CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA – On January 4, 2009, Yine Gonzalez and her unborn child were killed in an automobile accident that occurred on Interstate 5. Authorities say that John Francis Sudac, Jr., was changing lanes in his vehicle when he rear-ended the Ford Explorer that Ms. Gonzalez was driving. The impact caused [...]
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By: Berman Staff,
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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FONTANA, CALIF. – Three children, ages 9 to 15, were killed in a violent car crash Wedesnday night when fleeing from the California Highway Patrol after a routine traffic stop.
The 15-year old driver, Devon Keeten, sped away from the CHP after he was stopped for running a red light. Keeten ran several more red lights [...]
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LOS ANGELES – The eastbound 10 Freeway, also known as the Santa Monica Freeway, was closed into the afternoon on Wednesday due to a violent car crash that killed two 30-year-old males. The two victims were each driving their own vehicle when they apparently crashed head on.
Though the investigation is still underway, earlier reports [...]
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – 23-year-old Joel Vallejo Servin was killed on Thursday evening at work when a grappling machine used to pare logs caught him causing him to suffer severe crush injuries that proved fatal. Despite being transported to a nearby hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. The incident happened at his place of employment [...]
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - A high school football coach was recently charged with negligent homicide in the death of a student player who collapsed during football practice. A grand jury indicted coach David Jason Stinson following the death of Max Gilpin. The 15-year-old Pleasure Ridge Park High School sophomore had [...]
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - A research assistant working at UCLA who was seriously burned in a lab fire in December recently died from her injuries. The 22-year-old woman passed away at Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks. The fire started in the molecular sciences building, after chemicals caused a [...]
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By: William M. Berman, Managing Partner of Berman & Riedel, LLP
Los Angeles — California Highway Patrol Officer Jose Nunez reported that the body of an elderly man was found in the bushes by a passerby off to the side of Southbound lanes of traffic on the 405 Freeway near Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles today. The [...]
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By: William M. Berman, Managing Attorney of Berman & Riedel, LLP
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – On January 15, 2009, it was reported by the San Diego Union Tribune that 34-year-old Donald Leslie Truesdail, an Ocean Beach resident and local teacher, was killed on Interstate 5 in the Barrio Logan area when he “jumped” into traffic in [...]
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VISALIA, CALIFORNIA – A 31-year-old man was killed on Highway 198 at Road 68 just west of Visalia Wednesday afternoon in a crash involving four different vehicles. Caliornia Highway Patrol later identified the man killed as Robert Shane Travioli of Visalia.
The incident occurred when the vehicle in which Mr. Travioli was a passneger pulled out onto [...]
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