Motorcyle and Biker Ride Reports and General Info

Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez

If you have been in a Motorcycle Accident ANYWHERE in The State of California, call me now 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, for a free consultation at 800-816-1Law (800-816-1529), Extension 1

Real World riding experiences, good and bad, of California Biker and Motorcycle Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., and other authors.

General Information and Motorcycle Product Reviews will also be posted here. If you wish to contribute to the this section section of the blog shoot us an email to law@norman-law.com.

Search

Choose skin

Linkblog

Motorcycle Manufacturers

Law Blogs

Lawyers

  • My Motorcycle and Biker Law Firm Website This is my law firm's Motorcycle Website. On my website you will find out about The Law Office of Norman Greogory Fernandez's law practice related to Motorcycle and Biker personal injury, biker's rights, criminal law, online legal books, and ton's of information. Check it out! Permalink
  • The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates This is my main website. On this site you will find out about the various aspects of my law firm's legal practice. We do Personal Injury, Family Law, Civil Litigation, Appelate Work, Criminal Law, Workers Compensation, and other types of cases. There is a ton of information on my mail website. Check it out! Permalink

Non Motorcycle Related Links

  • GalaxyStorm Radio The Best Rock & Roll on the Net GalaxyStorm Radio is the best Rock & Roll radio station on the internet. Their playlist is the best I have ever heard. They play Rock & Roll from the 60's to present time and they have some great comedy on their station as well. Their website has tons of fun stuff to look at too! Permalink

Motorcycle Rights Organizations

Motorcycle Events

Motorcycle Education and Resources

Legal Links

  • Calfornia Wrongful Death Center This website deals exclusively with Wrongful Death in the State of California. If you have been the victim of a wrongful death in California check out this site. Permalink
  • California Family Law Center This is the main family law website for the Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates. You will find all sorts of information related to California Family Law on this site. Permalink
  • California Personal Injury Center This is the Law Office of Norman Greogory Fernandez's main personal injury website. If you have been injured in the State of California you are going to want to check out this site. Permalink

Motorcycle & Biker Blogs

Other

  • Legal Disclaimer

    The Biker and Motorcycle Lawyer Blog / Blawg, the Biker and Motorcycle Related Legal Articles Blog, the Motorcycle Safety Tips Blog, the Link Blog, the Motorcyle and Biker Ride Reports Blog, the California Personal Injury Lawyer, Attorney, Blog, and the Southern California Family Law Blog / Blawg is published by Attorney Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., and The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates, as an educational resource only. None of the material on this site is expressly or impliedly meant to provide legal advice to you in any way shape or form. Since the material on this site is provided for educational use only, and laws continuously change from time to time, the author of this website neither expressly nor impliedly warrants that any of the material provided on this website is accurate. If you have a legal issue we strongly suggest that you contact a lawyer in your State for a legal consultation. If you are in the State of California, you may contact The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates for a consultation on your matter. No attorney / client relationship shall be expressly or impliedly created between Attorney Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., or The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez and you, by the publishing of articles on this site, nor should you interpret that any such relationship has been created by the publishing of any content on this site.
    All articles related to Biker Safety are provided for educational use only, and constitute expressions of opinions and advice of the author only. Attorney Norman Gregory Fernandez and The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez shall assume no liability whatsoever for your reliance on any of articles contained herein, nor should you rely on said articles as statements of fact.

    Permalink

XML Feeds

What is RSS?

Who's Online?

  • Guest Users: 56

 Breaking Legal News

 American Bar Association Top 100 Blawg Honoree

Archives for: February 2008

02/28/08

Legendary Custom Hot Rod Builder Boyd Coddington is Dead at the Age of 63.

Permalink 11:23:25 pm, by Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. Email , 160 words, 653 views   English (US)
Categories: News, Articles, Editorial, Other

Car Accident Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez discusses the death of custom hot rod legend Boyd CoddingtonCustom Hot Rod builder Boyd Coddington has died here in Southern California; he was 63 years old.

Many people might wonder why I am writing about this on the Biker Law Blog, well I have admired Boyd’s work for many years, and he built great cars. Many people recently became familiar with Boyd Coddington on his reality TV show “American Hot Rod,” however in the custom car and hot rod world, Boyd Coddington was a local and national legend.

