Electric bicycles: It has a motor, but in California it’s not a motor vehicle

How e-bikes are classified and the legal rules of the road for this fast-emerging mode of transportation

Nestor Schnasse

From Issue: 2022 June

Derailing trail immunity on the paved, multi-use trail

Public entities were never supposed to enjoy absolute immunity for dangerous conditions of paved multi-use trails

Scott Sumner

From Issue: 2021 July

Hey, you’re riding in the crosswalk!

Bicycles, tricycles, unicycles and crosswalks

Michael Danko

From Issue: 2017 July

The auto-overtaking-bicyclist case and the Three Feet for Safety Act

Is it negligence per se or do the circumstances matter when the overtaking auto causes an accident with a cyclist?

Nestor Schnasse

From Issue: 2016 July

When is a door not a door?

When it’s ajar! Strategies for prosecuting bicyclist dooring cases

Miles B. Cooper

From Issue: 2021 July

Using discovery to establish liability for bicycle accidents within construction zones

Don’t focus too sharply on the condition that caused the injury. Look at the failures of the public and private entities that created the dangerous condition

Casey A. Kaufman

From Issue: 2021 July

Winning bicycle crash cases that have adverse traffic collision reports

Fighting back against bogus findings of fault against cyclists

Michael Stephenson
Kyle Smith
Lucy Allen

From Issue: 2021 July

Win your auto vs. bike case

Beating comparative fault and winning your auto vs. bike case without much physical evidence

Brendan Gannon
Caroline X. Feldstein

From Issue: 2021 February

Governmental immunities that preclude bicyclists from prevailing

A finding of liability is not guaranteed — even when it seems obvious

Molly M. McKibben

From Issue: 2017 July

The cyclist anti-harassment ordinance

A civil cause of action for cyclists harassed by motorists – and a $1,000 remedy in Los Angeles

Josh Cohen

From Issue: 2014 July

Voir dire in a bicycle case

The quest for understanding and common ground is not easy; jurors may harbor strong feelings about bicycles sharing the road with cars

Artemis H. Malekpour

From Issue: 2016 July

The use, abuse and cross-examination of the bicycle “expert”

In cases where the victim was riding a bike, bike experts are often unnecessary and irrelevant

J. Kevin Morrison

From Issue: 2021 July