California Injury Blog

A 1-year-old child was fatally injured in a San Francisco area dog bite incident, according to a KSEE news report. The dog attack occurred evening of October 23, 2009 in Delhi, California, when the child who was being watched by his babysitter was suddenly grabbed by the sitter's 65-pound pit bull. The dog grabbed the child by the throat and dragged him around the yard. The babysitter told Merced County Sheriff's deputies that she had to stab the dog with a fork several times to get it to release the child. She then called 911 and then began to drive the baby to a hospital herself. She was stopped by police for erratic driving. The child was then rushed to an area hospital where he died. The pit bull has been quarantined. No charges have been filed yet in connection with this dog bite incident as an investigation is pending.

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Six people sustained injuries after a Los Angeles car accident involving a Montebello Transit bus and a car the afternoon of October 28, 2009, the Whittier Daily News reports. The collision happened at the intersection of Whittier Boulevard and Bluff Road, Montebello police officials said. The car-bus crash injured five people on the bus and the driver of the car. Police are looking into what caused this injury accident.

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Two people were injured in a San Francisco car accident after an elderly woman driving west on the eastbound Highway 80 crashed head-on into another vehicle. According to a KTVU news report, the crash occurred the evening of October 28, 2009 on the highway near Cummings Skyway. California Highway Patrol officials say the woman was driving a Chevy Lumina when she slammed head-on into a Volkswagen Jetta. The elderly woman sustained major injuries. The driver of the Jetta was also taken to the hospital, but the nature of that victim's injuries is not known.

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Yorik Ponce, 32, was killed in a San Bernardino car accident early morning October 26, 2009, the San Bernardino Sun reports. Ponce was driving a 1997 Jeep Wrangler west on the 10 Freeway near Mountain View Avenue when he came up against a crash scene. He apparently turned to avoid a collision but was instead, hit by another vehicle. The Jeep then rolled onto its side. Ponce died shortly after the accident at a local hospital, San Bernardino Coroner's officials said.

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A California personal injury accident can be devastating. It can have a dramatic impact on your health, and earning potential. As a victim of a car accident myself, I know how difficult and overwhelming an accident can be.

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Sally Miguel, 44 and Patricia Miguel, 30, were killed in an Orange County car accident after their vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver going the wrong way on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, 21-year-old Jessica Shekell was driving her 2003 Toyota Tacoma west in the eastbound FasTrak lanes of the 91 Freeway when it collided head-on into a 2009 Chevy Silverado near the 55 Freeway the morning of October 26, 2009.

The Silverado's driver, Sally Miguel, died at the scene. Patricia Miguel, a front-seat passenger, died at a local hospital. The women's two nieces -- ages 15 and 11 -- also sustained injuries and were hospitalized. Shekell faces felony DUI charges.

I offer my deepest condolences to the family of Sally and Patricia Miguel. My heart goes out to the two young girls who have apparently been seriously injured in this DUI car accident. Please keep this family in your prayers.

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Efren Monterroso, 64, died of severe personal injuries suffered on-the-job after he apparently got trapped in a trash compactor in a Los Angeles factory in the North Hills area on October 23, 2009. According to an Associated Press news report, emergency personnel responded at 8201 Woodley Avenue and found Monterroso dead at the scene. He was inside the trash compactor when it somehow turned on. Authorities are investigating what caused this tragic accident. Another article in the Los Angeles Times states that the compactor was crushing cardboard at the time of the fatal accident. Officials did not release the name of the business where Monterroso worked.

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Two people were injured in an Orange County car accident the morning of October 19, 2009 after a motorcyclist collided with a car near the 5 Freeway on-ramp at Main Street in Santa Ana, California. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, the injury accident occurred at the intersection of Main Street and Buffalo Avenue. Santa Ana police said the motorcyclist was making a left turn to go onto the 5 Freeway southbound when he was struck by an orange Volkswagen GTI that was traveling northbound on Main Street. Both the motorcyclist and the driver were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

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Three people were injured in a San Diego car accident after a school bus rear-ended a van and crashed into a house in the Emerald Hills area the afternoon of October 21, 2009. According to a news report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, the school bus had no children on board. Police say the bus initially crashed into the back of a van stopped at the intersection of Guymon Street and Euclid Avenue and then veered into the house. The van's occupants -- a 44-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son – were taken to a hospital for treatment of their injuries and to be evaluated. The occupants of the home were thankfully not in at the time of the crash. Police investigators say the bus driver may have lost control of the school bus because of a seizure or some other medical condition.

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A worker suffered serious injury in california after his arm was crushed in a Cerritos on-the-job accident, leaving him trapped for more than 50 minutes as firefighters tried to free him. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Daily News, the accident occurred the night of October 21, 2009 at Apperson Print Resources. Firefighters had to use hydraulic tools to free the man's arm. He was described as a "critical trauma patient" and transported to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries.

