One person was killed and three Santa Rosa residents — Domingo Layata-Mendez, 34, Nahum Avendano, 26, and Ignacio Hernandez-Rubio, 17 — where injured in a San Francisco car accident, which officials say, was caused by an unlicensed driver who later fled the scene of the crash. According to a CBS…
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Is Elder Abuse a Big Problem?
When you leave your loved one in a nursing home, you expect them to be treated with the best of care. With the number of elder abuse cases that happen yearly, it is frightening to imagine that your elderly parent could be facing elder abuse. The results of elder neglect…
Prominent Chef Killed in Car Accident
Ted Consoli, a 58-year-old man from Seaside, was killed in a car accident the evening of July 30, 2010. The Monterey Herald reports that Consoli was driving east on Holman Highway in his 2004 BMW Z4, when a 2000 Ford Explorer struck him. The Explorer was heading west when it…
Los Angeles MTA Bus Accident Injures 13
Thirteen people were injured in a bus accident in Los Angeles when a delivery truck collided with a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus early morning on August 3, 2010. The Associated Press reports the truck crash caused injuries to both drivers and to 11 bus passengers in all. The accident occurred…
San Francisco Bay Area DUI Hit-and-Run Collisions Injure Three
A suspected drunk driver in Contra Costa County caused five car accidents, injuring three people, the morning of August 1, 2010, officials said. According to a Bay City News report, the unlicensed driver, identified as 23-year-old Cainan Schierholtz “went on a rampage” in Danville, striking a bicyclist, pedestrian, truck, a…
Riverside Car Accident Causes Major Injuries
Three people were injured, one seriously, in a Riverside car accident after two cars collided at a street intersection. According to a news report in The Press-Enterprise, the injury accident occurred the morning of July 30, 2010, when a 42-year-old woman, who was driving a Kia sedan east on Terrace…
Los Angeles Injury Lawyers File Suit against Los Angeles Unified School District
The Los Angeles personal injury lawyers of Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys announced today that they have filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District. The lawsuit alleges that 13-year-old Anwar Stetson suffered severe personal injury after amputating two of his fingers in woodworking class. The…
Motorcycle Accident in Newport Beach Injures Police Officer
A Newport Beach police officer sustained injuries in a motorcycle accident after he was hit by a vehicle at a local intersection, The Orange County Register reports. The crash happened the morning of July 26, 2010 at the intersection of Ford Road and Newport Hills Drive, when the driver of…
Man Hurt in San Francisco Area Bicycle Accident
A bicycle accident in Petaluma resulted in serious injuries for a 50-year-old man the morning of July 23. KTVU News reports that the man was riding his bike on the shoulder of the Highway 101 near Kastania Road when he was struck by a van that drifted from traffic lanes…
Why Do We Need a Bill Creating Social Host Liability?
The Consumer Attorneys of California along with other groups, including Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys, strongly support AB 2486 authored by Mike Feuer which will create “social host liability” for persons who knowingly serve alcohol to a minor. “Social host liability” means that someone who is a “social host,” not…