By: Matthew Paré, Attorney at Law
Richard Caldwell, 19, plead guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison. This Rancho Bernardo teenager rolled the SUV he was driving down a residential street, killing one of the passengers and injuring other people. The crash happened at 2:30 [...]
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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: Natalie B. DeClusin, Attorney at Law
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) released a report yesterday stating that it was Paramount Scaffold Inc. that most likely caused the construction site accident that resulted in at least fifteen people being injured and one local man’s death. The report issued explains [...]
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By: Matthew Paré, Attorney at Law
According to the latest statistics, 76 Californians have become ill from the outbreak of salmonella bacteria recently found in some peanut butter and peanut butter products. Nationally, more than 630 people became ill from infections caused by the outbreak, the CDC says. Although nine people have died there have been [...]
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A 49-year-old man who was injured in a San Diego construction accident last summer died on Wednesday from complications from his injuries.
Tyrone Allen was one of sixteen people seriously injured in the August 28, 2008 accident. The incident occurred in the East Village area of downtown when a walkway collapsed next to an apartment complex [...]
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By: Matthew A. Paré, Attorney at Law
GARDEN GROVE CALIFORNIA – A woman in a motorized wheelchair who was trying to cross the street died shortly after being struck by a motorist. The victim, Kum Lim, was 88 years old, and was in a wheelchair on Lampson Avenue near Monarch Street at approximately 7:45 a.m. when [...]
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By: Christopher C. Walton, Esquire
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – On February 6, 2009, 42-year-old Lee Haleem of San Diego died while attempting to unload a forklift from a rental truck. The specific cause of accident is still under investigation, but the forklift is believed to have tipped after being stuck on the tailgate of the rental truck [...]
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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: Christopher C. Walton, Attorney at Law
COMMON BACK INJURIES FOLLOWING AUTO ACCIDENTS
AUTO ACCIDENT PRACTICE – Back injuries are one of the most common injuries that people experience following an auto accident. Back injuries can range from being minor in nature to serious and debilitating, and may even go undetected for some time following an accident. [...]
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By: Matthew A. Paré, Attorney at Law
California is known for having many devastating wildfires, some destroying thousands of acres. While some of these fires are due to dry conditions and natural causes, other times there are people and/or companies to blame. When that is the case, and there has been a wrongful death, severe personal [...]
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