2009 July Archive

A man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident after he was struck by a privately owned street sweeper on a city street in the Tarzana area. The fatal pedestrian accident occurred at Ventura and Reseda boulevards the night of July 29, 2009, according to a news report in the Los Angeles Daily News. The pedestrian accident victim, who officials said was about 70 years old, was reportedly crossing the street outside the crosswalk when he was hit by a street sweeper being used to clean small parking lots in the neighborhood. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are saying that a preliminary investigation indicates that the collision was accidental. The driver of the street sweeper remained at the scene of the collision and was not cited. Read the rest »

A 17-month old boy was severely injured in a Los Angeles dog bite attack on July 28, 2009 after the family's pit bull grabbed the toddler by his face and mauled him at their home in Redondo Beach, California. According to a news report in the Daily Breeze, the dog attack took place when the child reportedly touched or pulled the pit bull's tail. The child's mother pulled the dog's jaw off her son's face and called police. Redondo Beach police officials said the child suffered severe dog bites in the face, puncture wounds and eye injuries. The toddler was taken to an area hospital.

The pit bull was apparently still agitated and remained in a back room of the house. It took two animal control officers to corral the dog as two other police officers stood by. A vicious dog investigation is underway. This attack comes only a week after two loose pit bulls killed a smaller dog, just blocks away, although the two incidents were not connected. In that incident, the pit bulls attacked a young girl walking her dog. When the girl picked up the dog, the pit bulls reportedly pulled it from her arms and killed it. Read the rest »

Hermine Boyadjian, a 79-year-old woman was critically injured in a Los Angeles car accident after she was struck by a speeding car while walking in a crosswalk on July 17, 2009. According to a news report in the Glendale News Press, the driver who struck Boyadjian, 22-year-old Mathew Diaz, initially fled the scene, but was later arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run. Peter Tsueda, 33, the registered owner of the car, and a passenger at the time of the car collision, was also arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to a crime.

My heart goes out to Hermine Boyadjian and her family. Apparently her husband, whom she had cared for as he suffered through kidney failure, had died the day she was struck. In fact, Boyadjian had just left the hospital and was headed home when she crossed Lexington Drive near Central Avenue where she was hit. Boyadjian's family is preparing for her husband's funeral even as she is in the hospital critically injured. Tragic! Please keep this family in your prayers. I hope Boyadjian recovers quickly and completely from her injuries.
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Dana Inman, 59, was killed in a California car accident on July 26, 2009 after he lost control of his pickup truck and crashed in San Bernardino County. According to a report by the San Bernardino County Medical Examiner's Office, Inman was driving a 2004 white Ford F-150 pickup truck north on State Route 247 near Eureka Road in Landers at an unknown rate of speed. He apparently veered to the right on a long sweeping curve and went off the roadway. Then, as he attempted to correct the steering, the truck rolled over. Inman was ejected during the rollover crash and landed on the asphalt. He was pronounced dead at the scene, California Highway Patrol officials said. Read the rest »

The Bisnar | Chase personal injury lawyers would like to thank everyone who helped make this year's Rendezvous Surf Fest a success. Read the rest »

The Bisnar | Chase family recently helped kick off the Orange County Super Fair's initial 5K run with as many as 43 employees, relatives and friends of the firm lacing up their running shoes for a good cause last Sunday. Read the rest »

A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized after suffering a near drowning in an Orange County swimming pool accident in an Irvine, California, community pool the night of July 25, 2009, The Orange County Register reports. On July 26, 2009, another 3-year-old boy in Fullerton suffered a near-drowning in a backyard swimming pool accident, the newspaper reports. Both boys are said to be recovering. Read the rest »

Five people were injured--one seriously--in a hit-and-run bicycle accident after the group of cyclists was mowed down by a van that fled the scene. According to a blog in Ottawa personal injury attorney Auger Hollingsworth's website (http://www.personalinjuryottawa.ca/index.asp?name=blog&id=631), the bicycle accident, which critically injured one bicyclist, occurred the morning of July 19, 2009. A day after the car accident, the hit-and-run driver turned himself in to authorities. He is behind bars while police determine the scope of criminal charges he will face. Read the rest »

Evangelina Niche, 49, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident after a motorist crossed into her lane and struck her vehicle, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports. Niche was reportedly driving west on Bear Valley Road near the border of Hesperia and Victorville the evening of July 21, 2009 when an eastbound motorist crossed into her lane and crashed into Niche's car. Niche was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. A man and a woman in the other vehicle suffered minor to moderate injuries. San Bernardino Sheriff's officials are investigating the fatal car crash.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of Evangelina Niche for their tragic loss. I offer my deepest sympathies to them as they go through this difficult time. Please keep them in your prayers. Read the rest »

The personal injury law firm of Bisnar | Chase has filed a wrongful death and multiple personal injury lawsuit against Walnut Valley Unified School District, the City of Diamond Bar and the driver of a sport utility vehicle who drove recklessly causing a car accident that killed 3-year-old Michelle Kwon and severely injured her father Soonil Kwon and sister Christine Kwon.

Our attorneys filed this lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of our clients, who are not only grieving the loss of their youngest child and sibling, but are also dealing with recovering from their own severe personal injuries. My heart goes out to the members of this close-knit family. Read the rest »