Recreational All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) have always been a problem for safety advocates who have now called for a new set of ATV standards including a ban of three-wheeled ATVs. These advocates have also long battled manufacturers and their associations to ban the sales of adult-size ATVs for use by…
17-year-old Kevin Tran died in an Anaheim motorcycle crash after being hit by a car at Orange Avenue close to West Anaheim Hospital and Beach Boulevard, according to a recent article in The Orange County Register. Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said Tran was wearing his helmet and riding east…
A 15-month-old baby girl in Santa Ana miraculously escaped with leg injuries after falling from a third-story window after a screen on the window gave way, The Orange County Register reports. The baby’s name was not released. The baby was asleep next to her father, by an open window in…
Two people were killed in a fifteen passenger van accident in Medina County, southwest of San Antonio yesterday, according to an Examiner.com news article. 13 others were reportedly injured in the accident. Two Fort Worth area residents, 55-year-old Edilberto Aguilar and a 15-year-old boy Jose Sanchez were killed in the…
At the Ben Glass conference for lawyers this weekend I met and got to know personal injury attorney Chris Davis, his wife, son and parents. I have known of Chris Davis and his law firm but never actually met him. To say I was impressed is an understatement. Davis is…
The implementation of laws to protect seniors and dependent adults from abuse by court-appointed conservators are under threat of being delayed yet another year. Conservators control the care and finances of adults, usually the elderly, whom probate courts deem to be incapable of caring for themselves or managing their own…
A 20-year-old Huntington Beach college student accused of being under the influence of drugs and texting when he struck and killed 14-year-old Danny Oates has plead not guilty. Jeffrey Woods has been charged with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence, according to a news article in The…
Daniel Pearson, of Mission Viejo died when his car drifted off the Interstate 405 at Fairview Road in Costa Mesa and crashed into a guardrail and pole, according to an article in the Daily Pilot. California Highway Patrol Officer Denise Quesada said that neither alcohol nor other vehicles were involved…
Jason Taylor, a Laguna Niguel resident, watched as Beach Cities Towing Services Inc. towed his truck and car, illegally, from his Laguna Niguel condominium complex on Sept. 2, 2007. In return, Taylor set an example for us all by standing up to the towing company’s exploitative practices. In taking Taylor’s…
Sheri Moody, the 54-year-old Orange County woman whose pit-bull bit and seriously injured a mailman, will face the lesser charge of a misdemeanor instead of a felony in the Westminster dog bite case, The Orange County Register reports . David Carroll, a longtime mail carrier was mauled in September 2007…