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• March 15, 2010 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Product Liability Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Ford -- The California auto defects lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability wrongful death lawsuit against Ford Motor Company and Super Puente Hills Ford, located in the City of Industry, California, and Tuttle Click Ford, Inc. located in Irvine, California. The lawsuit alleges that the 2003 Ford F250 Super Duty pick-up truck manufactured and sold by the aforementioned defendants failed to properly protect Lois Jean Bates during a June 2007 rollover crash that caused her to sustain severe and traumatic head and internal injuries, ultimately leading to her death. The action was brought against the defendants by Lois's husband, Edward Bates, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the crash and who also sustained severe personal injuries, and her children Matthew Gismondi, Darlegne Hillenbrand and Jonathan Bates.


• March 10, 2010 -- Los Angeles Magazine Names John Bisnar a 2010 Top Southern California Attorney -- John Bisnar, founding partner of the California personal injury law firm of BISNAR | CHASE and a 32-year law veteran, has been named a 2010 Top Southern California Attorney by Los Angeles Magazine.


• March 5, 2010 -- Newsweek Features BISNAR | CHASE in "The Best of Los Angeles Law" -- Top Los Angeles personal injury law firm, BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com), was recently featured in Newsweek's "The Best of Los Angeles Law," designed to build awareness of Los Angeles area law firms that specialize in particular areas of litigation, such as personal injuries or death due to an accident, defective product or negligence.


• March 3, 2010 -- Trial Date Set for California Auto Defects Lawyers Products Liability Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Suzuki -- The California auto defects lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have received a trial date of April 26, 2010 for a products liability wrongful death lawsuit against Suzuki Motors Corporation, American Suzuki Motors Corporation, Takata Corporation, Takata Inc., Takata Restraint Systems, Inc and TK Holdings, also doing business as Takata Seatbelts, Inc. The lawsuit alleges that the 2003 Suzuki Grand Vitara manufactured and sold by Suzuki Motors Corporation and American Suzuki Motors Corporation, and the Grand Vitara's occupant restraint system manufactured by Takata, Inc., Takata Restraint Systems and TK Holdings (Takata Seatbelts, Inc.) failed to properly protect Andrea Bardonner during a July 2006 rollover crash that caused her ejection from the vehicle, leading to catastrophic injuries and ultimately, her death.


• March 2, 2010 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Product Liability Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Subaru -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability wrongful death lawsuit against Subaru of America, Inc., Fuji Heavy Industries LTD. of Japan and Autoliv North America.


• February 23, 2010 -- Brian Chase Named a 2010 Top 50 Orange County Super Lawyer -- Brian Chase, a partner at the California personal injury law firm of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com), has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer and a Top 50 Orange County Attorney by Orange Coast magazine. Chase earned one of the highest point totals in the award process.


• February 17, 2010 -- John Bisnar Named a 2010 Southern California Super Lawyer -- John Bisnar, a 32-year law veteran and founding partner of the California personal injury law firm of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com), has been named a 2010 Southern California Super Lawyer by Orange Coast magazine for the third consecutive time.


• February 4, 2010 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Products Liability Lawsuit Against Toyota -- The California personal injury lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed an auto products liability injury lawsuit against Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation. The suit alleges that the 1999 Toyota Camry manufactured and sold by Toyota failed to protect Eleanor Gnup during a June 2009 side impact crash that caused her to suffer severe and permanently disabling injuries. The action was brought against the defendants by Eleanor Gnup and her husband, Edward Gnup, who was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the crash.


• January 28, 2010 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Product Liability Lawsuit Against General Motors -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability injury lawsuit against General Motors Corporation and Sexton Chevrolet of Manteca, California. The suit alleges that the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe manufactured by General Motors and sold by Sexton Chevrolet failed to properly protect Wendy Leigh Yates during an October 2007 rear-end crash that caused her to suffer severe head injuries when her defective seatback collapsed during a rear-end collision. The action was brought against the aforementioned defendants by Wendy Leigh Yates, her husband Gavin Yates and their daughter, Brittney Sue Marie Yates, who also suffered severe personal injuries in the crash.


• January 20, 2010 -- California Personal Injury Lawyers File Products Liability Injury Action Against Pepsi -- The California personal injury lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability injury lawsuit against Pepsico, Inc., The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., Metal Container Corporation, and New Albertson's, Inc. The suit alleges that a Diet Pepsi can exploded in the hand of Lynda Ryan, forcing the pull tab at the top of the can to eject and fly at a high rate of speed into Ms. Ryan's left eye, causing catastrophic damage to her eye resulting in essentially 100 percent vision loss. The action was brought against the aforementioned defendants by the plaintiff, Lynda Ryan.


