California Personal Injury Attorneys

Xiu Fang Huang, 63, was killed in a San Francisco car accident after she was struck by a San Francisco city Public Utilities Commission truck at an intersection. According to a news report in the San Francisco Examiner, Huang was crossing at the street intersection of Ocean and Miramar avenues the afternoon of February 9, 2010 when she was hit. The large city truck, which was towing a trailer and had three city employees onboard, was headed south on Miramar. The driver of the truck attempted a left turn on to Ocean Avenue when the fatal pedestrian accident occurred. Huang died at the scene. No one has been cited or arrested pending a police investigation. The city's Public Utilities Commission is also conducting its own investigation of this incident. Read the rest of this entry »

California is home to a number of car accidents caused by unsafe intersections. Catastrophic injuries resulting from a car collision could be just around the corner. Bringing dangerous intersections up to code can dramatically reduce the likelihood of an accident occurring.

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Francis Torney, 86, died recently of injuries she suffered in an SUV rollover accident that occurred on December 18, 2009. According to a Bay City News report, Torney suffered a cervical fracture and other injuries in the Highway 101 crash when another driver made an unsafe lane change. California Highway Patrol officials said Torney was with two other women in an Isuzu SUV when 54-year-old William Stock, who was driving a 2002 BMW south on Highway 101, moved into the same lane as the Isuzu. Read the rest of this entry »

A man was killed in a San Diego car accident the morning of December 3, 2009 after the pickup truck he was driving collided with another vehicle on the Interstate 8 and crashed. According to a 10news report, the driver lost control of his 1990 Toyota pickup truck for unknown reasons. California Highway Patrol officials said the truck swerved to the right and crashed into a 2004 Dodge Ram, which then struck a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Toyota went off the freeway, down an embankment and plowed through a chain link fence before rolling over and coming to rest on its side. The pickup driver, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of the other vehicles were, fortunately, not injured.
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A driver was killed in a Los Angeles car accident on the southbound 5 Freeway after his vehicle collided with a big rig and another truck, CBS News reports. The fatal car accident was reported the morning of November 30, 2009 on the southbound 5 Freeway near Fourth Street, in East Los Angeles. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, California Highway Patrol officials said.
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Lavonte Ford, 34, was fatally injured in a Los Angeles truck accident after he was struck and killed by a big rig on the 210 Freeway in Irwindale the morning of November 6, 2009. According to a news report in the Pasadena Star News, Ford's 1985 Volkswagen broke down near the Irwindale Avenue off ramp and he had to pull over to the shoulder of the freeway. Ford then tried to leave his car through the driver's side door when the big rig hit him. California Highway Patrol officials said the truck driver remained at the accident site and dialed 911. Ford was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not arrested or cited pending an investigation.
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A man was seriously injured in an Orange County truck accident after a big rig struck his bicycle near the 91 Freeway off-ramp on Kraemer Boulevard the morning of October 8, 2009 in Anaheim, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the bicyclist was riding southbound along the west curb of Kraemer approaching the eastbound off-ramp of the 91 Freeway. The semi-truck was stopped at the off-ramp, Anaheim police said.
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The California car accident attorneys at Bisnar | Chase keep close track of national accident statistics and trends. We recently came across some numbers that present a very disturbing trend, particularly when nearly 30 million Americans are getting ready to hit the road this Labor Day weekend. A new analysis of government data by our friends at the American Association for Justice reveals that more than 28,000 motor carrier companies representing more than 200,000 commercial trucks are currently operating in violation of federal safety laws. Read the rest of this entry »

Donald Murray, 58, was killed in a San Francisco motorcycle accident after colliding with another vehicle, the Marin Independent Journal reports. Murray died from his injuries the afternoon of August 9, 2009. He reportedly struck a pickup truck that was making a left turn as he was attempting to pass it. The fatal motorcycle accident occurred on Highway 1 near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin, California. Apparently, this is the latest in a spate of recent fatal traffic accidents in that area.
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Federal inspection records now show that a trucking company that contracted a big rig driver who caused the April 1, 2009 La Canada Flintridge truck accident, has a high number of violations. According to an article in the Pasadena Star News, drivers for Georgia-based Adonai & Associates were taken off the road 33 percent of the time following federal safety violations.

Marcos Costa, 43, has been arrested for vehicular manslaughter after ignoring posted warning signs and driving his double-decker big rig on Angeles Crest Highway. Costa had lost control of his big rig and crashed into several vehicles and a book store killing 12 –year-old Angelina Posca and her father, 58-year-old Angel Posca. Twelve others were injured – two critically in the Los Angeles County big rig accident.

Company officials however say that Costa is an independent driver who carries his own insurance and works under contract for Adonai & Associates. Following this truck accident, Caltrans issued a 90-day temporary ban on large trucks on the Angeles Crest Highway. Community members and local leaders have criticized Caltrans for ignoring pleas to issue the ban several months ago when an identical truck crash occurred at that intersection. At the time, only one person suffered minor injuries.

The family of the deceased victims, the Poscas, and the other injured victims should be talking to a California big rig accident attorney who also has significant experience dealing with dangerous roadway cases and governmental agencies. In my opinion, the driver of the big rig and the trucking company should be held responsible for what happened. However, the fact that Caltrans did not do anything about this dangerous roadway, did not ban trucks or post signs, is deeply disturbing. As the governmental agency responsible for maintaining that highway, Caltrans could be held liable for the accident, injuries caused and for the wrongful death of Angel and Angelina Posca. Any claim against a governmental agency in the state of California must be properly filed within six months of the accident or injury.