Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Scaffolding Company To Blame For Deadly Collapse

  Chrissie Cole | February 25, 2009 3:39 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Paramount Scaffold Inc. is to blame for the fatal collapse of a temporary walkway cover in downtown San Diego that killed one man and injured at least 14 others in August 2008. The cover...

• Wrongful Death: Rash of Motorcycle Crashes Continues

  Randy Walton | October 13, 2007 12:52 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  It is simply remarkable how many motorcycle accidents there have been in San Diego County in the last month or so. I have counted at least ten. Sadly, the most recent involved a fatality. The San Diego Union has reported that 22-year-old Michael Duffy Jr. was killed in the Midway area. Apparently the Pacific Beach resident was riding along Sports Arena Boulevard when a sport utility vehicle...

• Taser Manufacturers Face Wrongful Death Lawsuits

  Randy Walton | October 02, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The now infamous video of a University of Florida student being tased during a speech by Senator John Kerry has shined the media spotlight on the use of tasers, and the safety of these self defense devices. As the use of tasers spreads among law enforcement and civilians alike, a question is being asked: how safe are they?For the uninitiated, a taser is a hand-held devise that shoots to barbed...

• Widow Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Buffer Manufacturer

  Chrissie Cole | September 14, 2007 7:38 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A Texas widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit for her husband's death, against OPC/Floor Blazer and American Honda Motor Company, the manufacturers of a floor buffer that she believes was defective and dangerous and to blame for his death.In January, while he was working as a floor technician, he was sent to clean floors at an office building in Longview. He used a propane powered floor...