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Target recalls dangerous product after child strangles: storage trunk

Posted on May 24, 2010
As a San Francisco personal injury lawyer, I often write about recalled products, such as potentially dangerous and defective bikes, dangerous products for children, such as cadmium jewelry, and recalled Baby Tylenol, but today's recall information hits close to home...

Niner Bikes recalls bicycle frame due to crash hazard

Posted on May 20, 2010
I wrote some time ago about a dangerous product, a recall of Redline dangerous and defective bikes. Those were recalled because of the possibility that the bicycle's fork legs can separate from the fork crown and cause the bike rider to lose control, posing a risk of serious injury if the rider falls and there is a bike crash...

CHP motorcycle officer injured by car in Petaluma motorcycle crash

Posted on May 14, 2010
As a California motorcycle attorney and a motorcycle rider myself, I am always disturbed when I have to report a motorcycle accident of any kind, but I am even more upset when the accident involves someone injured in the line of duty. SF Gate is reporting that a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer suffered major injuries Wednesday when he collided with a car in Petaluma while responding to a call...

Would a rubber chicken have been safer? Federal salmonella standards finally get tighter

Posted on May 13, 2010
I know I am a San Francisco food safety attorney, so maybe I am more sensitive to dangerous foods and other products than the average guy, but does it seem strange that USDA is only now changing the amount of salmonella contamination in processed chicken carcasses from 20%, yes I said 20%, to 7...

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Nissan recalling cars to address defective air bag problems

Posted on May 11, 2010
Car manufacturers have been very much in the news lately. For awhile it seemed that there was a new defective Toyota product almost daily, including many problems I wrote about, such as unintended acceleration and defective brakes. Last week the Associated Press reported that another car manufacturer, Nissan Motor Co...

Baby Tylenol not safe for babies?

Posted on May 10, 2010
According to a report issued last Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration, the Johnson & Johnson unit that voluntarily recalled certain lots of defective children's liquid Tylenol and Motrin McNeil Consumer Healthcare knowingly used bacteria-contaminated materials to make those defective medications...

McNeil Recalls Infant and Children's Liquid Products Including Tylenol and Motrin

Posted on May 06, 2010
As a San Francisco dangerous products attorney, I always try to be at the forefront of recalls and product safety alerts, especially when the recall involves dangerous products for children. Earlier this week, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in conjunction with McNeil Consumer Healthcare, is implementing a voluntary recall of dangerous infant products and dangerous children's products due to manufacturing deficiencies which may affect quality, purity or potency...

Dangerous toys: Cadmium makes jewelry dangerous product for children

Posted on April 29, 2010
Some days I relish my role as a San Francisco personal injury lawyer. Maybe that didn't come out right. It's not that I like seeing people injured by products. What I am trying to say is that some days I am glad I can help force big corporations put safety first and profits second...

Fewer pedestrian injuries, smaller deficit?

Posted on April 27, 2010
Last month long time San Francisco columnist C.W. Nevius weighed in on a subject with which I contend every day: the number of pedestrians hit by cars in this city. There were 16 fatalities and 790 injuries involving pedestrian accidents in San Francisco in 2008, according to California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS)...

Motorcyclist?s death caused by drunk driving accident

Posted on April 27, 2010
As a motorcyclist myself, and a San Francisco motorcycle attorney, I write with a very heavy heart today. The San Francisco Chronicle reported earlier this month that a Richmond man, 35 year-old Anthony Walker, was killed while riding his motorcycle home from bible study class...

Defective Toyotas ? New Uncontrolled Acceleration Incident

Posted on March 09, 2010
I have written about defective Toyotas, including the Corolla power steering defects, Prius defective brakes, and the sudden acceleration problems with many models, and, as the number of incidents grows, I am more and more troubled. The latest incident demonstrating problems Toyota has denied or covered up occurred in San Diego yesterday...

Muni Driver Leaves Injured Bicyclist at Scene After Muni Driver Runs Over Bike

Posted on March 04, 2010
Sometimes when we read the news we're shocked and sometimes we're saddened and sometimes both. The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting today that after an injured bicyclist fell off her bike on Market Street, a Muni bus ran over her bike and then drove off, heedless of both the inured girl and her bike and the protests of the passengers...

Highway 9 May Fix May Help Prevent Motorcycle Accidents, Bicycle Accidents and Truck Accidents

Posted on March 03, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I commented on the number of pedestrian accidents in San Francisco. Today, as an avid motorcyclist and bicyclist myself, as well as a San Francisco motorcycle accident attorney and bicycle accident attorney and dangerous roadway attorney I am happy to see the Saratoga News reporting that the State is actually addressing some serious problems particularly for bicycle riders, motorcycle riders and truck drivers...

Toyota Defective Cars--Congressional Hearings Shed More Light On Issues

Posted on March 02, 2010
Last week I lamented that one of the problems with big corporations is that rather than spending enough money to make products safe in the first place, or spending enough money to fix the problems their shortcuts cause, they prefer to maximize profits and disavow defective automobiles products, regardless of costs in injuries and lives...

Fatal Head Injury--$12 Million Verdict for Hospital Negligence

Posted on February 21, 2010
As a San Francisco brain injury lawyer, I was extremely satisfied by a jury's award of $12 million for hospital malpractice on Thursday to a Southern California woman who was left in a vegetative state after she waited hours at a hospital before being sent elsewhere for surgery to remove an air-rifle pellet from her brain in 2007...

