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• FL Longshoreman Settles Serious Personal Injury Lawsuit For $13.2 Million

  Scott Barber | October 03, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A Florida longshoreman who sustained serious personal injury when he was almost crushed to death at work has settled his case for $13.2 millon. It is believed to be the largest such settlement in Florida history.Michael Clarkin, who was employed as a clerk to track the movements of containers, was severely injured when a 20 foot shipping container fell on his Ford Explorer work vehicle. A...

• Want to be Profitable? Go Private, Cut Nursing

  Randy Walton | October 01, 2007 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  The county-owned nursing home Vermilion Manor in Virginia is looking to increase the bottom line. Last year it lost money, and a consultant hired to address the problem has the answer: reduce the number of nurses. According to the News Gazett, the consultant found that the nursing facility provides daily nursing that exceeds the state and national averages, so cutting nursing hours, he...

• Cooling the Body May Minimize Long-Term Effects of Brain Injuries

  Randy Walton | September 25, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Every 15 seconds, someone in the U.S. suffers a traumatic brain injury, said Brent Ibata, research coordinator for the division of neurosurgery at SLU. Brain injuries are responsible for 50,000 deaths and 80,000 disabilities each year. Doctors at St. Louis University are performing a study to determine if cooling down the body is the best way to minimize the long-term effects of serious brain...

• Forklift Crushes San Diego Man

  Chrissie Cole | February 07, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A San Diego man, 42, was killed when the forklift he was moving from a rental truck fell on him, crushing him, fire officials said. According to a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue...

• North County Motorcycle Fatalities Follow U.S. Trend

  Randy Walton | December 23, 2007 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Yesterday another person lost his life in a motorcycle accident. This time it was in Ramona, but I have been noticing more and more motorcycle fatalities in the local paper and wondered if I am just noticing more, or whether there are actually more. Well, according to a recent study, the number of motorcycle deaths in North County this year was unprecedented.As of December 22nd, the CHP has...

• Been in a Car Accident Because of the Rain? Here's Some Advice.

  Walton Barber, LLP | November 30, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Friday's rain was the first significant rain in San Diego County in a long time. And when there's rain in San Diego, we know that many car accidents will follow.Between midnight and 9 a.m. on Friday the California Highway Patrol had already logged 97 car accident incident eports. There were no fatalities, but a least two reports of serious injury, and no doubt many people banged up and...

• Two Auto Accident Fatalities on Route 78

  Walton Barber, LLP | November 21, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  In the last two weeks there have been two fatalities in Vista on Route 78. The first involved 37-year-old William Hansen of Oceanside who was struck after getting out of his car on the right shoulder. Hansen was hit be the driver of a silver 2001 to 2003 Honda Civic, who left the scene. Police later arrested 23-year-old Jessica Hawk for the hit-and-run accident. The other auto accident was...

• A Ghoulish Story of Dependent Adult Abuse

  Randy Walton | October 31, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  This Halloween a San Luis Obispo transplant surgeon is accused of dependent adult abuse after allegedly prescribing excessive painkillers and sedatives to expedite the death of a 25-year-old patient with the hope of harvesting his organs.Prosecutors say Dr. Hootan Roozrokh ordered massive doses of drugs to speed the death of 25-year-old Ruben Navarro last year. Navarro was taken to Sierra Vista...

• Bill to Protect Nursing Home Abuse Victims Vetoed

  Randy Walton | October 19, 2007 8:22 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Only hours before it would become law, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 399, a popular assembly bill that would have required the California Department of Public Health to complete investigations of nursing home neglect and abuse complaints within reasonable time limits and to notify complainants of findings. According to the California Advocates of Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), abuse...

• Insurance Companies Cheat Victims, Increase Profits

  Randy Walton | October 16, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Thousands of Americans are learning a sad insurance secret the hard way, when there's a disaster, insurance companies homeowners count on to protect them from financial ruin routinely pay less in insurance claims than what the insurance policies promise. Bloomberg News has reported that in the last 12 years, insurance company net income has soared, recording record profits, while paying less to...