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• Balboa Avenue Crash Seriously Injures Motorcyclist

  Randy Walton | November 28, 2007 5:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  The driver of a motorcycle was seriously injured in a collision that has closed westbound lanes of Balboa Avenue from Mount Culebra Avenue to Mount Everest Boulevard in Clairemont.San Diego police said a woman was driving east in a car on Balboa, started turning left onto Mount Culebra and was broadsided by the motorcyclist about 6:20 p.m.The motorcyclist was believed to have suffered a major...

• Elderly Woman Killed After Wandering From Escondido Nursing Home

  Randy Walton | November 27, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Cases involving nursing home wanderers are not uncommon in the nursing home abuse and neglect arena. I have had them, and I know my colleagues have as well. When an elderly resident of a nursing home wanders away, usually because there is some memory impairment, it rarely ends well.That was the case in Escondido on Thanksgiving Day when 94-year-old Maria Cobian, a resident of Palomar Heights...

• Pacific Law Center Accused of Unethical Activity

  Randy Walton | November 26, 2007 1:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  If you listen to Padres games, or watch them on television, you're very familiar with the commercials of the Pacific Law Center. Heck, if you live in San Diego and have eyes or ears you know of this law firm, whose ads can be found all over San Diego County in phone books, newspapers, the radio, and television. Allegations are now surfacing that the law firm was not keeping the promises it makes...

• Feds Unveil School Bus Safety Rules

  Walton Barber, LLP | November 21, 2007 11:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Last week three children were hospitalized in the Mira Mesa area after a school bus accident. The children were riding iin the bus when it was sideswiped by a SUV. Luckily, none of the kids were seriously injured. Coincidentally, the federal government was preparing to unveil new rules to improve the safety of school bus seats, and to expand the use of shoulder belts.Last Monday, U.S....

• Families Who Lost Homes in California Wildfires Suing Electric Company

  Jenny Albano | November 19, 2007 2:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Wildfires that ravages Southern California, killed two people, and destroyed more than 1,000 homes was caused by sparking power lines. Now, two families who lost their homes from the fires are suing San Diego Gas & Electric Co., claiming that the utility company failed to clear brush around its power poles and didn't insulate power lines to prevent them from sparking. The plaintiffs are...

• El Cajon Motorcycle Accident Kills Passenger

  Randy Walton | November 12, 2007 8:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  A motorcycle crash in El Cajon Saturday killed a passenger on the vehicle and left its driver with multiple injuries. Shanna Vogel, 33, of El Cajon died shortly after the crash, which occurred about 7:10 p.m. Saturday near Bancroft Drive and Lemon Avenue, the Medical Examiner's Office said. The motorcycle ran off a curve on Bancroft Drive. La Mesa police were investigating the cause of the...

• Aqua Dot Toys Recalled After Inducing Comas

  Randy Walton | November 08, 2007 4:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Chinese-made toy called Aqua Dots contains a chemical that converts to a "date rape" drug when ingested. Two children in the United States went into comas after swallowing the toy.The Aqua Dot toy is a highly-popular toy distributed by Spin Master Toys out of Toronto. The toy can be purchased over the internet and in regular stores, and are arranged into designs then fused together when water...

• Jury Awards $3 Million for Nursing Home Negligence

  Randy Walton | November 05, 2007 11:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The owner of two nursing homes was ordered by a jury to pay more than $3 million to the estate of a former resident who developed bedsores on his body while a patient at the two nursing facilities. The resident died in 2004.According to reports, the nursing home the verdict stems from a lawsuit alleging that the nursing staff at Barry Manor and White Oak Manor nursing homes were negligent, and...

• San Diego Law Firm Creates "Helping Handbook" for Fire Victims

  Randy Walton | November 03, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The San Diego office of the Morrison & Foerster law firm has published the "Helping Handbook" for individuals and businesses affected by the 2007 wildfires. The handbook was created to provide victims an overview of legal issues that individuals and small businesses might face in the aftermath of the fires.You may feel overwhelmed when considering the legal issues you face, and may determine...