.
As new technologies crop up and compete for a motorist’s attention on the road, it’s important that federal, state and local agencies also expand their policies to meet these new challenges.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
DOT Presents Sample Bill to Help States Draft Distracted Driving Legislation
The Department of Transportation has created a draft bill that it hopes will help states planning on enacting legislation against distracted driving. The draft bill however does seem to come with a loophole that accident lawyers in California are concerned about
The bill has been prepared by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency invited the participation of auto industry experts, and the American Automobile Association to help in drafting the bill. However, if you have a look at the bill, you’ll find that it contains terminology that may not do much to decrease the effects of distracted driving. Injury lawyers in Los Angeles will specifically have a problem with this clause of the sample bill
The clause exempts fines and penalties for texting while driving for those motorists who
Receive messages related to the operation and navigation of motor vehicle, safety related information including emergency traffic or weather alerts, data used primarily by the motor vehicle or radios.
So in states that pass laws that contain such language, motorists will be exempted from fines and penalties if they receive incoming traffic alerts and tweets. Several states allow motorists to get traffic information via tweets on Twitter, the micro blogging social site that allows messages of up to 140 characters to be sent out to followers.
In California, motorists can sign up to get traffic alerts sent to them. This has put two branches of government at odds with each other. On the one hand is the state transportation officials who want to make it easy for motorists to get easy access to information about road blocks and traffic jams, so they can plan their route. On the other side are lawmakers who worry about the risks of receiving such frequent tweets or messages.
Operators of such messaging services say that they insist that motorists must read the messages or tweet before they drive, and must not use the mobile messaging devices while driving. However, it’s highly likely that thousands of motorists won’t think twice before checking their mobile devices to read a traffic alert. The American Automobile Association insists that constantly reading messages can contribute to accident risks.
For those who would like to see less cell phone or smart phone use behind the wheels, allowing motorists to read their traffic alerts while driving may seem like a bit of an anti climax. There are studies showing that incoming messages can be just as much of a distraction as actually typing your message on a mobile gadget.
The problem of distracted driving can be a complex one. States like California have laws that ban cell phone use behind the wheel or text messaging while driving. However, fines and penalties levied on motorists who violate the rules continue to be light, and this makes enforcement of these laws harder. Right now, injury lawyers in California believe the focus should be on better enforcement of the laws that exist.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
Teens Postpone Getting a License– What are the Effects on Safety?
The Washington Post has a report on how fewer teens are choosing to rush to get their driving licenses as soon as they turn 16. More and more teenagers are choosing to wait to get their driving license, or sign up for a driver’s education program. The report says there are several reasons why teens are choosing to have their parents continue to drive them around or hitching a ride with their friends instead of getting their own licenses.
For one, the digital age has made it less important for teenagers to be mobile in order to have a social life. The ease of chatting via instant messages and the availability of chatting and conferencing abilities through Skype has lessened the need for teenagers to have to drive to their friends’ houses or social hangouts to keep in touch while out of school. Facebook and MySpace ensure that conversations can be carried on even outside the classroom. As a result, teenagers just don’t feel that urgency to get a license as before. Besides, many teens have their days packed not just with school activities, but also social networking and other out of school activities, and can barely find time to take driving classes.
For parents, the reaction to such delayed independence by their teenage children has been somewhat mixed. While most parents are happy their teenagers are avoiding the number one risk of death for teenagers – auto accidents – others are concerned that this delay in getting a license delays the path to adulthood. California auto accident lawyers are interested in the kind of safety issues thrown up by delayed driving. Safety experts warn that delaying driving may actually increase the risk of accidents in teenagers who have no choice but to drive when they reach college, or leave home and find a job.
Learning to drive when you are in high school allows teen motorists to slowly ease into adult driving, experts believe. They learn about traffic safety rules, and how to handle peer passenger distractions and other basics of driving before they are required to drive under an adult license. Delaying the process makes it harder for teenagers when they are suddenly faced with no choice, but to drive.
Auto accidents are the number one cause of death for teen motorists. Teen drivers between the age of 15 and 20 are at the highest risk for fatal accidents.
Teenagers are at a higher risk of accidents because of several factors.
- Age and inexperience
- Recklessness
- Peer pressure
- Risk of cell phone use and text messaging while driving
- Risks from intoxicated driving
Driving during the teens can help these motorists develop safe driving practices, creating well rounded adult drivers.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
Poor Economy Leads to Drop in Accident Fatalities in Monterey County
The slowdown in the economy has had at least one happy after effect in Monterey County. The California Highway Patrol has confirmed that there were fewer numbers of fatal accidents on Salinas highways last year, as people cut down on driving to save on gasoline expenses.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the agency’s Monterey office investigated a total of 21 fatal accidents in 2009. These crashes resulted in 26 fatalities. That was a drop of 22 percent in the number of accidents over the previous year. It was also a drop of 25 percent in fatalities compared to the figures of 2008. That year, the California Highway Patrol investigated a total of 27 accidents, which left 35 people dead. The King City area saw 4 fatal accidents that caused 7 fatalities in 2009, compared to 7 fatal accidents which caused 8 fatalities the previous year.
