Posts tagged accidents

• Feds Unveil School Bus Safety Rules

  Walton Barber, LLP | November 21, 2007 11:24 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week three children were hospitalized in the Mira Mesa area after a school bus accident. The children were riding iin the bus when it was sideswiped by a SUV. Luckily, none of the kids were seriously injured. Coincidentally, the federal government was preparing to unveil new rules to improve the safety of school bus seats, and to expand the use of shoulder belts.Last Monday, U.S....

• Two Auto Accident Fatalities on Route 78

  Walton Barber, LLP | November 21, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the last two weeks there have been two fatalities in Vista on Route 78. The first involved 37-year-old William Hansen of Oceanside who was struck after getting out of his car on the right shoulder. Hansen was hit be the driver of a silver 2001 to 2003 Honda Civic, who left the scene. Police later arrested 23-year-old Jessica Hawk for the hit-and-run accident. The other auto accident was...

• Police officers indicted for insurance fraud

  Greg Owen | November 19, 2007 7:30 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two veterans of Camden Police Deptartment were indicted on charges of official misconduct, conspiracy and insurance fraud. Miller, 44, of Sicklerville, a 21-year veteran and Jefferson, 42, also of Sicklerville, a 17-year veteran. It is believed that the two officers defrauded three insurance companies out of $150,000. The two officers ran a business transporting patients in vans that were...

• Update: Anticipated settlement with Ford delayed

  Brian Foley | November 19, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The anticipated settlement of a multi-billion suit against Ford was delayed Monday in Sacramento Superior Court for unspecified reasons. A courthouse spokeswoman said she was awaiting word when the case would resume. One of the lawyers involved in the litigation said they would return on Dec. 3, according to the Sacramento Bee. Meanwhile, authorities are picking up the pieces of a tragic...

• Ford Explorer, SUV victims fight back, see results

  Brian Foley | November 19, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsSan Jose, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today, November 19, 2007, an expected class action settlement concerning Ford Motor Co. may impact 1 million Ford Explorer owners nationwide. SUVs, passenger vans and trucks kill 10,000 people and injure another 27,000 every year. Among them, the Ford Explorer in particular is a disaster waiting to happen for millions of Americans who drive them.Between their flawed design that makes them...

• Police Sting Helps San Francisco Pedestrians

  Claude Wyle | November 13, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  San Francisco drivers and pedestrians have long been on both sides of a raging controversy, involving bad drivers who blaze through crosswalks and errant pedestrians who cause accidents by not looking, and walking into traffic, often against the light. Now, the San Francisco Police have begun a sting operation with undercover officers citing drivers who blatantly violate pedestrians' right of...

• El Cajon Motorcycle Accident Kills Passenger

  Randy Walton | November 12, 2007 8:24 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A motorcycle crash in El Cajon Saturday killed a passenger on the vehicle and left its driver with multiple injuries. Shanna Vogel, 33, of El Cajon died shortly after the crash, which occurred about 7:10 p.m. Saturday near Bancroft Drive and Lemon Avenue, the Medical Examiner's Office said. The motorcycle ran off a curve on Bancroft Drive. La Mesa police were investigating the cause of the...

• How to Avoid Car Crashes

  Rick Patterson | November 12, 2007 7:12 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Dean Voelker, has an idea. He has worked of that idea for the past 17 years. He feels he has perfected the automobile headlight that will significantly reduce automobile crashes. He has invented and patented a new brake light system that lights up proportionately to how much force the driver is exerting on the brake pedal. "When you step lightly, it lights up only the middle of the light. The...

• Deadly Motorcycle Accident Kills Tracy Man on Highway 238

  Claude Wyle | November 12, 2007 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Sad news for the motorcycling community, and a bit of a mystery for some motorcycle attorneys to unravel. Leopoldo Zaragoza, riding a 2001 R1, was killed at or around 5:25 a. m. on Interstate 238 early this Monday morning. Zaragoza, a 38-year-old Tracy resident was pronounced dead at the scene of this deadly motorcycle crash. Although no other vehicle is thought to be involved in this...

• San Francisco Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Settle For $2,250,000

  Claude Wyle | November 09, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  We are pleased to announce victory for one of our motorcycle accident clients. Our San Francisco motorcycle accident attorney team recently settled a case for $2,250,000. As our 26 year old client, Dwight L. was riding his motorcycle in Marin County, the driver of a minivan pulled a U-turn across both lanes and directly into Dwight's path. Although Dwight made a statement to the reporting CHP...