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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 News report, the fatal collision occurred the morning of August 3, 2010, when 19-year-old Laureano Tarazas crashed a Chevy Astro van on Guerneville Road in Sonoma County.

All the occupants in the van were employees of Mid-Valley Labor Services of Madera and were on their way to Occidental. Tarazas was later arrested in his home on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, felony hit-and-run, driving without a license and infliction of great bodily injury.
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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 or abuse can be devastating to the victims and their family.

 
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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 crossed over to the eastbound lanes and hit Consoli’s BMW. After colliding with the BMW, the Ford then crashed into a 2009 Chevrolet Silverado that had been driving behind the BMW.

Thomas Littlefield, the 61-year-old driver of the Ford SUV, told officials that he might have fallen asleep at the wheel. Andrew Kennedy, 32, and Heather Lauren, 33, the occupants of the Silverado, sustained minor to moderate injuries. An investigation is ongoing.
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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 at the intersection of Temple and Hill streets in downtown Los Angeles. An investigation is ongoing and no citations have been issued yet.
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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 light pole and a Lexus SUV — not stopping once. The bicyclist sustained abrasions and contusions; the pedestrian and two occupants of the SUV sought their own medical treatment for various injuries; and the driver of the Ford truck was uninjured. Schierholtz has been arrested on four counts of DUI causing bodily harm, three counts of hit-and-run causing personal injury, two counts of hit-and-run property damage and driving without a license.
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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 Drive turned left on to Park Avenue. The Kia then struck a Chevy sedan driven by a 29-year-old man.
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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 alleged injury took place while Anwar was operating the jointer — a power tool used to straighten a board’s edge. While operating the machine Anwar amputated portions of two fingers on his left hand sustaining severe mental, physical and emotional pain and suffering, disfigurement, and physical impairment.
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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 an Oldsmobile Cutlass turned left in front of the police officer’s motorcycle that was northbound on Ford Road. The officer suffered serious injuries, but is expected to survive. An investigation is ongoing.

I’m relieved to hear that this police officer did not suffer any catastrophic injuries here. I pray for his quick and full recovery.
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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 on to the shoulder. Officials are still trying to determine what caused the driver of the GMC van, 63-year-old Nicolay Pokornyy, to drift over to the shoulder. The bicyclist was taken to a regional medical center with serious injuries.

My heart goes out to this injured bicyclist and his family. I hope he has not sustained major injuries and pray that he makes a speedy and complete recovery.
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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 a person serving alcohol for money like a bar, but someone entertaining in their home, can be held responsible for injuries or death sustained by a person underage involved in an accident and to any third person who also becomes involved. The underage person would have to be leaving the home of the “social host” and get into this accident while under the influence of alcohol served by the “social host.”
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