A man, who was fatally injured in a pedestrian accident in the Lakeview Terrace area, has been identified by local authorities as 49-year-old Alberto Sandoval. According to a City News Service report, the fatal collision occurred on Foothill Boulevard when 58-year-old Paula Larene Dautremont lost control of her vehicle, struck…
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Car Accident in Modesto Area Kills Four
Four people, identified as James Donald Anderson, 49, Emma Gabriela Anderson, 44, and Andrew David Anderson, 15, and James Edward Rowell, 40, were killed in a Modesto car accident the evening of August 24, 2010. According to a news report in The Modesto Bee, the fatal crash occurred when a…
Man Killed in California Dog Attack
Jerry Yates, 69, was killed in a dog bite incident after he was mauled on his own property by two large pit bulls that belonged to a neighbor. According to an ABC News report, Yates’s body was found with large bite marks and torn flesh, the afternoon of August 22,…
Fatal Santa Barbara Personal Injury Accident Kills Three
A fatal Santa Barbara personal injury accident took the lives of Leonel Leon, 22, Lorena Guadalupe Tellez-Pacheco, and Jaciel Tellez, 8 on August 24, 2010. According to a report in the Santa Maria Times, the truck driver and owner of the big rig, Joaquin Garcia Morales, rented a trailer that…
Is California Protecting the Elderly?
There has been some concern recently that the Attorney General’s office has not been aggressively prosecuting elder abuse cases. The San Francisco Examiner reports that prosecution of abuse cases are down under this particular administration from that of the previous Attorney General. In defense of the allegation, Attorney General Brown’s…
Fatal Orange County Car Accident Involves Suspected Drunk Driver
Mai Hayakawa, 22, was killed in an Anaheim car accident which involved a suspected drunk driver, The Orange County Register reports. California Highway Patrol officials say that the fatal car crash occurred the night of August 22, 2010 on the southbound 57 Freeway’s transition road to the 91 Freeway. Hayakawa…
Why Should You Put Your Recovery Into an Annuity?
Steve Moore a middle aged man with his wife was driving through N59th Avenue. In front of the Waffle House their Corolla came to a halt at a red light in between N59th Avenue and I-10 FWY Phoenix. Within few seconds a car driven by three young boys crashed into…
Calabasas Car Accident Injures Four Bicyclists
Four people were injured in a Calabasas personal injury accident due to an elderly driver. The intersection accident occurred when an 81-year old woman made a left turn in her Audi A4 and collided with Four bicyclists, according to a Los Angeles Times news report. The accident occurred while the…
Fatal San Diego Car Accident
Marc William Durham, 65, was fatally injured in a San Diego car accident, which officials say, was caused by a suspected drunk driver. According to a 10news report, the fatal collision occurred the night of August 20, 2010, at the intersection of Camino Del Norte and Carmel Mountain Road in…
Maritime Employers Will Undertake Surveillance of Injured Seamen
The following is a guest blog post by the Houston, Texas Maritime Lawyers of Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. regarding surveillance of injured workers in a maritime context. Our maritime lawyers want to warn injured seamen of an extremely common practice in the maritime industry. Most maritime employers or…