According to the CHP in Monterey, the drop in accident fatalities has been due to increased enforcement activities and stronger awareness campaigns. However, even the California Highway Patrol has not been able to deny that 2009 saw fewer motorists driving, and hence fewer accidents.
The Monterey area also saw two high profile multiple fatality accidents in 2009. In April last year, a tour bus accident on highway 101 in Soledad killed 5 people, including the driver of the bus. The bus had been carrying a group of French tourists, when it overturned on a remote highway. In May 2009, an accident involving a Honda Accord on highway 101 killed 4 people in the Accord.
Across the country, highway fatalities have dropped over the past few years. There is still no way of confirming for sure that this drop occurred because of the economic slowdown. However, the fact is that people tend to drive lesser during times of financial crisis. When jobs are in peril and the employment rates are high, people are more likely to save on fuel expenses, by cutting down on non-essential trial. As the year progresses, California auto accident lawyers will have a much clearer picture of the reasons for the dip in fatalities last year.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
New Safety Initiatives from CHP and OTS
California auto accident lawyers are always very encouraged when state law enforcement agencies focus on innovative ways to educate motorists and enhance traffic safety. The California Highway Patrol has announced that it will partner with the Ventura County Medical Center to present a traffic safety program for teen motorists and their parents. The program called Start Smart will be held next week at the new Ventura County Medical Center cafeteria in Ventura. The classes will be held on Tuesday at 7pm, and will be free of cost.
The program includes tips and information for teen motorists on avoiding accidents. There will also be a focus on DUI awareness, as well as information on traffic laws in California. Teen motorists are one of the highest risk groups for auto accidents in California. In fact, auto accidents are the number one cause of death for teens between the age of 15 and 20. Therefore, any efforts that focus on teen motorist safety must be encouraged.
- There are several factors that increase the risk of accidents for teen motorists.
- These motorists are younger and inexperienced
They tend to be influenced by peer pressure. - They may face risks from distractions from their teen passengers.
- Teen motorists may also have a love of adventure which manifests itself as recklessness.
The California Office of Traffic Safety has also launched an innovative new strategy to improve traffic safety, and bring down accident rates in California. The Office of Traffic Safety has launched a Facebook page. The page was launched during the annual California Holiday Drunk Driving Enforcement Campaign. The Office of Traffic Safety intends for the page to be used to communicate directly with California’s motorists, including teen motorists and young drivers through interactive applications and regular updates. The OTS kicked off the Facebook page with a Mocktail Recipe contest. Fans of the page were required to send in their recipes for non-alcoholic beverages that could be served to designated drivers during the holiday season.
The use of social networking media has increased phenomenally over the past couple of years. The Office of Traffic Safety seems to have recognized that there is only so much impact that can be had by blaring out safe driving messages. It makes much more sense to go where California’s motorists are. Facebook is easily the largest social networking site with 350 million members, and counting. Taking the message to Facebook will allow the OTS to interact with California’s motorists. The Facebook page encourages people to share their thoughts, driving experiences and ask questions about auto and traffic safety.
Initiatives like the Facebook page are especially effective because Facebook is hugely popular with teen motorists. These are the motorists that California law enforcement agencies will have to more strongly target if they want to bring abut a drop in the number of auto accidents in the state.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
One Person Killed in Auto Accident in Madera County
Barely two weeks into 2010, and California personal injury lawyers are already beginning to see an increase in fatal auto accidents in California. Yet another person was killed in an accident in Madera County last week. The victim, a Walnut Creek resident, his wife and daughter were traveling in a pickup truck on Saturday afternoon, when another pickup truck which seemed to have crossed into oncoming traffic, struck the victim’s truck head on.
The impact of the accident caused both the pickups to burst into flames. Onlookers were able to pull the victim’s wife and daughter from the burning truck. The wife sustained serious injuries and has been hospitalized, while the daughter suffered moderate injuries. However, the victim was trapped, and unable to make it out of the car. The other pickup truck driver was also killed in the accident.
For survivors of accidents, the pain of losing a loved one in a crash is amplified by their mental anguish in having survived the crash. These people need emotional counsel to recover from the feeling of survivor guilt that very often accompanies such experiences. Survivors may battle other emotional scars from the crash. For instance, an accident that results in a fire is a terrifying scenario, and can leave victims with severe emotional and mental trauma.
Post traumatic stress disorder may also develop. This is a condition that is frequently seen in people who have survived serious auto accidents, national disasters, explosions, terrorist attacks, and other major events. Post traumatic disorder is characterized by depression, lack of concentration, nightmares, frequent flashbacks, social withdrawal, emotional distress, difficulty having positive feelings, loss of interest in activities, sleeplessness, irritability, frequent bouts of anger, and nervousness. These symptoms can dramatically impact a survivor’s quality of life for months after the physical injuries have healed.
