A jury in Los Angeles has cleared Caltrans of any wrongdoing in a 2012 freeway crash in West Covina, which left a 5-year-old boy quadriplegic and seriously injured his sister. According to a City News Service report, the children, Jeremiah Dunmore and Brionna Samuels, were riding in a minivan that…
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Dangerous Conditions of Public Property Lawsuit Filed Against City of San Clemente
The Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys California personal injury lawyers have recently filed a lawsuit against the City of San Clemente, the State of California, and the County of Orange for hazardous conditions of public property. In March of 2010 Miguel Gama Macias from Santa Ana was riding his motorcycle…
Mountain View, CA Challenged with a Lawsuit for Dangerous Public Property
The personal injury lawyers of Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys have recently filed a lawsuit against the city of Mountain View, California for a dangerous stretch of roadway. The allegedly dangerous roadway conditions in Mountain View may have caused the accident in which Randy Richards endured severe injuries and lost…
Bicycle Accident Spurs Concern about Dangerous Roadway Condition
Local residents in the Tamalpais Valley in the San Francisco area are crying out for better bicycle safety after 26-year-old Claire Diepenbrock suffered horrific injuries in a bicycle accident on May 26, 2009. According to a news report in the Marin Independent Journal, Diepenbrock was injured after she was hit…
Lawsuit Alleges City of Temecula and Caltrans Knew about Dangerous Intersection
The family of 5-year-old Sergio Flores has filed a lawsuit against the city of Temecula and Caltrans, which states that a dangerous condition on the roadway caused the fatal accident. Sergio was hit by a pickup while riding his bike. The accident occurred near Rancho Vista and Calle Rio Vista…
Orange County Street Intersection Accident Victims Receive $8.3 Million Jury Award
A jury has found that the city of San Juan Capistrano must pay $8.3 million in damages to Trenton Merrill and Scott Agostini. The two boys were seriously injured in a 2005 accident because of a dangerous condition at a city street intersection. The jury found that the dangerous condition…
Dangerous Los Gatos Roadway Has Residents Concerned
Residents in Los Gatos, California, are asking their city officials to fix problems on a dangerous roadway where a young boy was injured. 13-year-old Peter Goodlin was struck and injured by a car while riding his bicycle to school on Aug. 29, 2008. The driver who hit Peter said he…
State of California Agrees To Pay Teenager $10 Million For Crash Involving a Dangerous Freeway Condition
A Los Angeles teenager who lost both her legs in a freeway auto accident after her car hit a broken metal guardrail, will get $10 million from the state of California. According to a news article in the San Jose Mercury News, Priscilla Contreras was driving home in 2006 when…
Anaheim’s Tree Negligence Costs a Life and $700,000
Anaheim City Council members apparently settled in a hurry authorizing the payment of $700,000 to the family of a 49-year-old man who died when a large Ficus tree came crashing down, smashing his parked van. Michael Gandy, a church maintenance worker who usually took lunch breaks while parking his Ford…
Man Dies In Fatal Crash At Dangerous Orange County Intersection
A man, who was a passenger in a 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse, reportedly died after a traffic collision near the Los Alamitos Race Track in an area, which city officials themselves have admitted is a dangerous intersection. The deceased man has been unidentified as Fernando Flores, but there is no word…