California Personal Injury Attorneys

Chandrika De Silva, 51, was killed and her grandson, 5-year-old Sahan, was seriously injured in a Los Angeles car accident after they were struck by a suspected drunk driver early morning on July 18, 2010. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Daily News, Chandrika and her husband, Sunil De Silva, returned to their Reseda home with Sahan, who was asleep in the car, buckled into his booster seat. Read the rest of this entry »

Auto defect victims who have been seriously injured in an accident will need to prepare themselves for a number of difficult obstacles. Hiring a personal injury lawyer can greatly reduce this burden. An experienced personal injury lawyer will ensure that you are properly compensated for damages.

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Victims of SUV rollover accidents can be threatened by catastrophic or fatal personal injury. Injury victims and their families of roof crush accidents should be aware of a number of different issues. Before starting your case it is well advised to consult with an experienced catastrophic injury lawyer, in California, who can guide you through the legal process.

What To Look For In A Rollover Accident

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Products liability cases can leave victims with serious catastrophic injury. Defective product cases can vary from one case to another. Some claims will be more complex than others.

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Artemio Hernandez, 40, a tree trimmer, sustained fatal job injuries while trimming a palm tree in a Pasadena backyard, the morning of February 13, 2010. According to a news report in the Pasadena Star News, Hernandez was working behind a house in the 500 block of South Oak Knoll Avenue. The man was suspended at a height of about 50 feet on the palm tree when a ring of fronds struck him, Pasadena fire officials said. A gardener heard Hernandez shout out initially, but did not hear anything from him afterward. Firefighters had to cut through the fronds to free the man from the tree. Read the rest of this entry »

Alberto Herrera-Garcia, 54, sustained fatal personal injuries in a San Diego on-the-job accident, the morning of December 24, 2009, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Herrera-Garcia was apparently unloading 20-foot long wooden beams from a forklift, when the load shifted off the forklift and fell on him, at the industrial site on Marconi Drive, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's report states. The blow knocked Herrera-Garcia backward and he hit his head and suffered serious head trauma. He died shortly after the accident. Herrera-Garcia was also the driver of the truck, which was carrying the lumber. Investigators are looking into what caused the load to shift and fall on the victim. Read the rest of this entry »

The California personal injury lawyers at BISNAR | CHASE are extremely concerned about this news report that 10 stroke patients were overexposed to radiation when they got CT scans at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. According to an article in the Glendale News Press, the patients received three to four times the normal dose of radiation during a triple imaging brain exam using a General Electric manufactured CT scan machine.
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Walt Daniels, 66, a member of the San Diego Chargers' game-day staff at Qualcomm Stadium, suffered fatal personal injuries after he fell 25 to 30 feet from the coaches' box on to the cement covered ground right before a Chargers game on October 19, 2009. According to a news report from the Associated Press, Daniels suffered a massive head injury after his fall. Paramedics performed CPR and transported Daniels to a San Diego hospital where he died early morning October 20.
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John Robert Kiser, 53, a worker at the Port of Los Angeles died from severe personal injury on-the-job after he was struck by a freight trailer on Terminal Island. According to a news report in the Daily Breeze, Kiser was pinned and crushed by an empty trailer that was being transported by a utility tractor the night of September 12, 2009. The fatal workplace accident is being investigated by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
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Stephene Bravo, a 2-month-old girl was killed in an Orange County car accident the morning of August 1, 2009 in Santa Ana, California, The Orange County Register reports. Baby Stephene was a passenger in a van that collided with a truck on the southbound 5 Freeway at the southbound 55 Freeway connector. The infant was pronounced dead by the Orange County Coroner. This fatal car crash is still under investigation. There is no information if there were any other injuries in this car accident.

My heart goes out to the family of baby Stephene. I offer my deepest condolences, especially to the parents of this child for their tragic, heartbreaking and untimely loss. I hope no one else was seriously injured in this car accident. Please keep this family in your prayers.

Orange County Car Accident Statistics

According to California Highway Patrol's 2007 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), there were 21 fatalities and 1,468 injuries involving car accidents in Santa Ana. In Orange County as a whole, 178 fatalities and 14,185 injuries were reported as a result of car accidents in 2007.

This news report does not offer details about exactly how or why this car accident occurred. There are more questions than answers here at this point. How did the car collision occur--who hit whom? Who was at fault for this car accident? Was the baby placed and secured properly in an infant car seat? Did the car seat protect the infant as it was supposed to? The answers to these questions will help determine what caused this fatal car accident and whether there was any negligence involved.

Liability in Orange County Car Accidents

There is the possibility that this accident was caused by the van driver. But if it found that the truck driver had caused or contributed to the collision then, both the driver and his employer--the trucking company--could be held liable for the fatal injuries caused. If a defective product--the car seat--caused Stephene's fatal injuries then the manufacturer of the faulty car seat could be held liable for the child's injuries as well.

Stephene Bravo's parents and family members would be well-advised to consult with an experienced Orange County personal injury lawyer, who is also well-versed in products liability cases. Depending on who was responsible or liable for the accident and injuries caused, compensation may be sought for wrongful death, funeral expenses and other related damages. The best personal injury law firms will always offer free and comprehensive initial consultations to injured victims and/or their families.