A big rig crash claimed the life of a 5-year-old and injured her mother about 12:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon on Interstate 5 (Santa Ana Freeway) in Cerritos, according to the California Highway Patrol as reported by CBS2 on their website. Byron A. Vasquez, 26-years-old, was driving a big rig on…
In what may be considered one of the most significant safety regulations in recent decades, federal regulators have said that all auto makers must equip their vehicles with side curtain air bags by the year 2013. According to the Detroit News, these airbags mandated by the National Highway Transportation Safety…
What do parents need to watch out for when they buy Christmas presents this year? Just when we thought we’ve seen the end of the Mattel toy recall, the world’s largest toy maker on Wednesday announced yet another massive recall involving 800,000 Barbie accessories, Fischer Price train locomotives and bongo…
A school district in Santa Barbara County has settled for $1.5 million with the family of a woman who died in a fiery crash last year when she was hit by a minivan driven by a school principal during a school trip. According to a news article in the Santa…
BY: A Staff Writer Tenacity and persistence are two qualities that can make or break a personal injury attorney or firm. Because, without these qualities it is impossible to win cases or more importantly, to get justice for those people who have been seriously injured or killed because of someone…
BY: A Staff Writer A new study has found that the number of children who have been injured by dangerous toys has more than doubled in the last five years compared to the preceding decade, according to an article in the watchdog Web site, www.consumeraffairs.com. The study, which was conducted…
BY: A Staff Writer An Illinois federal jury earlier this month awarded a South Carolina woman $15 million after finding that the tire of the motorcycle she was riding on was defective and led to an accident that left her with severe brain damage. According to an article in the…
Blyth, California. Eighteen-wheelers are more common than ants in the summer time on Interstate 10 as they cross back and forth, coming in and leaving California over the Colorado River. Yesterday one of them was involved in a fatal truck accident near the Blyth Airport just after noon. Authorities reported…
Mattel needs to step up to the plate. Sure, the biggest toy company in the world can argue they had no knowledge of the lead-based paints their popular Chinese-made toys are brightened with. But the least they can do is to create a fund to help parents do the testing…
Your rights to a class action lawsuit cannot be bullied away from you. It is not OK to put “unconscionable” clauses in your contract that take away the right of the public to band together as a group and sue you, and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in…