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Bob Schock is an Oakland personal injury lawyer. We talk about lawsuits in a recession and how businesses can protect themselves and why people file lawsuits. Bob explains that one trend that firms practice is to get rid of "whistle-blowers" because they cause the most trouble in the view of the firm. He also explains that in general, personal injury lawsuits are down, not up. Watch the video to learn more. Contact Bob at 510-839-7722.

In this installment of our video show, Oakland Personal Injury Lawyer Bob Schock talks about "Slip and Falls" and what to do if you believe you've been a victim of such an occurence. You can contact Bob at 510-839-7722 or visit his website: http://robertgschock.com

This video is based on the lawsuit that Bob won and is discussed below and here. Kids Get $3M in Mom's Death Montereyherald.com June 20, 2007 Original Montereyherald.com article: Kids Get $3M in Mom's Death A Monterey County jury awarded almost $3 million to the children of a woman killed when a Monterey cypress toppled on her car on Highway 1 north of Moss Landing on New Year's Day last year. 'There was a message with this,' said Bob Schock, an attorney representing two of Jacine Calderon Sarmiento's children. 'After the verdict, the jurors said they hoped the state of California would do something about the trees along the highways.' Sarmiento, 45, was driving along Highway 1 during a raging storm on Jan. 1, 2006, with her 5-year-old daughter when the tree fell on her vehicle. Sarmiento was killed and her daughter, Athena, suffered minor injuries. At the time, emergency crews reported that two other cypress trees from the grove along the highway fell