California Personal Injury Attorneys

Harley McDaniel, 17, sustained injuries in a car accident after her bicycle was hit by a vehicle the morning of August 25, 2010. According to a report in The Tehachapi News, Harley was riding her bike near the intersection of Highline Road and Water Canyon Road in Tehachapi, when she was struck by a car driven by Philip Waterstradt. Harley sustained injuries, but they are not believed to be life-threatening. Police say dark clothing worn by the teenager may have contributed to this collision. Officials do not believe alcohol or drugs were involved. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich is proposing a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a hit-and-run driver in connection with a fatal accident that killed Shih-Siang Ho. According to a news report in The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Ho, a wheelchair-bound man was going from his sister-in-law's house to his own home when he was hit the afternoon of December 1, 2009 at the 6th Street underpass at Ramona Road. Read the rest of this entry »

A 23-year-old man was fatally injured in an Anaheim car accident after he was hit by a vehicle while changing a tire on the northbound shoulder of the 57 Freeway. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the victim had pulled over to the shoulder of the freeway to change the tire early morning on August 29, 2010. California Highway Patrol officials say that was when another vehicle entering the 57 from the 91 Express lanes struck the man. The victim died at the scene. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

A 39-year-old Clairemont woman sustained major injuries in a San Diego car accident after her car was hit by a dump truck the morning of August 23, 2010. KGTV San Diego reports that the accident occurred when a dump truck ran a red light at the intersection of State Route 163 and Kearny Villa Road, near the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The woman’s sedan had entered the intersection on a green light when it was broadsided by the dump truck. An investigation is ongoing. Read the rest of this entry »

A San Jose car accident on Highway 880 the afternoon of August 22, 2010, caused major injuries to three people. According to a CBS News report, the injury crash occurred when a Nissan Xterra struck another disabled vehicle and pushed it into two pedestrians. California Highway Patrol officials say a disabled 1997 Honda Civic was parked in the center median of the roadway, along with a 1995 Honda Civic. Read the rest of this entry »

Gross vehicular manslaughter charges have been filed in connection with a San Bernardino car accident on April 29, 2008, which killed limo driver, Frantz Jones. According to a news report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, prosecutors are alleging that 30-year-old Marc Anthony Saavedra crashed his pickup truck into a limousine that was parked on the shoulder of the 15 Freeway near the Sierra Avenue off ramp. Jones was hospitalized in critical condition. Saavedra was convicted in March 2010 of felony drunk driving and hit-and-run. However, Jones succumbed to his injuries after Saavedra's sentencing, which had led to the new vehicular manslaughter charges. Read the rest of this entry »

The number of food poisoning cases relating to salmonella-tainted cases has risen to more than 1,000, according to an Associated Press news report. Two Iowa farms that have jointly recalled over half a billion eggs, for potential salmonella contamination, have connections to a supplier, who apparently has a history of health, safety, animal welfare and employment violations over the years. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the number of illnesses estimated as high as 1,300, is expected to grow even higher. Read the rest of this entry »

A hit-and-run crash in San Bernardino County caused serious injuries for 22-year-old Robert Valle the morning of August 16, 2010. According to a news report in the Victorville Daily Press, the major injury collision occurred at the intersection of Nielson and Sheep Creek roads in Wrightwood. Kala White, 23, who was driving a Pontiac Grand Am attempted a left turn in front of an oncoming Chevy Tahoe. Six people in the Tahoe including Valle were injured in the collision. White fled the scene of the accident, but was later located and booked on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run. Read the rest of this entry »

A German tourist who was fatally injured in a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco has been identified as 21-year-old Nils Linke. Police say Linke was riding his bicycle near the intersection of Masonic Avenue and Turk Street the night of August 13, 2010 when he was struck by a 1989 Mercedes-Benz. The driver, later identified as 36-year-old Joshua Calder, fled the scene of the crash. Thanks to tips from eyewitnesses, police were able to arrest and book him on suspicion of drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run and lacking proof of insurance. Read the rest of this entry »

It is a well-established fact that understaffing is a problem that is at the root nursing home neglect and abuse. We constantly see examples of cases where a catastrophic injury or fatality could have been prevented if only the nursing home had adequate qualified personnel to take care of its patients. An Orange County jury has ordered St. Edna skilled nursing home in Santa Ana to pay $3.1 million to a woman who became brain-injured because she was given a morphine overdose at the facility. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, 57-year-old Barbara Lefforge was only at the nursing facility for less than six hours when the overdose occurred. Read the rest of this entry »