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Our readers are probably aware that we blogged a few times in the recent past, about our client Deborah Reichle whose husband David Reichle was killed in a Los Angeles car accident on a Torrance street right outside his friend's home Thanksgiving morning in 2008. David suffered severe brain injury and died five days after the jeep driven by Sara Sherbin struck him. Basically, Sherbin drove down a very wide and quiet residential street before hitting David. She claimed later that she didn't see David getting out of his car and turning to talk to a friend on the sidewalk. Sherbin plowed through David and didn't even stop after she hit him. Instead, she shot across the street before coming to a stop two houses away.

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When dealing with an insurance company, it is always best to consult with a car accident lawyer in California. Insurance companies are for-profit organizations that are driven to make as much money as possible. As an employee of the insurance company, the insurance adjuster has a responsibility to make money for his company by holding back every last penny that he/she possibly can from your personal injury claim. As such, insurance adjusters are trained to do anything and everything within their means to withhold payment. While the insurance companies train adjusters to advocate their side, the average person must consult with a car accident attorney who will advocate their side of the story.

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Five people suffered serious injuries in a Los Angeles car accident after a man crashed a stolen sedan into an SUV as he was fleeing police. According to a Fox News report, the two-car crash occurred at East 43rd and San Pedro streets the night of October 18, 2009. Los Angeles police officials began pursuing the driver of the sedan when they saw him run a red light and tried to stop him. But the driver did not comply and fled running several red lights including one on East 43rd and San Pedro streets, where the car slammed into a Ford Explorer SUV.

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Brook Boynton, 51, was killed in an Orange County car accident after a suspected drunk driver, who officials say was travelling at over 100 mph on the 73 toll road, struck his car. According to a news report in The Orange County Register, 37-year-old Richard Ernest Caselli was speeding in a Volvo sedan the night of October 16, 2009, when he rear-ended Boynton's Nissan SUV on the southbound 73 near Laguna Canyon Road. The impact from the crash caused the SUV to spin out of control and roll over. Boynton was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

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Three people -- Rickie Reyes Jr., 22, , Zsorhzinnia Tevaseu, 19, and Racquel Cassini, 21, died and three others were injured on October 17, 2009 in a San Francisco car accident during a weekly spectacle of reckless driving in East Oakland called "sideshows," which local residents say are terrorizing their neighborhoods. According to a news article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Reyes, Tevaseu and Cassini were in a Nissan Altima that was speeding west on MacArthur Boulevard. The Altima veered toward oncoming traffic, slammed into a parked Toyota Corolla and overturned on the sidewalk near 100th Avenue, hitting a pedestrian. The pedestrian and two others in the Nissan were taken to an area hospital with serious injuries.

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A female driver suffered major injuries in a Los Angeles car accident after the car she was driving collided with a Los Angeles Police Department patrol vehicle at an intersection in Venice, California. According to a CBS news report, the injury car collision occurred at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Glyndon Avenue early morning October 16, 2009.

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Marilyn Bosshart, 74, was killed in a San Francisco car accident on state Highway 1 at Devil's Slide the morning of October 13, 2009. According to a news report in the San Mateo Daily Journal, the driver of a Nissan Z coupe was traveling south on the narrow highway at a high rate of speed. California Highway Patrol officials said the Nissan crossed over the center line and crashed into Bosshart's car head-on, killing her. The driver of the Nissan was also injured and taken to a San Francisco hospital. The driver of the third car that was involved in the car accident was uninjured.

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Gloria Levesque was the victim of an Orange County car accident on July 27, 2003. After her car accident, she wasn't sure where to turn. She didn't know who to trust to give her advice on how to get her life back.

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The California dog bite lawyers at BISNAR | CHASE understand how traumatic dog attacks can be. Sharon Holland, 54, suffered serious injuries in one such brutal dog attack in San Diego after she was attacked by three mastiffs. The attack was so horrific that it traumatized those who witnessed it. In fact, those who saw the dogs attack her say they are surprised that Holland is even alive. Holland's family members say she was admitted with serious bite wounds after the attack on October 10, 2009, but that now her life is in danger because the wounds have become infected and she had to be rushed to the emergency room.

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Vickie Chen and Elaine Shin Ly, both 19, sustained critical injuries in a San Bernardino car accident the morning of October 10, 2009 after they were struck by a suspected drunk driver on the 10 Freeway while changing a flat tire. According to a news report in the San Bernardino Sun, Chen and Ly were standing in front of their Toyota Camry along the westbound 10 lanes near the Richardson Street overpass in Loma Linda when they were hit.

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Editor's Note: As a few of our readers have pointed out, our source info was partially incorrect when this post was originally written. The attacking dogs were not pit bulls as originally thought, they were mastiffs. We will post an update in the near future on this event.

A woman was seriously injured in a California dog bite incident in National City on October 10, 2009 after she was attacked by three pit bulls. According to a 10news report, the woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking along the 2700 block of Granger Avenue when the dogs jumped on her and knocked her down. Christey James who apparently saw the injured woman lying unconscious on the ground and bleeding from her arms, called 911. The victim was hospitalized with injuries. Animal control officials now have possession of the three pit bulls. The dogs' owner has also apparently been identified.

