Posts tagged va

• Distracted Driving: NTSB Calls for Total Ban

  David Rowell | December 14, 2011 10:55 AM | 3 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There has been a growing awareness of the dangers of cell phone use while driving. California, like many other states, enacted a ban on hand-held devices. On Tuesday, the National Transportaion...

• Mill Valley Bicycle Accident Attorney Sadly Reports Cyclist Injured in Truck vs. Bicycle Accident

  Claude Wyle | June 07, 2011 9:26 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As a lifetime Mill Valley resident and bicyclist and as a pro bicycle attorney and advocate, I am saddened and a bit outraged to report a serious bicycle versus dump truck accident in Mill Valley on...

• Defective Sony VAIO Computers Pose Burn Hazard

  Claude Wyle | July 08, 2010 3:25 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As a San Francisco personal injury attorney, I want to alert you to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcement of another voluntary “recall” of certain “dangerous...

• FDA Warns About Maalox Product Mix-Ups

  Chrissie Cole | February 18, 2010 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about Maalox medication mix ups that have resulted in at least five reports of serious adverse reactions. Traditional Maalox,...

• Fatal Head On Auto Accident in Napa Valley on the Silverado Trail

  Claude Wyle | December 18, 2009 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A very sad story out of Napa Valley today reminds us that, to avoid accidents in the rain, we should watch our speed and check our tires during the rainy season. At 5:48 a.m. this Wednesday,...

• The Atlantic: Noonan, Sex Abuse and Torture

  Paul Kiesel | April 21, 2009 6:39 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Below is a brief and insightful blog from The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan: 21 Apr 2009 03:20 pm Noonan, Sex Abuse And Torture Am I the only one to free associate from Peggy Noonan's infamous...

• Owner of Improperly Maintained Carnival Ride Blamed for Injuries to Children

  Amber Wheat | March 17, 2009 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A while ago, I wrote about the recall of the Yo-Yo carnival ride. Last May twenty-one children were hurt when the ride collapsed at the Calaveras County Fair. Now the owner is being put at fault for...

• Vatican, the Pope to be Held Liable for Its "Employees" Who Sexually Abused Children

  Paul Kiesel | March 05, 2009 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Chicago -- A federal appeals court ruling has brought an Oregon man one step closer to suing the Vatican for sexual abuse he says he suffered by a Roman...

• Science Was Made Criminal at FDA

  Todd Slaughter | January 29, 2009 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The continuing revelations about the ordeals that FDA scientists endured when they voiced scientific concern about the Bush approval process for medical devices, engenders not only alarm but horror....

• Evander Holyfield's $10 Million Home to be Foreclosed

  Paul Kiesel | June 05, 2008 7:34 PM | 3 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Los Angeles Times' Peter Villers of "LA Land Blog" has just reported that Evander Holyfield's home will be foreclosed on. The blog suggests that Holyfield is facing other financial...