Saturday July 4, 2009 turned tragic for 60-year-old Illinois resident Shanon Miller and her family. Miller, who visiting San Diego with her husband over the 4th of July weekend to attend an educational convention, was killed after suffering injury upon being thrown from a pedi-cab.
After attending an early morning session of an education conference at the [...]
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By: Matthew A. Paré, Attorney at Law
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CALIFORNIA - 12-year-old Angelina Posca and her father Angel Jorge Posca, 58, of Palmdale, California were tragically killed by a large truck. The truck was being driven by 43-year-old Marcos Costa, who has been arrested on charges of vehicular manslaughter and felony reckless driving. In the [...]
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By: Natalie B. DeClusin, Attorney at Law
CALIFORNIA - Although the California Highway Patrol (CHP) has determined that an astounding 95.7 percent of California motorists use their seatbelts, they want to improve that statistic. This is largely based upon CHP’s finding that more than 30 percent of vehicle passengers killed in auto accidents in 2007 and [...]
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By: Matthew A. Paré, Attorney at Law
Based on the number of fatalities in the last five years, some of the most dangerous highways in America are in San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County. In particular, the I-15 in San Bernardino County is at the top of the list. Although [...]
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By: U. Kelley Riedel, Attorney at Law
TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT PRACTICE – The Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) reported a record low fatality rate for all types of traffic accidents in our country in 2007, and they are predicting an even lower fatality rate in traffic accidents in 2008. U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. [...]
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By: Matthew A. Paré, Attorney at Law
CLEVELAND, OHIO - A jury found Tyson Foods, Inc. liable for the death of Daniel Brumfield, 22, who was killed when a driver hit Mr. Brumfield’s pickup head-on. The fatal accident happened on a two-lane road, and the truck pushed the pickup backwards 200 yards. The jury deliberated for [...]
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - Shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Airport, a single-engine airplane crashed killing two people on board. The plane left the ground but was experiencing problems and tried to return to the airport. However, the two-seater plane slammed to the ground and burst into flames at the west end of the [...]
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OCEANSIDE, CA - A plane crashed in the Oceanside area of San Diego County on Saturday injuring the 24-year-old pilot Amadeep Singh and his 18-year-old passenger, Harshdeep Multani. The cause of the plane crash is still under investigation; however, it apparently encountered mechanical trouble and was attempting to make an emergency landing when it hit a utility [...]
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By: William M. Berman, Managing Partner of Berman & Riedel, LLP
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Captain Chelsey B. Sullenberger III, head pilot of the now infamous US Airways Flight 1549 that landed safely in the Hudson River last Thursday, has been hailed a hero. And to the extent that the term “hero” is often charged [...]
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – On Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 5 more lawsuits related to the Metrolink commuter train crash that killed 25 people last September were filed in the Downtown Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court. These additional suits were brought forth by survivors and family members of victims killed in the accident. Named [...]
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