Here is a compilation of most recent auto accidents in Southern California. Fiery fatal crash: Two people were killed and a third person was injured in a fiery three-vehicle crash on the Harbor (110) Freeway in Los Angeles, according to a news article in the Daily Breeze. Firefighters responded to…
There were several new laws relating to motorists that took effect Jan. 1. Some were more publicized than others. Here is a list from the Auto Club of Southern California. These are the laws that will take effect January 1: • Street racing offenders: SB 67, which reauthorizes a law…
A charter bus carrying at least 50 people from a Colorado ski resort skidded off a rain slicked road in South Utah and rolled over several times down an embankment killing nine people and injuring at least 23. According to an Associated Press news report, the Arrow Stage Lines bus…
Ameriquest mortgage company is paying out more than $18 million to 13,686 New Yorkers in restitution for indulging in predatory loan practices, a news article in the North Country Gazette reported. The company, like many others around the country, reportedly enticed homeowners to refinance mortgages by misrepresenting and/or failing to…
A 20-month-old San Jose girl and her grandmother were reportedly attacked and badly bitten by their pet dogs believed to be pitbull-boxer mixes, according to an Associated Press news report posted on KESQ TV’s Web site. The toddler’s grandmother, 48-year-old Elizabeth Cinco, was reportedly bitten on the neck, ear and…
Southern California is the land of amusement parks. There are probably more water parks – public and private – here than in most parts of this country given our year-round good weather and constant flow of tourism. But how many of us think about liability insurance before we send our…
Former New York Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, running a red light and slamming into another car, causing the death of a 30-year-old woman, according to an
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $15.7 million to a security guard and retired cop who suffered severe brain injuries after he was hit by a city-operated dump truck when he was riding his motorcycle in Northridge, the Los Angeles Times reports. The lawsuit was filed by Barry Bowman, a…
A funeral home mix-up led to the wrong body being buried in a grave at the Pacific View Cemetery in Corona del Mar. This mix-up was particularly traumatic for the families because it involved four seniors who died in a horrific big-rig crash in Tennessee during a cross-country road trip.…
A tire blowout reportedly caused a Sunnyvale woman to lose control of her car that veered off Highway 85 in Cupertino. The accident cost the woman her left arm, according to a news report in the Sunnyvale Sun. The car rolled off a freeway embankment, the article said. The accident…