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Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Car Accident Kills Pedestrian
Posted on November 19, 2009Kristi Nicole Turner, 20, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident on November 13, 2009 after she was struck by an SUV while crossing the street.
California DUI Car Accident Leaves Two Dead
Posted on November 18, 2009Marcos A. Arredondo, 18, and Macrina M. Ocampo, 58, were killed in a serious California car accident in Santa Barbara the morning of November 8, 2009 caused by s suspected drunk driver, according to a KCOY news report.
Girl Killed in San Francisco Car Accident Involving Street Racers
Posted on November 17, 2009Lisa Xavier, 6, was killed in a San Francisco car accident which officials say was caused by two cars racing on a public street.
Orange County Car Accident Injures Man
Posted on November 16, 2009A man suffered injuries in an Orange County car accident after another vehicle made an unsafe left turn in front of him.
Man Killed in Riverside County Skydiving Accident
Posted on November 15, 2009Stephen Millard Harrington, 40, a resident of Boston, sustained fatal personal injuries in a skydiving accident near Lake Elsinore, California, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports.
Pedestrian Hurt in Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Accident
Posted on November 14, 2009A teenager was injured in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident after he was struck by a motorcyclist while walking on the street in an unincorporated area near Covina, California.
San Francisco Area Rollover Car Accident Kills 7-year-old Boy
Posted on November 13, 2009Mark Thomas, 7, died in a fatal San Francisco car accident after his family's Ford Explorer SUV blew a tire, went out of control and rolled over on the Interstate 580 in San Leandro.
Teenager Killed in Bakersfield Area Hit-and-Run Car Accident
Posted on November 12, 2009Michelle Ramirez, 14, was killed in a Bakersfield car accident the evening of November 10, 2009, according to an ABC news report.
California Injury Lawyer Supports The Efforts Of CAOC
Posted on November 12, 2009CAOC works tirelessly to protect or advance those causes of import to consumers and their attorneys in California. Often those efforts, though valuable, receive little fanfare.
Los Angeles Car Accident Injures Two Pedestrians
Posted on November 11, 2009A woman and her young daughter sustained injuries in a Los Angeles car accident after an elderly driver hit them and then crashed her car through the storefront of a business in the Woodland Hills area the afternoon of November 7, 2009.
Los Angeles Car Accident Injures Four
Posted on November 10, 2009Four people were injured, three critically, in a Los Angeles car accident the night of November 8, 2009, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.
Los Angeles MTA Bus Accident Injures 19
Posted on November 09, 2009Nineteen people were hospitalized as a result of injuries in a Los Angeles car accident after an MTA bus crashed into a car on Glendale Boulevard near the 2 Freeway in Silver Lake the evening of November 6, 2009.
Vicious Dogs Bite Animal Control Officer in San Jose
Posted on November 08, 2009Denise Friedrich, an animal control officer in San Jose sustained severe dog bite injuries after two pit bull mixes attacked her the morning of November 3, 2009.
San Diego Car Accident Kills Elderly Pedestrian
Posted on November 07, 2009Charlotte Goldman, 84, was killed in a San Diego car accident the evening of October 29, 2009 while crossing the street in the Mission Valley area.
California Car Accident Lawyer: Claim What You Deserve
Posted on November 06, 2009Statistics show that the number of lawsuits from people involved in car accidents in California continues to decrease. This is because hiring a California personal injury attorney while settling your car accident claim can help you get fair compensation from the insurance companies and hence avoid filing a lawsuit.
Orange County Hit-and-Run Car Accident Injures Man in Wheelchair
Posted on November 06, 2009A 62-year-old man in a wheelchair sustained serious injuries in an Orange County car accident the night of October 31, 2009 and police are still looking for public's help in finding the driver who struck the man and then fled the scene.
San Francisco Area Car Accident Injures 10
Posted on November 05, 2009Ten people were hospitalized with injuries after a San Francisco car accident the morning of November 2, 2009 after a car rear-ended a 12-passenger van carrying adults with special needs.
San Bernardino Car Accident Kills Bicyclist
Posted on November 04, 2009Douglas Justin James Willison, 56, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident after he was hit from behind by a pickup truck in Yucca Valley, The Press Enterprise reports.
Bug Spray May Have Killed Infant in South Carolina, Officials Say
Posted on November 03, 2009An infant in South Carolina may have suffered fatal personal injuries after his mother used a bug spray in their mobile home, according to an Associated Press news report.
The #1 Thing You Can Do After A Car Accident
Posted on November 03, 2009here is no doubt that a car accident can be a stressful experience. The events of an auto accident can take but a few seconds, yet afterwards the people involved are forced to resolve unexpected problems that can take hours, dealing with possible serious California personal injury and damage to their car.
Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer is Rated "Superb"
Posted on November 02, 2009John Bisnar, Senior Partner of the BISNAR | CHASE personal injury law firm has been rated "Superb," receiving a perfect 10 from AVVO, a top lawyer rating service on the Internet.
San Francisco Area Fatal Dog Bite Incident
Posted on October 31, 2009A 1-year-old child was fatally injured in a San Francisco area dog bite incident, according to a KSEE news report.
Los Angeles Car Accident Injures Six
Posted on October 30, 2009Six people sustained injuries after a Los Angeles car accident involving a Montebello Transit bus and a car the afternoon of October 28, 2009, the Whittier Daily News reports.
San Francisco Area Car Accident Caused by Wrong-Way Driver
Posted on October 29, 2009Two people were injured in a San Francisco car accident after an elderly woman driving west on the eastbound Highway 80 crashed head-on into another vehicle.
What To Know Before You Seek Compensation For Your Car Accident
Posted on October 28, 2009A California personal injury accident can be devastating. It can have a dramatic impact on your health, and earning potential. As a victim of a car accident myself, I know how difficult and overwhelming an accident can be
Victim Injured by Defective Product to Get His Day in Court
Posted on October 28, 2009One of our young clients, Trevor Dennis, who suffered significant burn injuries as a result of a defective Coleman propane heater about four years ago is very close to getting his day in court.
Man Killed in San Bernardino Car Accident
Posted on October 28, 2009Yorik Ponce, 32, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident early morning October 26, 2009, the San Bernardino Sun reports.
Fatal Orange County Car Accident Caused by Suspected Drunk Driver
Posted on October 27, 2009Sally Miguel, 44 and Patricia Miguel, 30, were killed in an Orange County car accident after their vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim, California.
Man Killed in Los Angeles Industrial Accident
Posted on October 26, 2009Efren Monterroso, 64, died of severe personal injuries suffered on-the-job after he apparently got trapped in a trash compactor in a Los Angeles factory in the North Hills area on October 23, 2009.
Orange County Car Accident Injures Two
Posted on October 25, 2009Two people were injured in an Orange County car accident the morning of October 19, 2009 after a motorcyclist collided with a car near the 5 Freeway on-ramp at Main Street in Santa Ana, California.
Three Injured in San Diego Car Accident Involving School Bus
Posted on October 24, 2009Three people were injured in a San Diego car accident after a school bus rear-ended a van and crashed into a house in the Emerald Hills area the afternoon of October 21, 2009.
Los Angeles Worker's Hand Crushed In Printing Press Accident
Posted on October 23, 2009A worker suffered serious personal injury after his arm was crushed in a Cerritos on-the-job accident, leaving him trapped for more than 50 minutes as firefighters tried to free him.
Charges Filed in Los Angeles Car Accident
Posted on October 22, 2009Our readers are probably aware that we blogged a few times in the recent past, about our client Deborah Reichle whose husband David Reichle was killed in a Los Angeles car accident on a Torrance street right outside his friend's home Thanksgiving morning in 2008.
California Car Accident Lawyer: Proceed With Caution When Dealing with Insurance Adjusters
Posted on October 22, 2009When dealing with an insurance company, it is always best to consult with a car accident lawyer in California. Insurance companies are for-profit organizations that are driven to make as much money as possible.
Los Angeles Car Accident Involving Police Pursuit Injures Five
Posted on October 21, 2009Five people suffered serious injuries in a Los Angeles car accident after a man crashed a stolen sedan into an SUV as he was fleeing police.
Orange County Fatal DUI Car Accident, Driver Arrested
Posted on October 20, 2009Brook Boynton, 51, was killed in an Orange County car accident after a suspected drunk driver, who officials say was travelling at over 100 mph on the 73 toll road, struck his car.
Two on Two: You and Your California Personal Injury Lawyer vs. Insurance Companies and Their Insurance Adjusters
Posted on October 20, 2009Dealing with an insurance adjuster is one of the many dangerous obstacles that you have to deal with if you incur a personal injury as a victim of a car accident.
San Francisco Car "Sideshow" Accident Kills Three, Injures Three
Posted on October 19, 2009Three people -- Rickie Reyes Jr., 22, , Zsorhzinnia Tevaseu, 19, and Racquel Cassini, 21, died and three others were injured on October 17, 2009 in a San Francisco car accident during a weekly spectacle of reckless driving in East Oakland called "sideshows," which local residents say are terrorizing their neighborhoods.
Los Angeles Car Accident Involving Police Car Injures Three
Posted on October 18, 2009A female driver suffered major injuries in a Los Angeles car accident after the car she was driving collided with a Los Angeles Police Department patrol vehicle at an intersection in Venice, California. According to a CBS news report, the injury car collision occurred at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Glyndon Avenue early morning October 16, 2009.
San Francisco Car Accident Kills Woman
Posted on October 16, 2009Marilyn Bosshart, 74, was killed in a San Francisco car accident on state Highway 1 at Devil's Slide the morning of October 13, 2009.
Orange County Personal Injury Lawyer Is Like "Family" For One Couple
Posted on October 15, 2009Gloria Levesque was the victim of an Orange County car accident on July 27, 2003. After her car accident, she wasn't sure where to turn. She didn't know who to trust to give her advice on how to get her life back.
Update: Woman Critically Injured in San Diego Dog Attack
Posted on October 15, 2009The California dog bite lawyers at BISNAR | CHASE understand how traumatic dog attacks can be. Sharon Holland, 54, suffered serious injuries in one such brutal dog attack in San Diego after she was attacked by three mastiffs.
Los Angeles Women Critically Injured in DUI Car Accident
Posted on October 14, 2009Vickie Chen and Elaine Shin Ly, both 19, sustained critical injuries in a San Bernardino car accident the morning of October 10, 2009 after they were struck by a suspected drunk driver on the 10 Freeway while changing a flat tire.
Three Pit Bulls Injure Woman In San Diego Dog Bite Incident
Posted on October 13, 2009A woman was seriously injured in a California dog bite incident in National City on October 10, 2009 after she was attacked by three pit bulls.
Los Angeles Car Accident Injures Mother and Toddler Crossing the Street
Posted on October 12, 2009A mother and her toddler sustained critical injuries in a Los Angeles car accident the afternoon on October 9, 2009 after they were struck by a truck while crossing at a Hawthorne street intersection.
California Personal Injury Lawyers Like "Guardian Angels" For One Family
Posted on October 09, 2009What was supposed to be a special and happy time in one family's lives turned into a tragedy when their son was involved in a California car accident.
Bicyclist Injured in Ventura DUI Car Accident
Posted on October 09, 2009Brock Warmuth, 22, was seriously injured in a Ventura County car accident after his bicycle was struck by a car the morning of October 6, 2009.
California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit Against Caltrans
Posted on October 09, 2009Did the California Department of Transportation's negligence lead to the wrongful death of a 22-year-old woman? As reported in California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit Against Caltrans.
Bakersfield DUI Car Accident Injures Nine
Posted on September 30, 2009Nine people including seven children, were injured in a California car accident as they were returning from a trip to Disneyland in Orange County on September 27, 2009.
Los Angeles Car Accident Leaves Four Dead
Posted on September 29, 2009Four young people -- 18-year-old Rylan Jernigan, 19-year-old Araceli Alvarez, 22-year-old Stephen Nubani and 22-year-old Cesar Chunga -- the occupants of an Audi A4 convertible were killed in a Los Angeles car accident after their car was broadsided by another vehicle.
Fatal Los Angeles Car Accident Kills Pedestrian
Posted on September 28, 2009Guadalupe Colmenares, 19, was killed and her aunt, 37-year-old Rita Colmenares and 14-year-old cousin were injured in a Los Angeles car accident after they were struck by a car in a crosswalk in the Boyle Heights area.
$50,000 Reward Offered in Fatal Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Car Accident
Posted on September 25, 2009A $50,000 reward is being offered in the hit-and-run death of 29-year-old Federico Porras who was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a car.
Two Injured In San Francisco Train Accident
Posted on September 24, 2009At least two people were injured on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 in a San Francisco train accident when a bus struck an F-line streetcar.
Hit-and-Run Car Accident in San Francisco Area Injures One
Posted on September 24, 2009Manuel George, 58, was injured in a September 23, 2009 San Francisco car accident that involved at least four vehicles, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports.
Los Angeles Car Accident Kills Man
Posted on September 23, 2009A 49-year-old man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident the afternoon of September 22, 2009, CBS News reports.
Riverside Hit-and-Run Car Accident Kills Pedestrian
Posted on September 22, 2009Patricia Ann Wallace, 47, was killed in a September 20, 2009 Riverside car accident when she was hit by a car as she crossed Highway 74 in Perris, California.
Fatal Car Accident Kills Couple on Motorcycle
Posted on September 21, 2009Jim Harmon, 58, and his 57-year-old wife, Debbie Harmon, were killed in a the morning of September 19, 2009 in the Bakersfield area.
San Diego Fatal Car Accident Involves Overturned Big Rig
Posted on September 18, 2009Gustavo Gracia, 33, was killed in a California car accident the morning of September 17, 2009, after a big rig flipped over and crushed his car on the 5 Freeway in Oceanside, California.
Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Car Accident Leaves Baby Dead
Posted on September 17, 2009Kaylee Alvarez, a 1-year-old girl, was killed and her 2-year-old brother Oscar, injured, in a car accident in Los Angeles after a suspected drunk driver slammed into a toy wagon the two children were on.
California Personal Injury Lawyers Come to Aid of Slip And Fall Victim
Posted on September 16, 2009In 2006, Ed Solomon was at his local supermarket when he had a slip and fall accident.
Woman Killed in San Francisco Car Accident
Posted on September 16, 2009Melissa Hope Dennison, 24, was killed in a San Francisco car accident on September 15, 2009. The San Francisco Examiner reported that the car accident took place at about 6:27 a.m. on Fell Street.
San Francisco Area DUI Car Accident Kills Woman
Posted on September 16, 2009Kathleen L. O'Daniel, 54, was killed in a San Francisco car accident the afternoon of September 14, 2009 after being struck by a suspected drunk driver.
Los Angeles Car Accident Kills Pedestrian
Posted on September 15, 2009Yesenia Gonzalez, 31, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident early morning September 13, 2009 after she was struck by a car on the 105 Freeway in Downey, California.
Los Angeles Car Accident Involving Patrol Car Injures Eight People
Posted on September 14, 2009Eight people, including two deputies, were injured Saturday in a Los Angeles car accident
Los Angeles Fatal Car Accident Kills Motorcyclist
Posted on September 14, 2009Randall "Randy" Phillips, a retired police officer, was killed September 12, 2009 in a Los Angeles car accident on the 60 Freeway in Pomona that officials say was caused by a wrong way driver. Phillips was riding his motorcycle west on the 60 and on the connector road to the northbound 71 when he was hit head-on by a car driving the wrong way...
Los Angeles Car Accident Critically Injures Pedestrian
Posted on September 11, 2009A man was critically injured in a September 9, 2009 Los Angeles car accident when he was struck by a car while walking on a Long Beach street.
Seven Injured in Riverside Rollover Car Accident
Posted on September 10, 2009Seven people were injured in a Riverside car accident on the 10 Freeway near Blythe the afternoon of September 9, 2009.
Man Killed in Orange County Car Accident
Posted on September 09, 2009Phillip Lee Leffert, 49-years old, was killed in an Orange County car accident on Thursday night.
Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers Help Car Accident Victim
Posted on September 09, 2009When interior designer Penny Colonna was injured in a Los Angeles car accident, she was fortunate that one of her clients was an attorney.
San Bernardino Car Accident Turns Deadly for Motorcyclist
Posted on September 09, 2009Fred Ransom, 78, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident September 7, 2009 after his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck at a street intersection.
Four Injured in San Francisco Cable Car Accident
Posted on September 08, 2009Four people were injured in a San Francisco car accident after a cable car collided with a city Recreation and Park Department van the evening of September 7, 2009, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Orange County Fatal Car Accident
Posted on September 04, 2009One person was reported killed in an Orange County car accident on the eastbound 91 Freeway the night of September 2, 2009. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the SUV went from the number one lane...
Los Angles Man Killed in Lake Tahoe Chair Lift Accident
Posted on September 03, 2009Mark Alan Dickson, 51, was killed and his wife, Rebecca Gonzaga, 47, suffered serious personal injury in a ride accident on August 31, 2009 involving the Heavenly Lake Tahoe's Tamarack Express Chair.
Six Suffer Injuries in Ventura DUI Car Accident
Posted on September 02, 2009Rafael Vega, 47, Fernando Paz, 29, and four others were injured in a Ventura car accident the afternoon of August 30, 2009 involving a suspected drunk driver. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, 64-year-old Abel Flores Torres was driving north on Piru Canyon Road in Fillmore when his vehicle drifted to the southbound lame.
Toyota Hid Evidence in Rollover Car Accident Cases, Lawsuit Alleges
Posted on September 01, 2009Bloomberg News in a recent article says Toyota Motor Corp. is now facing demands to reopen rollover crash cases it won or settled. This is because of accusations by a former company lawyer that the auto maker had concealed records sought by plaintiffs and their attorneys in over 300 lawsuits involving SUV rollover accidents.
Orange County Car Accident Kills Woman
Posted on August 31, 2009Brittany Yost, 22, was killed in an Orange County car accident the morning of August 30, 2009 after the car she was driving struck a guardrail on the 5 Freeway and rolled over, The Orange County Register reports.
San Diego DUI Car Accident Injures Police Officer
Posted on August 28, 2009A police officer who was putting an arrestee into his car was injured in a San Diego car accident that officials say was caused by a suspected drunk driver the morning of August 27, 2009 in Chula Vista, California.
Injured Man Finds Expert Help with Los Angeles Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 27, 2009When a doctor told him that back injuries sustained in a car accident could turn into a prolonged problem, Jason decided it was time to consult a Los Angeles car accident lawyer.
California Auto Products Liability Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against Toyota
Posted on August 27, 2009The California auto product liability lawyers of Bisnar | Chase have filed a product liability wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, USA. The case stems from the death of Jeffrey Bachman in a rollover accident...
Anaheim Car Accident Injures Man
Posted on August 27, 2009A 32-year-old man was hospitalized with injuries he sustained in an Anaheim car accident the morning of August 24, 2009 after he was struck by the driver of a city truck at a local park.
Auto Product Defects Lead to Toyota Recall
Posted on August 27, 2009Toyota has announced a defective auto product recall involving about 95,700 Toyota Scions and Corolla that were sold in 19 U.S. states where cold weather could trigger a brake-related problem.
California Auto Defects Lawyers File Product Liability Case Against Ford
Posted on August 26, 2009The California auto defects lawyers of Bisnar | Chase have filed a product liability injury lawsuit against Ford Motor Corporation, Continental Tire Corporation, TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Chino Hills Ford, and Beceril Tire Shop.
Ventura Car Accident Kills Woman and Her Dog
Posted on August 26, 2009Susan Herman, 60, was killed in a Ventura car accident the evening of August 24, 2009 after she was struck by a teen driver while walking her dog, the Ventura County Star reports.
Auto Defect Lawyers File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Toyota
Posted on August 25, 2009The California auto product liability lawyers of Bisnar | Chase recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota Corporation and Courtesy Toyota of Brandon, Florida. The case stems from the death of Elisa Obediente in a May 2009 rollover crash.
Hit-and-Run San Bernardino Car Accident Kills Bicyclist
Posted on August 25, 2009Jesus Reyes, 63, was killed in an August 21, 2009 hit-and-run San Bernardino car accident after a driver struck the bike Reyes was riding in Rialto, California. According to a news report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Rialto police...
One Killed, Several Injured in Los Angeles Truck Accident
Posted on August 24, 2009One person died and several others were injured in a Los Angeles car accident after a tractor-trailer rig lost its brakes and crashed on the southbound 5 Freeway near the Grapevine.
Orange County Car Accident Injures Two Children
Posted on August 21, 2009Two children were injured in an Orange County car accident after an SUV ran into a McDonald's the morning of August 20, 2009.
Famed Tort Reformer Files Civil Lawsuit over Parking Dispute
Posted on August 20, 2009As California personal injury lawyers, we strongly believe in the rights of consumers to seek compensation for injuries that are caused by the negligence or wrongdoing of another.
Boy Critically Injured in Orange County Car Accident
Posted on August 19, 2009A 11-year-old boy suffered critical injuries in an Orange County car accident after he was struck by a car while crossing the street with another 8-year-old boy the evening of August 18, 2009, in Costa Mesa, California.
Fatal San Francisco Area Car Accident
Posted on August 18, 2009Eddo Robbiyarto Accettola, 23, was killed in an August 16, 2009 San Francisco car accident after his motorcycle collided with a minivan that was pulling out of an overlook near Lake Sonoma.
Orange County Fatal Pedestrian Accident
Posted on August 17, 2009Gail Connelle, 64, was killed the night of August 13, 2009 in an Orange County car accident while crossing Beach Boulevard in Stanton, California.
Los Angeles Man Killed in Utah Motorcycle Accident
Posted on August 14, 2009Leland Lloyd, 53, of Lancaster, California, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Washington City, Utah, on August 8, 2009.
San Diego Car Accident Involves Ford Explorer Rollover
Posted on August 13, 2009Charlotte Lorraine Winn, 73, was killed in a August 10, 2009 San Diego car accident after she lost control of her 2001 Ford Explorer SUV and crashed on Route 79, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Fatal California Car Accident Involved Drunk Driver
Posted on August 12, 2009Christa Balch, 40, suffered major injuries and her 4-year-old son, Sebastian, was killed in a California car accident involving a suspected drunk driver the night of August 9, 2009.
Orange County Car Accident Victim Puts Glove Organizer to Good Use
Posted on August 11, 2009The Orange County car accident lawyers at Bisnar | Chase know and understand the shock and distress anyone goes through when they get in a car crash.
Eight Killed in California Car Accident during Police Chase
Posted on August 10, 2009Police were pursing a Dodge Neon that was carjacked near Fresno, California, when the fatal car crash occurred. Four children were ejected from the truck.
Driver Arrested in Fatal Hit-and-Run Los Angeles Car Accident
Posted on August 07, 2009Manuel Garcia, 33, was killed in a hit-and-run Los Angeles car accident the night of August 5, 2009, CBS News reports.
OC METRO Names Brian Chase Top Personal Injury Lawyer
Posted on August 06, 2009Brian Chase, Senior Partner at Bisnar | Chase, has been named as a top Orange County personal injury lawyer by OC METRO magazine.
California Car Accident Kills Four
Posted on August 06, 2009Four people--Jose Menjivar, Wilfredo Lopez, Angel Nunez and Nelson Nunez--were killed in a fatal California car accident after their 1990 Honda got wedged under the trailer of a big rig that had run a stop sign.
California Car Accident Lawyer Comes to the Aid of Orange County Woman
Posted on August 05, 2009A little over a year ago, Barbara Meinke was involved in a car accident. Although injured, the thought of consulting a lawyer never crossed her mind.
Wyeth's Ghostwritten Articles Camouflage Dangerous Drug Side Effects
Posted on August 05, 2009Public Justice is a group of more than 300 law firms that fights on behalf of those who have suffered injustice or serious personal injury as a result of using dangerous or defective product.
San Bernardino Fatal DUI Car Accident
Posted on August 04, 2009Sara Cisneros, 48, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident on Aug. 2, 2009, after the car she was driving was struck by a suspected drunk driver in Redlands, California. According to a news report in the Redlands Daily...
Orange County Car Accident Kills Five In Mission Viejo
Posted on August 04, 2009Five people were killed the morning of August 4, 2009 in a fiery Orange County car accident after their SUV reportedly blew a tire and rolled over a steep embankment on the southbound 5 Freeway in Mission Viejo, California. According...
Los Angeles Fatal Car Accident
Posted on August 03, 2009Two women, Karla Castillo and Cindy Luna, were killed and four others were injured in a Los Angeles car accident early morning August 2, 2009, the Daily Breeze reports. The fatal car crash occurred when the driver of a 1998...
San Bernardino Hit-and-Run Car Accident Kills Boy
Posted on July 31, 2009Kushan Bhandari, a 5-year-old boy was killed and his mother and brother were seriously injured in a San Bernardino car accident when the family was hit crossing a street in Big Bear Lake. According to an Associated Press news report,...
Brain-Injured San Francisco Bay Area Teen Still in a Coma
Posted on July 30, 2009Julia Bertoli, a 15-year-old girl remains in a coma after she suffered a traumatic brain injury in a San Francisco Bay Area pedestrian-car accident that happened at the street intersection of Healdsburg Avenue and Florence Avenue on July 3, 2009.
Orange County Pedestrian Accident Injures Woman
Posted on July 29, 2009Two women were injured in a Garden Grove car accident the night of July 27, 2009 when they were struck by a suspected drunk driver, The Orange County Register reports. The male driver was reportedly traveling west on Westminster Avenue...
Los Angeles County DUI Car Accident Causes Major Personal Injury
Posted on July 28, 2009Linda Sgaraglino, 58, suffered major injuries in a Los Angeles County car accident reportedly caused by a suspected drunk driver the night of July 26, 2009. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, 26-year-old Abdula Kwara left a party and caused two hit-and-run car collisions in Simi Valley, California, whose victims followed him in their vehicles...
Orange County Motorcycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on July 27, 2009Michael Edwards, 23, of Irvine was killed in an Orange County motorcycle accident the afternoon of July 25, 2009
Los Angeles Car Accident Injures Three
Posted on July 24, 2009Three people suffered injuries in a Los Angeles car accident the afternoon of July 22, 2009 on the 10 Freeway, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports
California Personal Injury Lawyers File Lawsuit Against City, School District and SUV Driver For 2008 Death of School Girl
Posted on July 23, 2009The California personal injury lawyer of Bisnar | Chase have filed a wrongful death and multiple personal injury lawsuit against Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD), the City of Diamond Bar and the driver of an SUV for the 2008 death of a school girl.
