Archives : 2008 : October
Rollover Accidents: Ford Will Have to Pay
Since 1999, Ford Motor Company, America’s oldest automaker, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, not least for its Explorer-related SUV rollover accidents. A defect in the Ford Explorer’s design that causes it to flip over like an empty tin can in the event of loss of control or a burst tire, has been linked to hundreds of deaths in the US, not mention many more severe injuries, including spinal cord injuries and brain injuries.
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Glendale Schoolgirl Killed in Pedestrian Accident
The city of Glendale has a disturbing reputation for the high number of pedestrian accidents within its limits, and on Wednesday, that reputation was affirmed as an 11-year-old schoolgirl was killed after she was struck by an SUV outside her school.
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Riverside County Man Arrested After Drunk Driving Accident
A Riverside County man driving the wrong way in Chula Vista crashed his car into a motorcycle on Monday night. SanDiego6.com is reporting that the motorcycle rider has suffered severe life threatening injuries, and has been admitted to the hospital.
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Anaheim Motorcycle Accident Kills Teen
The Orange County Register is reporting that a seventeen-year-old boy has been killed in a motorcycle accident at Santa Ana Canyon Road and Maud Lane in Anaheim. The accident occurred early on Monday morning. The teen, Brendan Shanks was on his motorcycle westbound on Santa Ana Canyon Road when his bike collided with a Chrysler that attempted to make a turn at Maud Lane. The motorcyclist was rushed to the Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the Chrysler, a woman did not suffer any injuries.
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Thermal Car Accident Kills Mother and Three Children
A tragic car accident over the weekend in Thermal killed a mother and her three children, and left her husband seriously injured. According to the Ventura County Star, the car accident occurred at about 1:05 am early on Sunday morning near Coachella, on Route 86.
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Truck Driver in Seal Beach Bicycle Accident Pleads Not Guilty
A couple of days back, our Orange County truck accident lawyers blog carried a report on Carrie Busse, the 46-year-old Seal Beach mother, who was killed in a truck accident when she was riding her bicycle with her autistic son. On Tuesday, the truck driver who was believed to have been drunk while driving prior to the accident, entered a not guilty plea to charges of killing Busse under the influence of alcohol, and drugs.
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Delta Crib Recall Targets Older Cribs
A new crib recall by Delta Enterprises explores uncharted territory in the model and date of products that it’s focusing on, but skeptics say the CPSC, which announced the recall, has been too slow to act on crib safety.
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Trainee Police Officer Arrested in Denair Car Accident
A Stockton police trainee has been arrested for drunk driving after causing a car accident in which one of his passengers died.
It’s not often we get to report on a police officer in the making, one just near permanent status, and his drunk behavior that has now resulted in a fatality. 27-year-old Ryan Honnette was in the training program that is conducted before a graduate of the police academy is allowed to join full service. On Saturday, Honnette was driving a 2000 Ford Excursion, with four other passengers. It was about 5 pm. The Modesto Bee reports that Honnette was doing 40 miles per hour as he neared the highway 132 – Lake junction. He lost control of the vehicle and drifted over to the west shoulder of the lane. As he attempted to steer the vehicle back on course, he overcorrected. The SUV rolled over, throwing 25-year-old Turlock resident Matthew Miller out of the back seat window. He was rushed to Oak Valley Hospital where he was declared dead a little while later.
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Orange County Bicycle Accident Kills Woman
Sam Busse’s 14-year-old world got a whole lot darker on Sunday when his mother was killed in a bicycle accident in Seal Beach, Orange County as she was riding her bicycle.
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Supreme Court Maintains 2004 Asbestos Law is Retroactive
In a move that’s bound to affect thousands of asbestos injuries cases filed in Ohio, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled that a 2004 law that places strict limitations on the kind of persons who can bring these lawsuits, may be applied to those cases that were already filed before the law was passed.
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