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A mother and her toddler sustained critical injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles the afternoon on October 9, 2009 after they were struck by a truck while crossing at a Hawthorne street intersection. According to a news report in the Daily Breeze, the woman and her 2-year-old child were in a crosswalk on Imperial Highway at Hawthorne Boulevard when a truck making a right turn on to Hawthorne hit them. The driver who stopped at the scene of the collision has not been arrested, as an investigation is pending. Traffic investigators are asking anyone who witnessed this accident to call Hawthorne police at 310-349-2700.

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What was supposed to be a special and happy time in one family's lives turned into a tragedy when their son was involved in a California car accident.

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Brock Warmuth, 22, was seriously injured in a Ventura County car accident after his bicycle was struck by a car the morning of October 6, 2009. According to a news report in the Ventura County Star, Warmuth was riding his bicycle east along Bristol Road when a car driven by 48-year-old Cynthia Ginn hit him from behind. Warmuth was thrown off his bike. Ginn did not stop at the scene of the crash. A witness to the hit-and-run car accident followed Ginn while another person stopped and called 911 to help the injured bicyclist. Police arrested Ginn after they saw her passed out behind the wheel of her vehicle. She was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence and felony hit-and-run. Warmuth, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered major injuries and was taken to an area hospital.

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Did the California Department of Transportation's negligence lead to the wrongful death of a 22-year-old woman? As reported in California Personal Injury Lawyers File Wrongful Death Suit Against Caltrans BISNAR | CHASE lawyers are representing the plaintiffs in the death of Kimberly Anne Downes. The suit also includes Holly Anne Lee, Gaylene Lee, Victoriana Vasquez and Miguel Alvarez.

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A teenager suffered injuries in an October 5, 2009 Los Angeles car accident after she was hit by the driver of a pickup truck in a crosswalk in La Puente. According to a news report in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, two teenage girls were walking on Nelson Avenue and were in a crosswalk when a white truck came toward them. One of the girls was able to dodge the vehicle, but the other was hit. She was transported to an area hospital with injuries. The suspect who then fled the scene, is described as a Latino man between 21 and 25 years of age with dark hair. He was apparently driving a newer model white Toyota Tacoma. If you have information about this incident, please call the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department at 626-330-3322.

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The day Alexis Bennett got in an Orange County car accident was the worst day of her life. In September 2007, she was crossing an intersection when a car struck her from out of nowhere. Already seriously injured, she was also gripped with additional anxiety over what she was supposed to do next.

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Reality TV star Nicole Richie was injured in a Los Angeles car accident on October 5, 2009 after a photographer rear-ended her Land Rover on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. According to an Associated Press news report, Richie was driving the Land Rover when the accident occurred. Richie complained of pain, but told officials she would seek her own treatment. The photographer, 29-year-old Edwardo Arrivebene, was arrested on suspicion of driving without a license. No one else was injured in the car crash.

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A 13-year-old suffered critical injuries in a San Francisco car accident after a man crashed his vehicle into her family's home the evening of September 29, 2009. According to a KTVU news report, the girl, who has not been identified, still remains in critical condition after suffering broken ribs and head injuries. The driver apparently lost control of his car in the 3800 block of Callan Boulevard and veered off the roadway into an apartment. The family was in the living room at the time. The girl's parents, as well as the driver of the car, were also hospitalized, but their injuries were not life-threatening.

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A 65-year-old man was killed in a Los Angeles car accident caused by a suspected drunk driver, the Pasadena Star News reports. Police in El Monte arrested 24-year-old Joyce Polzin on suspicion of drunk driving and felony manslaughter in connection with the fatal accident, which occurred early morning on October 4, 2009 in the northbound lanes of Peck Road near Lower Azusa Road. El Monte police said the collision occurred when Polzin hit the man who had just got out of his parked Toyota Tundra pickup. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Polzin tried to drive away from the scene of the accident in her damaged Chevrolet Avalanche, but was stopped by a Good Samaritan just a few blocks away.

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Two 13-year-old girls suffered serious injuries in a San Francisco car accident after they were struck while walking to school the morning of September 30, 2009. According to a news report in the Contra Costa Times, the girls, both eighth graders, were crossing Oak Park Boulevard in Pleasant Hill when they were hit by an eastbound Chrysler PT Cruiser. Both girls were transported to an area hospital with serious injuries, but are expected to survive. Police say the girls were walking in a crosswalk, but that the crosswalk was not protected by a stop light or a stop sign. There was also no crossing guard posted at that particular crosswalk.

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David Joseph Garcia, 34, and Alex Estrada, 33, were killed in a Ventura car accident caused by a suspected drunk driver who crashed head-on into their vehicle, the Ventura County Star reports. Garcia and Estrada were killed in the crash the morning of September 27, 2009 on Highway 118 near Rose Avenue in Ventura, California. Joseph Garcia's wife, Sonia, was critically injured in the crash. California Highway Patrol officials arrested 24-year-old Jorge Hernandez on suspicion of felony drunk driving. Hernandez was apparently driving the wrong way on the highway and did not have his headlights on.

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