California DUI Car Accident Leaves Three Dead
Posted on July 23, 2009Three people--Ricardo Romero-Robles, 21, 12-year-old Christopher Mata and 26-year-old Gabino Romero-Robles--died in a California car accident after their vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver.
Driver Error May Have Caused San Francisco Train Accident
Posted on July 22, 2009All evidence seems to be pointing toward human error in a July 18, 2009 San Francisco Muni train accident that injured 48 people--four seriously--the Associated Press reports. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators are trying to determine why the operator...
Los Angeles DUI Car Accident Kills Woman
Posted on July 21, 2009Diana Mendoza, 26, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after a suspected drunk driver crashed into the stalled car she was in.
San Francisco Muni Metro Train Crash Injures 48
Posted on July 20, 2009Safety inspectors are looking into what caused a Municipal Railway train accident that injured 48 people--four severely--after one train rear-ended another at the West Portal Station on July 18, 2009, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The train crash occurred when...
One Killed, Several Injured in Los Angeles Car Accident
Posted on July 17, 2009Maclovia Salinas, 36, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident that also injured a motorcyclist--19-year-old Joseph Ruben Bock--the morning of July 16, 2009. According to a news report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, the car accident occurred on...
Fatal SUV Rollover Accident Injures Los Angeles residents
Posted on July 16, 2009Two people died and six were injured in a three-car rollover car accident in Utah early morning July 12, 2009. According to a news report in The Spectrum, most of the injured victims were from Los Angeles and the Southern...
California Products Liability Attorneys Fight Defective Product Manufacturer
Posted on July 15, 2009The products liability attorneys at Bisnar | Chase continue to fight for the rights of injured victims who have been seriously hurt by defective products. One of our personal injury clients is young Trevor Dennis, who was severely injured and...
Fatal Lake Havasu Boating Accident
Posted on July 14, 2009Officials say alcohol was a factor in a deadly boating accident on the Colorado River on July 11, 2009 that killed 23-year-old David Kerber of Moreno Valley and injured seven others.
Los Angeles County Car Accident Caused by Drunk Driver Kills Bicycle Rider
Posted on July 13, 2009Joseph Novotny, 43, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck on his bicycle by an alleged drunk driver on Bouquet Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest, The Signal reports. Two other bicyclists Rigoberto Himenez...
Ventura County Fatal Car Accident, DUI Suspected
Posted on July 10, 2009Thomas Botello, 11, died days after he suffered critical injuries in a Ventura County car accident which officials say was caused by his aunt, Page Germain, an Orange County woman, who was driving under the influence of prescription medication. According...
San Bernardino Fatal Rollover Car Accident
Posted on July 09, 2009Robert William Cusack, 47, was killed in a San Bernardino rollover car accident near Highway 395 and Shadow Mountain Road in Adelanto on July 4, 2009, according to a news report in the Victorville Daily Press. Cusack was heading east...
Los Angeles County Bus Accident Injures 14
Posted on July 08, 2009Fourteen people suffered injuries in a Los Angeles County bus accident after a city bus and a van collided at the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Concourse Avenue in Montebello on July 6, 2009. According to a news report in...
More Zicam Lawsuits Filed
Posted on July 07, 2009The California Zicam lawyers at Bisnar | Chase continue to receive inquiries regarding lawsuits and class-action suits about defective over-the-counter Zicam cold medications, which have apparently caused hundreds of Americans to lose their sense of smell and/or taste
Los Angeles Freeway Car Accident Injures Seven
Posted on July 06, 2009Seven people were injured, five seriously, in a July 4, 2009 Los Angeles car accident at the 405 Freeway and 101 Freeway interchange, according to a Los Angeles Daily News report. Los Angeles Fire Department officials said five to six...
California Nursing Home Negligence Attorney Warns Consumers about Deficient Facilities
Posted on July 04, 2009In these times when nursing home abuse and negligence is at an all-time high, it is very important to be armed with pertinent information when you are looking for a nursing home for a loved one.
Being A Juror In A Personal Injury Case: One Man's Jury Experience
Posted on July 04, 2009Peter Clothier, a friend of mine, recently wrote a heartfelt blog post about his experience serving on a jury to decide on a personal injury case. Needless to say, this blog post, which appeared in Peter's blog, The Buddha Diaries,...
Los Angeles County Car Accident Injures Six
Posted on July 03, 2009Six people were injured in a Long Beach car accident on the 91 Freeway the morning of July 2, 2009.
Driver Who Caused Orange County Car Accident Arrested for DUI
Posted on July 02, 2009The driver of a pickup, which swerved out of the Express Lanes of the eastbound 91 Freeway and caused a car accident involving at least three other cars, has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to...
Orange County Car Accident Critically Injures Good Samaritan
Posted on July 01, 2009Charles Bybee, 62, of Norwalk suffered critical personal injuries in an Orange County car versus pedestrian accident after he saved an apparently suicidal woman from getting hit by traffic on a Fullerton street, CBS News reports. Eyewitnesses told reporters that...
Los Angeles County Bicycle Accident Kills Dad, Injures Son
Posted on June 30, 2009Rodrigo "Rod" Armas, 45, died in a Los Angeles County bicycle accident after both he and his son were struck by a truck while cycling east along Pacific Coast Highway, the Ventura County Star reports. The hit-and-run bicycle-car crash occurred...
Huntington Beach Motorcycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on June 29, 2009Mark Hampton Montgomery, 59, was killed in a Huntington Beach motorcycle accident after his motorcycle collided with a car the evening of June 26, 2009.
Fresno DUI Car Crash Kills Three
Posted on June 26, 2009Three occupants of a Honda Civic--Francisco Magana, 20, Virginia Garcia, 21, and Vivian Garcia, 14--were killed in a Fresno car accident that officials believe was caused by a suspected drunk driver going in the wrong road direction.
GM-Chrysler Bankruptcy Will Have Chilling Effect on Product Recalls
Posted on June 25, 2009The General Motors-Chrysler bankruptcy has caused much anxiety among consumers because it seeks to throw out auto product liability and personal injury lawsuits against them. Now, a new report predicts that a loophole created by the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler will make it possible for the companies to avoid issuing product recalls of defective cars that were manufactured prior to the bankruptcy filings.
Los Angeles Nursing Home's Negligence Caused Patient's Death, Officials Say
Posted on June 24, 2009California investigators believe that nursing home negligence may have caused the death of an 83-year-old man, who died from head injuries that were not properly assessed or treated by nursing home staff. According to an Associated Press news report, Lakewood Manor North in Los Angeles received an AA citation ? the most severe that the California Department of Public Health issues...
Washington D.C. Metrorail Train Accident Kills Nine, Injures Many Others
Posted on June 23, 2009At least nine people were killed and scores of other commuters were injured in a Washington D.C. train accident the evening of June 22, 2009. According to a Fox News report, one Metro train smashed into the back of another during rush hour traffic causing the front end of one train to jackknife violently into the air and fall on top of the other...
Zicam Pharmaceutical Defects Surfaced Five Years Ago
Posted on June 22, 2009The problem with Zicam intranasal cold remedies is nothing new, according to an investigative news report done by Denver's 7News in 2004--five years before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned consumers that use of Zicam can result in...
San Bernardino Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident Kills Skateboarder
Posted on June 19, 2009Dustin Rogers Martin, 17, was killed in a San Bernardino County pedestrian accident after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver.
Zicam Pharmaceutical Drug: Victims Lose Sense of Smell after Using Zicam Cold Relief Products
Posted on June 19, 2009Most Zicam lawyers have seen recent warnings of the drugs effects. These effects can be devastating and the recent warnings about Zicam intranasal products, which are believed to cause a loss of sense of smell among users, is another example of that.
San Bernardino Bus Accident Leaves Drunk Driver Dead and Six Passengers Injured
Posted on June 18, 2009Six people were injured in a San Bernardino County bus accident after a suspected drunk driver in a pickup crashed into the charter bus carrying 23 passengers from the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino to Los Angeles
San Bernardino County Pedestrian Accident Kills One in Chino
Posted on June 18, 2009Meiyun Kang, 82, was killed in a San Bernardino pedestrian accident the morning of June 16, 2009, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports. The Chino pedestrian accident occurred when 76-year-old Mary Lemos, who was driving a 2003 Honda Accord west...
Zicam Pharmaceutical Liability Attorney: FDA Zicam Warning
Posted on June 17, 2009Most Zicam pharmaceutical liability attorneys are aware of the recent warnings issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA has warned consumers against using three Zicam cold remedy products containing zinc, after receiving more than 130 reports...
San Bernardino County Pedestrian Accident Kills One
Posted on June 17, 2009Crystal Smith, a 16-year-old girl, was killed in a San Bernardino County pedestrian accident after she was struck by a motorist while crossing Highway 395 early morning June 13, 2009.
Bicycle Accident Spurs Concern about Dangerous Roadway Condition
Posted on June 16, 2009Local residents in the Tamalpais Valley in the San Francisco area are crying out for better bicycle safety after 26-year-old Claire Diepenbrock suffered horrific injuries in a bicycle accident on May 26, 2009.
Long Beach Big Rig Truck Accident Fatally Injuries Driver
Posted on June 16, 2009A truck driver was killed in a fiery Long Beach big rig truck accident the night of June 13, 2009, the Long Beach Press Telegram reports.
Fullerton Car Accident Injures Two Women
Posted on June 15, 2009Two women, including one pregnant woman, have been hospitalized with serious personal injuries they sustained in a Fullerton car accident the morning of June 12, 2009, The Orange County Register reports. The Orange County car accident occurred at the intersection...
Orange County Motorcycle Accident Injures La Habra Police Officer
Posted on June 15, 2009A La Habra police officer suffered leg injuries in an a Orange County motorcycle accident.
Torrance Car Accident Victim's Family Pleads for Fair Investigation
Posted on June 14, 2009Earlier this week, we posted "Will The Driver That Killed My Husband Ever Be Held Accountable?" written by our client, Deborah Reichle, who lost her husband, David Reichle, in a horrific car versus pedestrian accident on a Torrance street right outside their home, Thanksgiving morning 2008.
Funeral Home Abuse Lawsuit Alleges Body Was Mishandled
Posted on June 12, 2009California funeral home abuse attorneys at Bisnar | Chase have handled several cases on behalf of grief-stricken families who are plunged into further sorrow because of unethical funeral homes and cemeteries that cut corners while providing their services.
San Diego County Motorcycle Accident Injures Man
Posted on June 12, 2009A man suffered major leg injuries in a San Diego motorcycle accident the morning of June 11, 2009,
Traumatic Brain Injury
Posted on June 12, 2009If you receive a severe blow to the head, the force of the impact can cause your brain to bounce violently against your skull. When this happens, it can result in nerve fibers being torn and bleeding in and around...
Traumatic Brain Injury Tips for Families
Posted on June 12, 2009Good planning and time management go a long way. People with traumatic brian injury often have difficulties with time management, organizing themselves and basic planning. If the family is disorganized around them, life will become difficult. Using practical tools like...
Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident Seriously Injures Toddler
Posted on June 11, 2009A 17-month-old boy was struck and seriously injured in a Los Angeles hit-and-run pedestrian accident the night of June 10, 2009.
Ventura County Construction Accident Injures Worker
Posted on June 11, 2009A 36-year-old man suffered injuries in an Oxnard construction accident after he fell from the roof of a building where he was working.
Orange County Food Borne Illness Complaints Point to Albertson's Crab Legs
Posted on June 10, 2009Bisnar | Chase has been receiving complaints from several people who have suffered Orange County food poisoning after purchasing and eating top-of-the-line seafood -- crab legs in particular --from Albertson's. So far, Bisnar | Chase is helping two clients with this food-borne illnesses case.
San Bernardino County Car Accident Causes 50-Car Pileup, Injures Commuters, And Involves Big Rigs
Posted on June 10, 2009Up to 50 vehicles were involved in a chain reaction San Bernardino car accident on the 15 Freeway near the summit of the Cajon Pass early morning on June 10, 2009.
Fresno County Truck Accident Kills Man
Posted on June 09, 2009Richard Jeffrey, 43, was killed in a fiery Fresno County truck accident the morning of June 1, 2009.
Ventura County Motorcycle Accident Kills Man In Lake Casitas
Posted on June 09, 2009Edward Panetta, 53, of Ventura was killed in a Ventura County motorcycle accident near Lake Casitas on Highway 150 the afternoon of June 5, 2009, the Ventura County Star reports.
Passenger Struck By Oncoming Car
Posted on June 08, 2009The avalanche of pain, heartache, and financial devastation created by Sara Sherbin's negligence started on Thanksgiving morning 2008 and has continued through every day of my family's lives since then. My husband, David Reichle, was pronounced brain dead and taken off of life support five days after the jeep Sara was driving hit him as a pedestrian...
Los Angeles County Bicycle Accident Injures Man
Posted on June 08, 2009David Sotelo, 41, who suffered major personal injuries in a Whittier bicycle accident May 28, 2009, still remains in critical condition.
Tulare County Car Accident Kills Three
Posted on June 08, 2009Three people were killed in a head-on Tulare County car accident in rural Tulare County the morning of June 6, 2007.
Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer Ben Glass Is Plagiarized by Montana Attorney
Posted on June 05, 2009When injured victims seek out a personal injury attorney they are looking for someone with integrity. They have already been victimized. The last thing they need is to be further victimized by an attorney who lacks credibility or character.
Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accident Kills Man In Lancaster
Posted on June 04, 2009A 55-year-old man was struck and killed in a Los Angeles pedestrian accident the night of June 2, 2009, Los Angeles police officials said.
Irvine Car Accident Kills Yorba Linda Woman
Posted on June 04, 2009Diana Lynn Ross, 61, of Yorba Linda was killed in an Irvine car accident. The fatal Orange County car accident occurred late morning on May 29, 2009 at the intersection of Main Street and Harvard Avenue when Ross' car struck another car.
Newport Beach Car Accident Caused by Cop Who Ran a Red Light
Posted on June 03, 2009An on-duty Newport Beach police officer ran a red light causing a Newport Beach car accident the night of May 28, 2009, the Daily Pilot reports.
Orange County Construction Accident Injures Man
Posted on June 03, 2009A man was personally injured in a La Palma construction accident the afternoon of June 2, 2009.
San Diego Car Accident Caused by Red Light Runner Kills Mira Messa Woman
Posted on June 03, 2009Kara Marie Franco, 24, was killed in a San Diego car accident after a man ran a red light and struck her 2006 Honda Civic, 10news reports.
Los Angeles Pedestrian Accident Critically Injures Woman
Posted on June 02, 2009A 25-year-old woman was critically injured in a Los Angeles pedestrian accident the afternoon of June 1, 2009.
Buena Park Bicycle Accident Involves Repeat DUI Offender
Posted on June 02, 2009A Buena Park bicycle accident took the life of a young bicycle rider. Heather Elizabeth Azkoul, 31, of Anaheim who had two prior drunk driving convictions, has been found guilty of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit-and-run for crashing into and killing bicyclist, 41-year-old Virginia Cordier on January 23, 2007.
Riverside Car Accident Kills Man In Palm Springs
Posted on June 02, 2009Donald Klimovich, 80, was killed in a Riverside County car accident the morning of June 1, 2009.
Los Angeles County Dog Bite Incident Injures Police Officer
Posted on June 01, 2009A police officer in Glendora, who was responding to reports of a vicious pit bull at a local residence, became a Los Angeles dog bite victim.
Ventura County Pedestrian Accident Kills 76 Year Old
Posted on June 01, 2009Joe Mora, 76, died in a Ventura County pedestrian accident after he was struck by a truck that was towing a piece of exercise equipment.
Orange County Bicycle Accident Critically Injures 12-year-old Boy
Posted on June 01, 2009A 12-year-old boy has suffered serious personal injuries in a Westminster bicycle accident after he was struck by an 83-year-old driver in a Mercedes sedan the morning of May 30, 2009.
Long Beach Car Accident Injures Two
Posted on May 29, 2009A police officer and another driver were taken to the hospital with personal injuries the morning of May 28, 2009 after a Long Beach car accident involving a patrol car and a minivan at a Long Beach intersection.
Fallbrook Car Accident Caused by San Diego Red Light Runner
Posted on May 28, 2009Evelyn Crenshaw, 84, was killed in a Fallbrook car accident after a man ran a red light and slammed into her sedan the afternoon of May 26, 2009.
Santa Maria Car Accident Also Injures Eight
Posted on May 28, 2009Five members of a family, including three children, were injured in a head-on Santa Maria car accident on the Highway 166.
Ventura County Motorcycle Accident Fatally Injuries Man In Point Mugu
Posted on May 28, 2009Timothy James Waite Jr., 20, died in a fatal Ventura County motorcycle accident the morning of May 27.
San Diego Motorcycle Accident Injuries CHP Motorcycle Officer in Freeway Collision
Posted on May 27, 2009A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer suffered serious personal injuries in a San Diego motorcycle accident after an out-of-control pickup truck struck his motorcycle when the officer was on the Interstate 15 in San Diego assisting another motorist
Santa Ana Pedestrian Accident Injures 8-year-old Boy
Posted on May 27, 2009An 8-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was injured in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident the evening of May 24, 2009.
Anaheim Car-Bicycle Accident Kills Man in Hit-and-Run Incident
Posted on May 26, 2009An anonymous donor has apparently offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed 55-year-old Patrick Shannon in a Anaheim car-bicycle accident the afternoon of April 24, 2009.
Victorville County Car Accident Involved DUI, Street Racing
Posted on May 26, 2009Sindy Lisbeth Hernandez-Villacorta, 21, was killed May 22, 2009 in a Victorville car accident after a suspected drunk driver in a BMW who was racing another motorist slammed into the truck she was driving, the San Bernardino Sun reports.
Southern California Swimming Pool Accident Warning Issued by Officials
Posted on May 26, 2009We aren't even in the thick of summer yet but a surge in Southern California swimming pool accidents involving drowning and near drowning in the region has Southern California officials very concerned. According to a news report in The Press-Enterprise,...
San Bernardino Motorcycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on May 26, 2009Samuel Surles, 69, was killed in a San Bernardino motorcycle accident in Hesperia the morning of May 23, 2009, the San Bernardino Sun reports. Surles was riding a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle and had stopped for a red light at...
Orange County Pedestrian Accident Injures Grandmother
Posted on May 22, 2009A grandma walking her grandchildren to school the morning of May 21, 2009 was seriously injured in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident after she was struck by an apparently speeding driver.
Raptiva Brain Damage Lawyers: Raptiva Users Worry about Side Effects
Posted on May 22, 2009Raptiva brain damage lawyers have continued to see new cases. Recalling the psoriasis drug Raptiva from the market due to possible risk of brain damage has left many psoriasis patients anxious and concerned about the horrible Raptiva side effects they may suffer as a result of taking Raptiva for years.
Long Beach Car Accident Kills Man in Wheelchair
Posted on May 21, 2009A man in a motorized wheelchair died in a fatal Long Beach car accident after he was struck by a sport utility vehicle while crossing a street in Bellflower the night of May 19, 2009.
Anaheim Pedestrian Accident Kills Orange County Man
Posted on May 21, 2009Brigida De Garcia, 65, was killed in an Anaheim pedestrian accident the morning of May 20, 2009
Riverside Pedestrian Accident Injures Elderly Man
Posted on May 20, 2009An elderly man was injured in a Riverside pedestrian accident after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in Desert Hot Springs, The Desert Sun reports. The car versus pedestrian accident occurred on May 18, 2009 as...
Garden Grove Car Accident Kills Orange County Man
Posted on May 20, 2009The sport utility vehicle overturned, struck a tree and came to rest at a metal guardrail on the 405 Freeway near the 22 Freeway overcrossing. Aguayo was pronounced...
Dog Bite Accidents Continue to Victimize Children the Most
Posted on May 19, 2009This is Dog Bite Prevention Week -- a good time to consider the ways we can help prevent dog bite accidents. There is a lot of useful information out there for dog owners and others on how to prevent dog...
Orange County Motorcycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on May 19, 2009Thomas Wilson, 54, died in a Dana Point motorcycle accident after losing control of his motorcycle the morning of May 17, 2009, The Orange County Register reports. Wilson was driving southbound on Crown Valley Parkway when he lost control of...
Riverside County Motorcycle Accident
Posted on May 18, 2009Diana Gail Vandenberg, 54, of Wildomar died in a Riverside motorcycle accident the morning of May 17, 2009, according to a news report in the Riverside Press Enterprise. The Hemet motorcycle accident occurred at the intersection of East Florida Avenue...
Los Angeles Dog Bite Accident
Posted on May 18, 2009Martha Muro, a 26-year-old animal control officer lost part of her thumb in a Los Angeles dog bite accident when she was on the job. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the May 14, 2009 dog attack...
Bakersfield Car Accident Due To Dangerous Roadway Caused Elderly Couple's Personal Injuries, Family Says
Posted on May 15, 2009The family of Bill and Belma Martin has said that the elderly couple's personal injuries were caused by a Bakersfield car accident due to a dangerous roadway condition. The family apparently contacted the local ABC 23 television station because neither...
Los Angeles Car Accident Leaves Two Dead
Posted on May 15, 2009Two people were killed in a fiery Los Angeles rollover car accident in Encino that occurred early morning on May 14, 2009, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The fatal car accident happened on Burbank Boulevard at Balboa Boulevard, according...
Visalia School Bus Accident Injures Three Students, Two Drivers
Posted on May 14, 2009Three students and two drivers were injured in a Visalia school bus accident the morning of May 12, 2009 after two school buses collided. The school bus accident occurred at the intersection of Camp Drive and Road 69. The smaller...
Los Angeles Car Accident Caused By DUI Driver
Posted on May 14, 2009Guido Bisson, 46, of Capistrano Beach was killed in a Los Angles car accident after his car was struck by a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on the Glendale (2) Freeway.
Soledad Tour Bus Accident Caused By Driver Error, CHP Officials Say
Posted on May 13, 2009A preliminary report released by the California Highway Patrol states that driver error was to blame for a fatal Soledad tour bus accident on April 28, 2009, which killed five people.
Riverside Car Accident Kills Child in DUI Case
Posted on May 13, 2009A Hemet man has been arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter in connection with a Riverside car accident that killed 5-year-old Taane Unga of Sun City, the North County Times reports. Steven Neil Peterson, 53, apparently...
Los Angeles Car Accident Kills One And Injuries Three
Posted on May 12, 2009Khaliunaa Dranov, 23, of Los Angeles was killed in a Los Angeles car accident and three others suffered critical personal injuries after she lost control of her car and drove into a statue in MacArthur Park early morning on May...
Washington Motorcycle Accident Kills Child
Posted on May 12, 2009Nehalah May, a 9-year-old girl was killed in a May 10, 2009 Washington car-motorcycle accident after the motorcycle she was riding on crashed into another vehicle. According to a KXLY news report, 51-year-old Robin Scholz of Colfax was riding a...
Los Angeles Car Accident Kills Three Orange County Residents
Posted on May 11, 2009Three members of a Fullerton family -- Maynardo Orosa Romey, 59; Lucilla Abdon Romey, 60, and their 17-year-old son, Patrick Maynard Romey -- died in a Los Angeles car accident the morning of May 9, 2009. According to an article...
Riverside County Motorcycle Accident Kills One
Posted on May 11, 2009Dario Moreno, 30, of Rancho Santa Margarita, was killed in a Riverside motorcycle accident after he struck a sedan on the Ortega (74) Highway near the Lookout Roadhouse the morning of May 9, 2009, The Orange County Register reports. Moreno...
Seattle Car Accident Seriously Injures Man
Posted on May 08, 2009Ramon Camacho of Wapato is in critical condition in a Seattle hospital after a Seattle car accident, according to an article in the Yakima Herald-Republic. Camacho was riding a tractor on Clark Road when he was rear-ended by the driver...
Los Angeles Pedestrian Accident Injures Two Children
Posted on May 08, 2009Two 12-year-old boys suffered serious personal injuries in a Los Angeles pedestrian accident the morning of May 6, 2009, CBS News reports. The boys were struck by a car in the 12100 block of West Wicks Street, Los Angeles Fire...
Hollywood Car Crash On 170 Freeway Injures 12
Posted on May 07, 2009Twelve people were injured, seven of them critically, in a Hollywood car accident on the 170 Freeway that involved several vehicles, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The Sun Valley car accident occurred on the southbound side of the 170...
San Diego Truck Accident Kills One
Posted on May 07, 2009Henry Wei, 49, was killed in a San Diego truck accident the morning of May 5, 2009 after he crashed his box truck into a big rig on the 5 Freeway, according to a news report in the North County...
Palm Springs Pedestrian Accident
Posted on May 07, 2009A man sustained serious personal injuries in a Palm Springs pedestrian accident, The Desert News reports. The car versus pedestrian accident apparently occurred at about 8:20 p.m. on May 5, 2009 in the 2300 block of North Palm Canyon Drive....
Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accidents Causes Three Injured in Two Separate Accidents
Posted on May 06, 2009Three people suffered personal injuries in two separate May 4, 2009 Los Angeles pedestrian accidents. According to an article in the Glendale News Press, the first pedestrian accident occurred in the 600 block of Colorado Street when a man was...
Anaheim Hills Car Accident Versus Dump Truck Injures Six
Posted on May 05, 2009Six people were personally injured the afternoon of May 4, 2009 in an Anaheim Hills car accident after a dump truck lost its brakes and struck several vehicles at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Santa Ana Canyon Road, The...
San Diego Pedestrian Accident Kills A Man
Posted on May 05, 2009Richard A. Gomez, 32, of Escondido died the night of May 2, 2009, shortly after he suffered critical personal injuries in a San Diego pedestrian accident, the North County Times reports. Gomez was apparently crossing the street and in the...
Orange County Pedestrian Accident Fatally Injuries One
Posted on May 04, 2009The Orange County Coroner identified a man who was killed in a Garden Grove pedestrian accident as 30-year-old William Mendoza of Anaheim. According to an article in The Orange County Register, the fatal car accident occurred the morning of May...
Perris Tour Bus Accident Injures 25
Posted on May 03, 2009A Riverside County tour bus crash on the 215 Freeway the afternoon of May 2, 2009 injured 25 people and at least eight suffered critical injuries, according to an article in The Desert Sun.
Los Angeles County Dog Attack
Posted on May 01, 2009A San Pedro man shot and killed a pit bull that turned on him after attacking a neighbor's cat April 15, 2009, the Daily Breeze reports. The dog attack began when the cat's owner started screaming for help as her...
