Posts tagged personal injury

• Families Who Lost Homes in California Wildfires Suing Electric Company

  Jenny Albano | November 19, 2007 2:37 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Wildfires that ravages Southern California, killed two people, and destroyed more than 1,000 homes was caused by sparking power lines. Now, two families who lost their homes from the fires are suing San Diego Gas & Electric Co., claiming that the utility company failed to clear brush around its power poles and didn't insulate power lines to prevent them from sparking. The plaintiffs are...

• Defective Toys Recalled - Kids in Coma

  Susy Owen | November 10, 2007 6:41 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is no secret that there has been recall upon recall of products being exported from China. The latest recall, however, has to be one of the worst. It involves beads used in childrens' toys that motabolize into the "date rape drug" (gamma hydroxy butyrate) when ingested, and ingested it was.The toy is known as "Agua Dots," and is distributed by a Toronto-based company. The beads were also...

• Aqua Dot Toys Recalled After Inducing Comas

  Randy Walton | November 08, 2007 4:18 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Chinese-made toy called Aqua Dots contains a chemical that converts to a "date rape" drug when ingested. Two children in the United States went into comas after swallowing the toy.The Aqua Dot toy is a highly-popular toy distributed by Spin Master Toys out of Toronto. The toy can be purchased over the internet and in regular stores, and are arranged into designs then fused together when water...

• Civil Justice System Causes Bayer Corporation to Protect the Public

  Larry Knapp | November 06, 2007 7:37 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  This is the kind of publicity the civil justice system routinely fails to garner. While it is easy to target lawyers and lawsuits as the bane of all of society's problems, actions like the recent decision by Bayer to pull its drug Trasylol from the market demonstrate how important it is to have a system of redress that causes powerful corporations to consider the potential penalty of making...

• San Diego Law Firm Creates "Helping Handbook" for Fire Victims

  Randy Walton | November 03, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The San Diego office of the Morrison & Foerster law firm has published the "Helping Handbook" for individuals and businesses affected by the 2007 wildfires. The handbook was created to provide victims an overview of legal issues that individuals and small businesses might face in the aftermath of the fires.You may feel overwhelmed when considering the legal issues you face, and may determine...

• Train Accident in Riverside Kills Two

  Jenny Albano | November 02, 2007 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Two women were killed in a train accident Thursday morning. The victims were 18 and 23 years old. The woman were driving in a car when it became stuck on the train tracks in Riverside. The two victims were able to exit the car, but the train then hit the car which then ran into the women, crushing them.Police believe the high heel shoes they were wearing many have hindered their escape from...

• San Diego Courts Try to Catch Up

  Randy Walton | October 29, 2007 6:18 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Because of the fires, which shut down San Diego County courts for a week, our local system of justice will be extra busy for the next few weeks.Everyday more than 14,000 people visit the ten Superior Court buildings in the county. According to the court's executive director Michael Roddy, it will take about a month for the court's workload to return to normal. The fires brought to a standstill...

• This Halloween Stay Safe (and Classy) San Diego

  Randy Walton | October 29, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued its annual reminders to parents as to how to have a fun, but safe Halloween. I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Halloween in San Diego now looks more and more like Christmas. Driving around there are lights on houses, artificial pumpkins, and large inflatable ghosts and witches dot every other yard. By the way, what's up with those...

• San Diego Fire Victims Must Not Be Afraid To Ask Insurance Questions

  Randy Walton | October 25, 2007 1:53 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Like a few hundred thousand other San Diegans, I spent Sunday night in a grocery store parking lot with my neighbors, and Monday night in a hotel room after being ordered to leave my home because of the encroaching wildfires. I'm one of the lucky ones. Unlike about 1,500 other San Diego County residents, I got to take my wife and kids back to a home that, except for ash and soot, and a bit of...

• California Sandstorm Causes 2 Deaths and Many Injuries

  Jenny Albano | October 16, 2007 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A sandstorm on Tuesday, October 16 blinded dozens of drivers and caused many vehicles to get into accidents just north of Los Angeles. So far there have been two reported deaths and sixteen injuries, two of those were listed in critical condition.The car accidents took place at 1:40 PM with winds up to 55mph and left tractor-trailers and cars all over the road and tossed onto the pavement and...