When I heard that he passed away last night at Presbyterian Hospital in Whittier, I was shocked. He was definitely on top of his game. I do not know the cause of his death, nor has it been announced.

Many fabricators were trained by and/or came out of Boyd’s shop including motorcycle builder Jesse James, and customizer Chip Foose.

Southern California and the world will truly miss this legend.

Boyd Coddington, Rest In Peace!

By Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., © 2008

02/01/08

Britney Spears; What is Up With This Gal?

Permalink 01:23:47 pm, by Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. Email , 808 words, 2355 views   English (US)
Categories: News, Articles, Editorial, Other

California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez discusses Britney Spears situation.OK, OK, I am hereby succumbing to multiple requests from Biker Law Blog readers to discuss the legal ramifications related to the multiple 72 hour psychiatric holds on Singer Britney Spears.

First off this is a Motorcycle Law Blog among other things. I do not normally write about this kind of stuff on the Biker Law Blog, but since I do have an “In the Wind” section where I discuss off topic subjects, and since my readers are requesting it, so be it.

It appears based upon what I have seen in the news that Britney Spears may have a psychiatric condition known as bi-polar disorder. This is a personality disorder that presents as a condition whereby the person with bi-polar disorder experiences mood swings from hyper-manic to depression over and over again, or in a cycle. I am not a doctor so here is a link where you can read about the condition, click here now.

If the news reports are accurate than Britney Spears may have bi-polar disorder or another psychiatric condition. This I know for sure based upon news reports; Britney Spears was placed on a California Welfare and Institutions Code § 5150, 72 hour hold on one occasion by the Los Angeles Police Department, and on another occasion at the behest of her psychiatrist. A “5150” hold basically means that a person or entity allowed by the County of Los Angeles to do so, has attested to the fact that there is probable cause that Britney Spears is or has become a threat to herself, to others, or she has lost the legal capacity to care for herself. This is serious business! If after such a hold, the facility where she has been taken determines that she is a threat to herself, to others, or does not have the legal capacity to care for herself, legal proceedings can be initiated to involuntarily commit her to a psychiatric or mental hospital against her will!

In many such cases, the facility will convince such an individual to voluntarily check themselves into a mental facility to get the help that they need, without having to jump through the legal hoops necessary to get an involuntary commitment to such a facility.

Here is the text of California Welfare and Institutions Code § 5150:

When any person, as a result of mental disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled, a peace officer, member of the attending staff, as defined by regulation, of an evaluation facility designated by the county, designated members of a mobile crisis team provided by Section 5651.7, or other professional person designated by the county may, upon probable cause, take, or cause to be taken, the person into custody and place him or her in a facility designated by the county and approved by the
State Department of Mental Health as a facility for 72-hour treatment and evaluation.

Such facility shall require an application in writing stating the circumstances under which the person's condition was called to the attention of the officer, member of the attending staff, or professional person, and stating that the officer, member of the attending staff, or professional person has probable cause to believe that the person is, as a result of mental disorder, a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled. If the probable cause is based on the statement of a person other than the officer, member of the attending staff, or professional person, such person shall be liable in a civil action for intentionally giving a statement which he or she knows to be false.

California Welfare and Institutions Code § 5150 actually should be read as §§5150-5157 to get a true understanding of how the law works.

I am discussing Britney Spears in this article, but this code can be applied to anybody. I will say this, from the news account that I heard in the first instance that Ms. Spears was “5150’d” when she refused to turn over her child after a supervised visitation; if it was anyone other than Ms. Spears, they probably would have been taken to jail rather than “5150’d!” I think she received preferential treatment because of her celebrity status. She got lucky.

I have no ill will towards Ms. Spears. I am not really into her type of music; I am more of a Rock & Roll biker type of guy if you know what I mean. Based upon the fact that she has been 5150’d twice, I assume that she probably needs some psychiatric help. I do not know her personally, but I do hope that for the sake of her and her children, that she gets the help that she needs and moves on with her life. It would be a shame to lose such a good looking gal at such a young age.

By Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., © 2008