San Bernardino County Pedestrian Accident Leaves One Dead
Posted on May 01, 2009Brian Benito Ornelas, 34, of Alta Loma, was killed in a pedestrian accident the night of April 17, 2009, the San Bernardino Sun reports. Ornelas was walking in the 1500 block of West Northpark Boulevard when he was struck by...
Torrance Industrial Job Injury at ExxonMobil under Investigation
Posted on May 01, 2009Cal/OSHA officials have opened an investigation into a fatal Torrance industrial job injury involving an ExxonMobil worker, Nelson Tan, 50, who died April 26, 2009 after he suffered severe burn injuries in the company's Torrance refinery. According to an article...
Soledad Bus Accident Victims Identified
Posted on May 01, 2009Officials have identified four French tourists killed in the April 27, 2009 Soledad bus accident as 68-year-old Daniel Le Garrec, 65-year-old Christian Montmayeur, 64-year-old Jacqueline Montmayeur and 26-year-old Michael Taveira. According to an Associated Press news report, the driver of...
Soledad, California, Tour Bus Accident: Passengers Suspect Mechanical Problems
Posted on April 30, 2009Soledad, California, tour bus accident driver of an Orion Pacific tour bus had been involved in pedestrian accident seriously injuring a woman in a Las Vegas crosswalk four years ago, the Associated Press reports. The driver, 69-year-old John Egnew of...
California Tour Bus Accident Kills Five
Posted on April 29, 2009A California tour bus accident turned deadly when five people died and dozens were injured in a Soledad bus accident on the Highway 101 the afternoon of April 28, 2009. The Orion Pacific tour bus based out of Orange County...
Washington Motorcycle Accident Injures Woman
Posted on April 29, 2009Pamela Cole, 44, of Stillwater was injured in an Washington motorcycle accident after her 2004 Yamaha motorcycle went off the road the afternoon of April 25, 2009, the Post Star reports. Cole was heading south on State Route 40 in...
Riverside County ATV Accident Kills 10-year-old Boy
Posted on April 28, 2009A 10-year-old boy from Rialto died in a Riverside ATV accident after he fell out of a moving ATV in Reche Canyon the evening of April 26, 2009, according to a news Web site. California Highway Patrol officials said the...
Orange County Woman Killed in Glen Avon Ambulance Crash
Posted on April 27, 2009Catherine Quigley, 94, of Irvine died after the Premier Medical Transport ambulance she was in, crashed into a tree the afternoon of April 25, 2009, according to a CBS News report. The fatal Orange County car accident was reported on...
Los Angeles County Nursing Home's Negligence Penalized
Posted on April 24, 2009A recent Los Angeles nursing home accident has caused officials to investigate a Pico Rivera nursing home. The nursing home was fined $100,000 after a wheelchair-bound resident caught on fire and died while trying to light a cigarette in an...
Commercial Real Estate Offer I Couldn't Refuse
Posted on April 23, 2009Jeff Tabor is the best southern California commercial real estate broker I have ever met and I used to be one. Jeff bugged me to give him to a chance to review my office space lease here in Newport Beach...
Raptiva Recall Attorneys: Deadly Side Effects Lead to Recall and Consumer Outrage
Posted on April 23, 2009Raptiva recall attorneys are counseling Raptiva users and their families regarding the side effects of Raptiva use. Raptiva was sold as a treatment for psoriasis. It has been linked to a fatal brain infection. Raptiva's maker, Genentech, pulled Raptiva off...
Orange County Car Accident Injures Man
Posted on April 23, 2009Anaheim car accident attorneys are evaluating a man who was hospitalized with injuries in an Anaheim car accident after a woman who allegedly ran a red light struck two cars at an intersection, The Orange County Register reports. The car...
Orange County Fatal Construction Accident
Posted on April 21, 2009Daniel Varela Jr., 59, of Santa Ana died in a Dana Point construction accident as he fell from the fourth floor of a Marriott hotel where he was working, The Orange County Register reports. The fatal construction accident occurred the...
Orange County Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Accident
Posted on April 20, 2009Henry Franco Jr., 25, of Anaheim was killed in a Garden Grove pedestrian accident the morning of April 19, 2009, The Orange County Register reports. Franco was apparently found lying in the middle of a street in the 7300 block...
Los Angeles County Bicycle Accident Caused By Drunk Driver
Posted on April 20, 2009A 44-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed in an Los Angeles car accident the morning of April 19, 2009, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was hit early morning by 22-year-old...
Seattle Washington Motorcycle Accident Attorneys: Man Suffers Severe Head Injuries in Seattle Motorcycle Accident
Posted on April 20, 2009A man is in serious condition after he was injured in a Seattle car accident while riding on his motorcycle, the Seattle Times reports. The accident occurred the night of April 15, 2009 when the man was riding with two...
Seattle Washington Bicycle Accident Attorneys: King County Will Pay $3.5 Million to Brain-Injured Bicyclist
Posted on April 18, 2009King County officials have agreed to pay $3.5 million to Jeffrey Totten, a Seattle resident who was injured in a bicycle accident on a county bike route. According to an article in the Seattle Times, Totten's injuries have left him...
San Bernardino County Fatal Industrial Accident
Posted on April 17, 2009Humberto Diaz-Guzman, 34, died in a Fontana on-the-job injury accident, according to news reports and the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office. Diaz-Guzman died the night of April 13, 2009 of injuries he suffered in an April 6, 2009 workplace accident...
Chino Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Accident
Posted on April 16, 2009Richard Bohannan, 42, was killed April 14, 2009 in a Chino pedestrian accident while he and his 13-year-old son were getting mail from their mailbox, according to a news report. California Highway Patrol officials say Bohannan was walking on his...
Fatal California Dog Attack: Man Dies After Being Attacked by Loose Pack of Dogs
Posted on April 15, 2009Gordon Lykins, 48, of Winterhaven, California, has died recently from injuries he suffered in a March 28, 2009 vicious dog bite attack in the community, which is located in the California-Arizona border. Lykins was apparently mauled by a pack of...
ATV Rollover Accident Killed 11-year-old Boy in Alameda County
Posted on April 14, 2009An 11-year-old boy was killed in an ATV rollover crash in an unincorporated area of Alameda County the afternoon of April 13, 2009, according to a KTVU News report. The boy, who has not been identified, was riding an all-terrain...
Bakersfield DUI Car Accident Injures Four
Posted on April 13, 2009Four people were injured in a Bakersfield car collision that was caused by a driver who police say was under the influence of drugs. According to an article in the Bakersfield Californian, Brandon Cortez,27, Alejandro Marin, 22, Tommy Dowell, 56...
Fatal Orange County Car Crash Driver Charged with Murder
Posted on April 10, 2009The driver who ran a red light and caused the Fullerton car accident that killed 22-year-old Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, 25-year-old Henry Pearson and 20-year-old Courtney Stewart, will face murder charges, The Orange County Register reports. A fourth victim, Jon...
Funeral Home Abuse
Posted on April 09, 2009Funeral Home Abuse of Deceased Veterans A Virginia funeral home responsible for the caring and handling of deceased veterans before they are buried at the Arlington National Cemetery is being accused of funeral home abuse by leaving the corpses lying...
San Diego Rollover Accident
Posted on April 09, 2009San Diego Chevy Tahoe Rollover Accident Two people were injured in a California SUV rollover crash north of Lakeside the morning of April 8, 2009, 10news reports. The rollover accident occurred on southbound Highway 67 near Slaughterhouse Canyon Road, California...
San Diego Motorcycle Accident
Posted on April 08, 2009Fatal San Diego Motorcycle Accident Kenneth Charles Sully, a 58-year-old Pacific Beach man, was killed in a San Diego motorcycle accident the morning of April 6, 2009, according to reports in the San Diego Union-Tribune and the San Diego County...
San Diego County Minivan Accident
Posted on April 08, 2009San Diego County Minivan Accident Injures Two Robert Johnson, 62, and his wife, Margaret, 57, were reported to have suffered critical injuries in a Southern California car accident after their Dodge Caravan minivan went off the road and into the...
San Diego County DUI Pedestrian Accident
Posted on April 07, 2009San Diego County DUI Pedestrian Accident Injuries Boy A 7-year-old boy suffered a broken leg in a pedestrian versus car accident after a suspected San Diego drunk driver struck him the evening of April 4, 2009, 10news reports. Phillip Jones,...
Los Angeles Hit-and-Run
Posted on April 06, 2009Los Angeles Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested Los Angeles police have arrested 30-year-old Claudia Cabrera, who they believe struck and killed 18-year-old Adrianna Bachan and seriously injured 19-year-old Marcus Garfinkle in a hit-and-run crosswalk accident near USC, the Associated Press...
West Hollywood Pedestrian Accident
Posted on April 06, 2009West Hollywood Fatal Pedestrian Accident Victims Identified Officials identified the two women killed in a West Hollywood crosswalk pedestrian accident as Alina Sheyman of West Hollywood and Maria Velasquez of Glendale. Both women were in their 70s, according to a...
Medical Negligence
Posted on April 04, 2009Justice for Service Members Who Are Victims of Negligence Our friends at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) are now fighting for the rights of service members who died not in combat, but because of medical negligence. One case in...
San Diego ATV Crash
Posted on April 03, 2009Teenager Killed in San Diego ATV Crash Christian Don Stover, a 16-year-old boy from Alpine, died in a San Diego ATV accident on the Barona Indian Reservation just south of Ramona, according to a news report in the San Diego...
Chino Rear-End Auto Accident
Posted on April 02, 2009Chino Rear-End Auto Accident Injures Six Several people were injured in a San Bernardino auto accident on March 30, 2009, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports. Injured in this traffic collision were: 23-year-old David Deseran; Justin Longe, 41, Ryan Harris,...
Thousand Oaks Dangerous Intersection
Posted on April 02, 2009Thousand Oaks Dangerous Intersection Causes Concern The grandmother of an toddler whose aunt threw him out of the way before she was struck and critically injured at a Thousand Oaks intersection accident on March 10, 2009, is urging the City...
West Hollywood Pedestrian Accident
Posted on April 01, 2009Two Killed in West Hollywood Pedestrian Accident Two women were killed and a man was critically injured in an auto versus pedestrian accident in West Hollywood the night of March 31, 2009, according to a CBS News report. The fatal...
San Diego Bicycle Accident
Posted on March 31, 2009San Diego Bicycle Accident Injures Man A bicyclist suffered head injuries in a San Diego bicycle accident after he was struck by a drunk driver, 10 news reports. The accident occurred on March 30, 2009 on Balboa Avenue near Charger...
Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on March 31, 2009Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accident Injures Teenager A 16-year-old boy was injured in a Duarte pedestrian accident after he was struck by a car while crossing the street on his way to school, the Pasadena Star News reports. The boy...
California Nursing Home Negligence
Posted on March 30, 2009California Nursing Home Negligence Could Increase with Lack of Oversight A watchdog group, which is tracking nearly 1,600 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in northern California, is saying that it expects to see an increase in California nursing home...
Los Angeles County DUI Accident
Posted on March 30, 2009Los Angeles County DUI Accident Kills Man Maximino Angeles Hernandez, 41, a Los Angeles Times delivery truck driver was killed in a North Hills head-on collision after his pickup truck was hit by a suspected drunk driver. According to an...
Atwater Construction Accident
Posted on March 29, 2009Fatal Construction Accident In Atwater Gregory Moore, a 50-year-old Stockton man, was killed in a northern California construction accident on March 25, 2009. According to a news report in the Modesto Bee, Moore, an employee of Bay City Construction, was...
Santa Rosa Pedestrian Accident
Posted on March 28, 2009Santa Rosa Crosswalk Accident Kills Man in Wheelchair Richard Trenam, a 58-year-old man, died after being critically injured in a Santa Rosa auto accident, the Press Democrat reports. Trenam was on life support after being struck and injured by 24-year-old...
Newport Beach Cop Employee Rights Case
Posted on March 26, 2009Jury Awards $1.2 Million to Newport Beach Cop in Employee Rights Case An Orange County jury recently awarded $1.2 million to a Newport Beach police officer because he endured on the job discrimination based on rumors and gossip that he...
California Cemetery Fraud
Posted on March 26, 2009Placer County Family Sues Cemetery over Lost Body A California family has filed a lawsuit against a Placer County cemetery after their loved one's body was missing from his burial plot and another woman was buried in the space reserved...
Los Angeles Forklift Accident
Posted on March 26, 2009Los Angeles Fatal Forklift Accident Andrew Guipanay Bagsiao, 86, died in a Los Angeles pedestrian accident after he was run over and crushed by a forklift whose operator was part of a crew working in the ambulance entrance of the...
San Diego Freeway Accident
Posted on March 26, 2009San Diego County Fatal Freeway Accident Raymundo Ambrosio-Vasquez, 53, was killed in a San Diego County auto versus pedestrian accident on the Interstate 15 in Poway the morning of March 25, 2009, according to a news reports in the San...
Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Accident
Posted on March 24, 2009Los Angeles Fatal Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Accident The victim of a hit-and-run pedestrian accident in Van Nuys has been identified as 34-year-old Bobby Ray Rowe, a homeless man in the area. According to a CBS News report, Rowe, who had only...
California Liability Limits
Posted on March 23, 2009California Must Update Minimum Liability Limits Most states require drivers to have auto liability insurance before they can legally drive a car. What is liability insurance? Basically, it pays the other driver's medial expenses, damages to his or her vehicle...
Ventura County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on March 23, 2009Ventura County Pedestrian Accident Injures Girl A 7-year-old girl was injured in an Oxnard pedestrian accident the afternoon of March 21, 2009, the Ventura County Star reports. The girl was hit in the 4400 block of Terrace Avenue. She was...
Pasadena On The Job Injury
Posted on March 20, 2009Delivery Truck Gas Tank Explosion in Pasadena Injures Three Three people suffered major on-the-job injuries in a Pasadena explosion the afternoon of March 16, 2009. According to an article in the Pasadena Star News, the explosion apparently ripped apart a...
Los Angeles Dog Attack
Posted on March 20, 2009Los Angeles County Dog Attack Injures Three Three people including a 79-year-old woman were injured in a Chatsworth dog attack, KTLA News reports. The incident occurred on March 19, 2009 in the 11900 block of Hiawatha Street in Chatsworth when...
Orange County Industrial Accident
Posted on March 20, 2009Orange County Industrial Accident Kills Two Workers Two employees at a Rancho Santa Margarita manufacturing plant were killed and two others were seriously injured in an explosion the night of March 19, 2009, The Orange County Register reports. The explosion...
California Boating Accident Bill
Posted on March 19, 2009New California Bill May Help Reduce Boating Accidents The California Senate is reviewing a new bill, which if passed, will give authorities the power to suspend boaters' licenses when they are caught operating a boat while intoxicated. According to a...
Riverside Dog Bite
Posted on March 19, 2009Fatal Dog Attack in Riverside County Hill A. Williams Jr., 38, of Rancho Mirage was killed in an apparent Riverside dog attack after his own mastiffs mauled him to death, according to an article in The Desert Sun. Williams, apparently...
Amusement Park Ride Accident
Posted on March 18, 2009Improper Maintenance Blamed for Amusement Park Ride Accident A Yo-Yo Chair Ride that crashed during the Calaveras County Fair in May injuring 21 children was not properly maintained by its owner, the California Department of Industrial Relations has ruled...
Los Angeles County Dog Attack
Posted on March 18, 2009Long Beach Girl Injured in Los Angeles Dog Attack A 2-year-old Long Beach girl has been hospitalized with dog bite injuries after she was attacked by the family's cocker spaniel. According to this news article in the Los Angeles Daily...
Orange County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on March 18, 2009Orange County Auto versus Pedestrian Accident James Casey, 70, suffered major injuries in a Costa Mesa pedestrian accident after he was hit by a car. According to a news report in the Daily Pilot, the accident occurred the night of...
San Diego County Nursing Home Negligence
Posted on March 17, 2009Escondido Nursing Home's Negligence Leads to Man's Death An Escondido nursing home has been fined $90,000 after a resident apparently choked to death at lunch. According to a news report on San Diego's Channel 6, Escondido Care Center was also...
Orange County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on March 16, 2009Huntington Beach Pedestrian versus Auto Accident A 67-year-old Garden Grove man was killed in a Huntington Beach pedestrian accident after he was struck by a vehicle on Warner Avenue near Bolsa Chica Street, The Orange County Register reports. Jorge Salazarleon...
Riverside County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on March 13, 2009Child Killed By Ice Cream Truck Diana Morales, a 1-year-old girl, died in a pedestrian accident in Muscoy on March 11, 2009, after she was struck by an ice cream truck on her first birthday. According to this news article...
Fatal Northridge Pedestrian Accident Raises Concerns about Dangerous Roadways
Posted on March 12, 2009Victoria Santos, 60, who died in a pedestrian versus truck accident near the Cal State Northridge campus, is one of many victims who have been killed in similar accidents on the dangerous roadways and intersection around the university's campus. According...
Ventura County Pedestrian Accident Injures Woman
Posted on March 12, 2009Argelia Rojas, 49, was critically injured in a March 10, 2009 Thousand Oaks pedestrian accident after she was struck by a car while crossing at the intersection of Westlake Boulevard and Devonshire Avenue. According to this news report in the...
Northridge Pedestrian Accident Fatal Crash Concerns Lawyer
Posted on March 12, 2009Victoria Santos, 60, who died in a pedestrian versus truck accident near the Cal State Northridge campus, is one of many victims who have been killed in similar accidents on the dangerous roadways and intersection around the university's campus. According...
Woman Injured in San Bernardino County DUI Auto Accident
Posted on March 10, 2009Police in Rancho Cucamonga have identified a woman injured in a March 4, 2009 drunken driving rear-end auto accident as Carol Lee Santa Cruz. According to the Inland Empire & Inland Valley Breaking News, Santa Cruz, who was driving a...
Comments for Cans Campaign Courtesy of Bisnar Chase
Posted on March 10, 2009We have all read recent news reports that talk about the devastating effects of the economic downturn and the housing market crash in Orange County and the rest of California. A recent article in The Orange County Register (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/food-bank-orange-2327067-county-last), reports...
San Bernardino County Motorcycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on March 10, 2009Patrick Ellis, 54, was killed in a March 8, 2009 motorcycle accident in Apple Valley after he crashed into a horse trailer on Central Road. According to the Inland Empire & Inland Valley Breaking News report, Ellis was riding north...
San Bernardino County DUI Auto Accident
Posted on March 10, 2009Police in Rancho Cucamonga have identified a woman injured in a March 4, 2009 drunken driving rear-end auto accident as Carol Lee Santa Cruz. According to the Inland Empire & Inland Valley Breaking News, Santa Cruz, who was driving a...
San Diego On-the-Job Accident Kills Postal Service Mechanic
Posted on March 06, 2009Leonard Harders, a 56-year-old postal service mechanic in San Diego, was killed on-the-job after he was run over by a mail truck he was trying to fix. According to the 10 News report for San Diego, Harders was working on...
Man Killed in Riverside Pedestrian versus Big Rig Accident
Posted on March 06, 2009Gregory Willis, 46, of Hemet was killed in a Bloomington pedestrian versus big rig accident on March 5, 2009, according to the Inland Empire & Inland Valley Breaking News Web site. Willis was apparently using a crosswalk in the 18000...
California Nursing Home Abuse
Posted on March 06, 2009The family of 79-year-old Shirley Marion Renner has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Yuba City nursing home alleging negligence and abuse. According to this news report in the Appeal Democrat, Renner?s daughter and son ? Valeree Espinoza and....
Pit Bull Dog Attacks Still Rampant in Different Parts of the Country
Posted on February 26, 2009I came across this blog posted by Dogsbite.org that talks about two dog attack victims ? both adults -- in Texas who got their eye ripped out in separate pit bull attacks. The first incident apparently occurred in Houston on...
San Bernardino County Man Killed in Pedestrian Accident
Posted on February 25, 2009Wallace ?Wally? Bradfield, a 76-year-old Twentynine Palms resident was killed in a San Bernardino County pedestrian accident and 86-year-old Joseph Perez, suffered major injuries after both elderly residents were hit from behind by a motorist. According to this news report...
San Diego Man Injured in Bicycle Accident
Posted on February 25, 2009A man suffered serious head injuries after the bicycle he was riding was struck by a pickup truck on Sea World Drive, ABC News reports in this article. The accident occurred the morning of February 16, 2009 near Friars Road...
Los Angeles County Street Intersection Pedestrian Accident Injures Man
Posted on February 25, 2009A 35-year-old Whittier man was seriously injured in a car versus pedestrian accident February 22, 2009, the Whittier Daily News reports in this article. The incident happened when a compact car driving eastbound on Leffingwell Road collided with the pedestrian...
Woman Injured in Los Angeles County DUI Accident
Posted on February 24, 2009A 65-year-old woman in San Gabriel is in serious condition after she was struck the morning of February 20, 2009 by a man who police say was driving under the influence. According to this news report in the Pasadena Star...
Five-year-old Girl Injured in Riverside County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on February 23, 2009A 5-year-old girl suffered serious injuries in a La Quinta pedestrian accident after a driver who rolled past a stop sign struck her, according to a news report in The Desert Sun. The girl had apparently gotten off a bus...
Kern County Nursing Home Staff Forcefully Drugged Patients, Officials Say
Posted on February 22, 2009Three nursing home staff members in Kern County have been arrested on suspicion of forcibly drugging patients for their own convenience, an act which resulted in the death of three residents. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times,...
Tour of California Continues After Initial Crash and Rough Start
Posted on February 20, 2009The Tour of California is apparently drawing thousands of cycling fans who are getting to see some world-class riders such as Lance Armstrong. The seven-time Tour de France victor is carrying on in spite of a personal bicycle accident injury...
San Diego Nursing Home Fined for Negligence
Posted on February 19, 2009A nursing home in Lemon Grove has been cited and fined $80,000 by the state for failing to properly supervise a 74-year-old woman who caught fire last year while smoking at the facility and later died of burn injuries. The...
Teenager Killed in San Bernardino Bicycle Accident Involving Drunk Driver
Posted on February 19, 2009Grant Nelson, 13, of Rancho Cucamonga was killed in a bicycle accident February 15, 2009 after he was run over by a suspected drunk driver, according to this news report. San Bernardino County Sheriff?s deputies have arrested 40-year-old Sandra Kent....
Woman Injured in Los Angeles County Motorcycle Crash
Posted on February 18, 2009Anna Hernandez, 19, suffered serious injuries in a La Puente motorcycle accident the afternoon of February 15, 2009, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports in this article. The crash occurred when Hernandez, who was riding her motorcycle in the 16100...
Hit-and-Run Driver Seriously Injures Man in Wheelchair
Posted on February 17, 2009Glendale police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who they say struck and seriously injured a 26-year-old man on an electric wheelchair, the Glendale News Press reports in this article. The man in the wheelchair was crossing New York Avenue...
Cathedral City Pedestrian Accident Kills Pregnant Woman and her Fetus
Posted on February 16, 2009The pregnant woman, who was killed in a hit-and-run pedestrian accident in Cathedral City the night of February 11, 2009, has been identified as 18-year-old Danica Denton of Desert Hot Springs. According to this news report in The Desert Sun,...
Driver Crushed by Forklift in the Port of Long Beach
Posted on February 14, 2009A group of family members and friends held a vigil for Pablo Antonio Garcia, a Long Beach worker and truck driver who was crushed to death January 28, 2009 when a forklift hit his truck in the Port of Long...
Orange County Pedestrian Accident Kills Elderly Woman
Posted on February 13, 2009Police in Westminster are still trying to identify an elderly woman who they say died in a pedestrian versus auto accident on February 10, 2009. According to this news report in The Orange County Register, the fatal Orange County pedestrian...
Man Killed in Oxnard Crosswalk Accident
Posted on February 13, 2009Jose Luis Baxin-Campechano, 28, died in an Oxnard pedestrian accident after a motorist struck him when he was walking in a marked crosswalk, the Ventura County Star reports in this article. Baxin-Campechano was struck the evening of February 7, 2009....
Woman Killed in San Diego DUI Pedestrian Accident
Posted on February 13, 2009Emily Cathleen Dowdy, 24, died in a pedestrian accident in Pacific Beach after she was struck by a drunken driver while crossing the street. According to this news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the accident occurred the evening of...
California Nursing Home Fined $100,000 for Patient Negligence
Posted on February 12, 2009A nursing home in Auburn, California, has been slapped with the most severe citation for negligence and inadequate care that apparently led to the death of a patient in 2007, according to the Sacramento Bee news report. Colonial Healthcare, which...
Fatal Long Beach Motorcycle Accident Caused by Red Light Runner
Posted on February 12, 2009David Golz, 29, of Long Beach died in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident the morning of February 8, 2009 after a woman ran a red light at an intersection and crashed into him. Brenda Rossal, 28, also struck Golz?s riding companion,...
Best Personal Injury Attorneys in Phoenix, Arizona
Posted on February 11, 2009Breyer Law Offices recently posted a blog about bus safety and bus accidents in Arizona. The blog discussed the importance of seatbelts during bus crashes. Currently, the law in most states including Arizona and California, do not require seatbelts to...
Best Iowa Personal Injury Attorney
Posted on February 11, 2009As the economy is slowing down, having adequate auto insurance is the last thing on many people?s minds. We are more occupied with holding on to jobs and putting food on the table. But, as Iowa personal injury attorney Corey...
Orange County Auto Accident Kills Elderly Woman in Wheelchair
Posted on February 11, 2009Kum Lim, 88, died after the motorized wheelchair she was in was struck by a vehicle as she was trying to cross the street. According to an article in The Orange County Register, Lim was driving a Rascal mobility wheelchair...
San Diego County Bicycle Accident Leaves Man Injured
Posted on February 10, 2009A 19-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run the morning of February 7, 2009 after officials say, she struck and seriously injured a bicyclist. According to this news blog in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the car versus bicycle....
Speeding Big Rig Driver Caused Fatal Los Angeles County Accident, Officials Say
Posted on February 10, 2009A recent report released by the California Highway Patrol concludes that a big rig driver traveling at an unsafe rate of speed caused the fiery, catastrophic multi-vehicle crash in October 12, 2007. The accident had involved two dozen vehicles including...
