Personal Injury Q and A

A 56-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man sustained major injuries in a San Bernardino car accident, when he was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle the night of August 21, 2010.

Madera County Sheriff's Deputy Homer Puga sustained major injuries in a Fresno car accident after colliding with another vehicle that was making a left turn.

A car accident in Visalia resulted in injuries for five people on August 7, 2010.

Angelo Jeffers, 3, died in a swimming pool accident in the backyard of a San Bernardino home, the night of August 8, 2010.

Sandra Dawn Cox, 48, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the road.

Sheriff's Deputy Benjamin Quintana was injured in a car accident after a van crossed the center line on Avenue 328 and hit his patrol car head on.

Eight people were injured the morning of July 30, 2010 in a Los Angeles train accident after a Blue Line commuter train collided with a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus in downtown Los Angeles.

A 15-year-old boy who was fatally injured in a pedestrian accident in Los Angeles has been identified as Eric Gilhooley.

Michael William Nine, a bicyclist, was fatally injured in a Newport Beach car accident the morning of July 15, 2010 after being struck by a gardening truck, The Orange County Register reports. Newport Beach police say Nine was coming down Spyglass Hill at about 40 mph, approaching Harbor Ridge Drive, when a gardening truck pulled out on to Spyglass Hill and caused the bicycle to crash. Officials are still looking into whether Nine crashed into the truck or crashed trying to avoid the truck. He sustained critical injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he died. An investigation is ongoing.

Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., an Orange County nursing home operator with facilities in Los Angeles and elsewhere in California, has been hit with a $671-million fine for failing to provide adequate staffing, the Daily Breeze reports. Understaffing or lack of adequate staffing is considered to be one of the leading causes of nursing home negligence and abuse in the United States.