- Todd Slaughter | February 19, 2009 7:42 PM | Redding, CA
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Automobile Accidents
WILLOWS, Calif. - A Wednesday morning rollover of a 2008 Chevy Suburban killed a 24-year-old Oregon woman and seriously injured three others. According to the Chico Enterprise-Record the rollover...
- Todd Slaughter | January 20, 2009 2:46 PM | Redding, CA
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Automobile Accidents
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - Four children suffered serious injuries when they were ejected from the pickup they were riding in. The pickup was driven by a 54-year-old Cottonwood man who was traveling...
- Todd Slaughter | December 31, 2008 12:21 PM | Redding, CA
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Automobile Accidents
TRINITY COUNTY, Calif. - A 26-year-old Arcata man was seriously injured Monday, December 29, 2008, when the SUV he was a passenger in drove off Highway 36 and fell 100 feet down an embankment before...
- Brian Foley | November 29, 2007 10:14 AM | San Jose, CA
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Automobile Accidents
Ford settled a class action lawsuit in Sacramento on Wednesday but then proceeded to lie to the public and media, claiming that the settlement ended all outstanding lawsuits against Ford stemming from Explorer rollovers.As reported in this Associated Press article, Ford spokeswoman Kristen Kinley claimed that the settlement, which will provide vouchers to Explorer owners to buy other Ford...
- Brian Foley | November 25, 2007 2:00 PM | San Jose, CA
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Automobile Accidents
Despite what the car industry aficionados and government may claim, SUV rollovers continue to kill and maim. Take, for example, the single-vehicle SUV rollover crash last month that killed a 23-year-old man in Southern California . In another example in a case I am handling, three people were killed on July 5, 2006 in Menlo Park, Ca when the driver's 1998 Ford Explorer rolled over and killed...
- Brian Foley | November 19, 2007 2:03 PM | San Jose, CA
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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...
- Brian Foley | November 19, 2007 9:30 AM | San Jose, CA
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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...
- Chrissie Cole | October 06, 2007 8:00 PM | San Jose, CA
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Automobile Accidents
A 23-year-old man was killed and two others injured, in a SUV rollover accident, Friday, when a truck skid off Interstate 5 and overturned.For reasons still unknown, the driver lost control of the vehicle and veered off the roadway near Palm Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol reports.The vehicle struck a stand of trees, killing the man, of City Heights, at the scene according to CHP...