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If you were injured in the recent Chatsworth Train Accident or if you lost a loved one, you might need the advice of an experienced California train accident lawyer. Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys, with more than 30 years of experience fighting for the rights of the seriously injured, have successfully represented clients injured in railroad accidents, Metrolink train collisions, and train crashes throughout California.

Since the tragic Chatsworth Metrolink train accident on September 12th, the attorneys at Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys have been investigating the legal rights of the injured and their families. Although initial reports appear to place the blame on a lone engineer, the National Transportation Safety Board is still conducting its investigation, and as in all complex railroad accident cases like this one, there are many facts and variables that will need to be considered before a cause can be found.

While our immediate attention and concern is focused on the victims of the Chatsworth train accident and their families, it is important that measures be taken to insure that train accidents like these do not occur in the future. Automatic control systems can be implemented on commuter trains that override mistakes by human operators to prevent train collisions and overspeed accidents. Additionally, railroads should be required to use scientifically based principles when assigning work schedules for train crewmembers, which consider factors that impact sleep needs, to reduce the effects of fatigue in train personnel.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new rules, which will make it harder for riders to use “novelty” helmets in states that require DOT-certified helmets. According to this news report, the new proposal will change the agency’s current motorcycle helmet safety standard to require manufacturers to place a larger, tamper-proof DOT label on the back of certified helmets. Officials say these new labels will make it harder for vendors to remove the labels from the approved helmets and affix them on the unsafe novelty helmets.

DOT recently conducted tests on these novelty helmets and found that they failed to meet current safety standards. The novelty helmets do not have the energy absorbing capacity to offer protection against head injuries in a highway crash. Motorcycle fatalities have been steadily increasing over the last decade and the most common cause of motorcycle accident related deaths is severe head injury.
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Wanda Michelle Lawver, 34, of Oroville was mauled by two pit bulls during a Sept. 22 dog attack in the yard of an acquaintance who had invited her over, the Oroville Mercury-Register reports. Lawver says the two pit bulls lunged at her as soon as she entered the yard – just after being told that the dogs were “harmless.” The dogs followed Lawver as she ran out through the gate, pulled her down and mauled her on the sidewalk in front of the house. The dogs attacked and bit Lawver for several minutes before they were called off.

My heart goes out to this dog attack victim. I can only imagine the kind of physical and emotional trauma Wanda Lawver must have undergone. Oroville Animal Control officials are investigating the case and are in the process of determining whether any criminal charges should be filed in this case.

The news report says the pit bulls were fighting right before Lawver stepped into the yard. Did the dogs have a history of prior aggression or attacks? Had they attacked smaller animals in the neighborhood or terrorized neighbors? Most importantly, why was Wanda Michelle Lawver left on the sidewalk with those two pit bulls mauling her? What was the dog owner doing at the time of the attack? Why didn’t he even attempt to help her or call for help?
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Several consumer groups around the nation are urging California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign Assembly Bill, AB 2825, which is designed to protect California motorists from auto body repair fraud. According to this news report, the legislation has been passed by a strong bipartisan vote and will become California law after Governor Schwarzenegger signs it.

AB 2825 will essentially safeguard consumers from fraudulent businesses that illegally or unethically switch parts, causing financial loss and possibly vehicle safety issues for the consumer. This bill requires a vehicle repair invoice to specify if any used, rebuilt, remanufactured or reconditioned parts are supplied. Current law requires that consumers be provided an itemized written estimate prior to work commencing and a final invoice listing work completed and parts provided. But this AB 2825 also mandates that an automotive repair dealer must attach copies of specified invoices to the estimate for all crash parts installed that are over $50.
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An Orange County nursing home is facing a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit from the family of 83-year-old Luveda Fern Kessler, who died of complications from a fall at the Villa Valencia Health Care Center. According to an article in The Orange County Register, Kessler fell and cut her leg on Aug. 23, 2007. She reportedly bled for more than 40 minutes without a nurse or healthcare professional by her side and was pronounced dead by paramedics.

A 911 recording of the incident clearly showed that the only person who was present near Kessler at Villa Valencia was “a staffer” who couldn’t even tell the 911 operator where Kessler was bleeding. The nursing home essentially neglected Kessler by not providing qualified staff at her service and allowing her to bleed to death.