Man Killed in Riverside County Fire Engine versus Car Collision
Posted on February 09, 2009A 60-year-old West Covina man killed in a collision with a fire truck in Mira Loma has been identified as Agustin Nava Miramontes, according to a news report in The Press Enterprise. Miramontes was killed the morning of February 4,...
Toddler Killed in San Diego County Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident
Posted on February 08, 2009A toddler in San Marcos, who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver the evening of February 4, 2009, has been identified as 18-month-old Christopher Castellanos. The boy, who lived with his parents and siblings in a trailer on...
When You Hit Someone ? STOP!
Posted on February 07, 2009I came across this interesting and emotional article on the subject of hit-and-run accidents written by Long Island blogger, Curtis Jackson. He talks about how hit-and-run accidents occur and why people choose not to take responsibility about it. He wonders...
Man Injured in Ventura County Motorcycle versus Car Accident
Posted on February 06, 2009A man who was seriously injured in a Thousand Oaks motorcycle accident on February 2, 2009 has been identified as 33-year-old Ambrosio Rodriguez, the Ventura County Star reports in this article. The collision occurred when Rodriguez who was riding his...
Driver in Fatal Bus Crash was Possibly Distracted, Investigators Say
Posted on February 05, 2009Investigators looking into a fatal bus crash in Arizona that killed seven people and injured several others are now saying that the bus driver may have been distracted just before the horrific accident. According to this Associated Press news report,...
Man Killed In Rollover Accident after Striking Debris
Posted on February 05, 2009Frank Kwangsu Kim, 49, of Lake Elsinore was killed in a Chino Hills rollover auto accident the morning of February 3, 2009 after his car hit some debris on the 91 Freeway and crashed. According to this news report, Kim...
Woman Injured in Placentia Pedestrian Accident
Posted on February 05, 2009A 64-year-old woman who suffered serious injuries in an Orange County pedestrian versus auto accident has been identified as Maria Salinas of Placentia. Salinas was waiting to cross Placentia Avenue at Ruby Drive on January 31, 2009 when the driver...
Toddler Survives Orange County Near-Drowning Incident
Posted on February 04, 2009A 3-year-old boy in Orange County has survived a near-drowning incident after his older brother rescued him from the bottom of a swimming pool the afternoon of February 1, 2009. According to this news report in The Orange County Register,...
11-month-old Baby Killed in Los Angeles Crosswalk Hit-and-Run Accident
Posted on February 03, 2009Los Angeles police have arrested 30-year-old Henry Yovanni Moreno of South Gate after he struck and killed an 11-month-old girl and injured her 5-year-old sister and mother as they were crossing the street in a crosswalk. According to this news...
Teen Riding Motorized Scooter Injured in Orange County Accident
Posted on February 03, 2009A 13-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries after he was hit by a car while riding on a San Juan Capistrano street in his motorized scooter. The boy, whose name has not been released, was hit the afternoon of January...
Newport Beach Hit-and-Run Accident Critically Injures Man
Posted on February 03, 2009A man has suffered critical injuries in a Newport Beach hit-and-run accident, The Orange County Register reports in this article. The man was attending to a disabled vehicle in the curb lane of westbound Hospital Road near Placentia Avenue on...
Man Suffers Critical Injuries in Los Angeles County Motorcycle Accident
Posted on February 02, 2009Marcus Alex Puga, 23, of Whittier, suffered critical injuries in a Bassett motorcycle accident on January 29, 2009 after he struck a big rig at an intersection, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports in this article. Puga was driving a...
Woman Killed in Oxnard Street Intersection Accident
Posted on January 30, 2009Oxnard police have arrested a man on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter in connection with a January 27, 2009 fatal traffic collision, which killed 44-year-old Sherry Bernadette Anthony. According to this news report in the Ventura County Star, police arrested Isaac...
Korean National Extradited to Orange County to Face Vehicular Manslaughter Charges
Posted on January 30, 2009Youn Bum Lee, a South Korean national who flew to Seoul a day after he was involved in a fatal Orange County DUI motorcycle accident on the 55 Freeway in October 2005, is being extradited back to Orange County on...
Man Killed in Long Beach Pedestrian Accident
Posted on January 29, 2009Ruben Martinez, 53, was killed in a pedestrian accident after he was struck by a motorcycle the morning of January 21, 2009, on the Long Beach (710) Freeway. According to this news report in The Press Telegram, Martinez was walking...
Florida?s Best Long Term Disability and Social Security Disability Lawyer
Posted on January 28, 2009I came across this extremely informational blog: ?How to Avoid Making Mistakes in your LTD/ERISA Statement or Field Visit? written by Florida long-term disability attorney Nancy Cavey. Like most states, in Florida, long term disability insurance is purchased individually or...
Teenager Injured in Ventura County Motorcycle Accident
Posted on January 28, 2009A 19-year-old motorcyclist suffered serious injuries when he crashed into a parked motor home in Thousand Oaks. According to this news report in the Ventura County Star, the teenager was riding his motorcycle eastbound in the 800 block of Calle...
Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accident Injures Teenager
Posted on January 27, 2009A 17-year-old girl was seriously injured in a Los Angeles County pedestrian versus SUV accident on January 25, 2009, the Whittier Daily News reports. The teenager was walking on Imperial Highway at Meyer Road in an unincorporated area of Los...
Lancaster Considering New Dangerous Dog Ordinance
Posted on January 27, 2009The city of Lancaster is considering adopting strict penalties for owners of potentially dangerous and vicious dogs ? particularly pit bulls and Rottweilers ? which they say are used as weapons of intimidation by the area?s gang members. According to...
Sharon Christie -- Maryland?s Best Medical Practice and Nursing Home Negligence Lawyer
Posted on January 27, 2009Nursing home owners around the country are apparently trying to present arguments in favor of limiting damages in lawsuits against nursing homes. According to this news blog written by Maryland nursing home abuse and negligence lawyer, Sharon Christie, the nursing...
Mike Schafer: Best Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney
Posted on January 27, 2009I recently read a remarkably insightful book by Kentucky auto accident and personal injury lawyer Mike Schafer and I believe it is one that everyone who drives a vehicle in the state of Kentucky should definitely read. This book is...
City of San Diego Repairs Rough Patches on Bike Lane After Bicycle Accident
Posted on January 26, 2009Jon M. Robins of San Diego suffered severe injuries in a bicycle accident on November 8, 2008 because his bicycle hit an uneven pavement on North Torrey Pines Road, according to this news column titled ?Just Fix It? in the...
LAPD Officer Injured in Los Angeles County Motorcycle Accident
Posted on January 25, 2009A Los Angeles police motorcycle officer suffered injuries including a broken in a motorcycle accident in Atwater Village after a motorist backing her vehicle out of her driveway struck the officer. According to a news report in the Los Angeles...
San Bernardino Pedestrian Accident Kills Woman
Posted on January 24, 2009Juanita Hernandez, 24, of Montclair was killed in a San Bernardino pedestrian accident, according to this article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Hernandez was walking on Etiwanda Avenue the morning of January 20, 2009 when she was struck by...
Nursing Home Slapped with $121,000 Fine in Patient?s Ventilator Death
Posted on January 23, 2009A San Dimas nursing home has been fined $121,000 in connection with the death of a 90-year-old woman, who health officials say, died because of the nursing home?s negligence and poor care. According to this news report on KTLA?s Web...
Security Officer Suffers Fatal Injuries in Delano Industrial Accident
Posted on January 23, 2009Delano police officials have identified a 19-year-old female security officer who died in an industrial accident at a SEARS warehouse on January 17, 2009, as Rosemary Montiel. According to this news report, Montiel was found in a small electrical security...
Chula Vista Woman and Dog Attacked by Pit Bulls
Posted on January 22, 2009A woman was attacked in downtown Chula Vista by two pit bulls early morning on January 12, 2009 when she was walking her dog, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune news report. Two men who lived nearby apparently heard the...
Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accident Injures Four
Posted on January 22, 2009Three young boys were injured in a pedestrian accident January 19, 2009 after they were struck by a car at a Pasadena street intersection. According to this news report in the Pasadena Star News, the incident occurred when a mother...
Giving Veterans Hope and a Second Chance
Posted on January 21, 2009Veterans today are facing more challenges than ever before. They are probably the most criticized and underappreciated segment of our population. What most of us forget is that we owe our freedom to these brave men and women who have...
Los Angeles County Supervisors Want Nursing Home Ratings Displayed
Posted on January 21, 2009Los Angeles County supervisors have asked state officials to require California?s nursing homes to prominently post their new federal star ratings, just the way Los Angeles County restaurants display their letter grades. According to this news report in the Los...
Woman Brain-Injured by LAPD Cop Car Gets $4.5 Million
Posted on January 20, 2009A woman, who suffered severe brain injuries that left her permanently disabled after her car was broadsided by a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle will get $4.5 million in a settlement approved recently by the Los Angeles City Council. According....
John Bisnar and Brian Chase named 2009 Orange County Super Lawyers
Posted on January 20, 2009My partner Brian Chase and I have been named once again as ?Super Lawyers.? This is the second consecutive year that I have had the honor of being named on this prestigious list and the fourth consecutive time for my...
Man Killed in San Mateo Pedestrian Accident
Posted on January 18, 2009San Mateo authorities have indentified a 52-year-old man killed in a pedestrian accident as Gus Roubos. According to this news report in the San Mateo County Times, the San Mateo County Coroner is trying to determine whether Roubos died from...
Ventura County Hit-and-Run Accident Kills Woman
Posted on January 17, 2009Raquel Fuerte, a 58-year-old Santa Paula woman who had recently been knocked down and left seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in Ventura County, has now died. According to this news report in the Ventura County Star, Fuerte suffered the...
Toddler Critically Injured in Indio Swimming Pool Accident
Posted on January 16, 2009A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after he nearly drowned in his family pool on January 11, 2009, According to this Desert Sun article. The toddler, whose name was not released, was found after his mother noticed him missing...
Man Killed in Orange County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on January 16, 2009A 43-year-old man who was struck and killed in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident has been identified as Grzegor Szewczak of Costa Mesa. According to this news report in The Orange County Register, Szewczak was crossing Harbor Boulevard near 17th...
Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Claims Three Lives
Posted on January 15, 2009Three deaths associated with a nationwide salmonella outbreak occurred in Virginia and Minnesota, officials for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have confirmed. According to this Associated Press news report, health officials are urging nursing homes, hospitals, universities and...
Orange County Teenager Killed in Lake Elsinore Motorcycle Accident
Posted on January 14, 2009Lucas Robert Reiss, 18, died in a motorcycle accident the afternoon of January 9, 2009 on the Ortega Highway in Lake Elsinore, according to a Orange County Register article. Reiss, a resident of San Juan Capistrano, was riding a 2007...
California Supreme Court Decides to Say ?No? to ER Balance Billing
Posted on January 13, 2009This is a victory for patients and California consumers. I?m talking about the California Supreme Court?s decision, which firmly establishes that emergency room physicians may not go after patients to collect any remaining balance remaining after being paid for their...
West Los Angeles School Bus Accident Injures 25
Posted on January 13, 2009At least 23 Lennox Middle School students and two adults were injured in a school bus accident on the 405 (San Diego) Freeway in Los Angeles on January 10, 2009 as the children were returning from a field trip to...
Five-year-old Injured in Bakersfield Pedestrian Accident
Posted on January 10, 2009Five-year-old Sterling Faulkner suffered major injuries in a January 7, 2009 Bakersfield pedestrian accident after he was struck by a drunk driver while crossing the street with his mother. According to this ABC news report, Sterling and his mother, Spring...
San Diego Mortuary Double-Sold Plots and Disrespected the Dead, Former Employee Says
Posted on January 09, 2009A lawsuit from a former employee at Eternal Hills Cemetery and Mortuary accuses the mortuary of several disturbing practices including double-selling cemetery plots and permitting employees to look at deceased people whose bodies were brought in after horrendous accidents or...
Orange County Pit Bull Attack Injures Couple and their Two Dogs
Posted on January 09, 2009Retired Marine Douglas Perry, 58, of Anaheim, was forced to stab and kill a loose pit bull that attacked his wife, Vicki Perry, and their two dogs. Both Douglas and his wife were injured in the dog bite attack, which...
Man Killed in Altadena Auto Accident
Posted on January 08, 2009A 22-year-old Rosemead man who died after his vehicle veered off a Los Angeles County roadway and rolled down an embankment in the Angeles National Forest has been identified as Simon Alexander Perez. According to this article in the Los...
Bakersfield Girl Injured in Dog Attack
Posted on January 07, 2009Drew Heredia, a 9-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero for saving a 12-year-old dog attack victim, who was bitten by a pit bull while walking her dog. According to this news report, Drew says he and his friend...
Family Sues City and County of Los Angeles for Dangerous Roadway Condition
Posted on January 06, 2009The family of 46-year-old Ernesto Beltran who died after losing control of his car and plummeting into a Los Angeles flood-control ditch is suing the city and the county for not building a barrier along the freeway he was driving...
Woman Critically Injured in Buena Park Motorcycle Accident
Posted on January 03, 2009A 48-year-old Orange County woman is in critical condition after she was injured in a motorcycle accident in Buena Park on December 30, 2008. According to this news report in The Orange County Register, the woman, who has not been...
Bicyclist Killed in Hemet Truck versus Bicycle Accident
Posted on January 02, 2009Jacob Jack Martinez, 24, of Hemet, was killed in a bicycle accident on December 28, 2008 after a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and struck him. According to this news article in The Desert Sun, Keokialii Young, 21,...
Orange County Chain Reaction Crash Caused by Bedliner on Freeway Injures Three
Posted on January 01, 2009Three people were hurt in a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash December 29, 2008 on the 57 Freeway south of Chapman Avenue in Placentia, which began when one of the drivers swerved to avoid a bedliner in the lanes. California Highway Patrol...
Man Killed in Bakersfield Bus versus Pedestrian Accident
Posted on January 01, 2009Officials are looking at whether a Golden Empire Transit (GET) bus driver in Bakersfield was driving recklessly when she struck and killed 62-year-old James Tate who was walking in a marked crosswalk. According to this news report in the Bakersfield....
Newport Beach Woman Killed in Skydiving Accident
Posted on December 31, 2008Brooke Baum, 33, of Newport Beach, died in a December 26, 2008 skydiving accident after her parachute failed to fully deploy during a jump at a popular skydiving center in Perris. According to this news report in The Orange County...
Loose Pit Bulls Injure Two in Camarillo
Posted on December 31, 2008Two people were bitten by a pair of loose pit bulls in Camarillo when they tried to pull the animals off another dog they were attacking, the Ventura County Star reports. One man sustained a bite to his hand and...
New California Law Banning Texting While Driving Takes Effect Jan. 1
Posted on December 31, 2008California will become the sixth state in the nation to ban texting while driving. The new law will take effect on Jan. 1, 2009. Motorists caught texting and driving at the same time could start facing fines of up to...
New Bush Administration Rule Blocks Information about Nursing Home Negligence
Posted on December 30, 2008A recent Bush administration change in federal rules on nursing home inspections makes it near impossible for the public to get information about nursing home violations and complaints about nursing home abuse and negligence. According to this news report, this...
Anaheim Head-On Collision Kills Woman
Posted on December 30, 2008Rebecca Moon, 29, of Irvine, died in a December 27, 2008 Anaheim auto accident on Interstate 5, The Orange County Register reports. Moon was killed when a 1997 Chevy driving the wrong way on the southbound I-5 near Euclid Street...
Northridge Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident Severely Injures Woman
Posted on December 29, 2008A hit-and-run driver may have deliberately swerved across lanes and struck 33-year-old Olivia Almalel on December 25, 2008. Almalel was crossing Reseda Boulevard at Devonshire Street in the early morning when the Northridge pedestrian accident occurred, The Los Angeles Daily...
Man Killed in Costa Mesa Industrial Accident
Posted on December 28, 2008Alvin Gerk, 30, suffered fatal injuries in a Costa Mesa industrial accident on December 24, 2008, the Huntington Beach Independent reports. Gerk was found dead underneath a pickup outside of his place of business, AG Mobile, a service company for...
Lawsuit Alleges City of Temecula and Caltrans Knew about Dangerous Intersection
Posted on December 27, 2008The family of 5-year-old Sergio Flores has filed a lawsuit against the city of Temecula and Caltrans, which states that a dangerous condition on the roadway caused the fatal accident. Sergio was hit by a pickup while riding his bike....
Garden Grove Auto Accident Critically Injures 7-year-old Girl
Posted on December 26, 2008http://www.ocregister.com/articles/police-grove-garden-2264607-toyota-childrenA 7-year-old girl is fighting for her life after she was critically injured in a Garden Grove auto accident on December 22, 2008, The Orange County Register reports. The crash occurred at the intersection of Garden Grove Boulevard and Nelson...
Truck Driver Charged with Misdemeanor in Fatal Big Rig Accident
Posted on December 26, 2008A Modesto truck driver has been charged with one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for his role in a fatal truck accident. The truck driver crashed an out of control big rig and killed 9 year old Tyler Fahy of...
Orange County Street Intersection Accident Victims Receive $8.3 Million Jury Award
Posted on December 25, 2008A jury has found that the city of San Juan Capistrano must pay $8.3 million in damages to Trenton Merrill and Scott Agostini. The two boys were seriously injured in a 2005 accident because of a dangerous condition at a...
Activist Shines Spotlight on Tragedies Caused by Runaway Trailers
Posted on December 24, 2008I came across this interesting column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that talks about an issue that has been of great concern to me ? runaway trailer accidents. Runaway trailers usually occur as a result of not being properly secured to...
Laguna Hills Woman Mauled by Pack of Unsecured Dogs
Posted on December 24, 2008Two Laguna Hills residents were attacked and bitten by three bullmastiffs on December 18, 2008 after the dogs got out of their fenced yard, according to this ABC News report. The large dogs weighing between 100 to 150 pounds got...
Riverside Dog Owner Attacked and Killed By his Own Pit Bulls
Posted on December 23, 2008Gerald Adelmund, 60, of Rubidoux, was mauled to death by his own two pit bulls when he stepped into the backyard of his home to smoke on December 19, 2008. According to this news report in The Riverside Press-Enterprise, Riverside...
Orange County Street Racing Accident Claims Teen?s Life
Posted on December 23, 2008An 18-year-old man killed during a December 19, 2008 fatal Orange County street racing accident has been identified as Jose Merino Pacheco of Mission Viejo. Pacheco had three other passengers in his car and was racing another car driven by...
Officials Reject Letter Grades for Orange County Restaurants
Posted on December 22, 2008The Orange County Board of Supervisors has rejected their own health department and grand jury?s recommendations that Orange County restaurants adopt either a color coded system or a letter-grade system to let consumers know how their establishment scored on their...
Federal Agency?s New Online Tool Rates Nursing Homes
Posted on December 21, 2008A new Web site launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services on December 18, 2008 will help consumers evaluate nursing home care. According to this news report in the Bakersfield Californian, the agency will launch a Five Star...
Obama Administration Expected to Handle New Roof Strength Standard
Posted on December 19, 2008A much-awaited federal vehicle roof strength rule is being relegated to the back burner yet again by the Bush administration for the next administration to handle. The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that it would not meet the Dec....
Santa Clarita Helicopter Accident Kills Mechanic
Posted on December 19, 2008Curtis Dale Cauthen, 31, was killed in a December 17, 2008 in a Santa Clarita helicopter accident. According to this KTLA news report, Cauthen, a mechanic for Swanson Aviation, was killed when a gust of wind caused a helicopter to...
Former Funeral Home Director Faces Civil Lawsuit
Posted on December 19, 2008A former funeral director of an Arizona funeral home has been named as the defendant in a civil lawsuit. The man who filed the lawsuit claims that employees at the funeral home stole valuable items left on his deceased father?s...
Rancho Cucamonga Recycling Worker Killed On-the-Job
Posted on December 18, 2008A recycling worker killed on the job in Rancho Cucamonga on December 10, 2008 was identified as 41-year-old Efre Aceituno-DeLeon. According to this news report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Aceituno-DeLeon was fatally injured as he was working on...
Lead Tainted Defective Toys Cost Mattel $12 Million
Posted on December 18, 2008Toy manufacturer Mattel Inc. will pay $12 million to 39 states in order to settle an investigation over lead-tainted toys made in China and sold in the United States in 2007. Mattel and its subsidiary Fisher Price recalled more than...
Anaheim Train versus Auto Collision Kills Woman
Posted on December 17, 2008Linda Krueger-Small, 68, of Lake Forest was killed after she was struck by a freight train on December 15, 2008. The Anaheim train accident occurred after Krueger-Small?s car became stuck on the railroad tracks near Lakeview and Orangethorpe avenues. A...
Anaheim Education Center Building Roof Collapse Injures 14
Posted on December 17, 2008Twelve students and two teachers at the North Orange County Regional Occupational Program building in Anaheim were taken to the hospital with injuries after the roof of the adult classrooms collapsed on December 15, 2008 because a main drain failed.....
Family of Balloon Accident Victim Settles For $1.4 Million
Posted on December 16, 2008The family of an Oceanside, California woman who fell to her death during an October 2007 hot air balloon accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has reached a $1.4 million settlement with the company that managed the balloon rides. According to...
Hayward Big Rig Accident Kills Man
Posted on December 16, 2008Vu Huy Phan, a 32-year-old Oakland man, was killed in a December 12, 2008 big rig accident after a large truck struck his car on Interstate 880 in Hayward. According to a news report in the San Francisco Chronicle, Phan...
Orange County Freeway Accident Kills Toddler
Posted on December 15, 2008Two-year-old Sofia Sales died after her father?s sport utility vehicle was involved in a multi-vehicle auto accident on the northbound 55 Freeway in Orange on December 11, 2008. According to this news report in The Orange County Register, Sofia?s father,...
Northridge Pedestrian versus Auto Accident Injures Three
Posted on December 12, 2008Three men in their 20s were seriously injured while trying to cross a Northridge street on December 10, 2008, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The three men were struck by a car at Louise Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard while...
San Diego Jet Crash Survivor Searches for Answers
Posted on December 12, 2008Officials have identified the four people who died in the December 8, 2008 F-18 plane crash in San Diego as Young Mi Yoon, 36; her two daughters 15-month-old Grace and 2-month-old Rachel and mother 60-year-old Suk Im Kim. The only...
Medtronic Denies Wrongful Death Claim
Posted on December 11, 2008Medtronic Inc, a medical device maker, is contesting claims that it is responsible for the death of a California woman whose doctor inserted a bone-growth protein into her neck. According to this news report in the St. Paul Business Journal,...
Anaheim Nursing Home Residents Abused by Nursing Assistant
Posted on December 11, 2008A 35-year-old male nursing assistant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two women in his care at Anaheim Terrace Care Center in the 100 block of South Knott Avenue. One of Alejandro Arias? victims is 84 years old...
Fresno ATV Accident Kills Teenager
Posted on December 10, 2008A teenager who was killed in a Fresno ATV accident on December 6, 2008 has been identified as 16-year-old Alyssa Wiley. According to this news report in the Fresno Bee, the off-road vehicle accident occurred in the 13000 block of...
Anaheim Motorcycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on December 09, 2008Ralph Mongenel. 61, of Santa Ana, was killed in an Anaheim motorcycle accident on December 6 2008, The Orange County Register reports. Mongenel was riding south on Brookhurst Street under the 91 Freeway in Anaheim when he hit the center...
Yorba Linda Pedestrian Accident Kills Woman
Posted on December 09, 2008Carol Sue Patterson, 67, was killed in a Yorba Linda pedestrian accident on December 6, 2008, The Orange County Register reports. Patterson was crossing Bastanchury Road near Prospect Avenue with 80-year-old Ronald Iver Severson when they were both hit by...
F-18 Plane Crash in San Diego Claims Three Lives
Posted on December 09, 2008Three people are dead and one other is presumed dead after a U.S. Military jet crashed around noon on December 8, 2008 in University City, San Diego. According to this news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, a mother, her...
Nursing Home Aides Charged With Abusing Residents
Posted on December 08, 2008Two teenage girls, who worked at a Minnesota nursing home, are being charged with physically, emotionally and sexually abusing elderly Alzheimer?s patients at the facility, according to this shocking MSNBC News report. Brianna Broitzman, 19, and Ashton Larson, 18, allegedly...
Cypress Police Face Legal Claim After Police Dog Bites Woman
Posted on December 06, 2008A 22-year-old woman who was bitten by a police dog while sleeping in the garage of a Cypress home, has filed a legal claim against the city and the police department, The Orange County Register reports. Apparently, the police department?s...
San Diego County Hit-and-Run Bicycle Accident Kills Man
Posted on December 05, 2008California Highway Patrol officials in San Diego County are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and ran over bicyclist, 30-year-old Edward Costa in Alpine on December 2, 2008. According to this NBC news report, the 12/2/08 fatal San Diego...
Ford Crown Victoria Rollover Accident Injures Man
Posted on December 05, 2008William Finke, an 82-year-old passenger in a 2000 Crown Victoria, was seriously injured in a rollover collision in Dixon, California, on December 1, 2008. According to a news article in The Vacaville Reporter, the 12/1/08 rollover crash occurred on Highway...
San Bernardino County Big Rig Accident Kills Woman
Posted on December 04, 2008Sang Kyung Oh, a 38-year-old San Jose woman, was killed in a big rig accident on a Mojave Desert highway on November 30, 2008. According to this news report in the San Jose Mercury News, Oh was a riding in...
FMCSA Approves New Rule to Keep Sick Truckers Off Roadways
Posted on December 04, 2008The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has approved a new rule that will require merging commercial truck and bus drivers? licenses with medical examination certificates into one electronic record. According to this Associated Press news report, this is part...
San Bernardino ATV Rollover Accident Kills Man
Posted on December 03, 2008An Upland man who died in a San Bernardino all-terrain vehicle accident on November 29, 2008 has been identified as 28-year-old Victor V. Ortiz. According to this news Web site, Ortiz was on an off-road quad vehicle (or ATV) when...
Los Angeles Teen Killed - Van Plows Into Bus Shelter
Posted on December 03, 2008A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other teens suffered injuries in a Los Angeles auto versus pedestrian accident on December 1, 2008. This horrific accident occurred when a van jumped a curb and slammed into a bus shelter in...
Pit Bulls Attack and Kill Livestock in Mendocino County
Posted on December 02, 2008Pit bulls on the loose have been attacking and killing livestock by the hundreds in Mendocino County, according to this news report in the Press Democrat. So far no dog attacks on humans have been reported. A federal trapper who...