• January 13, 2010 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Products Liability Injury Action Against Nissan -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability injury lawsuit against Nissan Motor Co., LTD., Nissan North America, Inc., Nissan Design America, Ikeda Engineering, Vintec Co., Johnson Controls and Autoliv Safety Technology. The suit alleges that the 2000 Nissan Frontier manufactured by Nissan failed to properly protect Jaklin Mikhil Romine during an October 2006 rear-end crash that caused her to suffer severe head injuries and spinal injuries, including incomplete quadriplegia, when her defective seatback collapsed during the rear-end collision. The action was brought against the aforementioned defendants by the plaintiff, Jaklin Mikhil Romine.


• November 23, 2009 -- Newport Beach Lawyer Who Represents Victims of Auto Product Defects Scores a Perfect 10 Rating from Top Lawyer Rating Website -- It's never easy for a lawyer to score a perfect 10 or get a "superb" rating with anyone, let alone his peers. But Brian Chase, a partner at the Orange County personal injury law firm of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) has received such a stellar rating from Avvo.com, a top lawyer rating website on the Internet.


• November 19, 2009 -- Bisnar | Chase Teams Up with SOS to Adopt Two Families for Christmas -- As it has for many years, the Bisnar | Chase Personal Injury Law Firm (www.BestAttorney.com) will adopt two needy families for Christmas through the Share Our Selves (SOS) annual Adopt A Family program.


• November 16, 2009 -- John Bisnar Receives "Superb" Rating from Avvo.com -- A well-known Internet lawyer rating service relied on by thousands across the nation has awarded a "perfect 10" score and "superb" rating to John Bisnar, Newport Beach personal injury lawyer and senior partner of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com).


• October 26, 2009 -- California Personal Injury Lawyers Prevail in Accident Injury Action Against Lynch Ambulance and Negligent Driver -- The California personal injury lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) convinced a jury in a Los Angeles County Superior Court in Norwalk that an ambulance driver and the company that employed him were at fault for the injuries sustained by two passengers in an ambulance accident. The action was brought against the defendants by Shawna Alonzo, a respiratory therapist, and Traci Mucklevane, a pediatric nurse.


• October 5, 2009 -- California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against Caltrans -- The California personal injury lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Caltrans, Holly Ann Lee, Gaylene Lee, Victoriana Vazquez and Miguel Alvarez.


• September 21, 2009 -- Boys to Men Conducts Record-Breaking Training Event -- The New England Chapter of Boys to Men Mentoring Network recently conducted a huge training event that set an historical milestone for the global boys mentoring organization.


• August 31, 2009 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit Against Ford -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a products liability wrongful death lawsuit against Ford Motor Corporation, Bridgestone Tire Corporation, and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems. The suit alleges that the 1991 Ford Ranger SUV manufactured by Ford failed to properly protect Milton Perry Jr. during an April 2009 rollover crash that caused his ejection and death.


• August 24, 2009 -- California Auto Products Liability Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against Toyota -- The California Auto Defects Lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a Product Liability Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, USA. The suit alleges that the 1998 Toyota 4Runner SUV, manufactured by Toyota and sold by Toyota Motor Sales, was improperly designed and prone to rollover and further that it failed to properly protect Jeffrey Bachman during a rollover crash, which resulted in his demise hours after the accident.


• August 19, 2009 -- Boys to Men Cleans Up Graffiti in North Park Community -- On Saturday, July 11, the San Diego Chapter of Boys to Men Mentoring Network took to the streets with brushes in hand to remove graffiti from the North Park community of San Diego.


• August 17, 2009 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Product Liability Injury Action Against Ford -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability injury lawsuit against Ford Motor Corporation, Continental Tire Corporation, TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Chino Hills Ford, and Beceril Tire Shop. The suit alleges that the 2003 Ford Expedition SUV manufactured by Ford and sold by Chino Hills Ford failed to properly protect Griselda Bernardino during an August 2007 rollover crash that caused her to suffer severe and permanent crushing head and spinal injuries. The rollover also ejected and severely injured Ayari Martinez, Alonso Martinez, Diana and Bianca Orozco (both minors) and Maleni Elizardi (also a minor).


• August 10, 2009 -- Brian Chase Named Among Top Lawyers in Orange County By OC Metro -- As featured in this month's OC Metro magazine, Brian Chase, a partner at the Orange County personal injury law firm of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com), has been listed as one of the top lawyers in Orange County and one of the top five personal injury lawyers in the county.


• August 5, 2009 -- Auto Defects Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against Toyota -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota Corporation and Courtesy Toyota of Brandon, Florida (case #YC060158). The suit alleges that the 1998 Toyota 4Runner SUV manufactured by Toyota and sold by Courtesy Toyota failed to properly protect Elisa Obediente during a May 2009 rollover crash that ultimately caused her demise.


