Axion Law Group, PLLC

Axion Law Group, PLLC Focused on honesty, personal attention, and real advocacy. Litigation can be a high-stakes chess match. Litigation can also be time consuming and expensive.

Serving clients in Northern California and Washington, Axion Law Group is a personal injury law firm representing individuals injured in car, truck, and serious accident cases. To succeed, you have to know the rules of the game and prepare like you want to win. For this reason, we prepare every case as if it were going to trial. Our goal is always to obtain favorable settlements for our clients. W

hen settlements cannot be reached, we are prepared to present our clients' cases at trial. We rely on our experience to develop cost-effective, aggressive strategies to help mitigate litigation expense, and help clients get back to their lives as soon as possible. Likewise, for our clients involved in non-litigated matters we utilize our experience to help clients anticipate legal issues down the road and develop strategies to mitigate or prevent them from emerging.

09/02/2026

Meta just agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle one of the largest child safety cases in tech history.

Here's what happened:

Last week, 29 states settled their lawsuit against Meta.
Their core claim: Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep kids scrolling, and Meta downplayed the mental health risks.
The states pointed to internal documents — including one they described as a goal of increasing teen time on the apps — and a study they cited titled "The Young Ones Are The Best Ones."

Meta disputed that reading, arguing employees sometimes use loose language and isolated phrases don't prove the apps were built to be addictive. Notably, Meta settled without admitting any wrongdoing, and maintains the science on social media and mental health isn't settled.

Still, real changes are coming: limits on notifications during school hours, time management tools, and stronger parental controls.

Tell us in the comments: is $18 billion real accountability, or just the cost of doing business?

Follow and stay connected for the cases shaping tech accountability and child safety.

08/28/2026

There's a good chance you gave up your right to a jury trial just by tapping "agree."

Arbitration clauses are everywhere — rideshare apps, gym contracts, even your Netflix terms. Most people tap accept and move on. Here's why that matters:

That clause can waive your right to file a lawsuit and your right to a jury trial.
Instead, a private arbitrator decides your case.
These agreements often include confidentiality provisions — so no one ever hears about it.

In May, the Supreme Court weighed in (Jones v. Andres Ballas Properties). In a unanimous opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the Court ruled that when a case is paused and sent to arbitration, the court keeps ultimate authority to review or challenge the award afterward.

It didn't decide whether every arbitration clause is enforceable — but the bigger point stands: most people agree to these without knowing what's in them.

Try this: open your rideshare app, search the terms, and look for "arbitration." Comment what you find.

Follow and stay connected for the fine print that quietly affects your rights.

08/25/2026

A tech company just spent tens of millions trying to cap your attorney fees in California car crash cases. It almost worked.

Here's what happened:

Uber reportedly put $32 million behind a ballot measure to cap car accident attorney fees at 25%.
It wouldn't have applied only to rideshare cases — it would have hit every auto accident case in California.
Consumer attorneys pushed back, and in June both sides reached a deal through Senate Bill 623. The cap didn't become law, and the measure was withdrawn.

Why it matters: a contingency fee means you can hire a lawyer without paying anything up front — they only get paid if you recover money. Cap those fees too hard, and complex cases become impossible for injured people to pursue, because they can't front the costs.

Tell us in the comments: if you were hurt, couldn't work, and couldn't afford your medical bills — would you want to pay a lawyer out of pocket, up front?

Follow and stay connected for the fights shaping your access to justice.

08/21/2026

Many headlines said the Supreme Court "ended" Roundup lawsuits in June. The actual decision was much narrower than that.

The case was Monsanto v. Durnell, decided 7–2, with Justice Kavanaugh writing the majority. Here's what the Court actually did:

Overturned a Missouri judgment worth about $1.25 million.
Focused only on the product's warning label.
Held that when the EPA decides a cancer warning isn't required, a state jury can't punish a company for leaving it off. That "failure to warn" claim is preempted.

And here's what it did not touch: claims about product design, manufacturing defects, or advertising. Those are still open — and commentators expect future cases to focus there.

The bigger question: how much protection should federal approval give a company once it's in state court?

Tell us in the comments: should federal approval set the limit on what a company has to warn you about?

Follow and stay connected for the rulings that shape your rights as a consumer.

08/20/2026

California rideshare drivers gained the right to organize this year. According to Uber, that change moved alongside a bill that cut insurance coverage for passengers.

