Posts tagged Motorcycle Accidents

• Sikh Fights for Right to Ride Bike with Turban

  Rick Patterson | March 05, 2008 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Should a Sikh be permitted to lawfully ride a motorcycle without a helmet due to the fact that it won't fit over a turban. Consider the fact that the turban is a tenant of his religion. That is a questions before the Canadian courts. Baljinder Badesha, 39, of Brampton is the first to challenge Ontario's motorcycle helmet. Although, it is certainly not the first time the law has been challenged...

• Three Pedestrians Killed in Separate Accidents

  Walton Barber, LLP | February 08, 2008 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It was a tragic day for pedestrians in San Diego County yesterday. In three separate incidents, all occurring within one hour, a pedestrian was hit by a car and killed.The first accident occurred on Friars Road just after 6:00 p.m. when a 54-year-old man waked into westbound traffic and was struck by a late model Mercedes. Only a half hour later an SUV struck and killed a man near the rodeo...

• Motorcycle Accident Fatality Caused By Negligent Driver

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 29, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  San Diego police are reporting that a van made an illegal u-turn in front of motorcyclist Robert Reed yesterday, causing the motorcycle and the van to collide. The motorcycle accident occurred on Valley Road near Plaza Bonita Center Way in the afternoon. Reed, a San Diego resident, died as a result of the accident.Accident investigators may seek vehicular manslaughter charges against the driver.

• Veteran PGA Caddie Struck and Killed in Del Mar

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 24, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Popular PGA caddie Steve Duplantis was struck and killed in a pedestrian vs. auto accident as he stepped of the center median of a Del Mar street and was struck by a taxi. Duplantis was in the area to caddie in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines.According to reports, Duplantis was an excellent caddie with a reputation as person who liked a good party."Never want to hear anything like that...

• North County Motorcycle Fatalities Follow U.S. Trend

  Randy Walton | December 23, 2007 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Yesterday another person lost his life in a motorcycle accident. This time it was in Ramona, but I have been noticing more and more motorcycle fatalities in the local paper and wondered if I am just noticing more, or whether there are actually more. Well, according to a recent study, the number of motorcycle deaths in North County this year was unprecedented.As of December 22nd, the CHP has...

• Cousins Die on Motorcross Bikes

  Susy Owen | December 19, 2007 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Cousins Richard Aaron Dale, 19, and Cameron Ian McClintock, 15, were killed on March 17 when their motocross bikes collided in mid-air while they were riding at the family farm. A recent inquest is hoped to bring some measure of closure to a terrible family tragedy. Richard and Cameron were cousins, which makes the tragedy all the worse. Both Richard and Cameron were riding at a family farm....

• Limousine Crash Injures Six

  Walton Barber, LLP | December 19, 2007 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We're continually advised this holiday season to have a designated driver if we plan on drinking away from home. Unfortunately that didn't help a car full of limousine passengers who were broadsided by a drunk driver in San Diego on Sunday.According to San Diego police this unfortunate motor vehicle accident occurred in the following way:The limo was being driven by a 21-year-old man at about 8...

• Car Pulls Out of Driveway; Another Motorcycle Accident Death

  Claude Wyle | December 12, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Last Friday night, a 22-year old motorcycle rider was killed in Hayward when he crashed his Yamaha R1 into a Dodge Intrepid that had just backed out of a driveway. The rider, a man named Escobar, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police has mentioned speed as a factor in the collision. The Hayward Police Department is investigating the motorcycle crash, and people with additional information are...

• Three Teens Die in Alabama Car Accident

  Susy Owen | December 12, 2007 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Last Saturday, three Alabama teens were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in hit a tree and went off an embankment. Four other teens were injured in the same car accident. All of the teens attended Hayden High School and were on their way home from a cheerleading clinic at the time of the crash. The driver, Sarah Elizabeth Agee, 17, in addition to Brittany Lovejoy, 17, Ariel Nibblet,...

• Modesto Drivers Need Aggressive Representation

  Larry Knapp | December 08, 2007 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Insurance companies are in the business to collect premiums and keep the money. They are not in the business of paying claims. It's not profitable. A perfect example is property damage claims. Most people are entitled to loss of use damages and rarely claim them from the responsible party. Here is the law.Where property is injured, recovery is allowed for loss of use during the time...