• July 22, 2009 -- Boys to Men Raises $125,000 -- As many as 60 patrons of the Boys To Men Mentoring Network recently gathered in the La Jolla home of Nancy and Michael Kaehr to support the noble work being done around the world by the mentoring program known as Boys to Men. The evening was a huge success raising over $125,000.00 -- almost 33% of their annual budget.


• July 20, 2009 -- California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit Against City, School District and SUV Driver -- The law firm of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) has brought a wrongful death and multiple personal injury action against Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD), the City of Diamond Bar, and the driver of an SUV (case number KC056143R filed in California's Superior Court, Los Angeles County).


• July 16, 2009 -- Personal Injury Law Firm Helps Kick Off OC Super Fair 5K Run -- Over 43 employees, families and friends of the Newport Beach personal injury law firm of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) helped kick off the Orange County Super Fair's initial 5K Run, which took place Sunday at 9 am.


• July 13, 2009 -- BISNAR | CHASE Law Firm to Participate in Rendezvous Surf Fest 2009 Vintage Car Show/Chili Cook-Off -- The BISNAR | CHASE Personal Injury Law Firm (www.BestAttorney.com) is a Platinum-level Sponsor for this year's Rendezvous Surf Fest--a surf bands, surf cars and chili cook-off event benefiting our U.S. troops. The hugely popular Surf Fest will be staged by the Sons of the American Legion Post 291 located at 215 15th Street, Newport Beach (Balboa Peninsula) and is set for Saturday July 18, 2009 from 12:00 noon until 10:00 pm.


• July 9, 2009 -- BISNAR | CHASE Personal Injury Law Firm Employees to Bookend OC Fair with 5K Runs -- Employees of the BISNAR | CHASE Orange County Personal Injury Law Firm (www.BestAttorney.com) will help open and close the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa by participating in the Fair's 5K runs. BISNAR | CHASE employees and their families will join in on the initial 5K run/walk on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 9 am and will also be part of the final 5K run/walk when the fair officially closes on Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 9 am.


• June 29, 2009 -- California Auto Defects Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against General Motors, Seat-Belt Manufacturer and Car Dealer -- The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against General Motors, GMC Truck Division; Takata Restraint Systems, a seat-belt manufacturer; and Dave Smith Motors, a Kellog, Wyoming car dealer. The suit alleges that General Motors and co-defendants acted in a callous and reckless disregard for the safety of Joanna Campbell who died in a rollover accident while riding in a GMC SUV. Filed on behalf of Paula Savino for the surviving adult children of the deceased, Nicole and Aaron Savino, the action seeks compensatory and punitive damages.


• June 25, 2009 -- Mother of Two Teens Geared Up for Second 7-Day AIDS/LifeCycle Trek -- With the support of her husband and two teen sons, full-time Mission Viejo mom, Loree Glenn decided to repeat last year's grueling 7-day AIDS/LifeCycle bike trek from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The ride began May 31st and concluded June 6th 2009. The California personal injury attorneys of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) contributed to last year's event and was Loree's corporate sponsor for this year's ride.


• June 9, 2009 -- Orange County Personal Injury Attorney is Super Lakers Fan -- Just how big of Lakers fans are Orange County personal injury attorney John Bisnar and his wife, Kimberly? Big enough that one of the conference rooms in John's law office has a basketball court floor, a regulation basket at ten feet, a purple conference table, purple and gold chairs and a big screen TV playing Lakers championship games. Big enough that John and Kimberly will be in Orlando, Florida, for the away games of the NBA Finals featuring the Los Angeles Lakers this week.


• May 26, 2009 -- California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit for Unsafe Ramp at Del Taco -- The law firm of BISNAR | CHASE has filed a lawsuit against the City of Simi Valley, MDM Construction and FIVE K, the owners, contractors and inspectors of a Del Taco in Simi Valley, for an unsafe ramp that allegedly caused the death of an elderly woman. The premises liability action was filed on behalf of Philip, Serena and Douglas Young, the deceased woman's children.


• May 19, 2909 -- California Personal Injury Lawyers Seek Key Evidence in Coleman Defective Product Case -- A California Appeals Court will decide on Tuesday whether a trial judge was right in ordering the release of key documents that may show whether Coleman knowingly violated a California statute, Health and Safety Code Section 19881. The law firm of BISNAR | CHASE is bringing the action against Coleman, and the hearing will take place at 1 p.m. in the Fourth District, Court of Appeals, Division Three at 925 North Spurgeon Street in Santa Ana, California.

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BISNAR | CHASE 2006-2010 Super Lawyers names outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. BISNAR | CHASE has received this award for five consecutive years. Brian Chase was named one of the 2010 Top 50 Orange County Lawyers.