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Hallelujah! Today Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law making it illegal to text while driving! I continue to rant and rave about this subject because, to me, it’s as plain as the nose on your face that texting while driving is deadly. The latest episode of texting while driving left 25 dead and countless injured in the Metrolink Tragedy of September 12, 2008. Update: 2009 Law Bans Text Messaging while Driving – See Video  Past Rants Metrolink Tragedy: Engineer Rob Sanchez Text Messaging, I’m Outraged! Texting While Driving: Graphic Horror Photos Hands Off Driving Laws Ok’d For Teens 16 and 17 Texting While… Read More

What is going on here in Los Angeles? Today a Metro Bus and a Blue Line Bus crashed with 15 injured so far. Last week we had the horrific Metrolink Crash which left 25 people dead and countless seriously injured. I’ve represented many people injured in accidents involving the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, also known as the MTA. Accidents happen BUT when bus drivers or train engineers are even momentarily careless, huge numbers of people become injured victims. Mass Transit can instantly become Mass Destruction. Graphic Scene and Rescue Photos Here Since these buses are run by the government, by law… Read More

California Attorney General Brown is clearly a friend of the wage & hour worker. When people fear for their jobs, especially in our ever-declining economy, shark like employers step up their unreasonable demands and cheat employees out of their fair compensation by misclassifying them as “independent contractors” or “exempt employees.” These are terms that must meet certain legal criteria in order to be binding as to the worker. Just because your boss says you’re an “independent contractor” or are “exempt from overtime” doesn’t make it so. Read the press release below and e-mail me at lowell@steigerlaw.com if you have any questions OR… Read More

I couldn’t resist.

Friends, I am completely saddened and outraged by the alleged text messaging by deceased Metrolink engineer Rob Sanchez moments before the crash. As you know, I have previously railed against text messaging while driving a car. The facts, of course, are not all in for the Metrolink Tragedy. If, however, it is true that Rob Sanchez was texting while driving a train with over 200 passengers on board, he was acting at the height of irresponsibility. Now you may think that I’m being overly harsh since Mr. Sanchez also paid with his own life. I know in my heart that he bore… Read More

The tragic Metrolink Train Crash of September 12, 2008 will have lasting effects on the surviving victims and the family and friends of survivors and those not lucky enough to survive. Injuries will range from broken bones to paralysis to burns to brain injuries to permanent physical and emotional and, for some, death. For the injured, it is too soon to determine the extent of their injuries. Some may be lucky enough to heal quickly while others may not be spared a lifetime of pain, rehabilitation and disfigurement. Those affected by this tragedy, victims and family, should contact an attorney… Read More

How do you feel when you see a perfectly healthy person park in the disabled parking zone? Don’t you just want to shake them and say “Hey, what are you doing? There’s an elderly lady over there who NEEDS this spot.” This issue is of particular importance to me because, as you know, I represent injured people — legitimately injured people for whom the designated disabled parking spots mean the difference between being able to be a part of the world or staying home while being alienated from the rest of society. Well, welcome to Handicapped Fraud.org. Here’s their mission statement: Handicappedfraud.org was launched as… Read More

The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has a common sense page on their site devoted to Ladder Safety. Click here to read the article wherein they discuss the following topics: Selection of the Appropriate Ladder Inspection of Ladder Prior to Use Proper Use of the Ladder Click Lowell Steiger’s Ladder Safety and Injuries Photo Album Video, Choosing the Right Ladder: Ladder Safety by Work Safe BC, is a video designed to highlight the important safety procedures associated with ladder use on construction sites. The video uses classic B&W comedic film footage and computer graphic simulations to illustrate safe ladder techniques. Here’s another Ladder Safety Video — graphic comedy… Read More

Is your boss a Leona Helmsley type? Hopefully not BUT, as hard as it may be to believe, some employers take advantage of, and abuse, their employees in a myriad of ways. One way is by making them sign a release that states that they have been paid all of their owed wages and/or taken all of the breaks to which they are entitled before they will agree to pay them!!! How angry does this make you? Well, apparently it got Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attention and he has attempted to right this egregious wrong by signing AB 2075 (details below). The bill was… Read More

Wage & Hour Violations are intolerable. Employees, often at the mercy of their employers are afraid to stand up for their rights because they fear the ultimate retribution: Being Fired. However, you as employees have rights. As discussed in a previous post, Attorney Steve Waisbren and I are aggressively pursuing claims for employees who have been cheated out of overtime pay, meal breaks and other compensation by their employers. If you, or someone you know, have been a victim (or suspect you have been a victim) of Wage & Hour Abuse, please call me immediately at or send an e-mail to me… Read More