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• More E. Coli Tainted Food, This Time at Taco Bell

  Claude Wyle | December 09, 2006 10:12 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Wow, with the most serious outbreak of E. Coli toxins since the spinach scare of this last September, at least 39 people were infected, and two of them critically through food traced to Taco Bell. Shockingly, Taco Bell covered up the news for at least several days, hoping it would all go away before the public panicked. This food poisoning attorney believes it is the responsibility of anyone who...

• Auto Crash On Interstate 80 Kills Truck Driver

  Claude Wyle | December 05, 2006 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  This morning, in Contra Costa County on Interstate 80, near Pinole, another multiple car crash resulted in a wrongful death. First, a Honda caused a minor automobile collision, then another car crash occurred, and then a pick up truck driver crashed into a tow truck that had responded to try to clear the freeway. The driver of the pick up truck died in the multi motor vehicle collision, and the...

• Pedestrian Accidents Reduced in Oakland By Pedestrian Scramble Device

  Claude Wyle | December 02, 2006 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Our team of pedestrian accident attorneys is keeping a close watch on ways for California cities to improve pedestrian safety. With high concentrations of traffic and pedestrians in Chinatown in Oakland, the rate of pedestrian accidents is very high. A recent study showed that elderly pedestrians were actually not being given enough time to clear the intersections before traffic lights allowed...

• Pedestrian Suffers Head Injury When Struck in Crosswalk

  Claude Wyle | November 24, 2006 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A 38-year-old Bay Point woman and her husband suffered serious personal injuries, including head and brain injuries and a broken leg last Friday night when they were both struck down in the crosswalk by a pick up truck. This pedestrian accident caused the woman near fatal injuries when she was dragged nearly 100 feet, after becoming trapped underneath the pickup. The woman was taken to John...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Car-Truck Accident Claims Newark Resident

  Staff Writer | October 12, 2006 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A Newark man was killed Wednesday when his Honda drifted into oncoming traffic and was hit head-on by a big rig coming the other direction. Twenty-three year-ole Paul Satele was remembered by family and friends as a hard worker who had just taken an additional job to help provide for his family. He was also a huge Raiders fan. Read more about the car accident.

• Choulos, Choulos, & Wyle

  Staff Writer | September 01, 2006 7:47 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  Choulos, Choulos, & Wyle is your law firm for experienced motorcycle and auto accident attorneys. Our lawyers represent clients in many areas of law, including car collisions, motorcycle accidents, truck accidents, and bicycle crashes. Our California auto accident attorneys have over one hundred years of experience representing clients in need of compensation for their injuries. We serve clients...