Persons who lose loved ones in accidents may find the journey to recovery does not end when the physical healing is complete.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
New Group Promises to Drive Public Focus towards Distracted Driving
California personal injury lawyers and auto safety groups have appreciated the increased efforts being made by the federal government to combat distracted driving. This blog has discussed several developments over the past few months that focused on preventing the large number of distracted driving crashes. In continuation of these efforts, the US Department of Transportation and National Safety Council are announcing the launch of a new organization, dedicated solely to increase awareness about the accident risks of distracted driving.
The organization is called FocusDriven. The group has just begun recruiting staff and raising funds to bolster its efforts. The group plans to base its initiatives on those so successfully adopted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. According to Jennifer Smith, who is the president of FocusDriven, the organization will function as a survivor advocate group, and will help survivors of distracted driving accidents much in the same way as Mothers Against Drunk Driving offers aid and support to survivors of drunk driving accident victims. Jennifer Smith has a personal connection with the risks of distracted driving. Her mother died in 2008 in an accident caused by a driver, who ran a red light while he was distracted talking on his cell phone.
Smith spoke to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at last year’s distracted driving summit. Secretary LaHood supported her belief that there was the need for a group that would give a voice to the silent victims of distracted driving accidents and their families. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2007, 11 percent of drivers talked on their cell phones. California personal injury lawyers however however believe that those numbers are actually far higher. Besides, collecting exact data on accidents caused by cell phones is hard, because police in many states don’t collect data on cell phone use motorist. Even when they do, drivers may not be willing to come out and admit that they were using their cell phone when they hit someone’s car. Motorists using cell phones while driving have a risk of being involved in an accident that is 4 times higher than for those not using cell phones.
The National Safety Council has been adding a strong voice to those clamoring for more restrictions on cell phone distractions. Last year, the group had called for a nationwide ban on all cell phone use behind the wheel. No state bans all kinds of cell phone use behind the wheel, although several states including California, have bans on the use of hand held cell phones and text messaging while driving. According to the NSC, every year motorists using cell phones cause 1.6 million accidents. Approximately 25 percent of all accidents are caused by people having conversations on their cell phones. 200,000 accidents every year are caused by people text messaging while driving.
It’s possible to make great strides in the battle against distracted driving, as has been made in the fight against drunk driving. What is needed is a combination of legislative efforts, education campaigns and support groups like FocusDriven.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of auto accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.
Sixteen People Killed in Auto Accidents in California over Christmas Holiday
The hoilday seasons usually show a dramatic spike in the number of intoxicated motorists on the road which leads to an increased number of alcohol related car crashes. This year’s Christmas season followed the same trend, it seems. There were more than 1,400 people arrested for driving under the influence across California during the holiday weekend.
The crackdown, which began on the 18th of December ran through the 26th, and ended with 1,424 motorists arrested for drunk driving. Those statistics come from the Avoid program, which has law enforcement agencies from more than 40 California counties participating. Those numbers are higher than the arrest figures during the same period last year, when there were 1,416 people arrested for DUI.
The California Highway Patrol itself arrested more than 200 people for driving under the influence in Los Angeles County. In Orange County, 22 people were arrested for DUI, while in San Diego County, the toll was 38 DUI arrests. The crackdown is expected to continue though this weekend, while millions of Californians bring in the New Year. The New Year holiday tends to be the most alcohol-heavy holiday of the year, with copious amount of alcohol expected to flow over the weekend. The result will be hundreds of intoxicated motorists too drunk to drive, and too irresponsible to take a cab ride home. The potential for accidents is vast, and California Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies are sparing no efforts to crackdown on intoxicated motorists.
Even with those large numbers of arrests over this Christmas, there were 16 deaths occurring in traffic accidents over the holiday. That is the same number of deaths that occurred during Christmas season in 2008
Stronger action against drunk drivers and stricter enforcement of drunk driving laws have meant a sharp decline in the number of people killed in alcohol-related crashes over the past few years. Across the country, states like California that have taken a hard stand against intoxicated motorists through regular enforcement, periodic crackdowns and stronger punishment for drunk drivers have been able to bring down annual DUI fatality rates. In California, there has been a sharp focus on preventing these fatalities. Enforcement has been accompanied by new laws that make it harder for repeat offenders to drive after a DUI arrest. A recent law set up a pilot program in 4 California counties including Los Angeles, under which persons convicted of driving under the influence will have an ignition interlock device installed in their cars. The device is designed to measure the amount of alcohol on a person’s breath and shut down the ignition, preventing the vehicle from starting if the driver s found to be intoxicated.
This is currently a pilot program, and if successful in bringing down drunk driving accidents further, as California drunk driving accident lawyers hope it will. They expect it to be introduced in another counties after the pilot program has proved itself. The program has been applauded by anti drunk driving groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving as well as California car accident attorneys.
The Reeves Law Group is a law firm with offices throughout California dedicated exclusively to the representation of personal injury victims, including victims of motor vehicle accidents. Please visit our website at trlglaw.com. If you desire a free consultation on a personal injury matter, please call us at (800) 644-8000 or email us.
The Reeves Law Group is not acting as legal counsel for any party in the matters discussed in this posting.