Torrance Pedestrian Accident Causes Serious Injuries
Posted on December 02, 2008A 54-year-old Long Beach man critically injured by a car on November 27, 2008 while getting out of his vehicle in Torrance has been identified as David Reichle. He was standing next to his car in the 2700 block of...
Lawndale Bicycle versus Garbage Truck Collision Kills Man
Posted on December 01, 2008Elijah Miclea, 56, of Hawthorne was killed in a Lawndale bicycle accident on November 24, 2008 when he was struck by a Waste Management garbage truck, the Daily Breeze reports. The 11/24/08 fatal bicycle accident occurred at Marine Avenue and...
El Cajon Woman Suffers Brain Injuries from Nursing Home Negligence
Posted on November 30, 2008A 44-year-old woman who suffered permanent brain damage as a result of poor care she received in an El Cajon County owned nursing home has been awarded $1.6 million in a court settlement. Ruth Lomeo suffered severe brain injuries after...
Rialto Train Crash Caused by Metrolink Running a Red Signal
Posted on November 28, 2008Federal officials who investigated a November 20, 2008 Metrolink train crash in Rialto say the commuter train that sideswiped a freight train had run a red signal, according to an Associated Press news report. Although four commuters suffered relatively minor...
Lake Havasu Boating Accident Injures Three from California
Posted on November 28, 2008Three California men ? 37-year-old Robert Moody, Sean Swanson, 41, and Gilbert Sanchez, 39 ? suffered major injuries in a Lake Havasu boating accident on November 22, 2008, the News-Herald reports. The 11/22/08 accident occurred when the boat the men...
City of Industry Bicycle Crash Injures One
Posted on November 27, 2008James McClellan, 76, of Walnut, suffered serious injuries in a City of Industry bicycle versus big rig accident on November 25, 2008. According to this news report in the Pasadena Star News, McClellan was riding his bicycle on Lemon Avenue...
Worker Critically Injured in Irvine Industrial Accident
Posted on November 26, 2008A 26-year-old worker at Ceradyne?s Irvine facility was critically injured in an industrial accident after being hit with flying shrapnel on November 22, 2008, The Orange County Register reports. The worker, who remains unidentified, suffered traumatic injuries to his head...
ATV Accident Changes Teenager?s Life Forever
Posted on November 26, 2008Recently, I heard from Kim Smith, the mother of a young man who suffered severe brain injuries in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident three years ago. Kim kindly agreed to share her story through our blog as a way of...
Northridge Construction Site Accident Injures Four
Posted on November 25, 2008Four construction workers were injured in a Northridge scaffolding collapse accident on November 21, 2008, according to this CBS news report. The construction accident occurred at the four-story Village apartment complex that was under construction on the 9300 block of...
Man Killed In Rollover Crash On Highway 18
Posted on November 25, 2008A 23-year-old La Verne man who died in a vehicle rollover accident on Highway 18 on November 22, 2008, has been identified as Timothy Richard Dewhurst, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. Dewhurst, a passenger, was ejected from the 2003...
Rialto Metrolink versus Freight Train Collision Injures Five
Posted on November 23, 2008Five people were injured in a Metrolink versus freight train collision in Rialto on November 20, 2008 ? the second such accident in less then three months. The 11/20/08 crash was far less serious than the catastrophic head-on collision in...
Fatal Anaheim Industrial Accident Kills Pest Control Worker
Posted on November 21, 2008Erik Sanchez, 30, was killed in an Anaheim industrial accident on November 17, 2008 when an 18-wheeler pinned him against a loading dock at a refrigerating storage facility, The Orange County Register reports. The fatal 11/17/08 on-the-job accident occurred at...
New FMCSA Truckers Hours-of-Service Rule Inadequate and Ineffective
Posted on November 21, 2008This week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a new rule governing the number of hours that commercial truck drivers can drive each day. These are known as the truck drivers? hours-of-service. What?s special about this new rule?...
Bicyclist Killed in La Puente Big Rig Collision
Posted on November 20, 2008Santiago Aguilar, a 27-year-old man, was killed in a bicycle versus big rig accident on November 14, 2008 in La Puente, the Pasadena Star News reports. The 11/14/08 crash occurred at the intersection of Valley Boulevard and 7th Avenue, California...
Safety Advocates Support Anti-Lock Brakes in all Motorcycles
Posted on November 20, 2008This week the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) issued a statement supporting the long-due amendment of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. The amendment would require motorcycle manufacturers to install antilock braking systems (ABS) in all motorcycles...
U.S. Regulators Sue to Shut Down Heart Drug Manufacturer
Posted on November 19, 2008The U.S. Department of Justice has sued drug manufacturer Actavis, seeking a permanent injunction against its subsidiary that makes the recalled heart drug Digitek. According to this Bloomberg News report U.S. regulators took the action on behalf of the Food...
Escalator Accident in Universal Studios Injures Eight
Posted on November 19, 2008Eight people were taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries after they were injured in an amusement park escalator accident at Universal Studios on November 17, 2008, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. The accident occurred at the...
Orange County Swimming Pool Accidents Claim Two Lives in Three Days
Posted on November 18, 2008Eighteen-month-old Isabelle Jenkins and 2-year-old Tyler Frey-Cruz were two Orange County children who died in two separate swimming pool drowning accidents, The Orange County Register reports. We obtained the girl?s identity from an Orange County Coroner?s press release...
Man Killed in Orange County DUI Accident
Posted on November 18, 2008Raul Hinojosa, a 28-year-old Bellflower resident, was killed in an accident on the 91 freeway in Orange County on November 16, 2008, which officials say was caused by a suspected drunk driver. Hinojosa and 20-year-old Matthew Lawetzki had pulled over...
Orange County DUI Accident Injures Three
Posted on November 17, 2008Three people ? Jiwon Lee, 27, of Brea, Sarah Garrat, 25, of Bellflower and Ayesha King, 23, of Los Angeles ? were injured in a Sunset Beach auto accident on November 12, 2008. According to an article in The Orange...
California Deer Causing Increased Vehicle Accidents
Posted on November 14, 2008Thomas Jackson, a 59-year-old Grass Valley motorcyclist, was injured after his Harley Davidson struck a deer on Highway 49 near Auburn Road on November 7, 2008, the Sierra Sun reports. The deer was killed in the crash and Jackson was...
Charles Boyk ? Best Ohio Personal Injury Attorney
Posted on November 14, 2008A case handled by my good friend Charles Boyk?s Ohio truck accident law firm recently resulted in a $1.25 million jury verdict for the plaintiff, who lost his leg in a truck accident. This case was brilliantly handled by Boyk...
Mattresses on Highway 680 Cause Fatal Auto Accident in Concord
Posted on November 13, 2008Armando Hernandez, a 31-year-old Antioch man, died in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate Highway 680 in Concord on November 8, 2008. According to an article in the San Jose Mercury News, two mattresses that apparently came off someone?s vehicle caused...
Negligent Nursing Homes Could Get Taxpayer-Funded Bonuses
Posted on November 13, 2008I came across a news report in the Des Moines Register that shows how nursing homes with a history of abuse, negligence and other past violations receive hundreds of millions of your taxpayer dollars as bonuses. According to this eye-opening...
Texas Woman Sues ConAgra Foods over Salmonella-Tainted Peanut Butter
Posted on November 12, 2008A Fort Wayne, Texas, woman has filed a lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, claiming that she fell ill with a salmonella infection after eating their peanut butter. The 76-year-old woman, Mildred Turner, said in her lawsuit that she bought the tainted...
Los Angeles County Pedestrian Accident Kills Man
Posted on November 12, 2008A 42-year-old man was struck and killed in a Los Angeles County hit-and-run pedestrian accident on November 9, 2008. The pedestrian accident victim has been identified as Rigoberto Pivaral of Los Angeles. According to a news report in the Daily...
Covina Auto Accident Injures Horse Trainer and Sheriff?s Deputy
Posted on November 11, 2008Renowned Southern California horse trainer, 72-year-old Arthur Lerille, suffered severe head injuries in a Covina auto accident on November 8, 2008 after his car was hit by a Los Angeles County Sheriff?s patrol vehicle. According to this article in the...
Fullerton Woman Killed in Ludlow Big Rig Accident
Posted on November 11, 2008Fullerton resident Faith V. Wilson was one of four people killed in a Ludlow big rig accident on the 40 Freeway on November 9, 2008. According to this news report, the 11/9/08 accident occurred after a Porsche Cayenne, in which...
Orange County Bicycle versus Van Accident Critically Injures Man
Posted on November 10, 2008A 68-year-old Orange County man was critically injured in a Fullerton bicycle accident on November 6, 2008, after he was hit by a van, The Orange County Register reports. The cyclist, whose name has not yet been released, was hit...
Forklift Driver Suffers Severe Burns in Covina Accident
Posted on November 07, 2008The 37-year-old driver of a forklift suffered severe burn injuries on November 3, 2008 after he accidentally backed into a gas main and causing an explosion, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. The man, who has not yet been identified,...
Nursing Home Class-Action Suit Alleges Deceptive Marketing
Posted on November 06, 2008Extendicare, a large Minnesota nursing home corporation, is facing a federal class-action lawsuit from its customers who are alleging that it used deceptive marketing to entice seniors into facilities that were often cited for deficiencies and sub-standard care...
Sacramento County Motorcycle Accident Injures Teenager
Posted on November 06, 2008Julian Adame, 19, of Orangevale suffered serious injuries in a Sacramento County motorcycle accident on October 29, 2008. Adame was riding his 2008 Honda CBR 600 motorcycle west on Main Avenue near Dredger Way in Orangevale. California Highway Patrol officials...
Simi Valley City Officials Discuss Regulating Pit Bulls after Fatal Dog Attack
Posted on November 05, 2008The Simi Valley City Council is considering legislation relating to pit bulls after a September, 26, 2008 dog attack that killed 5-year-old Katya Teresa Todesco. Katya was viciously attacked and mauled to death by a 35-pound pit bull in a...
Report States FDA Officials Opposed Drug Suit Policy
Posted on November 05, 2008Top scientists and career employees at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued a report to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform objecting the federal agency?s own rule that weakens consumers? ability to file product liability...
Hit-and-Run Driver Sought in Fatal Fontana Auto Accident
Posted on November 04, 2008The 48-year-old man who died October 31, 2008 as a result of injuries he suffered in a Fontana hit-and-run collision has been identified as Herman Torres. According to this news report, Torres was a passenger in a green Saturn that...
South El Monte DUI Auto Accident Kills Los Angeles Woman
Posted on November 04, 2008A 26-year-old woman, who was killed in a South El Monte DUI auto accident on October 31, 2008, has been identified as Nellyda Beltran-Cruz. She was pronounced dead at the accident scene, which occurred Halloween night at the intersection of...
Teenager Critically Injured in Visalia Big Rig Accident
Posted on November 03, 2008Josh Sablan, a 19-year-old Visalia resident, suffered major injuries in an October 27, 2008 pickup versus big rig accident northwest of Tulare, the Visalia Times-Delta reports. Sablan was westbound on Avenue 248 near Road 68 when he tried to pass...
San Diego School Children Sickened by E. Coli
Posted on November 02, 2008Two elementary school girls ? ages 7 and 9 ? in Carmel Creek, San Diego, have been sickened with an E. Coli infection, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency officials said. According to this news report, the girls...
Buena Park Man Killed in Orange County Pedestrian Accident
Posted on October 31, 2008Police have identified the man who was killed in an October 28, 2008 Huntington Beach pedestrian accident on Beach Boulevard as 45-year-old John Turner of Buena Park. According to an article in The Orange County Register, Turner was walking in...
Police Pursuit in Richmond Leads to Fatal Auto Accident
Posted on October 31, 2008A carjacking suspect chased by police in Richmond, California, crashed into a car causing a fatal auto accident on October 27, 2008. 76-year-old Mary Shepard of Benton, Arkansas was killed, while others were seriously injured. According to a news report...
Gilroy Residents Question Cause of Fatal Bicycle Accident
Posted on October 30, 2008Bicycle enthusiasts in Gilroy, California, are wondering whether the California Highway Patrol is conducting a thorough investigation of a fatal bicycle that killed 58-year-old cyclist Bruce Finch on October 5, 2008, the Morgan Hill Times reports. CHP officials say Finch...
Fresno Jury Awards $10.5 Million to Brain-Injured Woman
Posted on October 30, 2008A jury in Fresno has awarded 57-year-old Maria Blanca Lopez and her family $10.5 million for injuries she suffered in a Fresno big rig accident caused by an intoxicated truck driver on June 9, 2007. According to a news report...
Appellate Court Upholds $3.2 Million Verdict in Orange County Food Poisoning Case
Posted on October 29, 2008An appellate court has upheld a $3.2 million jury verdict awarded to 25-year-old Alexis Sarti of Costa Mesa, who suffered permanent nerve damage after eating bacteria-contaminated raw tuna at the Salt Creek Grille in Dana Point. According to a...
Dangerous Los Gatos Roadway Has Residents Concerned
Posted on October 29, 2008Residents in Los Gatos, California, are asking their city officials to fix problems on a dangerous roadway where a young boy was injured. 13-year-old Peter Goodlin was struck and injured by a car while riding his bicycle to school on...
Seal Beach Railroad Crossing Collision Injures Man
Posted on October 28, 200857-year-old Richard Skala of Lakewood was critically injured after crashing his car into a Seal Beach railroad crossing on October 22, 2008. The 10/22/08 accident occurred after Skala rammed his silver Ford Focus into a railroad crossing on Westminster Avenue...
Santa Ana Motorcycle versus Van Collision Kills Man
Posted on October 28, 2008A motorcyclist who was killed in an October 25, 2008 collision with a van in Santa Ana has been identified as 26-year-old Cuong Nguyen. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Nguyen was killed in the 10/25/08...
Best Young Utah Personal Injury Attorney ? Kenneth Christensen
Posted on October 27, 2008David B. Hatton, a 29-year-old man from West Jordan, Utah, was killed in a motorcycle versus auto accident on October 19, 2008 after he was struck by a car pulling out of a church parking lot. According to an article...
Bakersfield Nursing Home Denies Negligence
Posted on October 26, 2008A Bakersfield nursing home is appealing a $100,000 state fine imposed for the death of a resident who investigators say choked on a tomato ketchup packet, The Bakersfield Californian reports in an October 23, 2008 article. California Department of Health...
Madera ATV Accident Severely Injures Man
Posted on October 24, 2008Markus V. Whitherspoon, 20, suffered severe injuries after he was ejected from a 2004 Yamaha Prohauler ATV in Valley Lake Ranchos on Oct. 17, 2008, The Madera Tribune reports. The ATV was being driven by a 17-year-old boy and was...
Morongo Valley DUI Accident Injures Four
Posted on October 24, 2008A motorcycle versus auto accident caused by a suspected drunk driver in the Morongo Valley on October 19, 2008 sent four people to the hospital with injuries. According to the Hi-Desert Star, the injured victims were Marco Garcia, 24 and...
National Advocacy Group Dedicates Video to Dog Bite Victims
Posted on October 23, 2008A national dog bite victims group has announced that it will release a video tribute to dog attack victims on October 25, 2008, a day recognized by pit bull advocacy groups as ?Pit Bull Appreciation Day.? Their complete news release...
Understaffing Causes Patient Death In Placerville Nursing Home
Posted on October 22, 2008A Placerville, California, nursing home has been fined $21,000 for its staff?s negligence, which California Health Department investigators say led to the death of 86-year-old Donald Forseth. According to an article in the Sacramento Bee, Forseth, a World War II...
Simi Valley Industrial Accident Kills Worker
Posted on October 22, 2008Jose Ayala, 47, of Simi Valley died in an on-the-job accident on October 16, 2008 after he fell into an industrial die-casting machine. Ayala worked at Vista Lighting Co., a Simi Valley firm that manufactures outdoor lights. Our source for...
Best Virginia Personal Injury Attorney - Ben Glass
Posted on October 21, 2008My partner, Brian Chase and I know a lot of attorneys. We work with attorneys throughout the country and refer cases to many attorneys. When we refer a case to another attorney or need the services of an attorney in...
Orange County Jury Finds Pit Bull Owner Guilty of Criminal Negligence in Dog Attack
Posted on October 20, 2008A Westminster woman, whose pit bull attacked and severely injured mail carrier David Carroll, has been found guilty of a misdemeanor in connection with that September 4, 2007 dog attack. The Orange County Register reports that 54-year-old Sheri Moody has...
Pomona Pedestrian Accident Kills Man
Posted on October 19, 2008Pedestrian Seferino Hernandez Marchan, 73, was killed crossing a Pomona street intersection on October 14, 2008 after a driver struck him. According to an article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Marchan was crossing Mission Boulevard at Elm Street when...
State Budget Cuts Cripple Orange County Nursing Home Watchdogs
Posted on October 18, 2008Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has done victims of Orange County nursing home abuse and negligence a huge disservice by vetoing all state funding for the Long-Term Ombudsman Program. We blogged about the staff cuts suffered by the Orange County Council of...
Driver in Colusa County Bus Crash Was Not Intoxicated, Officials Say
Posted on October 17, 2008California Highway Patrol investigators are now saying that the driver of a charter bus, who caused a crash near Williams in Colusa County on October 5, 2008 that killed nine and injured several others critically, was not under the influence...
Long Beach Bicycle Accident Kills Elderly Man
Posted on October 16, 2008A 93-year-old man struck and killed in a Long Beach hit-and-run bicycle accident on October 9, 2008 has been identified as Bernard Nelson. He was riding his bicycle west across the northbound lanes of Santa Fe Avenue at Canton Street...
Seal Beach Bicycle Accident Kills Mom, Injures Son
Posted on October 16, 2008Seal Beach mom Cathy Busse was killed, and her 14-year-old son, Sam, suffered injuries in a Seal Beach bicycle accident on October 12, 2008 after a pickup truck struck them, The Orange County Register reports. This tragic 10/12/2008 bicycle accident....
Orange Motorcyclist Charged With Murder in Auto Accident
Posted on October 15, 2008Blaise Meadows, 20, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Andrew Parker, 46, of Lake Forest who died in an Orange County rollover accident earlier this year. According to an October 10, 2008 news report in...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Shasta Helicopter Crash
Posted on October 14, 2008The family of 25-year-old firefighter, Scott Charlson, who was killed in an August 5, 2008 helicopter crash while fighting a wildfire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against an Oregon-based helicopter company and three other...
Train Safety Measures Promised By 2012
Posted on October 13, 2008Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific -- two large freight railroads that share tracks with Metrolink -- have pledged to install advanced track safety measures by the year 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported on October 9, 2008. This...
California E. Coli-Tainted Lettuce Sickens At Least 36
Posted on October 11, 2008The Michigan Department of Agriculture has determined that the E. coli-tainted lettuce, which has sickened more than 36 people in Michigan, originated from California. . According to this October 9, 2008 article in the Detroit Free Press, the tainted California...
Disneyland Dog Attack Victim Sues Park
Posted on October 11, 2008The family of Lena Dickerson is suing Disneyland, claiming the toddler was attacked by a dog in the park's petting zoo on October 3, 2006 according to a report on Fox News, The child was bit several times on the...
Contra Costa Dog Bite Victim Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
Posted on October 11, 2008Treon Pique, 27, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that a Contra Costa Sheriff?s deputy instructed a police dog to attack him after he had surrendered. According to a September 26, 2008 article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Pique...
Highland Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident Kills Teenager
Posted on October 10, 2008April Maher, 17, of Highland, was killed in a pedestrian accident on October 7, 2008 after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver who is still at large. According to this ABC News report, April was walking with friends on...
Orange County Nursing Home Advocates Suffer Severe Budget Cuts
Posted on October 10, 2008Orange County?s Council on Aging is a local nonprofit advocacy group that pays surprise visits to nursing homes and investigates Orange County nursing home abuse and negligence complaints. Unfortunately, the Council has recently cut most of its staff because of...
Calabasas Resident Dies from Nursing Home Abuse
Posted on October 09, 2008Elmore Kittower, 80, died in November 2007 after he was tortured and physically abused by employees at Silverado Senior Living, a Calabasas nursing home, according to this 10/6/08 MSNBC News report. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department detectives have arrested four...
Marin County Pedestrian Accident Leaves One Dead
Posted on October 09, 2008William Leo Halstenson, 51, of Kentfield, California, died September 29, 2008 in a pedestrian versus auto accident after he was struck down in a crosswalk. According to an article in the Marin Independent Journal, the 9/29/08 pedestrian accident occurred as...
Nursing Home Selection Is Still A Significant Challenge
Posted on October 08, 2008The higher incidence of nursing home negligence and abuse cases in Orange County and Los Angeles County is making families nervous about selecting the right nursing home for their loved ones. An October 2, 2008 article in the Riverside Press-Enterprise,...
Colusa County Charter Bus Accident Driver Arrested For DUI; Had Criminal Record
Posted on October 08, 2008Details of the deadly October 5, 2008 charter bus crash on Lone Star Road east of Williams, California in Colusa County are emerging as the California Highway Patrol accident and criminal investigation continues. The bus was carrying 42 passengers from...
Paso Robles Construction Accident Kills Two Workers
Posted on October 07, 2008Jacob Gaines, 24, of Bakersfield and Manuel Villagomez, 38, of Elk Grove died in a Paso Robles construction accident on October 2, 2008 after an excavator hit a water line and submerged both men who were working on a pipeline....
Big Rig Safety Equipment May Be Required By Federal Agency
Posted on October 07, 2008Truck drivers may soon be mandated to install alarm systems in their vehicles to make sure that they remain alert while operating their vehicle, according to this KSL-TV news report. Federal investigators have repeatedly found that truck driver fatigue is...
Federal Vehicle Roof Crush Rule Delayed Again
Posted on October 06, 2008The new federal roof crush rule, which has been delayed several times already, may not be out until Dec. 15, the Detroit News reports. U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is saying that they need to do more ?regulatory analysis? to...
Colusa County Bus Accident Kills Eight, Critically Injures 35
Posted on October 06, 2008Eight people were killed and at least 35 others were critically injured in a Colusa County, California bus crash yesterday, October 5, 2008, after their charter bus drifted off a rural road near Williams, flipped over and rolled into a...
Pit Bull Owner Sought In Fresno Dog Attack
Posted on October 03, 2008Residents in a Fresno neighborhood are looking for the owner of a vicious dog that mauled two dogs to death and seriously injured two other dogs. According to this Sept. 30 CBS news report, neighbors near First and Ashlan are...
Simi Valley Dog Attack Kills 5-Year-Old Girl
Posted on October 02, 2008Katya Teresa Todesco, a 5-year-old Simi Valley girl died in a gruesome dog attack on Sept. 23 when she was playing in a neighbor?s yard and their pit bull attacked her. According to an article in the Ventura County Star,...
Chatsworth Metrolink Train Accident Attorneys
Posted on October 02, 2008If you were injured in the recent Chatsworth Train Accident or if you lost a loved one, you might need the advice of an experienced California train accident lawyer. Bisnar | Chase, with more than 30 years of experience fighting...
DOT Takes Steps to Help Motorcyclists Identify Safe Helmets
Posted on October 02, 2008The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new rules, which will make it harder for riders to use ?novelty? helmets in states that require DOT-certified helmets. According to this news report, the new proposal will change the agency?s current...
Auto Repair Fraud Legislation Requires California Governor Approval
Posted on October 01, 2008Several consumer groups around the nation are urging California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign Assembly Bill, AB 2825, which is designed to protect California motorists from auto body repair fraud. According to this news report, the legislation has been passed...
Oroville Dog Attack Severely Injures Woman
Posted on October 01, 2008Wanda Michelle Lawver, 34, of Oroville was mauled by two pit bulls during a Sept. 22 dog attack in the yard of an acquaintance who had invited her over, the Oroville Mercury-Register reports. Lawver says the two pit bulls lunged...
Laguna Hills Nursing Home Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on September 30, 2008An Orange County nursing home is facing a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit from the family of 83-year-old Luveda Fern Kessler, who died of complications from a fall at the Villa Valencia Health Care Center. According to an article in...
La Palma Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 29, 2008La Palma is a well balanced city which prides itself on a responsive municipal government and a strong sense of community. The city's small town character allows residents to live in quiet and friendly neighborhoods. With one of the lowest...
Disneyland Dog Attack Victim Sues Park
Posted on September 29, 2008The family of Lena Dickerson is suing Disneyland claiming the toddler was attacked and bitten by a dog in the park?s petting zoo in 2006. According to this Fox News report, Lena, just 2 years old at the time, was...
MTA Approves Measures To Improve Rail Safety In Los Angeles
Posted on September 27, 2008The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board of Directors unanimously voted on Thursday in favor of a series of actions meant to improve rail safety in Los Angeles County, according to this NBC News report. These measures include using $5 million...
La Habra Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 26, 2008La Habra is known for the Children's Museum, major retail shopping, a friendly environment for non-profit and charitable organizations, and a pleasant quality of life for our residents. The La Habra personal injury attorneys at Bisnar Chase have represented the...
Bisnar Chase Represents Family of Subaru Forester Rollover Victim
Posted on September 26, 2008The Bisnar Chase Law Firm is proud to be suing Subaru of America on behalf of young Emma Thayer and her father Gregory Jones for the wrongful death of Emma?s mother, Lisa Ann Thayer, who was killed in a Subaru...
Apple Valley Industrial Accident Crushes Worker To Death
Posted on September 26, 2008James Allen Deshon II, 30, of Hesperia, died on Sept. 23 after he was crushed by a truck?s hopper in Apple Valley. According to this news report, Deshon was attempting to repair a street sweeper at Wood Brothers Trucking on...
Nursing Homes Receive $1.5 Billion from Medicare
Posted on September 26, 2008Center for Medicare Advocacy, a watchdog group, is reporting that the nursing home industry is getting an extra $1.5 billion toward reimbursement, from Medicare next year. According to an article in Naples Daily News, nursing home advocates say this amount...
FAA To Pay $4.5 Million to Man Injured In Helicopter Crash
Posted on September 25, 2008The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has agreed to pay $4.5 million to the only person who survived a mid-air collision of two helicopters at the Torrance Municipal Airport on Nov. 6 2003. According to a Sept. 23 article in the...
Toddler Victim of Dog Attack Gets His Finger Back
Posted on September 25, 2008I read this fascinating account of how a plastic surgeon in Pasadena re-attached the index finger of a 2-year-old boy after it was bitten off by a neighbor?s dog. According to this story in the Pasadena Star News, the toddler...
