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• Scaffolding Collapse Causes Catastrophic Highway Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 31, 2007 5:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Failure of scaffolding on a highway on ramp near Chico, California caused a catastrophic highway accident early this morning. Miraculously, no fatalities occurred when thirty-six tons of steel collapsed on top of vehicles underneath. Three people suffered serious injuries, including multiple broken bones. One survivor was trapped in his FedEx truck for more than three hours before being...

• Mill Valley Man Dies in Fatal Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 7:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Investigators are still searching for the cause of an auto accident that left a Mill Valley man dead. The accident occurred on June 18, 2007 when a Mill Valley man unexplainably veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology results were negative.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• Over 700 People Ill From Salmonella Poisoning

  Shannon Weidemann | July 26, 2007 7:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The number of people that have reported falling ill after eating at the Pars Cove restaurant booth at the Taste of Chicago has now risen to 717. The restaurant served a hummus salad that had been tainted with Salmonella. The number of confirmed food poisoning cases is now 116. Pars Cove, a Persian restaurant that describes itself on its Web site as "the place where health and cost...

• Marin Lawsuit Raises National Awareness of Dangerous Bike Hubs

  Claude Wyle | July 25, 2007 9:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Traditional quick release bike hubs pose a danger to children because the wheels may spontaneously fall off, causing disfiguring and serious injury. This fall, New Jersey may become the first state to enact a ban on quick-release bicycle hubs. The movement against the defective bike hubs is rooted in Marin County, California, where families of eight injured children filed a lawsuit against...

• Reckless Teen Kills Three in Deadly Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 24, 2007 1:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Last night a reckless teenage driver took the lives of three others, as he raced at nearly triple the speed limit on a curvy road in Almaden Valley, San Jose. This auto fatality occurred when the reckless driver first struck an elderly couple who were pedestrians standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple, the driver, and his passenger all suffered...

• Proposed Bill Will Prevent Child Drowning Deaths

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 11:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  After the recent drowning of a 4-year-old boy, Great America is now requiring all children under 4 feet tall wear life vests in its pools. The mother of the boy was not in the pool at the time of the drowning and blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late. Will the new requirement save lives, or will it simply provide a false sense of security? Perhaps a better rule...

• Consumer Commission Powerless to Pull Deadly Product Off the Market

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Kazuma refuses to pull the Meerkat 50 Youth ATV off the market, or make the product safer. The Consumer Public Safety Commission (CPSC) is unable to force a recall. The ATV is marketed to children under 11 and the products numerous defects places the children at a high risk of serious injury or death. Defects include being able to start in gear and lack of front brakes and parking brakes.The...

• Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck; Kills Passenger

  Claude Wyle | July 20, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  The death of a 23-year-old woman this Sunday could have been avoided if only the driver in the van she rode in paid more attention to surrounding traffic conditions. Just south of the Herndon crossing on northbound I-5 at approximately 9:54 p.m., Pakom Lengsrichaem sped along at 75 mph. He did not notice traffic slowing ahead of him, and rear-ended a tomato truck moving at 15 mph. The tomato...

• Hit-and-run Victim Survives Serious Head Injury

  Claude Wyle | July 19, 2007 7:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Last Sunday at approximately 10:00 p.m. a motorist struck a pedestrian at the crossing of Amador Valley Boulevard and Regional Street in Dublin. Paramedics rushed the victim to a local hospital for treatment of a serious head injury. The victim required 12 staples on his head, but survived. A witness phoned police and followed the driver until police arrived and apprehended the suspect. ...

• Guilty! Bus Driver Injures Bicyclist

  Claude Wyle | July 18, 2007 8:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Golden Gate Transit is increasing training around bicyclists after a Marin jury recently found a driver guilty on charges related to a bus versus bicycle accident. The incident occurred on February 5, 2006 when a rider tapped on a bus and the angered the bus driver then allegedly attempted to run the cyclist off the road before intentionally hitting the rider at a bus stop on Ward Street near...

• Wife Runs Over Husband, Drags Him to his Death

  Claude Wyle | July 17, 2007 7:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In a tragic auto accident that occurred in San Francisco's Chinatown district on Saturday night around 8:15 p.m., an elderly woman accidently ran over her husband while backing out of her driveway, then dragged him to his death. Paramedics rushed the victim to San Francisco General Hospital, but he did not survive the serious injuries he sustained. The accident occurred at Mason and...

• Choking Hazard Prompts Baby Food Recall.

  Claude Wyle | July 16, 2007 12:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  After receiving complaints of choking, Gerber is recalling its organic rice and organic oatmeal cereal. The hazard is caused by lumps of product that may not dissolve properly in milk or water. Gerber announced the recall late on Friday afternoon, but there is evidence they knew of the hazard six weeks ago. Many parents, already disturbed that something as essential as food could seriously...

• Baby Cereal Recalled Due to Choking Hazard

  Shannon Weidemann | July 16, 2007 11:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A major manufacturer of baby food has issued a product recall for two of their popular products. Gerber's Organic Rice Cereal and Oatmeal Cereal have been recalled due to a potential choking hazard. The company has received complaints of choking but no injuries. Lumps of cereal in some 8-ounce boxes may not dissolve in water or milk, the company said.Customers who bought cereal (with UPC...

• Berkeley Pedestrian Dies From Head Injuries

  Claude Wyle | July 10, 2007 3:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Livermore California man who was struck last month in the crosswalk by a careless driver while crossing Telegraph Avenue at Blake Street , sustained severe head injuries, and died this last Thursday. According to the Berkeley PD, the negligent driver was arrested for driving while impaired. There may be further charges now that this is a wrongful death . Walk defensively! Even though you are...