Gae Sum Park, 81, was killed in a Los Angeles car accident, which involved a hit-and-run driver. According to a CBS News report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred the early morning of November 20, 2010 at Olympic and Harvard boulevards in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Officials say Park was walking outside…
Rene Ambriz, 20, was killed in a Ventura car accident while riding his bicycle across the street. According to a news report in The Ventura County Star, the fatal bicycle accident occurred the evening of November 13, 2010 at the intersection of Ventura Road and West Hemlock Street in Oxnard.…
Two people were injured in a San Diego car accident, which police say, may have involved two drunk drivers. According to a 10News report, the injury car accident occurred at the intersection of Pendleton Street and Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach the night of November 16, 2010. Two occupants of…
A motorcyclist was severely injured in a San Diego car accident after an elderly driver attempted to turn ahead of him. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the motorcyclist was traveling north on Waring Road at Orcutt Avenue the afternoon of November 17, 2010. It was…
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a San Diego car accident involving an AT&T utility truck. According to a news report in The San Diego Union-Tribune, the injury motorcycle accident occurred on State Route 78 near Julian, the morning of November 16, 2010. The motorcycle was travelling on the steep…
The Supreme Court faces yet another assault on state consumer protection efforts. This time, states are trying to protect the rights of consumers to organize class action lawsuits in order to fight unruly corporations with unfair practices. These corporations have tried to thwart consumer protection efforts by requiring that customers…
The Supreme Court is faced yet again with the decision of whether to bar state court remedies to individuals who have suffered personal injury from drugs and products. The question is whether the state laws that protect product users and patients from the negligence of manufacturers are “preempted,” or wiped…
Consumers could be seriously affected by a case currently before the Supreme Court assessing the legality of adhesion contracts requiring mandatory arbitration. These forceful provisions have found their way into all kinds of consumer and employment contracts and have very serious impacts for the rights of the parties. The result…
Gary Smith, a veteran Caltrans worker, was killed in a suspected DUI collision as he was working on Highway 99 in Butte County. According to a KTXL news report, the fatal pedestrian accident occurred near Chico the night of November 14, 2010. Caltrans workers, including Smith, were setting up a…
Five people – identified as Ana Lilia Gonzalez, 31, Lance Allen Heath, 43, and his wife Amy, 36, 57-year-old George William Miller and 37-year-old Tonya Beth Trayer — were killed in a San Diego car accident the afternoon of November 13, 2010. According to a news report in The San…