Aliso Viejo Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 24, 2008Aliso Viejo is a lively community with award-winning schools, a convenient location, great shopping, dining and entertainment, employment centers, beautiful parks and an extensive recreational program offered by the Aliso Viejo Community Association (AVCA)...
Irvine Pedestrian Accident Kills Man
Posted on September 24, 2008Cyrus Syadeh, 77, of Woodland Hills, died in an Irvine pedestrian accident on Sept. 22 after he was a struck by a vehicle on Culver Boulevard, The Orange County Register reports. Syadeh was reportedly struck and killed by a 41-year-old...
I-215 Freeway Collision Kills Rialto Teenager
Posted on September 23, 2008Danielle Underwood, 16, of Rialto died in an auto accident Sept. 20 after her 1984 Jeep Wrangler collided with another vehicle. According to this news report, the Wrangler collided with a 2000 Mazda truck near the Fifth Street off-ramp on...
Fountain Valley Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 22, 2008The City Council and staff are dedicated to live up to our motto of keeping Fountain Valley . . . ?A Nice Place to Live? The City of Fountain Valley encourages our residents to participate in the wide variety of...
Nursing Home Residents? Right To Sue Maintained
Posted on September 21, 2008The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that protects the rights of nursing home residents to hold long-term care facilities accountable in court for negligence and abuse. According to this news report, the bi-partisan bill titled The Fairness in...
California Public Utilities Commission Bans Cell Phone Use by Train Operators
Posted on September 21, 2008The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on Thursday passed an emergency order banning all train operators from using cell phones and other personal electronic devices while on duty. According to a Sept. 18 Associated Press news report, the decision to...
Yermo Fatal Dog Attack Results In Two Arrests
Posted on September 20, 2008San Bernardino Sheriff?s deputies have arrested two men in connection with a Dec. 25, 2007 dog attack on 45-year-old Kelly Caldwell, who was mauled to death in Yermo by a pack of pit bulls. According to this news report, the...
Two Southern California Toddlers Die In Separate Drowning Incidents
Posted on September 19, 2008Even as the summer season is drawing to a close, two more child drownings were reported this week in the Southland. The first one occurred in Walnut, in the 700 block of Janice Lane, and involved a 3-year-old boy who...
Dana Point Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 19, 2008Dana Point is situated on the beautiful Southern California coast, halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles. It prides itself with nearly seven miles of coastal bluffs and rolling hills along the Pacific Ocean with its charming beaches and wild...
Train Crash Victim?s Family Files Claim Against Metrolink
Posted on September 18, 2008The first claim in the Chatsworth Metrolink train crash came Monday from the family of Aida Magdaleno, a 19-year-old California State University, Northridge student, who was one of 25 people killed. According to recent news reports, the claim filed by...
Metrolink Train Crash May Challenge $200 Million Cap On Damages
Posted on September 17, 2008With the first claim filed in the catastrophic Chatsworth Metrolink train accident and many more to come, legal experts around the country are already wondering if it will test a 1997 U.S. law, which caps passengers? damage claims in railroad...
Cypress Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 17, 2008Cypress is a city of rich history and prides itself on progress through the years...the city seal is emblazoned with the word PROGRESS just to prove how motivated they are in improving their city. Cypress continues to grow with the...
Arizona 15-passenger Van Rollover Accident Leaves Two Dead
Posted on September 16, 2008Two people are dead and two are critically injured after a 15-passenger van rollover accident Sept. 12 on Interstate 10 near Benson, Arizona. According to an Associated Press news report, the multi vehicle crash happened when the 15-passenger Dodge van...
Los Angeles Toddler Crushed by Car Power Windows
Posted on September 16, 2008Arturo Campos, 3, of Los Angeles, died after accidentally wedging himself between a closing power window and a car door frame the evening of Sept. 12. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Arturo?s father parked the car...
Laguna Beach Pedestrian Accident Seriously Injures Woman
Posted on September 16, 2008Desi Hotchkiss, 49, a Laguna Beach resident, was seriously injured in a sport utility vehicle versus pedestrian accident after she was struck down crossing the street at the intersection of Aster and Cliff Drive. According to this article the North...
Oceanside Construction Accident Leaves Worker With Severe Burn Injuries
Posted on September 15, 2008A 35-year-old worker suffered severe burn injuries in an Oceanside construction accident Sept. 9 after a plastic can filled with gasoline caught on fire. The worker was trying to refill a gas-powered chain saw when the accident happened. The San...
Brea Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 15, 2008The City of Brea is nestled in the foothills of North Orange County and is home to nearly 40,000 residents. Brea plays host to over 100,000 people who visit the City to work, shop or enjoy one of the fine...
Chatsworth Train Crash Caused By Metrolink Engineer, Officials Say
Posted on September 15, 2008Metrolink officials, in a rare move Saturday, admitted blame for the gruesome Chatsworth train accident that occurred on September 12th. Their train engineer?s failure to stop at a red light signal was the reason the Simi Valley-bound Metrolink train collided...
Washington Dog Attack Victim in Serious Condition
Posted on September 15, 2008Huong Le, 71, of SeaTac, Washington, suffered severe injuries after she was viciously attacked Sept. 8 by two pit bulls that were running loose in her neighborhood. The Seattle Times reports that Le was walking down South 150th Street toward...
Temecula Pedestrian Accident Leaves Jogger with Critical Injuries
Posted on September 14, 2008Theodore Angle, 51, of Temecula, suffered critical injuries after he was struck by a car Sept. 6 while jogging on a city street, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Angle was jogging west on Redhawk Parkway toward Via Cordoba when he...
Thousand Oaks Pedestrian Accident Kills Jogger
Posted on September 14, 2008Karey Marsh, 46, was killed Aug. 26 in a Thousand Oaks pedestrian accident after she was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver. Marsh was jogging in the bike lane near Oak Park on Lindero Canyon Road when 23-year-old...
Metrolink Train Accident and Derailment Claims 24 Lives in Chatsworth, California
Posted on September 13, 2008Suggestions For Survivors and Families The Metrolink passenger train that crashed head-on into a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth, California in the San Fernando Valley yesterday, September 12th, 2008, is still being searched this morning by rescue crews using...
Lincoln Heights Pedestrian Accident Kills One
Posted on September 13, 2008Demetrio Sosa, 61, was killed in a Sept. 3 Lincoln Heights pedestrian accident when a car whose driver was being pursued by police officers, struck him. According to an article in this Los Angeles Times news blog, LAPD officers saw...
Metrolink Train Collision - Chatsworth, California
Posted on September 12, 2008About 4:30 p.m. today a Metrolink commuter train collided with a freight train in Chatsworth killing at least six people and injuring many more. According to various online and television news sources the Metrolink train was carrying as many as...
Hollywood DUI Accident Kills Orange County Woman
Posted on September 12, 2008Karen Karapetyan, 33, of Garden Grove, died after a suspected drunk driver ran a red light and hit the Orange County woman?s taxicab triggering a four-car crash, Fox News reports. The 5-Series gray BMW, driven by 29-year-old Avishkar Padhye, was...
Elk Grove Dangerous Dog Laws Under Review
Posted on September 12, 2008City officials in Elk Grove, California, are considering how to handle troublesome animals, especially vicious dogs, on the heels of an Aug. 20 incident when the city?s police officers shot and killed one of two pit bulls that chased people...
Toddler Survives Menifee Near-Drowning Incident
Posted on September 11, 2008A 14-month old girl nearly drowned in the backyard pool of a Menifee home Sept. 5, according to this news report by the Riverside County Sheriff?s Department. The report states that the girl?s father, Scott Stevens, tried to perform CPR...
Fontana Pedestrian Accident Victim Dies from Injuries
Posted on September 11, 2008Brett Caddel, 39, died of injuries he suffered in an Aug. 30 Fontana pedestrian accident, according to a news blog in the Riverside Press Enterprise. Caddel reportedly suffered severe head injuries when he was hit by a Mitsubishi Gallant driven...
Camp Pendleton Helicopter Crash Results in $55 Million Jury Award
Posted on September 10, 2008A San Diego jury has awarded more than $55 million in a California wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of four U.S. Marines killed after their helicopter struck a utility tower at Camp Pendleton. According to a Sept. 3...
Vallejo Nursing Home Slapped With $100,000 Fine In Choking Death
Posted on September 09, 2008A Vallejo nursing home staff?s negligence caused a resident to choke to death, state investigators ruled as they cited and fined the facility in connection with the incident. According to a news article in the Times-Herald the AA citation issued...
Salinas Motorcycle Accident Kills One
Posted on September 08, 2008Jaime Juarez, 56, of Salinas, died in a Aug. 25 rear-end Monterey County motorcycle accident after his vehicle was hit by a delivery truck when he was stopped at a red light, the Monterey County Herald reports. The driver of...
Hemet Nursing Home Fined, Cited For Negligence
Posted on September 07, 2008State officials slapped a $100,000 fine on a Hemet nursing home owned by Valley Health System in connection with the death of a resident, who died two days after suffering a head injury, the Riverside Press Enterprise reports. Hemet Valley...
Highland Bicycle Versus Patrol Car Accident Kills Teen
Posted on September 06, 2008Justin Ames, 14, died Aug. 22, in a San Bernardino bicycle accident when a San Bernardino Sheriff?s Department patrol car struck and killed him south of Drummond Avenue in Highland, the San Bernardino Sun reports. Justin and a friend were...
Chula Vista Club Swimming Pool Drowning Accident
Posted on September 05, 2008Jhovan Peralta, 4, drowned over the Labor Day weekend at a Chula Vista Lagoon Style swimming pool, according to a 10news report. Jhovan was reportedly found unconscious in the swimming pool at East Lake Beach Club on Lakeridge Circle. Paramedics...
Orange County DUI List For Labor Day Weekend
Posted on September 05, 2008Orange County officials issued 67 DUI tickets to drunk drivers over the Labor Day weekend, The Orange County Register reported. There was also one fatal Orange County auto accident during this weekend as Dennis McIntyre, 64, of Fountain Valley, was...
Orange County Nursing Home Operator Pays $2 Million in Class Action Lawsuit
Posted on September 04, 2008Current and former residents of 17 Los Angeles and Orange County skilled nursing homes settled for $2 million in a class-action lawsuit, which alleges that these nursing homes understaffed their facilities and did not provide proper training to their nursing...
Lennox Major Injury Pedestrian Accident Caused By Drunken Driver
Posted on September 02, 2008A 45-year-old woman suffered major injuries in a Lennox pedestrian accident Aug. 17 after an allegedly drunk driver hit her while crossing the street, the Daily Breeze reports. The driver of the car, a 34-year-old Inglewood woman was arrested on...
Westminster Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on September 01, 2008The story of the Westminster that was, and the Westminster that has changed through the years to become the thriving city as we know it today, is one of a cooperative spirit, purpose and determination. The Westminster Rose Center, Coastline...
San Diego Construction Accident Kills 16
Posted on August 30, 2008Sixteen people were injured ? three critically ? when wooden scaffolding covering a Downtown San Diego pedestrian walkway collapsed along a housing construction site Aug. 28, according to this 10News report. Paramedics reportedly transported three people, a 50-year-old man and...
WHAT BIG OIL PROFITS CAN BUY
Posted on August 29, 2008By John Bisnar Outrage hit a fever pitch when Exxon Mobil released its latest record quarterly profits. There was no denying that the results Exxon posted amount to a lot of cash. But where do they spend it all? Here?s...
Tustin Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 29, 2008Historic old buildings, some dating back to the 1880s, are maintained in "Old Town" on Main Street and El Camino Real. The museum shows a living history of those times gone by. And there's more: three trees yet remain of...
California City Hopes to Curb Pit Bull Attacks with New Law
Posted on August 28, 2008The city of Manteca, California, has passed a new law saying that if you own a pit bull breed you either have to get it fixed, qualify as a legitimate breeder of pit bulls or risk being charged with a...
Santa Ana Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 27, 2008Welcome to Santa Ana, California. Founded in 1869, Santa Ana has long been the county?s government powerbase. Today, this historic city serves as Orange County?s downtown. Businesses, tourists and locals come to Santa Ana for its fresh, unexpected experiences ?...
Should You Let Your Insurance Company Become Big Brother?
Posted on August 27, 2008As if dealing with insurance companies from time to time is not enough, there is a proposed California Bill, AB 2800, which would let auto insurance companies put a black box tracking device in your car. This box would essentially...
Orange County DUI Accident Kills Woman
Posted on August 26, 2008Deborah Pearson, 51, and Delaney Pearson, 4, were killed in an Aug. 23 Garden Grove auto accident triggered by a wrong-way driver suspected of driving under the influence on the 15 Freeway in Victorville. According to an article in the...
Newport Beach Pedestrian Accident Claims Woman's Life
Posted on August 26, 2008Michelle Kim, 54, of Redondo Beach died in a Newport Beach pedestrian accident on Monday morning after she was hit by the driver of a Honda Odyssey while walking to her job at Glidewell Laboratories near the intersection of MacArthur...
Orange Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 25, 2008The City of Orange was incorporated on April 6, 1888 under the general laws of the State of California. However, Orange dates back to 1869 when Alfred Chapman and Andrew Glassell, both lawyers, accepted 1,385 acres of land from the...
California Dog Attack Severely Injures Toddler
Posted on August 24, 2008A 4-year-old boy suffered severe facial injuries in a Chester, California dog attack, after a neighbor?s dog bit him, the Chester Editor reports. Avery Stout was reportedly playing with his older brothers in the neighborhood the afternoon of Aug. 12....
Orange County Nursing Home Negligence Alleged
Posted on August 23, 2008The family of a neglected elder in Orange County has filed a lawsuit against a Laguna Hills nursing home alleging negligence and understaffing by the nursing home owner, The Orange County Register reports. The family of 91-year-old Therese Sperry is....
Mission Viejo Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 22, 2008Mission Viejo is a city of dedicated providers of municipal services and stewards of the public trust. They believe in promoting the well-being of a community where caring people are the difference. Through Public Service, Integrity, Teamwork, Innovation and Excellence,...
Alabama 15 Passenger Van Rollover Accident Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Injured
Posted on August 21, 2008One person died and five suffered severe injuries in a 15-passenger van rollover accident, when the van carrying a church group from Ohio blew a tire and overturned on the southbound Interstate 20/59 on the afternoon of Aug. 15. According...
Lake Forest Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 20, 2008The City of Lake Forest is located in the heart of South Orange County and the beautiful Saddleback Valley. The City's motto, "Remember the past, challenge the future," is the Lake Forest way of life. The rich heritage of the...
Santa Maria ATV Accident Claims Man?s Life
Posted on August 20, 2008Joaquin Monreal, 26, of Santa Maria, reportedly died in a California ATV accident at the Oceano Dunes recreation area. According to this news report, Monreal went missing after a late-night right on his all-terrain vehicle. Friends, who went out looking...
Nursing Homes Should Warn Residents about Sex Offenders In Their Facilities
Posted on August 19, 2008Unites States lawmakers are now taking a hard look at sex offenders in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, which has becoming a significant problem and an important component of the issue of nursing home abuse in this country. According...
Canyon Country Dog Bite Victim Suffers Injuries
Posted on August 18, 2008A woman in Canyon Country suffered severe injuries after both she and her Chihuahua were attacked by two Pit-Bulls during a walk. According to an ABC News report, Tempo Edwards was walking her dog when two pit-bulls attacked her. Edwards...
Laguna Hills Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 18, 2008Laguna Hills is built on one of the major land grants developed during the Rancho Era. Following Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821, those who had served in the government or who had friends in authority, were given vast lands...
Irvine Auto Accident Claims Life of Orange County Woman
Posted on August 17, 2008Nina Arabian, 77, of Irvine, died in an Irvine auto accident Aug. 15 after the car she was a passenger in struck a wall surrounding a gated community, The Orange County Register reported . The Orange County Coroner said that...
Orange County Drunk Driving Accident On Dangerous Roadway Kills Skateboarder
Posted on August 17, 2008Nathan Gonzalez, 14, of Mission Viejo, who suffered severe head injuries after being struck by a drunken driver as he was skateboarding with friends on Los Alisos Boulevard Aug. 10, has died. Neighbors and residents of Aliso Villas where this...
Corona Pedestrian Accident Claims Man's Life
Posted on August 17, 2008Filiberto Napoleone, 76, of Corona, was reportedly struck by a sport utility vehicle Aug. 14 at a busy Corona intersection, according to this news report. Napoleone was walking on Border Avenue when he was hit southeast of Fraser Circle. He...
Nursing Homes Evicting Frail And Ill Residents
Posted on August 17, 2008Exploitation by nursing homes is hitting an all-time high or an all-time low, whichever way you want to look at it. According to this in-depth report by the Wall Street Journal, nursing homes across the country are trying to evict...
Fatal San Diego Pedestrian Accident Claims Man?s Life
Posted on August 16, 2008James Tedrow Gauntt, 24, of Los Angeles was killed in a pedestrian accident on the Del Dios Highway in Rancho Santa Fe after he was struck by two cars, one of them a hit-and-run vehicle, according to a news report...
Irvine Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 15, 2008The City of Irvine was incorporated on December 28, 1971, under the general laws of the State of California. The city operates under a charter law form of government which was adopted in 1975, meaning Irvine has a City Council-City...
Roof Crush Standard Delayed By NHTSA
Posted on August 14, 2008Federal safety regulators are delaying a tougher vehicle roof-strength standard by three months, according to a news report in the Detroit Free Press. This more stringent standard is expected to prevent highway deaths in rollover accidents that caused vehicles with...
Lancaster Motorcycle Accident Kills Los Angeles County Fire Captain
Posted on August 13, 2008Los Angeles County fire Capt. John Ellis, 55, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Lancaster, according to a CBS News report. The fatal motorcycle accident occurred at 70th Street West and Avenue I Saturday night when the 42-year-old driver...
San Francisco Helicopter Crash Kills 9; Injures 4
Posted on August 13, 2008Officials believe a San Francisco helicopter crash has killed eight firefighters and one pilot involved in battling a wildfire in Northern California. According to an Associated Press news report , the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter was destroyed after it crashed in...
Huntington Beach Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 13, 2008The dynamic coastal City of Huntington Beach, with its sunny Mediterranean climate and idyllic setting, is home to more than 195,000 residents. Internationally known as Surf City, Huntington Beach boasts eight miles of scenic, accessible beachfront, the largest stretch of...
Orange County Personal Injury Lawyers and Auto Accident Attorneys
Posted on August 12, 2008Orange County, California is unique in that its inhabitants draw their cultural identity from the county instead of Anaheim, its major city or Santa Ana, the county seat. According to most publications? portrayals, Orange County is a center for the...
Fatal Chartered Bus Accident In Texas Kills 14, Injures 40
Posted on August 11, 2008Fourteen people were killed and 40 suffered severe injuries after a charter bus taking worshippers from the Vietnamese Martyrs Church of Houston to a religious festival in Carthage, Missouri, blew a tire and crashed on Highway 75 north of Dallas....
WhoCanISue.com: Bad Taste Mockery or Marketing Genius?
Posted on August 11, 2008WhoCanISue.com has ridiculous written all over it yet, Time magazine recently published an article about the new attorney referral marketing website that?s all set to go live next month. Right from its name, to its ?slip on a banana peel?...
Dog Bites Boy At Oregon Animal Shelter
Posted on August 11, 2008Breshan Coburn, 9, of Corvallis, Oregon, suffered punctures and bruises to his arms and . stomach after being attacked and bitten by a loose pit bull at Heartland Humane Society?s animal shelter in Corvallis, according to this article in the...
Garden Grove Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 11, 2008Garden Grove is a vibrantly progressive and growing city located just south of Los Angeles in Orange County, California. Their motto, "The City of Youth and Ambition," accurately reflects this culturally diverse community of over 170,000 people. Garden Grove is...
California Couple Awarded $1.97 Million In Mississippi Train Wreck
Posted on August 10, 2008A jury in Hinds County, Mississippi decided that the Illinois Central Railway must pay $1.97 million to a California couple for injuries they suffered four years ago in an Amtrak train accident in that state. According to this news report...
Orange County Auto Accident Victim Suffers Miscarriage
Posted on August 09, 2008Holly Griggs, 38, of Huntington Beach, who was injured in a hit-and-run auto accident with mixed martial artist Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson on the 55 Freeway has suffered a miscarriage, the Daily Pilot reports . Griggs was reportedly driving her 2007...
Fatal Ventura Big Rig Accident Kills Motorcyclist
Posted on August 08, 2008Charles Lowe, 53, of Oxnard died in a fatal Ventura truck accident on Highway 101 after his vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer, the Ventura County Star reports . Lowe was reportedly traveling north on the freeway near East Main, when...
Fullerton Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 08, 2008Located 22 miles southeast of metropolitan Los Angeles, in the center of North Orange County, Fullerton is a full-service city renowned for its unique mix of residential, commercial and industrial, educational, and cultural environments which provide an outstanding quality of...
Fatal Pedestrian Accident in Inglewood Claims Life of 19 Year Old
Posted on August 07, 2008Armando Daniel Espinoza, 19, died in an Inglewood pedestrian accident Sunday after he was struck by a car at the intersection of Prairie Avenue and 107th Street in Inglewood, according to a news article in the Daily Breeze. Espinoza reportedly...
Los Angeles Auto Accident Kills Siblings
Posted on August 07, 2008Alan J. Pogglo, 23, and Lindsay Pogglo, 22, both of Shafter, have died in a Sylmar rear-end collision auto accident on the 5 Freeway in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley. According to an Associated Press news report,...
Fatal Pedestrian Accident on Hollywood Blvd. Involved Drunk Driver, Officials Say
Posted on August 06, 2008A 29-year-old man who reportedly struck and killed two pedestrians in a crosswalk on Hollywood Boulevard earlier this month had a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle, according to an Associated Press...
Costa Mesa Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on August 06, 2008Costa Mesa offers 9 parks, a municipal golf course, 26 public schools and 3 libraries. Additionally, Costa Mesa is home to Orange Coast College and Vanguard University as well as Whittier Law School and National University. The Orange County Performing...
Waivers Make It Tough For Consumers To Sue Nursing Homes
Posted on August 05, 2008Seniors and their families these days are so anxious to get a spot in a nursing home that they are signing away their rights to sue over poor nursing home care in such facilities, according to an Associated Press news...
Six-year-old Boy Suffers Severe Head Injuries In California Bicycle Accident
Posted on August 04, 2008Dominic Loparenza, a 6-year-old Morgan Hill boy, suffered critical head injuries in a bicycle accident. According to an article in the Morgan Hill Times, Dominic was riding his bicycle without a helmet eastbound on Kalana Avenue at Santa Teresa Boulevard...
Three Injured In Santa Rosa Chevy Suburban Rollover Accident
Posted on August 03, 2008Three people were injured in a two-car SUV rollover accident on Highway 12 in Santa Rosa after a Chrysler sedan reportedly ran a red light and struck a Chevrolet Suburban sport utility vehicle, which flipped over. According to an article...
Bakersfield Fatal Pedestrian Accident Involves Senior Driver
Posted on August 02, 2008Marianne Harris, who was walking on a Bakersfield Street, died of critical injuries she suffered in a pedestrian accident after being struck by a car driven by 84-year-old Charles Nowatzki, the Bakersfield Californian reports. Nowatzki was driving a 1997 Crown...
Canyon Country Dog Bite Victim Suffers Injuries
Posted on August 01, 2008A woman in Canyon Country suffered severe dog attack injuries after both she and her Chihuahua were attacked by two Pit-Bulls during a walk. According to an ABC News report, Tempo Edwards was walking her dog when two pit-bulls attacked...
Family of Drowned Autistic Girl Sues Desert Hot Springs Caregiver
Posted on July 31, 2008The father of an autistic 5-year-old girl, who drowned in an after-school program for special needs children in Desert Hot Springs, has filed a lawsuit against Angel View Crippled Children?s Center demanding answers and accountability in his daughter?s swimming pool...
Honda Goldwing Motorcycle Accident Injures California Man
Posted on July 30, 2008Dennis Garton, the Undersheriff of Tehama County, California, suffered severe injuries in an off-duty motorcycle accident in Nevada during a cross-country ride on his Honda Goldwing. According to a news report in the Corning Observer, the valve stem on the...
Discovery Bay Boating Accident Kills One, Critically Injures Another
Posted on July 30, 2008Jill Hullen, 47, of Discovery Bay died and her 14-year-old son suffered critical injuries after their personal watercraft collided with a 23-foot boat in Discovery Bay, according to a news report in the Contra Costa Times. Rescue personnel airlifted the...
Grandfather and Grandson Drown In Selma Community Pool
Posted on July 29, 2008A 67-year-old man and his grandson drowned in a Selma swimming pool accident, according to an ABC News report. The drowning occurred at the McCall Village mobile home park on Dinuba near McCall. Police said the boy was swimming with...
Digitek (Digoxin) Product Liability Lawsuits Filed Against Actavis Totowa
Posted on July 28, 2008An Ohio man has filed a federal product liability lawsuit against a West Virginia pharmaceutical company after he reportedly suffered severe side effects as a result of taking Digitek, a recently recalled pharmaceutical drug designed as a heart medicine manufactured...
Buena Park Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on July 25, 2008Buena Park, California is a city located in northwestern Orange County. This beautiful municipality is adjacent to the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, Orange County?s two most populace cities. With tourist destinations like Knott?s Berry Farm, Medieval Times Dinner...
Stockton Fatal Auto Accident Investigation Turns Murky
Posted on July 25, 2008California Highway Patrol officials in Stockton are taking back their preliminary determination in an auto accident investigation where two men died in a broadside crash. Initially, based on some eyewitness reports, officials said that 21-year-old Alvaro Gutierrez was speeding, ran...
Teen Killed In San Bernardino DUI Car Crash
Posted on July 24, 2008Victoria Lemus, a 16-year-old high school student in San Bernardino, died after suffering injuries when a driver said to be drunk and under the influence of cocaine, ran a red light and broadsided her van. According to a news article...
Bakersfield Nursing Home Cited In Patient?s Death
Posted on July 23, 2008A nursing home facility in Bakersfield was fined $100,000, the stiffest penalty imposed by the state Public Health Department, in connection with the death of a patient from adverse medication interactions. According to an article in the Bakersfield Californian, the...
Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyers and Car Accident Attorneys
Posted on July 22, 2008Los Angeles, known as ?the city of Angels?, is the largest city in the state of California. The 3.8 million people who call the city home have the privilege of living in one of the world?s centers for culture, the...
