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Sunday morning dawned in California with the Dixie Fire becoming the largest single wildfire in the history of the Golden State. As of the start of a new week, the catastrophic Dixie Fire was less than 25 percent contained and had destroyed more than 700 square miles in four California counties: Butte Plumas Tehama Lassen As of midmorning on Sunday, thousands of homes were in the pathway of destruction by the Dixie Fire. The number of threatened homes and other…

Odds are strong that you will reach a point in your life when you need to file a claim with an insurance company to obtain compensation for an injury, damages, or losses. Unfortunately, you may encounter an insurance company that engages in what fairly can be classified generally as unfair claims settlement practices. There are a number of different types of unfair claims settlement practices engaged in by insurance companies across the United States. The most commonplace unfair claims settlement…

Retaining walls at the damaged Piney Point Reservoir are on the brink of complete collapse Easter Sunday afternoon. What is being described as an imminent breach of the retaining walls at the reservoir is apt to cause a 20-foot wall of water cascading into the surrounding area in Manatee County near Tampa Bay. The potential catastrophic flooding is worsened by the reality that Piney Point Reservoir exists to contain toxic wastewater from a shuttered phosphate plant. A breach of retaining…

Auto Accidents and Restaurant Food Delivery Due to the rash of restaurant closings and/or restrictions related to social distancing brought about by the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic, many of us have turned to “carry-out” and “home delivery” in order to continuing enjoy our favorite restaurants. However, with an increase in the number of vehicles involved in food delivery comes a potential rise in the number of automobile accidents. In today’s post the commercial vehicle accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm…

2020 Hurricane Season Breaks Records Before It Even Starts The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and runs through November 30, according to the National Hurricane Center. Even before the 2020 hurricane season officially began, Atlantic tropical storms broke records for two main reasons. First, this year’s hurricane season opened with a record number of named storms having formed in the Atlantic, two before the season and one that ripped into action directly at the start official start of…