My partner Brian Chase and I have been named once again as “Super Lawyers.” This is the second consecutive year that I have had the honor of being named on this prestigious list and the fourth consecutive time for my partner, Brian Chase. According to Super Lawyers web site, they…
A woman, who suffered severe brain injuries that left her permanently disabled after her car was broadsided by a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle will get $4.5 million in a settlement approved recently by the Los Angeles City Council. According to a news report, Sandra Griffin was sitting in the…
A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after he nearly drowned in his family pool on January 11, 2009, According to a Desert Sun article. The toddler, whose name was not released, was found after his mother noticed him missing from the house. The child was found submerged in the…
San Mateo authorities have indentified a 52-year-old man killed in a pedestrian accident as Gus Roubos. According to this news report in the San Mateo County Times, the San Mateo County Coroner is trying to determine whether Roubos died from pre-existing health conditions or as a result of injuries he…
Raquel Fuerte, a 58-year-old Santa Paula woman who had recently been knocked down and left seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in Ventura County, has now died. According to this news report in the Ventura County Star, Fuerte suffered the fatal injuries in a car versus pedestrian collision the evening…
A 43-year-old man who was struck and killed in a Santa Ana pedestrian accident has been identified as Grzegor Szewczak of Costa Mesa. According to this news report in the Orange County Register, Szewczak was crossing Harbor Boulevard near 17th Street on January 13, 2009 when he was struck by…
Three deaths associated with a nationwide salmonella outbreak occurred in Virginia and Minnesota, officials for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have confirmed. According to this Associated Press news report, health officials are urging nursing homes, hospitals, universities and restaurants to throw out specific five-pound containers of King Nut…
Lucas Robert Reiss, 18, died in a motorcycle accident the afternoon of January 9, 2009 on the Ortega Highway in Lake Elsinore, according to a Orange County Register article. Reiss, a resident of San Juan Capistrano, was riding a 2007 Suzuki on the westbound lanes of the highway near El…
At least 23 Lennox Middle School students and two adults were injured in a school bus accident on the 405 (San Diego) Freeway in Los Angeles on January 10, 2009 as the children were returning from a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits. According to this news report…
This is a victory for patients and California consumers. I’m talking about the California Supreme Court’s decision, which firmly establishes that emergency room physicians may not go after patients to collect any remaining balance remaining after being paid for their services by the patient’s HMO. Before the court’s decision ER…