Fresno Mail Carrier Injured In Dog Attack, Pit-bulls Had History Of Attacks
Posted on July 22, 2008A 36-year-old female mail-carrier in Fresno was severely injured in a dog bite incident after she was attacked by a pack of four pit-bulls as she was delivering mail in the Mayfair area near McLane High School, according to an...
Anaheim Personal Injury and Car Accident Lawyers
Posted on July 21, 2008Anaheim is a large, bustling city located in the heart of Southern California. It is the second most populous city in Orange County (behind Santa Ana) and second largest in terms of land area. Famous for its theme parks like...
Diamond Bar Woman Dies In Orange County Rear End Auto Accident
Posted on July 21, 2008Bagum Muktar, 64, was killed in a rollover accident in Diamond Bar early Saturday morning when the car she was a passenger in was rear-ended by a drunk driver on the 22 Freeway in Garden Grove, according to the Orange...
Cement Truck Accident Injures Nine in Orange County
Posted on July 20, 2008Nine people were injured after two vehicles collided with an out-of-control cement truck on Laguna Canyon Road at the 73 Toll Road interchange. According to an article in the Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot. Thankfully none of the injured suffered life-threatening...
Rosemead Teacher Dies In SUV Collision
Posted on July 19, 2008James Zant 51, of La Habra, died in a Rosemead auto accident after his sport utility vehicle slammed into another vehicle on Rosemead Boulevard. According to an article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Zant, a beloved teacher at Rosemead...
Students Injured In Sonoma County School Bus Accident
Posted on July 18, 2008A school bus carrying nine students heading home from a summer school program at Sonoma State University overturned on Highway 101 near Asti, skidding on its side for 200 feet before coming to rest in the middle of the freeway,...
Man Dies In 210 Freeway Big Rig Accident
Posted on July 17, 2008Hans Rudolph Beyeler, 56,was killed after his car was involved in an auto vs. big rig crash near Sunland on the Interstate 210, the Santa Clarita Signal reported. Beyeler was traveling eastbound on the 210 near La Tuna Canyon Road...
Redwood City Pedestrian Accident Victim Files Lawsuit Over Dangerous Roadway
Posted on July 16, 2008A Redwood City woman has filed a lawsuit against Redwood City after suffering severe injuries in a pedestrian accident, which she alleges occurred on a dangerous roadway that city officials have not done much about, the San Francisco Examiner reports...
Top 10 Worst Insurance Companies ? New Report From the American Association for Justice
Posted on July 15, 2008Insurance giant Allstate leads the top 10 list of worst insurers in the country, according to a comprehensive investigation of thousands of legal documents and financial filings by the American Association for Justice (AAJ), a national trial lawyers group...
Six Teenagers Injured in Fresno Rollover Crash
Posted on July 14, 2008Six teenagers between ages 13 and 17 were injured when a stolen Dodge Durango they were in rolled over and caught fire west of Porterville at Avenue 152 east of Road 192. Jasmine Mejia, 16, and 14-year-old Crystal Rosales suffered...
Fatal Anaheim On-The-Job Accident
Posted on July 13, 2008Arturo Gonzalez, 34, died in an Anaheim construction accident after a forklift tipped over and crushed him. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Gonzalez, working for subcontractor Padilla Construction, was plastering stucco on a new condo...
Stockton Dog Attack Injures Two County Animal Control Officers
Posted on July 11, 2008Two Stockton animal control officers were bitten by a pit-bull that jumped out of the open window and attacked them even as they were investigating a report of the same dog attacking and biting a girl, the Stockton Record reports...
Lawsuit Filed In Illinois Nursing Home Fatal Fire
Posted on July 10, 2008Mundelein resident, Alla Mavlyanova, 43-years-old and her twin brother, Alex Yadgarov, of Wauconda recently filed a lawsuit against Hampton Plaza Health Care Centre at 9777 Greenwood Ave., according to an article in the Chicago Tribune. The siblings allege in their...
Rialto Family Struck Down In A Bicycling vs Auto Accident
Posted on July 09, 2008A Rialto auto accident on the 200 block of Willow Ave. near Rialto Ave., caused by a speeding drunk driver in a Honda Sport Utility Vehicle has killed a 2-year-old girl and seriously wounded her family, according to a news...
Helicopters Collide In Flagstaff, Six Dead
Posted on July 08, 2008A Flagstaff, Arizona aircraft accident about 130 miles north of Phoenix, between two Bell 407 medical helicopters has killed six people and seriously injured a nurse, according to a report in The Examiner.com. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman...
Seven-year-old Day Camper Nearly Drowns in Pasadena Pool
Posted on July 07, 2008A 7-year-old boy participating in a Altadena day camp program nearly drowned in the John Muir High School pool on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 according to a report in the Pasadena Star News. The day campers were spending the day...
Mission Viejo Man Fatally Injured in PCH Motorcycle Accident
Posted on July 06, 2008A Newport Coast motorcycle accident near Reef Point Drive killed a 34-year-old man last Sunday night, according to a news article in The Orange County Register. Mario Frassetto of Mission Viejo was riding a 2000 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on the...
Motorcycle Collides With Riverside Public Works Truck
Posted on July 05, 2008A Riverside motorcycle accident near the intersection of Jurupa Avenue and Van Buren Boulevard killed its rider, according to a report posted on instantRiverside.com. Rialto resident, Michael Martinez, 57, was in a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 pick-up truck when he...
Los Alamitos Towing Co. Employees Arrested For Illegal Towing
Posted on July 04, 2008Three employees of Mr. C?s Towing Company were arrested recently by the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) for the illegal towing of cars in Long Beach, according to an article in The Press Telegram. Bellflower resident Cole Bahlstrom, 32, and...
Santa Ana Big Rig Accident Takes Teen Bicyclist?s Life
Posted on July 03, 2008A Santa Ana big rig accident at the four-way stop intersection of Saint Andrew Place and Poplar Street has killed a 14-year-old boy riding his bike in the crosswalk, according to a news article in The Orange County Register. Santa...
Houston Swimming Pool Accident Kills Toddler
Posted on July 03, 2008Emilio Morales, a 3-year-old boy drowned in a recent swimming pool accident at a southwest Houston apartment complex, according to a news report in The Houston Chronicle. The Missouri City boy and his family were reported to have been with...
Devore Semi Truck Accident Injures Man on I-15
Posted on July 02, 2008A San Bernardino County semi truck accident on Interstate 15 near Devore has critically injured a man who was apparently run over by his own car after it was hit by a large truck on Wednesday, June 25th, according to...
Los Feliz Postal Truck Accident Kills Mail Carrier
Posted on July 01, 2008A Los Angeles car-postal truck collision near the intersection of Hyperion and Lyric Avenue killed a mail carrier recently, according to a report in The Press Telegram. Los Angeles police Officer Sara Faden said Downey resident Maria F. Gutierrez, 30,...
New National Report About Dog Attacks On Livestock
Posted on June 29, 2008People are not the only ones suffering serious dog bites and attacks these days. DogsBite.org, a dog attack victim?s support group has released a report titled Dog Attacks on Livestock and Horses January - May 2008. The report is very...
All Terrain Vehicle Safety Concerns
Posted on June 28, 2008Recreational All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) have always been a problem for safety advocates who have now called for a new set of ATV standards including a ban of three-wheeled ATVs. These advocates have also long battled manufacturers and their associations...
Anaheim Motorcycle Accident Claims Teen's Life
Posted on June 27, 200817-year-old Kevin Tran died in an Anaheim motorcycle crash after being hit by a car at Orange Avenue close to West Anaheim Hospital and Beach Boulevard, according to a recent article in The Orange County Register. Anaheim police Sgt. Rick...
Orange County Baby Falls Three Stories, Survives
Posted on June 26, 2008A 15-month-old baby girl in Santa Ana miraculously escaped with leg injuries after falling from a third-story window after a screen on the window gave way, The Orange County Register reports. The baby?s name was not released. The baby was...
15-Passenger Van Rollover Accident On I-35 Kills 2 People
Posted on June 24, 2008Two people were killed in a fifteen passenger van accident in Medina County, southwest of San Antonio yesterday, according to an Examiner.com news article. 13 others were reportedly injured in the accident. Two Fort Worth area residents, 55-year-old Edilberto Aguilar...
Seattle?s Best Personal Injury Attorney - Chris Davis
Posted on June 22, 2008At the Ben Glass conference for lawyers this weekend I met and got to know personal injury attorney Chris Davis, his wife, son and parents. I have known of Chris Davis and his law firm but never actually met him....
Protection For Seniors Hampered By New Budget Cuts
Posted on June 20, 2008The implementation of laws to protect seniors and dependent adults from abuse by court-appointed conservators are under threat of being delayed yet another year. Conservators control the care and finances of adults, usually the elderly, whom probate courts deem to...
Texting Huntington Beach DUI Driver Pleads Not Guilty
Posted on June 19, 2008A 20-year-old Huntington Beach college student accused of being under the influence of drugs and texting when he struck and killed 14-year-old Danny Oates has plead not guilty. Jeffrey Woods has been charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving...
Orange County Towing Company Stung For Illegal Tow
Posted on June 18, 2008Jason Taylor, a Laguna Niguel resident, watched as Beach Cities Towing Services Inc. towed his truck and car, illegally, from his Laguna Niguel condominium complex on Sept. 2, 2007. In return, Taylor set an example for us all by standing...
Mystery Fatal Car Crash on I-405 Freeway In Costa Mesa
Posted on June 18, 2008Daniel Pearson, of Mission Viejo died when his car drifted off the Interstate 405 at Fairview Road in Costa Mesa and crashed into a guardrail and pole, according to an article in the Daily Pilot. California Highway Patrol Officer Denise...
Westminster Vicious Dog Attack Update
Posted on June 16, 2008Sheri Moody, the 54-year-old Orange County woman whose pit-bull bit and seriously injured a mailman, will face the lesser charge of a misdemeanor instead of a felony in the Westminster dog bite case, The Orange County Register reports . David...
Encino Rear-End Car Crash Kills Two
Posted on June 14, 2008Farzad Etesamifar, 25, of Reseda and 23-year-old Sepehr Keshavarz of Iran were killed in an Encino traffic accident at the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Densmore Avenue, according to a recent article in the Los Angeles Daily News. Sean Mishlof,...
Canoga Park Multiple Auto Accident
Posted on June 13, 2008Lisbet Linares de Villela, a 42-year?old woman was killed and five people were injured in a Canoga Park car crash at 7919 De Soto Ave, according to a recent CBS report. Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said...
Costa Mesa Rollover Car Crash Injures Five
Posted on June 12, 2008A Costa Mesa car accident that began with a car spinning out of control on Harbor Boulevard and ending up on Merrimac Way near Adams Avenue and Fair Drive recently injured five people, according to an article in The Orange...
School Principal Arrested In Irvine Auto Accident
Posted on June 11, 2008Michelle Kermani, a 20-year-old woman from Newport Beach, was injured in a DUI rear end car crash reportedly caused by 41-year-old Jean Bower, principal of Westwood Basics Plus Elementary School in Irvine, according to a recent MSNBC news report. Officials...
Palm Springs Auto Accident Injures Four
Posted on June 10, 2008A two-vehicle collision in Palm Springs at the intersection of Ramon Road and El Placer, near Palm Springs International Airport has injured four of its occupants, according to a recent report in the Press-Enterprise. The crash involved a BMW...
Motorcyclist Dies In Big Rig Accident Caused By Highway Debris
Posted on June 09, 2008A motorcyclist has died from a Friday afternoon motorcycle accident on Highway 58 at S. Union Avenue, Bakersfield that was caused by scrap metal debris on the highway. The California Highway Patrol said a big rig hauling scrap iron was...
Defective Engine Suspected In Catalina Aviation Accident
Posted on June 08, 2008A Catalina Island helicopter crash has claimed the life of Emeric Maillet, a 33-year-old pilot and two passengers while seriously injuring the remaining three passengers. According to a recent KTLA news report, the Eurocopter AS-350, operated by Island Express, went...
Orange County Man Dies in On-the Job Ladder Accident
Posted on June 06, 2008Mike Willis, a 51-year-old man and a resident of Orange died of severe head injuries in an on-the-job accident at the Budget Inn in Whittier, The Orange County Register reports. The accident happened at the Budget Inn at 14030 Whittier...
San Jose Pedestrian Accident Injures Woman
Posted on June 05, 2008Crystal Gail Bowerman, a 29-year-old San Jose woman allegedly caused an auto collision that critically injured a 76-year-old woman, according to an article in The Mercury News. The San Jose pedestrian accident happened as Bowerman, who was in a white...
Fresno County Swimming Pool Fatality
Posted on June 05, 2008An 18-month-old toddler, Bentley Colwell, drowned in a tragic Fresno swimming pool accident at his grandfather?s house in a Fig Garden neighborhood on the 600 block of East Saginaw Way, recently, according to an article in The Fresno Bee. Bentley...
Bill Seeks To Tighten Ohio?s Vicious Dog Law
Posted on June 04, 2008Tyrone Yates, an Ohio State Representative has introduced a bill that calls for a statewide ban on the pit bull breed, according to a recent report posted on Local12.com. The change proposed to Ohio?s current vicious dog law would ban...
Mission Viejo Auto Accident Victim Needs Help
Posted on June 02, 2008The Mission Viejo/Saddleback Valley Elks Lodge is graciously helping 24-year-old Maya Oliver, who is in dire need of money for a prosthetic leg, according to an article in The Orange County Register. Oliver suffered severe injuries in a Mission Viejo...
Auto Accident Kills Costa Mesa Man
Posted on May 31, 2008Chuck Gordillo, 50 years-old, of Costa Mesa, California, died recently after being struck by a car on the 10 Freeway near Haven Avenue in San Bernardino County. According to an article in The Orange County Register. The Orange County resident...
Newport Beach Truck Causes Brake Failure Accident
Posted on May 31, 2008Susan Cameron of Irvine was injured in an auto collision when her car was hit by a truck at the intersection of Bristol and Birch streets. According to The Orange County Register. A truck eastbound on Bristol Street and driven...
Laguna Hills Nursing Home Loses Negligence Case
Posted on May 29, 2008An Orange County jury has awarded $1 million in punitive damages to the family of Mary Kathleen Adams, a 104-year-old woman who died when she briefly stayed at the Villa Valencia Care Center nursing home, the Orange County Register reported....
Industrial Accident Crushes Orange County Worker
Posted on May 29, 2008Randy Ribota, a 49-year-old worker died in an Anaheim workplace accident after he was crushed under a metal bin full of rocks at a CTI Telecom work site. According to an article in The Orange County Register. Just before the...
PCH Motorcycle Accident Injures L.A. Man
Posted on May 28, 2008Wellington Flowers, a 50-year-old man was injured in a recent motorcycle crash near Route 1. According to a news report in The Ventura County Star. Flowers, was just north of the Pacific Coast Highway, on Yerba Buena Road near Malibu...
Hollywood Hills SUV Crash Turns Fatal
Posted on May 27, 2008An SUV accident yesterday, near Crescent Drive killed an unidentified man in his 70s and a woman in hers 20s, according to an article in The L.A. Times (). Three others were also injured in the wreck as a Range...
Multiple Autos Crash In Deadly South L.A Accident
Posted on May 27, 2008A terrible auto accident involving 6 vehicles at the Crenshaw Boulevard and Florence Avenue intersection Monday evening has killed five people and injured 16, according to a news report in The Los Angeles Times. Karen Smith, a Los Angeles Police...
Orange County DUI Accident As Driver Runs Red Light
Posted on May 25, 2008Maria Magdalena Lewis, a 71-year-old Garden Grove woman is dead after her Honda Accord was struck by another driver who police say was driving under the influnce of alcohol and ran a red light. According to an article in The...
Orange County Intersection Accident Victim Dies
Posted on May 25, 2008Bog Soon Seo,71, a Garden Grove woman died of the major head injuries received after she was struck by a car while crossing the street with her 2-year-old grandson in her arms. According to an article in CBS News? Web...
Motorcyclist dies in PCH accident
Posted on May 25, 2008A Pacific Coast Highway multiple auto accident last Sunday in Laguna Beach killed motorcycle rider Bruce Gold, 61, according to a report in the The Orange County Register. Gold was headed south on Route 1 that morning when he hit...
Dog Bites Houston Postal Worker
Posted on May 24, 2008Sonia Perez, 28, a Houston letter carrier was attacked and bitten badly by a Rottweiler last weekend, according to The Houston Chronicle. The brief dog bite attack lasted only a few minutes but did enough injury to Perez to put...
I-40 Bus Accident near Barstow Kills Woman
Posted on May 23, 2008Faith Creer, 31 of Los Angeles died in a recent charter bus accident reported by The Los Angeles Times. The bus was in the left lane headed eastbound on Interstate 40 when it drifted onto the dirt median. The bus...
Riverside Truck Crash Kills Two
Posted on May 23, 2008An auto accident that happened at Jefferson Street near Evans Street in Riverside last Saturday killed Robert Robinson, 21 and an unidentified 18-year old male, according to The Press Telegram report posted on the Web. The Dodge Ram pickup involved...
Swimming Pool Accidents And Injuries
Posted on May 23, 2008With temperatures soon warming up throughout the country, pools and spas are going to see a lot of use again. A timely article posted on the consumeraffairs.com Web site sadly serves to remind us of the dangers this seasonal activity...
Calaveras Carnival Ride Accident Injures 23
Posted on May 22, 2008An amusement park ride at the Calaveras County Fair called the Yo-Yo injured 23 people, three of them seriously when its swings collapsed, according to a news article in the Modesto Bee. The large swing-style ride that lifts the swing...
Foresthill ATV Riders Found Dead
Posted on May 21, 2008Placer County Sheriff?s search and rescue teams located the all-terrain vehicle and the bodies of its two missing riders this past Tuesday just before midnight. The teams discovered the bodies of Vitaliy Kolyadich, 25, of Carmichael and Svetlana N. Koval,...
Berkeley Motorcycle Accident Near I-80 Injures Bicyclist
Posted on May 20, 2008A hit-and-run accident at the Acton and Ashby intersection near San Pablo Avenue has put a bicyclist in the hospital. According to a news report, CHP officers are looking for a motorcyclist and a now damaged 2006 blue Suzuki GSXR...
Deadly Tire Tread Separation Accidents Can Occur in Aging Tires
Posted on May 19, 2008An excellent investigative report by WFTV in Florida tells us why tire tread separation can occur even in tires that seem brand new. According to this news report, safety experts are now warning that tires more than six years old...
Big Rig Accident Takes Teen?s Life
Posted on May 18, 2008A Beverly Hills 19-year-old rear-ended a parked big rig truck near the Hollywood Way off ramp of the Ventura (134) Freeway in Burbank, according to the California Highway Patrol, as reported by The Daily News. According to CHP Officer Patrick...
Parents Of Man Who Died In Santa Cruz Bicycle Accident File Lawsuit
Posted on May 17, 2008The parents of a cyclist who died in a big rig accident in Santa Cruz are suing the city, county, state of California, the truck driver and the trucking company seeking damages in the wrongful death of their son. According...
Orange County Man Dies Of Chest Trauma In Anaheim Motorcycle Accident
Posted on May 16, 2008A 58-year-old Garden Grove man who was thrown from his 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle died of trauma to his chest, The Orange County Register reports. Daniel Allen Dunn was reportedly thrown to the ground and hit his head, which was...
1 Dead and 1 Injured in Bakersfield After Being Hit By Distracted Delivery Van Driver
Posted on May 15, 2008A 38-year-old Bakersfield woman was killed and another man suffered major injuries after they stopped on Highway 99 and were struck by a delivery van as they talked to the driver of a big rig. According to an article in...
California Brain Injury In Auto Accident Results In $15 Million Award
Posted on May 14, 2008A jury in Twentynine Palms, Calif., has awarded $15 million to the family of a 17-year-old local boy who suffered severe brain injuries in a 2005 traffic accident in Joshua Tree, which was reportedly caused by the negligence of a...
California Big Rig Accident Round-Up
Posted on May 13, 2008Here is a brief compilation of recent big rig accidents that occurred in California. Two big rigs collide: This one was a fatal truck accident near Westley in Stanislaus County involving two big rigs on the Interstate 5, according to...
Manslaughter Charges Finally Filed in Huntington Teen Bicyclist's Death
Posted on May 12, 2008The Orange County district attorney has filed two felony charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence against a 20-year-old Huntington Beach man who struck and killed a 14-year-old boy who was riding his bicycle on a city street,...
Animal Control Officer Serious Injured In Lakewood Dog Attack
Posted on May 11, 2008An animal control officer will have to undergo surgery after he suffered injuries to his legs and arm, mauled by a pit-bull at a Lakewood home. The 28-year-old officer, who has not been identified, reportedly went to the home to...
Palm Desert Nursing Home Faces $100,000 Fine For Resident?s Death
Posted on May 10, 2008A Palm Desert nursing home is facing a $100,000 state fine and the severest AA citation after a patient reportedly died from an infection caused by a perforated colon. According to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, California Department of Public Health investigators...
Woman Critically Injured in Pico Rivera Big Rig Accident, Truck Driver Takes Off
Posted on May 09, 2008A woman suffered critical injuries in a Pico Rivera big rig accident after the tractor of the big rig slammed into her compact car sending the vehicle into a telephone pole. The driver of the big rig reportedly took off...
More than 90,000 Toyota Highlanders Recalled For Defective Seatbelts
Posted on May 08, 2008Toyota is recalling 90,189 Highlander and Highlander hybrids because apparently the third row passenger seatbelts are defective when it comes to securing a child restraint system. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), the flaw in the restraint...
Two Orange County Men Injured in Dog Attack
Posted on May 07, 2008Two Buena Park men are recovering after they were bitten by a pit-bull while taking a walk in the gated community of College Park, according to a news article in The Orange County Register. Larry Zimmerman, 43, and his Siberian...
Couple Dies In Costa Mesa Chevy Malibu Crash
Posted on May 06, 2008A Costa Mesa couple in their late 60s died after the driver lost control of his 2005 Chevy Malibu, a news article in The Orange County Register reports. The auto accident, which killed 69-year-old Jack Henderson and his wife, Carolyn...
Tractor Trailer Loaded With Coca-Cola Bottles Overturns On Car, Causes Injuries
Posted on May 05, 2008A driver from South Florida is in the hospital with severe injuries after a tractor trailer loaded with 2-liter Coca Cola bottles flipped onto his car in Miramar. According to an article on CBS News? Web site, the big rig...
QVC Recalls 28,000 Defective SoleusAir Space Heaters For Fire Hazards
Posted on May 04, 2008QVC is recalling about 28,000 defective SoleusAir space heaters that can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. According to consumer watchdog Web site Consumeraffairs.com, no injuries have been reported as a result of the fire hazard, but the firm...
Orange County Seven-Car Pileup Leaves 1 Dead, 3 Injured
Posted on May 03, 2008A Huntington Beach woman was killed and three people were taken to the hospital with injuries after a Honda Pilot sport utility vehicle with a wheelchair lift slammed into a sedan, The Orange County Register reports. The impact crushed the...
Teenager Killed In Bicycle Accident At Busy Martinez Intersection
Posted on May 02, 2008A 13-year-old boy in Martinez, Calif. was killed when be was struck by a teenage driver at a busy and apparently dangerous intersection as he was riding his bicycle. According to a news article in CBS News? Web site, the...
Defective Heart Drug Digitek Recalled, At Least 11 Sickened By Wrong Dosage
Posted on May 01, 2008Last week, pharmaceutical company Actavis Totowa LLC recalled all lots of its prescription heart drug, Digitek, because some of the drug?s tablets might contain twice the approved level of the active ingredient. According to an article in The Chicago Tribune,...
Police Officer Critically Injured In Orange County Crash
Posted on May 01, 2008A Santa Ana police officer driving on the wrong side of the street with lights flashing and sirens blaring has suffered critical injuries after he lost control of his cruiser and struck a stopped tow truck during a pursuit. According...
Three Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash In Ventura County
Posted on April 30, 2008Three Moorpark residents were reportedly killed after their car crashed into an Oxnard auto parts store early Sunday morning, the Ventura County Star reports. The driver of the car, Celestino Hernandez-Lara, 37, his wife Irma Apostol Reyes, 30 and Alejandrino...
California Nursing Home Slapped With $100,000 Fine In Resident?s Death
Posted on April 29, 2008A Marysville, CA nursing home is facing a $100,000 fine from the State Department of Health and Human Services after an 84-year-old resident was found dead in May 2007, her head stuck between her bed and a bed rail. According...
Racing Motorcycle On 241 Toll Road Causes Fatal Accident
Posted on April 28, 2008Two motorcyclists racing each other on the freeway may have caused an Orange County auto accident that killed a driver on the 241 toll road north of Portola Parkway in the early morning hours of Friday, The Orange County Register...
5 Dead, 6 Injured In Pennsylvania Van vs. Big Rig Accident
Posted on April 27, 2008Five people were killed and six suffered injuries in a van crash when a tractor-trailer slammed into their vehicle. A group of 11 people, including staff and residents of a group home for the mentally disabled, were on a trip...
Dump Truck Driver and Trucking Company Face Vehicular Manslaughter Charges
Posted on April 26, 2008A judge ruled this week that the driver of a runaway dump truck and the company that employed him must both stand vehicular manslaughter charges in connection with a horrible traffic accident in Rancho Cucamonga that killed one person and...
Defective and Dangerous Nail Guns Are Causing Major Injuries and Deaths, Report Shows
Posted on April 25, 2008In spite of decades of warnings from researchers and doctors that nail guns are dangerous and can cause major injuries or even death, the popularity of automatic nail guns surged during the building boom of the 2000s resulting in skyrocketing...
The Importance of a Medical Exam After An Auto Accident
Posted on April 24, 2008Here is a story that tells us how important it is to get checked out by a doctor after you have been involved in an auto accident. According to an article in the Eureka Times-Standard, a 29-year-old man who was...
Pedestrian Hit and Killed By Charter Bus In Los Angeles
Posted on April 23, 2008A woman in her 30s was reportedly hit and killed by a charter bus when she was crossing the street Tuesday morning in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reports. The article states that the woman,...
Texas Jury Awards $84 Million To Man Injured By U-Haul Truck
Posted on April 22, 2008A jury in Texas awarded $84 million to a man who was injured when a U-Haul rental truck he rented ran him over because the parking brake failed. According to a Bloomberg News report, Talmadge Waldrip, 74, parked the truck...