Bicyclist Hit By Car ? Fatal Bike Accident

Posted on February 19, 2010
It has been a terrible couple of weeks for Bay Area cyclists. The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office has now identified 28-year-old Joshua Ryan West, a father on his way to physical therapy, as the bicyclist who was fatally hit by a car in Los Gatos earlier this month...

Corolla Recall- Power Steering Defects?

Posted on February 17, 2010
Just yesterday I was commenting that Toyota recalls seem to be coming more regularly than rain in February. I was being somewhat facetious, but this morning brings news of another potential problem for Toyota. AP reported this morning that Toyota is investigating complaints about Toyota power steering problems The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has now reportedly received about 160 complaints about the Corolla...

Prius Recall--Defective Brakes the Issue Now

Posted on February 17, 2010
Is it just me, or does it seem like almost every week there is a new Toyota recall? This time it is for the Prius model. This Wednesday Toyota announced another global recall -- this time involving more than 400,000 Priuses and other hybrid cars with braking problems -- on the same day that the U...

Pedestrian Accident Victim Identified

Posted on February 16, 2010
Another very sad pedestrian accident to report today. According to SFExaminer.com, a woman who was hit in a crosswalk and killed by a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission vehicle Tuesday on Ocean Avenue has been identified Wednesday by the San Francisco medical examiner's office as 63-year-old Xiu Fang Huang...

Defective Product Recall ? Salami Suspected to Cause Salmonella Food Poisoning

Posted on January 31, 2010
I'm writing today to alert you to a defective product salami recall, possibly due to tainted black pepper. Daniele International, Inc. has recalled 1.24 million pounds of salami products. It is currently believed that the salami may be linked to the ongoing salmonella outbreak...

Dorel Asia Dangerous Crib Recalled: Causes one infant death, 10 injuries to infants

Posted on January 23, 2010
As a child safety attorney, I am writing today to get the word out on this The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall as soon as possible. Dorel Asia SRL, of Barbados, is announcing a voluntary recall to replace this dangerous product: drop side and non-drop side cribs that pose suffocation and strangulation hazards to infants and toddlers...

New Ski Helmet Bill Proposed in California as a Way to Prevent a Fatal Head Injury

Posted on January 18, 2010
Last month I wrote about bike helmets for kids and how important they are to bicycle safety. You may recall that studies show 75% of bicycle related deaths are due to head injuries. Because of the seriousness of a head injury while bicycling, most parents are beginning to insist that their children wear a helmet...

Dangerous Products for Children?FDA Issues Consumer Alert on HAPPYTOT Baby Foods

Posted on January 15, 2010
I need to advise you of a consumer alert for Happytot Baby Foods and to remind you that if you buy any defective foods, please call the health department. Additionally, if you are ever harmed by defective food products, under California law, the retailer who sold you the product as well as the manufacturer may be liable to help with your medical bills or other expenses...

San Francisco Muni Accident Caught on Camera, but Who is Watching?

Posted on January 07, 2010
Last November, Muni told us that the 'DriveCam' system would use interior and exterior cameras to record collisions and other unsafe driving behavior. The cameras are able to record and download a few seconds of footage before and after an incident when the vehicle experiences an exceptional force, such as hard braking or swerving during muni bus accidents...

Pit Bull Attack May Result in Criminal Charges

Posted on January 06, 2010
The Santa Cruz County Animal Services Authority is looking into filing charges against the owner of a pit bull that attacked a woman in Watsonville on New Year's Day. The 64-year-old woman was walking in the 800 block of Virginia Street at 12:56 p...

Two separate pedestrian accidents in San Francisco on same day

Posted on December 24, 2009
Two pedestrians were struck by vehicles and severely injured Monday morning in separate but near-simultaneous incidents near San Francisco City Hall and in the city's Bayview District. In the first, a 54-year-old woman was hit by a car while crossing the street at Van Ness Avenue and Grove Street...

Prevent Bay Area drunk driving traffic accidents and car crashes: Designate a driver!

Posted on December 23, 2009
Last Saturday began the 17 day winter holiday enforcement period for the CHP's AVOID Program. Avoid seeks to publicize the combined DUI enforcement efforts of participating Bay Area law enforcement agencies and to raise awareness of the increasing problems associated with drinking and driving, including auto accidents, fatal car crashes, and even motorcycle accidents...

Fatal Head On Auto Accident in Napa Valley on the Silverado Trail

Posted on December 18, 2009
A very sad story out of Napa Valley today reminds us that, to avoid accidents in the rain, we should watch our speed and check our tires during the rainy season. At 5:48 a.m. this Wednesday, Augustine Quezada, 29, of Clearlake, was driving a 2006 Ford Mustang south on Silverado Trail north of Skellenger Lane when he lost control of the car, according to the California Highway Patrol...

San Rafael woman killed in Richmond head-on collision with truck

Posted on December 16, 2009
Due to the nature of this blog, and as a Bay Area accident attorney, I often have to comment on heartbreaking stories, but none more so than those involving young people. Last week, a young San Rafael woman, Danaz Salak, was tragically killed in a car accident when the car she was driving the wrong way on Interstate 580 in Richmond collided head-on with a truck...

Speeding Red Light Runner Kills family of four in Sonoma County Car Crash

Posted on December 07, 2009
At this time of year, it is always a pleasure to connect with friends and family, honor old traditions and create new ones. Tragically, for the Maloney family of Sonoma, there will be no more traditions. Jonathan and Susan Maloney and their two young children, Aiden and Gracie, were traveling home from Maui to celebrate a late Thanksgiving with Jonathan's daughter from a previous marriage when they were broadsided in an intersection by Steve Culbertson, 19, who has since died after being taken off of life support...

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