Death Records Now

1) Changing Radio Stations – Sure we agree it’s necessary when a radio station decides to play the same song you’ve heard a thousand times before and really didn’t care for it the first time you heard it. But wait until it’s safe to make the change.

 

2) Running out of gas, water, oil, washer fluid, coffee… Sure we know that it’s expensive to have these things, but cars and drivers don’t run very well without them.

 

3) Mattresses On The Road – Just who is dropping those mattresses all over the freeways anyway?

 

4) Pot Holes – It’s the people who cause these things and then don’t cover them up like their golf course divots. Still, they can be a real eye opener at times when you are sleepy, so we have to give them a little credit too. Not good for the car or the psyche, but they do cause people to slow down.

 

5) Speed Bumps – Now these are going too far. Especially the really really high ones.

 

6) Snow – We don’t see much of this in Southern California, but if it ever does snow really hard in Southern California, people are going to see thousands of accidents in a single day.

 

7) Rain – Sure we know it’s fun to slip and slide, but not in your car. Hydroplaning is not fun when your brakes have absolutely zero effect.

 

8) Cell phones – Somehow I don’t have the feeling that people are paying attention to the law that says you can only use these with hands free devices.

 

9) Personal Grooming – This hasn’t been outlawed yet so I think we will continue to see people doing almost all of the things in their car that they should do at home before getting in the car, except perhaps for taking showers.

 

10) Looking at pedestrians and other drivers. That’s why we see so much tinted glass on cars, but the pedestrians especially at the beach can be real distractions.

 

Here are ten useful tips of advice from an auto accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle an auto accident in Santa Monica, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learning how we can assist you.

 

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it may have been a few hours since the accident. However, if you ever have another accident, or if it’s only been a few hours since you were hurt, here’s what you should do from the start.

 

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

 

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

 

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

 

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

 

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

 

Seventh, call a good auto accident attorney as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the lawyer can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good auto accident attorney can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an attorney, think again. A good auto accident lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most auto accident lawyers advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

 

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

 

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

 

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

 

If you’ve had an auto accident in Santa Monica, Long Beach, Carson, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Oxnard, Cambria or San Luis Obispo, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Santa Monica Auto Accident Lawyer and your Long Beach Auto Accident Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

 

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learn how we can assist you.

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Is there anybody who can help me understand the practice of voodoo and it’s merit?
Two years ago I moved to a small Florida seaside community and was immediately befriended by a guy who seemed genuinely nice. After a few months I started getting a bad vibe from this guy. He seemed to take much pleasure in other peoples misfortune. In fact, when very bad things happened to people around him I sensed it fuelled almost an elation within him that sort of shocked me-I noticed his wife always seemed silent and unhappy- and one time when we were alone she asked me strange questions-like if I knew what he did for work! She claimed she did not know which struck me as COMPLETELY bizarre as they have been together 14 years. She also confided in me that she wanted to leave him but was fearful claiming he was the most "vindictive, and inherently evil person" she had ever known. My conversation with her that day …for a lack of a better phrase….completely freaked me out as it came out of nowhere. We had never spoke more then two words to each other and she was speaking to me in an almost desperate tone…. while my friend had stepped outside to use his cell phone. Shortly after that weird conversation my friend started opening up to me as well- He was from the backwoods of Louisiana, His parents were abusive- and he thought he had these mystical voodoo like powers-He claimed he could heal people-hurt people- and something to do with voodoo-Honestly-when he spoke about this stuff- I kind of winced inside, never really paying attention, always thinking that this guy was a nutjub…And one day I just ended out friendship-I simply stopped calling him and made it a point to never answer the door- Soon, I started getting just evil, threatening IM’s- Some even threatening me with everything from horrific curses, to death. I should have saved them- but brushed them off because I thought he was harmless, and basically nuts—-Then, really bad, really strange things started happening to me one after another- First my Mom who I was very close to passed away suddenly and with no warning while here in town visiting-She was 68, no cause of death could be determined….Then I was hospitalised with a rare – antibiotic resistant blood infection which almost killed me-I’m a 40 year old, totally healthy guy who never even gets the flu- I was hospitalised for 3 months-Then, while walking to my car one night…right outside my house- I was attacked by two guys dressed in black wearing ski masks-I was pistol whipped- and after 5 minutes of being severely beaten up,one of the guys pulled me up and put the gun to my head- My neighbour (Thank God) came running out of his house screaming the Police were on their way. It took 8 staples to put my scalp back together. The strange part was….there was no motive-These guys were perfectly silent-did not rob me – I live in a great neighbourhood- very low crime rate…etc….And c’mon- huge guys dressed in all black in ski masks????? That is not real. That is like movie stuff. Then I lost my job-I had a stellar work record, but suddenly and out of the blue my company scaled back my department and laid me off—another bizarre twist as I have worked for them for 7 years and they spent a lot of money to move me from Chicago down here to Fl-One month prior they had given me a great review and a raise. Now, my girlfriend of 11 years also very healthy—36 years old- who works out every day and eats right- has suddenly been hospitalised… first with an abdominal issues and had to endure two major abdominal surgeries in 9 days, and strange boils that have grown and seem to be … antibiotic resistant. I feel I am a rationale guy- And while I don’t want to let my mind wander down a road that would lead me to believe curses are real…etc….but the timing of all these events…one right after another are really scaring me. Can anyone tell me about voodoo-or curses- etc? Has anyone had any personal experience with such?

Yes….you know i actually took the time to read the WHOLE thing…
anyway, i think you have the wrong idea of what voodoo really is…voodoo is a kind of magic, dealing with affecting energy fields that therefore control a certain aspect of reality. Now the definition i gave you may sound like any other form of magic, but voodoo was used in Africa and places like such, you’ve heard of the doll right? the voodoo doll?, well the voodoo doll was never meant for cursing, most people just use it to curse but voodoo dolls can also be used to bring luck and positive energy, the evil comes from the intention of the practitioner. Now that we have it cleared that voodoo is nothing evil, about that curse. If someone threatens you through IM, its probably most unlikely that he really does and knows how to practice every step and every single delicate procedure in voodoo magic….he’s a fake…trust me, if a voodoo master wanted to harm you, he would have just done it, and wouldn’t even think of trying to have fun by antagonizing you with IM’s, the people who attacked you were probably HIS people. So, let me impart a word to the wise, he is fake if he threatens, i seriously think he is just making it up…the things that happened to you were a coincidence, fix them like you would any other problem in life. But if it were a curse, then you would have to get rid of it with a counter curse, or either purify yourself. I have had a lot of experiences with curses, i know a lot of people who were into those kind of stuff, including me. Curses are just another word for an offensive or malicious spell. Explaining the whole procedure of counter-cursing and purifying would probably take up most of my time, so if i were you i would just let it be. If he were really cursing you then you need not worry, someone who uses magic for evil gets karma threefold. which means he gets the amount of karma he needs to learn from his mistake, if he never learns, then the karma just keeps on coming. Dont worry, let the natural balance of magic bring him to a stop, and probably drag him down to wherever you were when he cursed you. Tell him that to the laws of the universe, he’s in some deep sh*t. the universe has its way for dealing with people like this, don’t worry. If you really are worried, and want to do something about it, e-mail me.