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• Millions of Dangerous Bottles of Acetaminophen Recalled

  Claude Wyle | November 09, 2006 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Watch out if you buy store-brand acetaminophen caplets from Wal-Mart Stores or Walgreens or Costco Corp (and some others). Perrigo Co. a major manufacturer of store-brand acetaminophen, recalled 11 million bottles of the pain-relieving pills Thursday, after discovering some were contaminated with metal fragments. Although no injuries or deaths have been reported yet, these drug bottles certaily...

• Food Poisoning: A Deadly Danger to Children

  Claude Wyle | November 07, 2006 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  After spending more than a week in trial in Martinez, in Contra Costa County, California in a food poisoning case, the judge ordered a mistrial. Our client, a beautiful six year old girl, got Salmonella food poisoning from a restaurant that had repeatedly failed to get a health department permit to operate. They were still selling food to the public, despite repeated failures to get a permit!...

• Landlord Made Accountable for Tenant Trip and Fall

  Claude Wyle | November 06, 2006 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Congratulations to my partner, George Choulos, for another great result on a trip and fall case. $500,000! This trip and fall case, filed in San Francisco, California, is particularly notable since Choulos' client "tripped and fell" over a raised threshold and into an untempered glass shower door in his own apartment, on his way to the bathroom. Broken shards of glass pierced the man's body...

• Three Million Uninsured Drivers in California: Protect Yourself

  Claude Wyle | November 03, 2006 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  With and estimated 3.4 million uninsured drivers in California, it is vitally important that each of us protect ourselves by purchasing our own insurance for automobile accidents or motorcycle accidents. Although the State of California offers cheap insurance, only 26,000 people have signed up for the low-cost program. How do you protect yourself in the event of an car crash or a motorcycle...

• Dangerous Products: Children's Capes Recalled

  Claude Wyle | November 02, 2006 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Why are U.S. companies still distributing dangerous products (vinyl capes) for children? The news went out only on Halloween that 120,000 "Creepy Cape"costume capes were recalled due to their failure to meet non-flammability standards. The company selling these dangerous products from China is an American company, selling their flammable capes in California, and really should have known better....

• Halloween: Scariest Night for Pedestrian Accidents

  Claude Wyle | November 01, 2006 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Halloween is the most scary night for parents, since children ages 5 through 14 are four times more likely to die in a pedestrian-automobile accident on Halloween night than any other night of the year, this according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Falls of children are also a leading cause of non-fatal injuries on Halloween.Alan Korn, director of public policy for the...

• Man Killed in Car Accident on 580

  Staff Writer | November 01, 2006 12:39 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A four-car accident closed three of the four eastbound lanes of I-580 Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred near the Beaumont Avenue exit, and the California Highway Patrol closed the lanes for more than two hours.A man killed in the four-vehicle wreck was identified as Richard Schiavo, 20, of Oakland. No information was available on the other victims' other injuries or the cause of the crash,...

• Does Lane Sharing Increase Motorcycle Accidents?

  Claude Wyle | October 31, 2006 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  California is one of two states that actually allows lane sharing for motorcyclists. Called filtering or lane splitting, essentially lane sharing enables motorcyclists to pass between cars on multi-lane roads. While most auto drivers believe that motorcyclists are crazy and that this practice leads to increased motorcycle crashes, actual government sponsored studies have shown that lane sharing...

• Motorcycle Accidents Lead to Growing Number of Fatalities

  Staff Writer | October 16, 2006 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Across the country, the number of fatalities related to motorcycle accidents more than doubled in the years between 1995 and 2005. This correlates directly to the fact that the number of motorcycle and scooter sales has more than tripled in that same amount of time.The Ventura County Star has a great story about this and other factors that affect motorcycle accident fatalities. They also offer...

• Safety Tips to Prevent Bicycle Accident Injuries

  Staff Writer | October 13, 2006 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Over half a million riders suffer bicycle accident injuries that require hospital visits every year. About 15 percent of those go to the hospital with head injuries. I ran across an article from a Massachusetts newspaper that offered some simple safety tips for avoiding injuries while riding:Every time anyone gets on a bike, they should wear a helmet, even for a short trip.Parents should set a...