The nursing home has already faced two negligence lawsuits recently, which allege that the facility is woefully understaffed. In Kessler’s case, the nursing home staff was fully aware that she used a walker and was prone to falls. Despite this knowledge, nursing home staff apparently didn’t even help Kessler get out of bed or to go to the bathroom. Her daughter said she put her mother in a nursing home because she lives in a tri-level condo, which would have been impossible for her mother to live in.
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The family of Lena Dickerson is suing Disneyland claiming the toddler was attacked and bitten by a dog in the park’s petting zoo in 2006. According to this Fox News report, Lena, just 2 years old at the time, was mauled by a German Shepherd-Labrador Retriever mix on Oct. 3 2006. The dog reportedly bit the child several times on the face leaving her permanently scarred.

Court documents state than a Disneyland employee brought her 6-year-old dog to the park, two weeks before the incident. The dog had been placed on a box in the Big Thunder petting zoo. A park employee invited children to pet the animal, while holding its leash. Lena had petted the dog and was just about to leave when the dog lunged at her and attacked her.
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La Palma is a well balanced city which prides itself on a responsive municipal government and a strong sense of community. The city’s small town character allows residents to live in quiet and friendly neighborhoods. With one of the lowest crime rates in Orange County, La Palma is a place where residents can rest easy and enjoy hometown living.

The La Palma personal injury attorneys at Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys have represented the seriously injured in La Palma for over 30 years. We specialize in fighting for the rights of those injured by the negligence of others and limit our practice to serious personal injury and wrongful death. Whether you were hurt in an auto accident, suffered a brain injury, or even were the victim in an La Palma dog bite incident, our top personal injury lawyers in Orange County are ready to represent the interests of you and your family.

We do NOT charge a fee until there has been a monetary recovery in our client’s case and we advance all costs and expenses.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board of Directors unanimously voted on Thursday in favor of a series of actions meant to improve rail safety in Los Angeles County, according to this NBC News report. These measures include using $5 million from Metro funds to pay for an automatic train stop system to prevent head-on collisions like the catastrophic Metrolink crash this month, which killed 26 and injured more than 135 commuters. The MTA board also aims to get $97 million from the 2006 California approved Trade Corridor Improvement Funds to make rail safety improvements.

MTA board members also reportedly made a series of recommendations to the Metrolink board to improve safety for commuters. Those recommendations include installing automatic train stop technology, doubling up engineers and putting video cameras in locomotives. Metrolink officials have also said that they are looking to install the safety technology even as they wait to get funding for the “positive train control” (PTC) technology, which would have prevented the fatal Chatsworth collision.
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Center for Medicare Advocacy, a watchdog group, is reporting that the nursing home industry is getting an extra $1.5 billion toward reimbursement, from Medicare next year. According to an article in Naples Daily News, nursing home advocates say this amount is clearly inflated and the windfall to skilled nursing facilities comes with “no strings attached.”

There is absolutely no reason to believe or expect that this money will go toward improved quality of patient care or a better quality of life for nursing home residents. This is unfortunate considering there are estimated to be more than 1.5 million nursing home residents in the United States. In fact, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released earlier this year, said about one-fifth of all nursing homes were cited in 2007 for serious deficiencies, most of them to do with negligence or abuse. Poor quality of care continues to harm a number of nursing home residents, placing them in immediate risk of death or serious injury.
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James Allen Deshon II, 30, of Hesperia, died on Sept. 23 after he was crushed by a truck’s hopper in Apple Valley. According to this news report, Deshon was attempting to repair a street sweeper at Wood Brothers Trucking on Pala Lane when the accident happened. He had climbed into the sweeper to carry out the repairs when the raised tilt hopper fell on top of him, crushing and suffocating him to death.

Investigators from the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) will hopefully try and determine what caused this fatal on-the-job accident. The family of James Allen Deshon II will no doubt receive workers’ compensation benefits through his employer. However, workers’ compensation benefits in California are woefully inadequate to meaningfully compensate a family for the loss of their loved one.
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