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Los Angeles County Supervisors Want Nursing Home Ratings Displayed

Posted on January 21, 2009
Los 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
My 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, 2009
San 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...

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Ventura County Hit-and-Run Accident Kills Woman

Posted on January 17, 2009
Raquel 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
Three 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, 2009
Lucas 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, 2009
This 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, 2009
At 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, 2009
Five-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, 2009
A 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, 2009
Retired 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
Drew 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, 2009
The 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, 2009
A 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, 2009
Jacob 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, 2009
Three 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, 2009
Officials 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, 2008
Brooke 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, 2008
Two 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, 2008
California 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, 2008
A 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, 2008
Rebecca 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, 2008
A 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, 2008
Alvin 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, 2008
The 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, 2008
http://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...

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