San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Automobile Accidents

Allstate Insurance has been telling its customers for years they are in "good hands." Little did they know that those hands were inside “boxing gloves." This stunning article in the Herald Tribune...

On Sunday, January 20, two small planes collided in Southern California killing five people, four from the planes and one bystander on the ground.The planes crashed at approximately 3:35 PM, about a mile from the Corona Municipal Airport, raining debris all over the car dealership below.Two people were killed from each plane, and a fifth was killed inside a Chevy dealership hit by wreckage, said...

They say that 40 is the new 20, and 60 the new 40 (does that mean 50 is the new 30?), and now there is some discouraging evidence to prove it. Baby boomers are buying - and crashing - motorcycles in greater numbers.According to trauma surgeon Thomas Velky of Escondido, hospitals around the country are treating a growing number of baby boomers for injuries related to motorcycle 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....

Automobile accident reconstructionists from all over California gathered in Anaheim on Tuesday to take part in the California Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists' fall conference. As part of the conference, crash testing was done with crash test dummies.Jerry Eubanks, a nationally recognized forensics expert in the reconstruction of automobile accidents, led the testing, and...

It goes without saying that in the political battles between the insurance industry and consumer organizations like trial lawyer groups the insurance industry has one giant advantage: money... and lots of it. This perennial battle continues up north in Washington where the insurance industry is trying to overturn a law that would force insurers to pay up to triple damages and attorney's fees if...

Two men, both active-duty Marines from Camp Pendleton, died in a fiery crash in the early morning hours. The car accident occurred at the 805 and 905 in San Ysidro where the vehicle lost control and struck light pole, then hit a tree. In addition to the two fatalities, three other passengers suffered injury, the extent of which is currently unknown.For more information on this subject, please...

A fiery car crash yesterday morning on Interstate 8 claimed the life of one passenger and officials believe alcohol was a factor.The driver of a 2000 Ford Taurus was driving recklessly just after midnight, trying to pass another vehicle by driving in the center line. He lost control of the vehicle when the tires hit the dirt causing him to swerve across the highway striking a BMW, according to...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 14 declared the Graves Amendment unconstitutional. That amendment had given immunity to automobile rental agencies for harm caused by their vehicles. The legislation has been a source of concern for the clients of personal injury law practitioners because it allowed owners of vehicles to rent or lease their cars without...

The North County Times reported that two children and a pregnant woman were among 11 people sent to area hospitals September 8, 2007 after a five-car accident up in a Vista intersection, according to officials. A toddler and a 6-year-old child suffered multiple traumatic injuries and were flown to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, officials said. The pregnant woman, who officials said...

A 45-year-old man lost his life in a tragic car accident, Saturday, in a head-on collision involving an alleged drunk driver.He was traveling east on SR-78 in his 2007 Toyota Tacoma when a 2000 Ford Expedition crossed the double yellow line and smacked into the left front side of his pickup.The Expedition drifted first onto the right side of the road and then turned left into eastbound traffic,...

A father has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after fleeing from a fatal car accident that claimed the life of his 9-year-old son, who was asleep in the front seat, yesterday.The boy died on impact, authorities said. The boy's father was driving him home when he crashed into the back of a pickup truck parked on the shoulder of the road, said California Highway Patrol.The father, who...

A 24-year-old man was found dead in his vehicle on Monday morning, after a passerby reported seeing a vehicle in the water off the side of the roadway on State Route 4, west of Tracy Boulevard.The man, whose identity was not released due to pending family notification, was found in his 1998 Chrysler Sebring, which was overturned in Trapper Slough, California Highway Patrol reports. The man did...

A man was killed, Friday, when his vehicle, stopped at a car accident scene, was rear-ended by an LAPD Patrol Car on the Ronald Reagan Freeway.It is currently unclear if the vehicle had been involved in an accident prior to being struck by a cruiser from the Los Angeles Police Department's Mission Station, said a sergeant from LAPD's Traffic Division.A male was killed in the crash, west of Tampa...

A man and his son allegedly attacked another driver after their vehicles were involved in a car accident on East County Road in Valley Center.At approximately 6:40pm, Thursday, authorities received a report about an assault with a deadly weapon. When deputies arrived, they found gun shell casings in the car wreckage from the crash, said San Diego County Sheriff's Department.The father, 49, was...