Man Suffers Severe Injuries in Modesto Hit-and-Run Bicycle Accident
Posted on April 21, 2008A Modesto man is suspected of driving under the influence, hitting a bicyclist and then leading police on a six-mile pursuit. At the end of the chase, 29-year-old Emiliano Maldonado Jr. was arrested. The 51-year-old bicyclist, whom Maldonado allegedly struck,...
Two 5-year-old Boys Hurt In Las Vegas Dog Attack, Dog Owner Could Face Charges
Posted on April 20, 2008Two small children were severely injured in a frightening dog attack in Las Vegas after two pit-bulls escaped from their yard and pounced on the 5-year-old boys. One child was bitten on the face and another on the leg, according...
California Judge Approves Explorer Class Action Settlement
Posted on April 19, 2008A California judge, earlier this week, approved a class action settlement for about 800,000 owners of the Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles, which were said to have lost value following an extensive tire recall stemming from concerns over potential rollover...
Big Rig Chain Reaction Accident Kills San Diego Man
Posted on April 18, 2008A 38-year-old El Cajon man died after a big rig slammed through his backyard and sent him into his swimming pool, missing his toddler daughter by inches, according to a Channel 10 news report. Officials said Kevin Vicary and his...
South Carolina Officials Shocked To See Neglected Nursing Home Resident
Posted on April 17, 2008Officials in Prosperity, S.C. are investigating a case of nursing home abuse and neglect, which they say is the worst they have ever seen. The investigation into the conditions in Southside Residential Care began after 59-year-old William Sealy, a resident...
New Roof Crush Standards May Limit Lawsuits Against Auto Makers
Posted on April 16, 2008The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) has a new proposal on the table that requires all vehicles to have stronger roofs to protect occupants in rollover accidents. That?s a good thing, because 10,000 Americans die each year in rollover...
Salmonella-Contaminated Cereal Sickens 23 Across 14 States
Posted on April 15, 2008At least 23 people across 14 states have been infected with salmonellosis caused by the same strain of bacteria found in the recently recalled unsweetened Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat Cereals manufactured by Malt-O-Meal, according a report by the U.S...
Three Fatal Southern California Rollover Accidents Over The Weekend
Posted on April 14, 2008Four members of a church group were killed on their way to an ice-skating rink Friday when their speeding 1994 Toyota Camry reportedly went out of control on the 60 Freeway in Pomona and rolled over. According to a KNX...
Young Girls Severely Injured In Wilmington Pedestrian Accident
Posted on April 13, 2008Two girls ? 13 and 14 years old -- were critically injured in a pedestrian accident at a Wilmington intersection when a man hit the girls as they were walking home from school and then tried to get away, the...
2 Killed In a Chain Reaction Crash Caused By Defective Tire
Posted on April 12, 2008Two men were killed in a multi-vehicle freeway accident that started in the northbound lanes of the 15 Freeway in Rancho Cucamonga. The accident was triggered when the left rear tire tread on a Honda sedan separated, according to a...
Pedestrian Accident Rights of California Tourists and Visitors
Posted on April 11, 2008The Old Town Pasadena pedestrian traffic accident of last Thursday that hospitalized 7-year old Jose Gabriel Dela Rosa, has taken his life according to a Los Angeles Times article. A CBS news report stated that his father, Jose Gabriel Dela...
17-year-old Dead, Three Other Teens Injured in Malibu DUI Rollover Crash
Posted on April 11, 2008A 17-year-old high school football player, who was reportedly drinking and driving a Subaru station wagon filled with teens who had been drinking and possibly using drugs, died after he lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over. Three of...
Motorcyclist Killed In Orange County Freeway Accident
Posted on April 10, 2008A 23-year-old Orange County man was killed in a motorcycle accident after driving off a freeway overpass and falling into oncoming traffic on the 91 Freeway, The Orange County Register reports. According to the article, Kristopher Schneckenberger of Anaheim is...
Study Shows Tort Reform Has No Correlation To Reduced Liability Costs
Posted on March 31, 2008The Insurance Journal carried an interesting article recently highlighting a new study on tort reform that was performed by a business-backed institute. What did this study show? According to our good friends at the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the...
CHP Looking For Witnesses In Fatal San Andreas Motorcycle Accident
Posted on March 30, 2008California Highway Patrol officials in San Andreas are still looking for witnesses to a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred there, according to a news report in the Amador Ledger-Dispatch newspaper. The body of 61-year-old Earl Wiggins, along with his Harley,...
Bisnar Chase Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Oakland Trucking Company
Posted on March 29, 2008This week, our firm filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the three daughters of Ronald Lee Nichols who was killed in a truck accident when an 18-wheeler, allegedly driven by Timothy Ray Johnson and owned by Foston Trucking,...
Teenager Injured In Artesia Hit-and-Run Bicycle Accident
Posted on March 28, 2008A 17-year-old boy is in the hospital with major, but non-life threatening, injuries after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bicycle in Artesia, according to a CBS News report. The report states that the victim, whose...
Man Killed In Deadly Banning Construction Accident
Posted on March 27, 2008A 37-year-old Hesperia man died on the job after a trench collapsed around him while he worked on an underground power line in Banning, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Martin Samaniego?s crew from Riverside contractor Pouk & Steinle Inc. was reportedly...
Ford Settles 15-Passenger (E350) Van Rollover Accident Case
Posted on March 26, 2008Our firm recently won an out-of-court settlement in an auto defect claim involving a Ford E-350 15-passenger van accident. We represented Jose Estrada and Rita Cruz Quintero on behalf of the estate of Jessica Estrada, their daughter, who suffered fatal...
Elderly Driver Hits Motorcycle, 12-year-old Boy Killed
Posted on March 25, 2008A 12-year-old boy, who was riding in a motorcycle driven by his father, died after their motorcycle was hit by a 90-year-old driver making a left turn. According to an article in the Napa Valley Register, Eduardo Palafox was a...
Six Injured In San Bernardino Chevy Suburban Rollover Accident
Posted on March 24, 2008A rollover crash in San Bernardino, which officials say was caused by speed and unsafe lane changes, sent six people to the hospital. According to a news report in the San Bernardino Sun, witnesses told police that the driver of...
Medical Malpractice Cases: Fact and Fiction
Posted on March 23, 2008My response to ?Frivolous Lawsuits Hurt Patient and Doctor? by Dr. Augusto Lopez-Torres in the Sun-Sentinel and posted on Sun-Sentinel.com. As a practicing personal injury attorney, I naturally see medical malpractice issues differently than Dr. Augusto Lopez-Torres...
Toddler in Washington County is Victim of Brutal Dog Attack
Posted on March 22, 2008A 3-year-old boy in Hillsboro, Oregon, is in serious condition after being bitten and mauled by two large dogs in Washington County, according to a news report. Anthony Jewell is still in intensive care after the Bullmastiff mixed breed dogs,...
Multi-Vehicle Crash In Orange Leaves 2 Dead
Posted on March 21, 2008Two people died in a crash involving several vehicles including a motorcycle in a horrific accident on the 55 Freeway in Orange. According to an article in The Orange County Register, California Highway Patrol investigators believe the chain of events...
State of California Agrees To Pay Teenager $10 Million For Crash Involving a Dangerous Freeway Condition
Posted on March 20, 2008A Los Angeles teenager who lost both her legs in a freeway auto accident after her car hit a broken metal guardrail, will get $10 million from the state of California. According to a news article in the San Jose...
Teenager Dies In Huntington Beach Auto Accident, Police Suspect Street Racing
Posted on March 19, 2008A 14-year-old boy died after the car he was a passenger in ran a stop sign and hit a car full of small children, The Orange County Register reports. The teenager who died was identified as Phoenix Nguyen. Thankfully, Devin...
Fremont Woman Dies In Fatal Crash On Possibly Slick I-880
Posted on March 18, 2008A 48-year-old Fremont woman died in a two-car auto accident on the I-880, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Marsha Elizabeth Gonick was reportedly driving her 1982 Mazda with her husband as a passenger when she suddenly lost control of the...
NHTSA Discovered Evenflo Car Seat Defect By Accident
Posted on March 18, 2008One of the main arguments product and auto manufacturers make in product liability cases is that their product ?complies with federal safety standards.? This article in the New York Times tells the tale of how the recall of more than...
2 Bicyclists Killed, 1 Seriously Injured When Hit By Santa Clara Sheriff?s Deputy
Posted on March 16, 2008Two bicyclists were killed and one other suffered major injuries when they were reportedly struck by a Santa Clara sheriff?s patrol car that crossed the double yellow line and hit a group of riders in Cupertino, the San Jose Mercury...
Couple Killed in Fiery Mission Valley Big Rig Accident
Posted on March 15, 2008A Claremont couple was reportedly killed in a big rig accident when their car plowed into a jackknifed big rig on the Interstate 8 in Mission Valley. According to a news article on Fox News? Web site, the tractor trailer...
Stronger Roofs Will Save Lives In SUV Rollover Accidents
Posted on March 14, 2008It turns out that personal injury attorneys and advocacy groups were right all along on the issue of SUV rollover and roof crush. A study released this week by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) reveals beyond doubt that...
Motorcycle Accident Round-Up
Posted on March 13, 2008Motorcycle accidents, according to most recent numbers, have climbed at least 25 percent over the last decade. With more motorcycles on the road, there is obviously a probability of more motorcycle accidents, but these stories we found just from scanning...
Ford Loses Appeal In $82.6 Million Explorer Rollover Lawsuit
Posted on March 12, 2008Ford Motor Company has lost an appeal in an $82.6 million lawsuit involving an Explorer rollover accident, which left Benetta Buell-Wilson, a mother of two, paralyzed from the waist down. Ford?s attorneys had previously succeeded in reducing a $109 million...
BLOG EXTRA: 3 Injured in Suspected Orange County DUI Crash on 22 Freeway
Posted on March 12, 2008Two women suffered injuries when their car broke down on the 22 Freeway and they were struck by a car driven by a drunken driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, Reyna Poblanu, 47, of Anaheim...
Ford F-250, F-550 Super Duty Trucks Recalled for Driver Seatback Defect
Posted on March 11, 2008Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 100,000 of its 2008 F-Series trucks because of a flaw in the driver?s seat, consumer watchdog Web site, Consumeraffairs.com reports. Ford officials are saying that the weld connecting the driver?s front seat back...
Drunken Driver On Wrong Side Of Orange County Freeway Causes Accident, Injures 5
Posted on March 10, 2008Five people went to the hospital after they were injured in a crash reportedly caused by a drunken driver who was heading the wrong way on the 5 Freeway in Anaheim. According to an article in The Orange County Register,...
Loose Tire Flies Off Dump Truck, Causes Fatal Minnesota Auto Accident
Posted on March 09, 2008One person was killed in a Minneapolis traffic accident when a tire flew off a dump truck into oncoming traffic, according to an Associated Press news report. Not much information was available about the victim, but the report states that...
Los Angeles and Orange Counties Lead Nation In Auto Accident Costs, Study Shows
Posted on March 08, 2008A new report released by AAA shows that traffic accidents in Los Angeles and Orange counties cost nearly $11 billion annually, the highest in any metropolitan area in the United States. These counties lead the nation in massive costs associated...
Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Filed against Modesto Home For Man?s Choking Death
Posted on March 07, 2008The family of a 91-year-old nursing home patient, who died after he choked on a piece of fruit, has filed a lawsuit against the Modesto nursing home alleging abuse and negligence. According to an article in the Modesto Bee newspaper,...
2 Dead, 6 Injured In Arizona Ford Expedition Rollover Crash
Posted on March 06, 2008Two people died and six suffered severe injuries after their 2003 Ford Expedition lost control and ran off Interstate 19 in Tucson, ramming into a tree. According to reports on KOLD News? Web site, Idalia Montano, 34, and Margarita Gonzalo...
Caterer Hit by Truck and Killed in Redondo Beach Accident
Posted on March 05, 2008A 22-year-old caterer died after she was hit by a delivery van when she was preparing food for a large party in Redondo Beach. According to an article in the Daily Breeze, the woman was working in the loading dock...
Off-Duty Orange County Firefighter Dies After His Toyota Tacoma Veers Off the 241 Toll Road
Posted on March 04, 2008A 21-year-old off-duty U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service firefighter died in a crash on the 241 toll road north of the 133 in Irvine, a news article in The Orange County Register reports. The off-duty firefighter, identified as Patrick...
Bisnar Chase Files Seat Back Defect Lawsuit Against Nissan Motor Company
Posted on March 03, 2008http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/02/28/079176.htmlLast week, we filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Nissan Motor Company alleging that the auto maker knowingly designed and manufactured the 2000 Nissan Frontier with defective and unsafe seats and seat backs...
Anaheim?s Tree Negligence Costs a Life and $700,000
Posted on March 02, 2008Anaheim City Council members apparently settled in a hurry authorizing the payment of $700,000 to the family of a 49-year-old man who died when a large Ficus tree came crashing down, smashing his parked van. Michael Gandy, a church maintenance...
Community Heroes in Blythe Save Dog Bite Victim From Vicious Attack
Posted on March 01, 2008An off-duty police chief and two neighborhood women had to fend off two vicious dogs as they brutally attacked a woman on the street in the city of Blythe, the Palo Verde Times reports. According to the article Blythe Police...
Florida Jury Awards $11 Million To Parents of SUV Rollover Victim
Posted on February 29, 2008A Florida jury has ordered auto maker Mitsubishi to pay $11 million in compensatory damages to a couple whose son was killed after being partially ejected from the Montero sport utility vehicle that rolled over, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The...
Ford Settles Expedition Rollover Accident Case After Three Week Trial
Posted on February 28, 2008Ford Motor Company has agreed to an out-of court settlement in an automobile defect/rollover accident case that we have been pursuing for our client, Gloria Levesque. She was seriously injured in a Ford Expedition rollover accident five years ago and...
Neglected Patient Burns To Death In San Diego Nursing Home
Posted on February 28, 2008An Escondido nursing home, which has been repeatedly cited for serious violations and abuse in the past, was slapped with the highest penalty of a $100,000 fine after a resident receiving oxygen caught on fire when he was smoking unsupervised....
BLOG EXTRA: Ford Recalls 400,000 Mustangs for Defective Airbags
Posted on February 28, 2008Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 400,000 model year 2005 to 2008 Mustangs because the passenger-side airbags may cause neck injuries to small women or large children riding in the seat without being buckled up. According to an article...
Florida 15-Passenger Van Crash Injures 12
Posted on February 27, 2008A church van crash in Florida is yet again raising concerns about the use of unsafe 15-passenger vans by churches, schools and community organizations to transport small groups of people. On Sunday night a 15-passenger van crash in Ocala left...
BLOG EXTRA: News Update On Fatal Newport Beach DUI Crash
Posted on February 27, 2008The Orange County Register reports today that a 21-year-old U.S. Marine has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter in a rear-end crash that killed a prominent radiologist. Click here to read our blog about this auto accident. Michael Aung Sein...
Fresno Fatal Rollover Crash Kills 1, Injures 4
Posted on February 26, 2008One man died and four Fresno State football players were injured after their car veered off Highway 99 in Selma and rolled over. Terren Hall, 18, the only one who wasn?t wearing a seatbelt, died in the crash after he...
Illegal Towing Company In Riverside Could Face Criminal Charges
Posted on February 25, 2008If you?re still not convinced that illegal towing is a huge problem in Southern California, you?ve got to read this story. The Riverside County District Attorney and several police departments are investigating a local towing company called Desert Automotive Specialists,...
Well-Known Local Radiologist Dies In Newport Beach DUI Crash
Posted on February 24, 2008Drunk driving accidents are unfortunately all too common in the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa area. Unfortunately, a drunk driving accident over the weekend took the life of a well-known local radiologist. According to an article in The Orange County....
Man Suffers Major Injuries In Rear-End Truck Accident
Posted on February 23, 2008A 21-year-old man suffered severe injuries in a big-rig crash in Santa Ana after he slammed his Honda Civic into the back of a semi truck, The Orange County Register reports. The accident happened at the 100 block of E....
Minnesota School Bus Crash Kills 4 and Injures 14
Posted on February 22, 2008Four children reportedly died and at least 14 others suffered severe to moderate injuries in a tragic school bus accident in southwestern Minnesota. According to an Associated Press article posted on the local Fox News? Web site, the bus was...
Orange County Woman Dies in Jeep Wrangler Rollover Accident
Posted on February 21, 2008A 52-year-old Costa Mesa woman is dead after she was ejected from her Jeep Wrangler, which rolled over on the northbound 5 Freeway near Avenida Vaquero in San Clemente, The Orange County Register reports. Gloria Ann Weaver reportedly died in...
Man Dies In Fatal Crash At Dangerous Orange County Intersection
Posted on February 20, 2008A man, who was a passenger in a 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse, reportedly died after a traffic collision near the Los Alamitos Race Track in an area, which city officials themselves have admitted is a dangerous intersection. The deceased man has...
Owner Of Dangerous Dog Must Be Prepared To Assume Financial Responsibility
Posted on February 19, 2008Here is a story that is both interesting and deeply concerning. It?s about two neighbors in Chico. One has a permanent pack of pit-bulls as pets, one particularly dangerous pit-bull called Princess. The other neighbor, who shares the driveway with...
USDA Recalls 143 Million Pounds of Beef Packed In Chino Plant
Posted on February 18, 2008In what is the biggest meat recall in the history of this country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recalled 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef from a Chino meat-packing facility that recently earned notoriety for its inhumane...
Glen Ellen Man Dies In Head-On Collision at What Is Believed To Be A Dangerous Portion Of Highway 12
Posted on February 17, 2008A 58-year-old Glen Ellen man died in a head-on collision on a section of Highway 12 in a legal passing area where there have been at least four auto accident deaths in the past five or six years, a news...
Toddlers and Grandmother Suffer Severe Injuries In Orange County DUI Crash
Posted on February 16, 2008Two young Orange County children and their grandmother are reportedly on a tough road to recovery after they suffered critical injuries in a DUI accident in Lake Forest. According to an article posted on MSNBC News? Web site, the drunken...
Overloaded Big-Rigs: A Dangerous Wrong That Must Be Righted
Posted on February 15, 2008I came across an article that very well explained the problem of overloaded big-rigs and the dangers they pose to themselves and other vehicles on our roadways. We often hear about big-rig drivers losing control of their vehicles and slamming...
War Veterans Being Denied Health Care: A Case of De Ja Vu?
Posted on February 15, 2008In a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans seeking medical benefits, the Bush administration is fitting them with ungrateful arguments. The Bush administration attorneys claim that veterans fortunate enough to be coming back home...
Teenager Blinded In One Eye Settles with General Motors
Posted on February 14, 2008Today, we settled a California teenager?s case against General Motors for an undisclosed amount in a product liability lawsuit involving defective quality of glass on the GMC Yukon sport utility vehicle. Our client, Michael (last name omitted), only 16 at...
Jury Awards $10 Million To Brain-Injured Bus Crash Victim
Posted on February 14, 2008A Massachusetts jury has awarded $10 million to a 58-year-old woman who suffered severe brain damage after she was hit by a public transit bus while waiting to get to work, the Boston Globe reports. After the bus crash, Louise...
Man Hit And Killed By Runaway Trailer On the 605 Freeway
Posted on February 13, 2008A 48-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man died after a trailer being towed by a truck on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Baldwin Park came loose and resulted in a four-vehicle crash. Gil Tae Kim reportedly died on the scene...
Defective Tire May Have Caused Fatal Isuzu Trooper Rollover
Posted on February 13, 2008Tire tread separation may have caused a fatal SUV rollover crash near Cordelia, which killed one woman and injured four others. According to an article in The Reporter , 65-year-old Kalo Lolo of San Mateo died after she was ejected...
Dog Attack Round-Up
Posted on February 12, 2008Here is a brief compilation of dog bite incidents and dog attacks from all over the country. Vicious dog attack: A man in Wapato, Wash. reportedly lost his leg in a vicious dog attack and is still recovering from his...
Family Files Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuit Against Ohio Facility and Nurse
Posted on February 11, 2008The family of an Ohio nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit against a male nurse accused of raping a partially paralyzed patient and sexually abusing at least 13 others. According to an article in the Port Clinton News Herald,...
City of Norfolk OKs $7.5 Million Settlement In Accident That Left A Boy Brain Injured
Posted on February 10, 2008The city of Norfolk in Virginia has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman whose son suffered severe brain injuries after being hit by a truck driven by a city employee. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper...
Fatal Huntington Beach Pedestrian Accident Raises The Issue of Senior Drivers
Posted on February 09, 2008A 70-year-old Huntington Beach man died after he was hit by a car as he crossed at Bolsa Chica Street and Edinger Avenue. According to an article in The Orange County Register, John B. Carpenter was struck by a 2002...
Sonoma County Woman Gets $1 million Settlement in Vicious Dog Bite Case
Posted on February 08, 2008A Santa Rosa woman, who was badly injured and scarred in a ferocious dog attack two years ago, has received a $1 million settlement, an amount that equals the upper limit of the dog owner?s insurance policy. According to an...
Dog Attack Victim Sues San Diego Dept. Of Animal Services
Posted on February 07, 2008Nancy Matthews, a veterinarian, is suing the San Diego Department of Animal Services for injuries suffered during an attack by two boxer dogs more than a year ago. She has filed an amendment to the lawsuit she filed last November,...
Man Killed In Santa Clarita Motorcycle Accident
Posted on February 07, 2008Officials in Santa Clarita are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident where a 25-year-old man was killed after crashing into a cement mixer truck. According to an article in the Santa Clarita Signal, http://www.thesignal.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=53125&format=print the collision ? the second fatal motorcycle...
Big Rig Accident Round Up
Posted on February 06, 2008Here is a list of some of the big rig and big truck accidents that occurred around the country recently: ?Pig rig crash??: A stretch of the 60 Freeway in the City of Industry was snarled after a big rig...
Evenflo Recalls 1 Million Defective Car Seats, NHTSA Introduces New Rating System for Car Seats
Posted on February 05, 2008Evenflo is reportedly recalling about 1 million defective infant safety car seats because they could result in serious injury or death in a collision. According to an article in watchdog Web site Consumeraffairs.com, the models covered by the recall are...
Man Seriously Injured In Corona Pedestrian Hit-and-Run Accident
Posted on February 04, 2008A 46-year-old man from Massachusetts is in critical condition with severe head injuries after he was struck on a Corona street by a hit-and-run driver. According to an article in the Riverside Press-Enterprise, David Derosier was in town for a...
Mitsubishi Faces Product Liability Lawsuit in Florida, SUVs Recalled For Defective Seatbelts
Posted on February 03, 2008A product liability lawsuit involving defective seatbelts in Mitsubishi vehicles is going to trial in a Florida court tomorrow against Japanese auto maker, Mitsubishi Motors. According to this article, the lawsuit says the seatbelt in a 2001 Montero sport utility...
Two Southern California Dog Bite Attacks Reported This Week
Posted on February 02, 2008An 8-year-old boy, who suffered severe dog bite injuries in Fontana, reportedly told police that someone intentionally set the dog on him. The boy and his brother who were walking down a neighborhood street told officers that a teen inside...
Restaurants And Driver?s Insurance Pay Family of Man Killed In DUI Crash
Posted on February 01, 2008Here is another tragedy that clearly shows how important it is for restaurants, bars and liquor stores to take responsibility and stop providing alcohol to those who are already intoxicated ? especially if they are ready to drive away in...
Feds Delay Vehicle Roof Strength Standards Yet Again
Posted on January 31, 2008Federal auto safety officials have yet again put off updating a controversial standard for vehicle roof strength, according to a news report in the watchdog Web site, Consumeraffairs.com. This one has been a long time coming not only because the...
Lawsuit Alleges Nursing Home Understaffed To Boost Profits
Posted on January 30, 2008A man, who filed a lawsuit against a San Luis Obispo nursing home, is alleging that owners understaffed their facility to save money thereby causing the death of his mother who took a fall and died of pneumonia when she...
High Court Rulings Could Shield Big Corporations From Product Liability Lawsuits
Posted on January 29, 2008If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to uphold two lower court rulings, it would provide immunity from product liability lawsuits to major corporations including cigarette and drug companies and auto manufacturers. According to this article, the cases in question particularly...
Motorist?s Illegal U-Turn Kills Motorcyclist in Fatal San Diego Crash
Posted on January 28, 2008A 55-year-old motorcyclist was killed after a van driver made an illegal U-turn in his path on a San Diego street, according to a news report on Channel 10?s Web site. Robert Hugh Reed of Sacramento died at the scene...
CHP Officer Killed In Off-Duty Freeway Fatal Crash
Posted on January 27, 2008An off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, who was a 13-year veteran in the force, died last week in a freeway auto accident when his 2001 Chevy Silverado truck veered off the roadway and ejected him from the vehicle. According to...
Ontario Couple Whose Son Died in Pedestrian Accident Pushes For Stop Signs At Dangerous Intersection
Posted on January 26, 2008An Ontario family has started a petition drive to get a four-way stop sign and pedestrian crosswalk at what they say is an unsafe intersection where their 15-year-old son, Paul Roberts, was struck and killed by a car. According to...
Fatal Fire In Texas Was Likely Caused By Space Heater, Officials Say
Posted on January 25, 2008A Santa Fe man reportedly died as his home burned down around him in what fire officials suspect was caused by a defective space heater. According to an article posted in the local ABC news channel?s Web site, 59-year-old Charles...
University Realizes Mistake After Wrestler Dies In 15-Passenger Van Crash
Posted on January 24, 2008Last week, college wrestler Broc Pigorch and his team were on their way to participate in a tournament in Iowa. Pigorch never made it because, as officials would announce later, the team was riding in one of the most dangerous...
A Really Good Way To Be Prepared For An Emergency
Posted on January 23, 2008Here?s one thing most of us don?t think about ? if we get into a horrible auto accident or suffer serious injuries at work or elsewhere, will our loved ones be able to get to us at a reasonable time....
Accident Reconstruction Is Vital In Auto Accident Cases
Posted on January 22, 2008Accident investigations can make or break an auto accident case. And every day, we see examples of incidents where initial incident reports are proved to be wrong and other facts emerge and surface as an investigation into an auto accident...
Orange County Woman Killed In ATV Accident
Posted on January 21, 2008A 21-year-old Fullerton woman reportedly died when she was thrown off her all-terrain vehicle when she was riding in San Bernardino county north of Barstow, according to an article in The Orange County Register. Amanda Jane Simon was killed when...
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