Resources
Based in San Jose, the Law Offices of Fernando V. Hernandez serves clients throughout California in all types of personal injury and related insurance claims, as well as a variety of business and real estate matters. To better serve our clients, we are pleased to provide the following personal injury, auto and bicycle accident, elder abuse, business, real estate, and court resources. For personalized service from an experienced attorney, contact the Law Offices of Fernando V. Hernandez today.
California Court Resources
- California Courts
- Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara
- Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
Personal Injury Resources
California Health and Safety Code
- National Safety Council provides information on many safety, health, and environmental topics; training resources, including worker safety, DDC, FAI, and CPR; products; publications; and news.
- Environmental Protection Agency provides information on environmental hazards, including air and water pollutants and hazardous waste products that can cause injury and illness.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission aims to protect the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides consumers with credible health information, including accident and injury statistics and common symptoms associated with traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and paralysis.
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke provides information on traumatic brain injury, including treatments and clinical trials.
- California Vehicle Code
- United States Department of Transportation oversees federal highway, air, railroad, and maritime and other transportation administration functions.
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration aims to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries through the strong enforcement of safety regulations, by targeting high-risk carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers, by improving safety information systems and technologies, and by strengthening commercial motor vehicle equipment and operating standards.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration directs the highway safety and consumer programs established by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, the 1972 Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, and amendments to these laws.
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes safety information and research-based statistics on all types of air, freight, auto, and other transportation accidents.
- California Bicycle Laws, published by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Yield to Life is a non-profit organization devoted to creating a safer environment for cyclists and, by so doing, encouraging more people to ride for their own health, the good of the environment, and the well-being of society.
- California Department on Aging administers programs that serve older adults, adults with disabilities, family caregivers, and residents in long-term care facilities throughout the State.
- Department of Health & Human Services' Administration on Aging strives to develop a comprehensive, cost-effective system of home and community-based services that helps elderly individuals maintain their health and independence in their homes and communities.
- Medicare has developed a system for consumers to obtain detailed information about every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country.
- Alternatives to Nursing Home Care
- National Center on Elder Abuse of the Administration on Aging provides an elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation hotline and provides information on nursing home abuse, the prevention of abuse, and other resources for families.
- California Commercial Code
- California Business & Professions Code
- Code of Civil Procedure
- Department of Real Estate facilitates the administration and enforcement of the Real Estate Law and the Subdivided Lands Law.
- The United State Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks fulfilling the constitutional mandate to "promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries."

