Santa Ana Deals with a Variety of Personal Injury Concerns

Santa Ana, the county seat and most populous city of Orange County, is the 4th most densely populated city in the United States behind New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago, according to the 2000 census. At least 12,471.5 people reside in each square mile, a very high number that explains why such a relatively small city has such a wide range of personal injury accidents and high crime rates.

Local Santa Ana news reports daily robberies, burglaries, and gang-related violence in this sunny city. Drunk driving and hit-and-run have also been issues in Santa Ana, and California in general, as California has the highest number of hit-and-runs of any state in the US. This high rate is possibly linked to the number of illegal drivers and the ubiquity of drunk driving -- both things that would further implicate a driver who has committed a hit-and-run, worsening his or her sentence and compelling the driver to leave the scene.

Young Santa Ana Suspects-Rights Activist Dies in Hit-and-Run

In 2008, a young man left a Santa Ana party and ran over another party attendee with his truck. He fled the scene and the 26 year-old victim was left for dead. The victim had previously spent 2 ½ years in prison as a teenager for being wrongfully convicted of 2 armed robberies. Since his release from prison, he had become a suspects-rights activist and was founding a nonprofit organization to assist people who have been wrongfully convicted.

According to the Orange County Register, the young man who hit the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of the crime in hopes of lessening his sentence. The victim's mother said, "I wonder if my son would have made it if [the driver] had just stopped to call 911."

Stopping hit-and-runs, drunk driving, and other reckless and irresponsible driving that often leads to tragic accidents, are of top concern for Santa Ana car accident lawyers.

Local Company Puts Consumers at Risk for Personal Injury and Illness

A local Santa Ana company became subject in a class-action lawsuit due to a connection between the company's contact lens solution and vision-destroying infections. The solution has been proven to either cause or fail to prevent severe eye infections known as acanthamoeba keratitis which can cause a variety of afflictions such as scarring, vision loss, and the need for transplant of the entire cornea.

Infections from the solution are very resistant to treatment and can involve the victim in 5 month to 4 year long process of daily medicating, a severe issue for those impacted. Because of the personal injury claims involved with the faulty solution, the medical optics company is being sued by two Orange County product liability law firms.

Santa Ana has Highest Rates of Pedestrian Deaths

Transportation for America statistics showed the Santa Ana/Los Angeles region to have a high Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) of 70.8. Though not the highest PDI of all of California metro regions, Santa Ana/Los Angeles still had the highest number of pedestrian deaths for the 2007-2008 period.

The personal injury risk is so high because of the large percentage of people who walk to work and the large number of wide, high-traffic, high-speed arterial roads like Bristol Street and McFadden Avenue. Many of these areas have no sidewalks and no crosswalks to ensure pedestrian safety. Drivers in these parts do not drive carefully or pay attention to the dangers that arise for pedestrians.

Santa Ana Personal Injury Attorneys Protect Pedestrians

If you or anyone you know have suffered personal injuries in Santa Ana due to car accidents, unsafe products, hit-and-run, or anything else, it is to your benefit to contact a Santa Ana personal injury law firm that will fight on your behalf.

Law firms with strong records of successfully handling personal injury lawsuits meantime may also offer a no-fee guarantee meaning that you don't have to pay them unless they win your case.

If you are the victim of a personal injury, you owe it to yourself to get a FREE copy of the book, "The Seven Fatal Mistakes That Can Wreck Your California Personal Injury Claim" ($14.99 value). If you need help immediately, call one of our expert personal injury lawyers now at 1-800-561-4887 and we will schedule a consultation the same day or by the next business day at the latest.

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Be on the Hit-and-Run Lookout

BISNAR | CHASE, in conjunction with WeTip, a leading anonymous crime reporting service and law enforcement advocacy non-profit organization, is launching a program intended to wipe out hit-and-runs in the state of California by offering rewards for tips leading to the arrest and felony conviction of hit-and-run drivers. See Hit-and-Run Reward for more details.

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.