- IB Contributor | December 31, 2006 12:47 PM |
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MiscellaneousAAA Program Drives Drinkers HomeCHP Program Drives Drinkers To MotelWith New Year's falling on a Monday, we are enjoying three uninterrupted days off work and full of sports, family, friends and drinking occasions. "The long holiday weekend creates more opportunities for drinking and consequently drunken driving", says Carol Thorp, a spokeswoman for the Automobile Club of Southern California ....
- IB Contributor | December 30, 2006 8:07 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsTiral Laywers For Public Justice, Wins Victory For JusticeAmerica Honda Motor Company (Honda) "deliberately" destroyed evidence in an auto defect case brought be a (then) 17 year old who became a quadriplegic due to a restraint system (seat belt) failure in her Honda Civic, according to the trial judge's sanction decision in Davis v. Honda (California Superior Court). The judge's decision found...
- IB Contributor | December 29, 2006 10:13 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMany Ford Explorer SUVs, from the 1999 to 2001 model years, do not meet a crucial safety requirement intended to protect passengers in rollover crashes according to a safety engineering firm we regular call upon as expert witnesses in our Ford and SUV rollover cases.Safety Analysis and Forensic Engineering, which has performed a great deal of research and testing for us, has formed the opinion...
- IB Contributor | December 28, 2006 7:50 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA woman passenger severely injured during an Orange County street race in September when the car she was riding in crashed filed a lawsuit Thursday in Orange County Superior Court according to the Orange County Register. According to the Register, the young drivers of the two racing vehicles, 18 and 20 years old, engaged in an impromptu street race that left one driver dead and the other...
- IB Contributor | December 27, 2006 11:33 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsBe aware of what you are signing. Read everything you sign, especially when settling an auto accident claim. Do not sign any document that doesn't comply with the terms of the agreement as you understand them to be. If you feel like you are being pushed or rushed to sign, there probably is a reason that you are unaware of.Once you have settled a claim, there is no re-opening the claim for...
- IB Contributor | December 26, 2006 4:54 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsApparently the statewide law enforcement agency crackdown on intoxicated drivers this holiday season has netted an increased number of arrests and contributed to fewer fatalities. CHP arrests of DUI suspects this weekend were up 11.7% over the same period last year. At the same time the number of alcohol related traffic accident fatalities across the State decreased, yet increased in Orange...
- IB Contributor | December 25, 2006 3:00 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn response to my Dec. 23, 2006 "The Most Deadly Vehicle" article, I received an email from Paula Lawlor, a roof crush consultant, who has co-authored, along with Todd Tracy, "Deadly By Design". According to its authors, "Deadly By Design" is "An expose of the weak government standard that has lead to more than three decades of unnecessary fatalities and catastrophic injuries in rollover...
- IB Contributor | December 24, 2006 4:27 PM |
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MiscellaneousThis week I have been hounded by a grandmother wanting to know every thing about the safest ways to transport and secure her granddaughter in her automobile. She wanted to know the best child safety seats, where and how best to secure them in her vehicle and what child safety seats had been recalled. Grandma Kimberly was about to take her first grandchild, Cailin, out on her first shopping...
- IB Contributor | December 23, 2006 12:56 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhy haven't they been recalled?There is no doubt, the evidence is clear, the fifteen-passenger van is the most dangerous vehicle on our roads. It is the vehicle most likely to be involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident. Rollover accidents are the most deadly type of traffic accident on our highways today. The fifteen-passenger van is the extra-long van that is commonly used by airport...
- IB Contributor | December 21, 2006 4:43 PM |
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MiscellaneousMotorists are being asked to report suspected impaired drivers.Although the "driving under the influence" (DUI) arrest rate has been coming down over the last ten years, alcohol involved traffic accident fatalities in California have been on the rise since 1999. In response, over 450 California law enforcement agencies, including the CHP, are preparing for a DUI crackdown in 35 counties to...
- IB Contributor | December 20, 2006 8:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousFiling late may terminate your rights. The laws setting forth deadlines by which lawsuits must be filed are generally known as the "Statute of Limitations". The "Statute of Limitations" vary from State to State. They vary by who is suing and who is being sued. They vary by the type and subject matter of the lawsuit. Generally, failure to timely file will terminate your right to a...
