Personal Injury Q and A

A 26-year-old man was fatally injured in a San Bernardino, California motorcycle accident after he lost control of his 2005 Kawasaki Ninja and crashed into a garage the afternoon of November 17, 2009, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports. The man, who is yet to be identified, was riding his Kawasaki near a friend's house [...]

A 24-year-old skateboarder has died in a San Diego car accident after he was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The man, who has not been identified, was heading west in the right eastbound lane of Hacienda Drive near South Emerald Drive in Vista early morning on November [...]

Nursing home abuse and negligence as well as other elder abuse complaints are severely underreported in California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register and also, based on recent findings from the California Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes, serious deficiencies exist in California's approach to detecting and responding to elder abuse [...]

Kipp Daniel Crawford, 31, was killed in a Portland car accident after his bicycle was struck by two separate drivers, both believed to be under the influence of alcohol. According to a news report in the Portland Tribune, police arrested 41-year-old Carlos Tyrone McCall and 44-year-old Felisa Washington-Berry and charged both with DUI. At the [...]

A man was killed in a San Diego car accident after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on Miramar Road the morning of November 6, 2009. According to a 10news report, the accident occurred near Camino Ruiz. San Diego police said the injured motorcyclist was transported to an area hospital where he [...]

Lindsay A. Leonard, 23, was killed in a Portland car accident the night of November 1, 2009 after she was struck by a car while trying to cross a street with her friend. According to a news report in The Portland Tribune, the pedestrian accident occurred at the intersection of Foster Road and 80th Avenue. [...]

A 60-year-old woman was killed the afternoon of November 1, 2009 in an Orange County car accident after a driver rear-ended the vehicle she was in. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, a 27-year-old man was driving east on Alicia Parkway near Hon Avenue in Laguna Hills when he crashed into [...]

As California nursing home abuse and negligence attorneys, we are extremely concerned about the escalating rate of neglect and abuse in our nation's nursing homes. According to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, California leads the list of states with the most number of distressed nursing homes in the country. This is cause for [...]

A 25-year-old man was killed in a San Bernardino car accident the morning of October 30, 2009, the San Bernardino Sun reports. The accident reportedly occurred at the intersection of Arrow Route and Robinia Street in Fontana during the early morning hours. The driver, whose name has not yet been released, was on Arrow, traveling [...]

Eric Sean Enockson, 36, was killed in a San Diego car accident after his motorcycle was rear-ended and dragged down Interstate 8 by a hit-and-run driver who was later arrested for driving under the influence. The fatal motorcycle accident occurred the morning of October 17, 2009 when 27-year-old Claudia Herrera, who was driving a Chevrolet [...]