Rizio and Nelson California Law Blog

The History Of Capital Punishment In California

The Death Penalty is something that has raised much controversy in countries all around the world. In the United States, each individual state determines whether or not is hosts the death penalty as punishment for severe crimes and how that punishment is administered. In modern times, the most common method of execution in such cases is lethal injection although for many years the favoured method was...

Child Death

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff’s child (age 4) was in a car that was rear-ended by a truck driven course and scope of employment for. An automobile accident occurred at an intersection resulting in the death of the child. The father sued for negligent operation of a motor vehicle, seeking wrongful-death damages on behalf of his daughters estate, claiming the driver ran a red light and liability...

California Victim of Child Abuse

FACTS & ALLEGATIONS A plaintiff now 36-years old and employed by an escrow company, claimed, between the ages of about 15 and 18, she was sexually molested numerous times by a relative including forced oral copulation. The plaintiff had long been experiencing certain health complications whose cause she had not thought to pursue, underwent psychological testing and was diagnosed with a psychological...