In a California civil case the sequence is ordinary, even when the facts are not. Motions finish. A jury is selected. Both sides open. Witnesses, including doctors and sometimes reconstruction experts, testify. Exhibits — the helmet, the photographs, the policy — go in. Both sides close. The judge instructs. The jury answers the questions on the verdict form: fault, percentages, damages.
Most rider files still resolve before that week. The ones that do not are the reason the earlier work exists. A case built only to settle is visible to the other side, and it is priced accordingly.
Written for riders in California as general information from the Bike911 practice of A.G. Assanti & Associates, P.C. It is not advice about your facts, and it is not a substitute for counsel. Deadlines can be shorter than you think.
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