Category: Personal Injury

If you have suffered spinal injuries in an accident that was caused by another party, you need the services of a reputable Kansas City spinal injury lawyer.  You have rights, and those who caused your injuries should be held accountable.  You may be eligible for compensation for expenses related to your injuries, not only now, [...]

Two women will be awarded $103 million by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer after developing breast cancer because of using hormonal drugs.  One of the women received $75 million, and the other $28 million.  The judgment for $75 million for the first case had been sealed to avoid influencing the jury on the second case. The [...]

Last year, a bicycle accident caused two bicyclist to be seriously injured, and now a Los Angeles doctor is on trial in the Los Angeles County Superior Court for charges relating to that accident.  This trial has raised awareness about the growing conflicts between motorists and bicyclists, which has increased the number of bicyclists demanding [...]

Devin Petelski, 25, was killed last week when she pulled out from a stop sign in front of a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser.  This accident has created quite a buzz in the area, and left witnesses to the accident questioning the LAPD’s version of what occurred. Ms. Petelski, according to the Los Angeles Times, [...]

Back in August, a Casitas Springs woman, Susan Herman, and her dog were crossing the street when they were struck by a car that was being driven by a 16 year old.  Herman died of her injuries later at the hospital.  At that time, the 16 year old boy, who did stop after the accident [...]

In California, when you are injured through the negligence or wrongful acts of another person, you have the option to bring a California personal injury lawsuit. If you’ve been injured in an accident that resulted because someone else was neglectful, even if you are partly at fault for that accident, an experienced California personal injury [...]

Over two years ago a woman driving an SUV, along with five of her passengers, was killed when her car was hit by an oncoming train on the railroad tracks at Claribel Road and Terminal Avenue. At this particular railroad crossing, there is a stop sign at which the woman stopped her car at the [...]

Recently in Hollister, California, a young man was sadly killed in a terrible California truck accident that could have been easily avoided.  The man was traveling along HWY 152 in California and the driver was cut off by a large semi that was making an illegal u-turn. The man wasn’t able to stop in time [...]

Recently one of the world’s biggest distributors of snacks, desserts, and even pet foods was forced to recall a number of products potentially containing the E.coli Bacteria. Nestlé Food Corporation was forced to recall hundreds of thousands of cases of its famous Toll House cookie dough because of several reports of E.coli poisoning. As a [...]

In the past ten years in California, there have been thousands of cases of drunk driving accidents in which victims were either seriously injured with lifelong, debilitating wounds or killed as a result of the crash. Recently in the area of Yuba County, one drunk driver was sentenced to over 60 years in prison because [...]

Last weekend, there were likely a number of people killed in drunk driving accidents in California. One of these incidents occurred when a nurse was killed by a drunk driver on her way home from work. The young woman was only 26 years old and had been working as a nurse at a local hospital [...]

Unknown to many is the fact that as flat-screen televisions become more popular in the United States, the number of accidents in which children are injured increases as well. This is because there have already been hundreds of cases reported in which children have been injured by flat-screen TV’s that have fallen from off the [...]

Recently, a child pedestrian was struck by a drunk motorcyclist in Marin County, California. The 9-year old girl was crossing a street with her father when the motorcyclist, having already run a red light, collided with both the child and her father at excessive speeds. The girl was killed almost instantly while the father received [...]

Recently a resident of San Jose, California died as a result of dangerous road conditions. The resident was making her way to work when her car went off a ramp used for boats and landed in an inlet within the Alameda city limits. The boat ramp had not been secured by the city of Alameda [...]

In San Mateo County, California, a woman recently incurred very serious injuries due to an accident caused by an oncoming vehicle. The woman’s injuries were so severe because she was not actually in a car when the accident occurred. She was standing outside of a market with her daughter and a number of other young [...]

In California, bike riding and walking are both two of the most popular forms of transportation one can do aside from driving. Residents in this sunny state tend to be more concerned about the environmental connected with too much driving, and therefore, many take to the streets by walking or biking. As the number of [...]

Assault and battery claims are problematic all over the country, but many of these criminal cases occur right here in the San Diego-Los Angeles area of California. Although assault and battery victims almost always wish to press criminal charges against their violent assailants, many do not think about the ability and benefits of filing civil [...]

Nursing home abuse has been a topic of much discussion throughout the United States for several decades, but California is by far home to some of the most serious cases. The cities of San Diego and Los Angeles are particularly prone to nursing home abuse, although the problem is becoming more serious throughout the state [...]

Although bus accidents do not occur nearly as often as automobile accidents, the number of bus accident injury victims still reaches well into the thousands every year in Los Angeles and San Diego, California. Also, as the need for greater fuel efficiency and money-saving techniques is rising all the time, more and more people are [...]

Being struck by an oncoming car or being otherwise involved in an automobile accident can be one of the most frightening experiences one can endure. But there is perhaps nothing more terrifying than getting into a car accident with your children in the backseat. Too many child car seats are proving to be ineffective throughout [...]