Posts tagged wrongful death

• U-Haul Sued for Wrongful Death

  David Rowell | September 16, 2007 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Demetrio Nagtalon rented a truck from U-Haul in San Francisco in December 2006, to move equipment from a video store he operated. When he had problems with the truck's parking brake, he drove it back to the U-Haul rental center for help. Bobby Johnson, a U-Haul employee, slid under the dashboard with pliers, trying to fix the parking brake. Instead of a repaired truck, Nagtalon ended up with a...

• Parents of Jessica Lunsford Plan Lawsuit Against Sheriff's Office

  Chrissie Cole | February 22, 2008 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsBakersfield, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Jessica Lunsford's brutal and tragic death made national news. The nine-year-old girl was kidnapped from her home on February 23, 2005. Three weeks later, following a massive search, authorities discovered her body in a grave located about 150 yards from her home. She had been kidnapped, raped and buried alive.John Couey, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to death last year for her...

• Mysterious P.E. Class Pool Drowning Claims Life of Atascadero High School Student

  Ray Mattison | May 10, 2008 8:43 PM | 2 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Drowning Death of Atascadero teen during a P.E. class adds to the already dismal numbers of similar losses, many of which might be preventable.

• Gambling Bus Accident Causes Wrongful Death

  Claude Wyle | December 04, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A gambling tour bus from U.S. Asia Tours, bound for San Francisco on Highway 88, crashed head-on into a pick up truck on Sunday night, killing the driver of the pick-up. At first the CHP believed that the pick up driver's conduct was the cause of the crash, however now they believe that a second car which was trying to pass the bus, might have hit the bus and caused this deadly five car pile up....

• San Jose Pedestrian Accident Claims Life of Teen on Saturday November 5th

  Claude Wyle | November 07, 2011 6:49 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I'm sad to report that a female teenager died in a San Jose pedestrian accident on Saturday night, November 5th after being struck by not one but two cars. My heart goes out to her family and...

• Bicycle Helmets Save Lives: Another Hit-and-Run Fatality in Santa Cruz

  Claude Wyle | July 12, 2011 3:45 AM | 8 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There are some basics to bicycling safety which most of us learned as children. So, why did some of us forget fundamental bicycle safety rules, as rudimentary as wearing a helmet? Would you let your...

• Young Hollywood, Old Problems

  Cheryl Buchanan | December 29, 2007 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  For whatever reason, 2007 is the year that mug shots became the new head shots and rehab became the second best way to get headlines for Young Hollywood. Unfortunately for any of the rest of you who may also be on the roads between midnight and 6 a.m., DUIs seem to have become the best way to get headlines in an industry where almost all publicity is still good publicity. When...

• Santa Rosa Hit-and-Run Driver Faces Trial in Fatal Crosswalk Accident

  Claude Wyle | November 24, 2011 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  About two months ago, 22-year-old Marcos Lopez Garcia drove into and killed 4-year-old pedestrian Christopher “Buddy” Rowe in a W. 9th St. crosswalk near Santa Rosa's Jacobs Park...

• Entertainer Impaled by Gate Operated by Indian Wells, Widow Sues City

  Paul Kiesel | November 03, 2009 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  From The Desert Sun: A trial date for a case involving the death of a local entertainer is expected to be set by the end of the year, officials said. Victor Leon, 63, of Palm Desert died Jan. 12...

• PAIN PATCH LAWSUIT DECIDED BY JURY

  William Grewe | November 03, 2008 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A Florida jury found the maker of drug patches which release pain medication (fentanyl) responsible for the wrongful death of a mother of five who was using the Duragesic patches. The 34-year-old...