A car accident in San Diego triggered by a police pursuit has resulted in serious injuries for 57-year-old Linda Comstock. KGTV San Diego reports that the head-on car accident involving Comstock’s Jeep and a Honda Accord bearing three teens occurred on September 22, 2010 near the 5 Freeway in Carlsbad…
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Two Injured in Orange County Car Accident
A mother and her 4-year-old were seriously injured in a Santa Ana car accident, which police say, was caused by an unlicensed driver. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the pedestrian accident took place in the 1200 block of East McFadden Avenue in Santa Ana the…
Viral Video Scholarship Contest Held to Promote Safe Driving
Newport Beach personal injury law firm Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys is helping to get the word out about an interesting opportunity for young people: The Viral Video Scholarship Contest. In a time where thousands of people are injured or killed in car accidents every year, the video contest employs…
Toddler and Grandfather Seriously Injured in San Diego Car Accident
A 50-year-old man and his 18-month-old grandson were seriously injured in a San Diego car accident, which police believe, was caused by an underage drunk driver. According to a news report in The North County Times, the major injury pedestrian accident occurred in the 4100 block of Lake Boulevard in…
Common Ailments Affecting Seamen and other Offshore Workers
The following is a guest blog post from the Texas Maritime Lawyers of Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. regarding common ailments and injuries affecting injured seamen and other offshore workers. Over the past five years, maritime workers have experienced an uptick in cardiovascular diseases and infectious diseases such as…
Kern County Car Accident Proves Fatal
A 40-year-old man from Richgrove was killed and two other men — Carlos Jimenez, 23, and Jose Espinoza, 26, were injured in a Kern County car accident, which officials say, occurred because a driver ran a stop sign. The Fresno Bee reports that the fatal car accident occurred at the…
Arizona Jury Awards $1.9 Million Dollar Verdict to Plumber Injured on the Job
This recent success for the Arizona Husband and Wife Law Team — Alexis and Mark Breyer — holds the general contractor and subcontractor responsible for dangerous conditions on a construction site that led to the serious personal injury of a plumber. Mark Breyer commented that “when a jury follows the…
Firefighter Films Car Accident Death of Dayna Kempson Schacht
The parents of 23 year old Dayna Kempson Schacht were faced with an unimaginable nightmare. Their daughter was fatally injured in a terrible car accident after losing control of her vehicle and crashing into a tree. Even worse, one of the firefighters who was supposed to be rescuing her, filmed…
Secret Speed Traps in Huntington Beach
One of the leading causes of Huntington Beach car accidents is speed. To reduce the number of car accidents caused by speeding cars, police have set up speed traps where they find vehicles violating posted speed limits. The following locations have all been reported as speed traps. Heil Avenue Between…
Governor Does Not Sign Assembly Bill 2059
Governor Schwarzenegger chose not sign Assembly Bill 2059. AB 2059 would have made it easier to hold foreign drivers accountable for the damages they cause while driving rental cars in California by allowing process to be served on the rental car company. The Governor wrote that “it does not seem…