Last week I explained that uninsured motorist coverage for Uber passengers dropped this year from $1 million to $60,000. Here's the other half of that package:

In October, the governor signed Assembly Bill 1340.
It lets California rideshare drivers organize and bargain collectively — while staying independent contractors under Prop 22.
Uber's own website connects the two bills as part of the same negotiated deal.

There are two sides here. The laws moved together, even though one didn't directly fund the other. Drivers gained a real right to organize — and passengers quietly lost a major layer of protection.

Tell us in the comments: if an underinsured driver causes a crash while you're a passenger, is $60,000 enough?

Follow and stay connected for what protects you on the road.


08/19/2026

A jury just put a dollar figure on alleged social media harm: six million dollars.

The verdict came down in Los Angeles this past March. The plaintiff, now 20, started using YouTube at six and Instagram at eleven. Here's how the jury broke it down:

$3 million in compensatory damages.
$3 million in punitive damages.
Responsibility split 70% to Meta and 30% to Google.

The case originally involved five companies. Snap settled in January and TikTok settled five days later — both confidential, neither admitting wrongdoing. Meta and Google went to trial and lost.

Meta has filed an appeal, so it's not final yet. But a jury has now heard this kind of evidence and put a value on it — and that could shape how future juries see these cases.

Tell us in the comments: does $6 million seem fair, too much, or too little?

Follow and stay connected to hear about the upcoming federal trial.

08/15/2026

A judge just ordered Meta to pay $567 million — and the whole case is about kids.

Last week, a New Mexico judge ruled that Meta failed to warn the public about the risks its platforms pose to children. Then he called the company a "public nuisance" — like a factory whose product is content and ads, and whose pollution is the harm of children.

Here's what the court actually did:

Fined Meta $567 million, on top of $375 million already ordered in the same case, into a fund to reduce future harm to kids.
Limited how long kids can spend on the platforms and paused overnight notifications.
Ordered tighter supervision over adults contacting minors and safer AI chatbots.

Meta disagrees and plans to appeal, saying it's already building more safeguards.

Save this and tell us in the comments: is this real accountability, or just the cost of doing business?

Follow and stay connected for the rulings big tech hopes you never hear about.

08/12/2026

If you ride Uber in California, your injury coverage just dropped by over 90% — and no one told you.

There are two types of coverage here, and only one changed:

Uber driver causes the crash → still up to $1 million in coverage. No change.
Another driver causes it and doesn't have enough insurance → Uber's coverage used to be up to $1 million.
As of January 1st, that's now just $60,000 per person.

And $60,000 doesn't go far — it may not even cover emergency care or surgery.

Here's how you protect yourself: add underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage to your own auto policy. It follows you even when you're a passenger in someone else's car. Most people skip it to save a few dollars a month — until the at-fault driver doesn't have enough coverage.

Save this so you remember to check your policy, and tell us in the comments: did you know about this change?

Follow and stay connected for what protects you on the road.

08/10/2026

For years, people who got sick from mold were told it was "all in their heads."

🧠 A new CDC study says otherwise.

Federal researchers tracked invasive mold illnesses across Atlanta hospitals and found:

1️⃣ 450 serious cases in about five years — in patients already admitted to the hospital.
2️⃣ Roughly 1 in 3 of them died.
3️⃣ It's the first U.S. study of its kind.

Here's the real problem:
🔎 If it's not tracked, it's not counted.
⚖️ If it's not counted, no one's held responsible.

An earlier CDC estimate tied ~15,000 hospitalizations a year to invasive mold illness. So how many people were dismissed because the system wasn't looking?

⚠️ And the ones most at risk are the ones least able to fight back — the elderly, cancer patients, and people with weakened immune systems. When a landlord or facility ignores a known mold problem, they pay the highest price.

Save this and tell us 👇 have you ever been dismissed about a health issue?

Follow and stay connected for what affects your health, your home, and your rights.

08/07/2026

29 states have sued Meta — and 4 of them go to trial this month. ⚖️📱

Their argument: Meta's platforms are designed to keep kids hooked.

Here's the breakdown:
1️⃣ The states are suing under consumer protection laws and a federal children's privacy law.
2️⃣ They argue Meta designed its feed and notifications to keep kids on the app, then misled parents about the risks.
3️⃣ This isn't about what someone posted — it's about how the product itself was built.

It's a bellwether trial led by California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey. A federal judge refused to dismiss the case in June, and opening arguments are set for August 18th.

Why it matters even if you never sue anyone: internal documents can become public during trial. What Meta's engineers knew about teenagers and the risks of the app may soon be read out loud in open court.

Should a tech company be liable for the design of its app? Drop your take 👇 Follow and stay connected for the outcome.

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