- IB Contributor | December 19, 2006 9:21 PM |
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MiscellaneousIs Bank of America cheating its customers out of millions? Bank of America tried to rip us off for $39.00 last month. How many times has your credit card company ripped you off? How many millions of dollars are they ripping us off for every month? Here is what happened.On our Bank of America credit card statement for November 2006 we found a "Late Fee" charge of $39. According to the...
- IB Contributor | December 18, 2006 9:27 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsProduct Defects Cost $700 Billion AnnuallySanta's coming and it's time to check which toys have been naughty and which have been nice. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) maintains a listing of naughty toys at their Toy Hazard Recalls website. Over a hundred children's toys are listed.Children can check out CPSC's "Kidd Safety" and his pals. The site features children's on-line...
- IB Contributor | December 17, 2006 1:43 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWhile working our motorcycle accident cases I have run across some startling statistics regarding not only the increase in the number of motorcycle fatalities but the age and sex of those killed. The statistics make it clear that riding a motorcycle is dangerous. You can increase your odds of survival by wearing a helmet and being a skilled rider.1. The number of motorcycle fatalities in the...
- IB Contributor | December 16, 2006 1:53 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsEvery day, for the past six years, there has been a traffic death in California*. The last day without a traffic fatality in California was September 12, 2000*. Personal injury law firms are likewise called upon daily to assist, counsel and guide the surviving family members and to seek appropriate compensation, from those legally responsible. It is in the best interest of the family of a...
- IB Contributor | December 15, 2006 6:12 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAs I look back at the clients we have represented this year and the types of cases we have pursued on their behalf, a startling statisic emerges. We pursued more rollover accident cases against automobile manufacturers than any other type of auto defect case. It was also clear that our auto defect cases that involved the rollover of a passenger vehicle, the injuries sustained were...
- IB Contributor | December 15, 2006 12:00 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWith the stated intended purpose of reducing automobile accidents caused by driver distraction, California Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law The California Wireless Telephone Automobile Safety Act of 2006. Generally the Act prohibits drivers from using a wireless phone while operating a vehicle, unless the phone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free operation and is...
- IB Contributor | December 14, 2006 5:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn an air pollution case on behalf of 94 Ohio residents suffering health problems from sulfuric acid plumes, the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ) forced the American Electric Power Company into a settlement to reduce toxic sulfuric acid emissions from Ohio's largest power plant, the coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. The Gavin Power Plant became infamous in 2002 when...
- IB Contributor | December 11, 2006 10:28 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsLast week in a mediation in San Jose, California, a defendant's insurance company offered our client a six figure settlement in a legal malpractice claim. Our client alleged that the defendant attorney, while representing his wife and consulting with both he and his wife regarding her claims, negligently failed to advise him of his right to a loss of consortium claim. The claim was eventually...
- IB Contributor | December 10, 2006 1:38 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAn ever increasing amount of evidence strongly supports our position that drug-coated (-eluding) stents, when compared to bare-metal stents, significantly increase the risk of blood clot formation long after they are implanted in a patient. Heart attacks can be triggered from these blood clots. We are actively pursuing Boston Scientific Corporation (Taxus stent) and Cordis, a subsidiary of...
- IB Contributor | December 09, 2006 2:00 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)I receive inquires regarding dogs attacking dogs such as the following, a few times a week.While walking my pregnant Yorkie on a leash, she was ripped out of my arms and brutally killed by a large, unrestrained dog. My Yorkie suffered a horrible, horrible death. This is the most brutal and traumatic event I have gone through and there doesn't seem to be any protection or justice for my pet....
- IB Contributor | December 07, 2006 5:43 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsRecently I was asked why I am still so passionate about representing personal injury clients after 28 years in practice. The short answer is, I know what it is like to be a personal injury client and have an unresponsive and unconcerned attorney. The experience I had with my personal injury attorney was terrible. I vowed to be the attorney I wished had represented me.In August 1974 a...
- IB Contributor | December 06, 2006 3:19 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAn outbreak of E. coli that has sickened nearly 40 people in New York and New Jersey has been linked to Taco Bell. Twenty-two people's illnesses have been linked to a South Plainfield, NJ store, and eight other restaurants have been closed as a precaution.Some health officials acknowledged that an announcement of the contamination had been delayed in New Jersey for several days, in part over...