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California Personal Injury News & Issues / Blog

Boy Dies After Crash in El Cajon

By: Matthew A. Paré, Attorney at Law
Monday night a 7 year-old boy died after the vehicle he was in was struck by another vehicle in El Cajon. The child’s name is Aram Gorgees, and he is from El Cajon. Aram was riding in the rear left passenger seat of a vehicle at around 9:40 p.m. [...]

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19 Year-Old Driver Sentenced to Prison Following Deadly Crash in Poway

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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Southern California has Deadliest Roads in America

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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UPDATE: Scaffolding Company Found to have Caused Construction Accident that Killed One and Injured at Least Fifteen Others Last August

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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California Nursing Home Issued Most Severe Citation Under State Law

By: Christopher C. Walton, Attorney at Law
LEMON GROVE, CALIFORNIA – Lemon Grove Care & Rehabilitation Center, a 158-bed nursing home, was recently issued a “AA” citation and fined $80,000 by the state for its failure to properly supervise a 74-year-old woman who caught fire and later died.  According to the California Department of Public Health, no [...]

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Construction Accident Victim Dies

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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ELDERLY WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR KILLED BY CAR

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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San Diego Man Dies While Attempting to Maneuver Forklift

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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California’s Best Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyers, Berman & Riedel, LLP

When You Need the Very Best, We Are the Legal Experts for Handling California Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Matters 
San Diego, California - In recent years, reported cases of elder abuse and neglect in California nursing homes have been on the rise. This is due in large part to a growing societal awareness of the [...]

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California Fires Call for Attorneys

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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