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• Three Die in Fiery Truck Accident

  Randy Walton | October 15, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A fiery truck accident on Interstate 5 killed three people and injured at least ten last Friday evening. The chain-reaction accident occurred on southbound lanes near Santa Clarita, closing the southbound lanes.The Los Angeles Times reported that the accident occurred inside a southbound tunnel that is used primarily by big-rig truckers and caused a fire that was so intense that firefighters...

• Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled for $1.6 Million

  Randy Walton | September 27, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  An Illinois hospital and one of its doctors have settled a malpractice lawsuit for $1.6 million. The suit was filed after an infant died of severe constipation.Will County Circuit Judge Gerald Kinney approved the settlement Wednesday, more than three years after Shequetta Wilson filed the suit.Her son, Noah Wilson, was 5 months old when he died Sept. 26, 2002, of septic shock from untreated...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Madison Nightclub

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A man was killed in a nightclub in Madison County in 2006. He was shot by another patron and his estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nightclub Club Xcursion. The lawsuit alleges the nightclub did nothing to stop dangerous people from entering the nightclub. Maple's estate claims the club is negligent for failing to prohibit John Doe from entering the building, failing to provide...

• Iowa Woman Awarded $13.5 Million in Cerebral Palsy Case

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A woman that gave birth in 2003 has sued the hospital where she gave birth for medical malpractice because she believes they did not properly monitor her son during labor. The boy ended up having cerebral palsy. The jury in the case agreed and awarded the woman $13.5 Million. The boy was born at Broadlawns Medical Center. As doctors prepared to perform a c-section on Deb Gardner, she says...

• Veteran PGA Caddie Struck and Killed in Del Mar

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 24, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Popular PGA caddie Steve Duplantis was struck and killed in a pedestrian vs. auto accident as he stepped of the center median of a Del Mar street and was struck by a taxi. Duplantis was in the area to caddie in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines.According to reports, Duplantis was an excellent caddie with a reputation as person who liked a good party."Never want to hear anything like that...

• Lifeguard Truck Accident Lawsuit Settled

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 16, 2008 8:02 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  The city of Coronado has paid $141,000.00 to settle a lawsuit filed by a 24-year-old tourist who was run over by a lifeguard truck while sunbathing on a Coronado beach.The city issued a formal apology to Sarah Bouvet who was hospitalized for two days with injuries to her pelvis, legs and ankles. Her lawsuit sought compensatory damages, and also called for a change in the city's lifeguard...

• Criminal Trial in Dog Bite Case

  Randy Walton | October 09, 2007 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A veterinarian who is afraid of dogs? That's how Nancy Matthews of Valley Center describes her dog bite experience after being viciously attacked by two boxers near her Valley Center home. Matthews was attacked in November while taking a walk with her two young.Pedro Balerio Torres, the owner of the dogs, will stand trial this month on two felony charges for failing to protect the public from...

• Tainted Beef Recalled

  Randy Walton | October 02, 2007 7:25 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  San Diego County health department officials are urging county residents to throw out beef products from Topps Meat Company. The meat was recently recalled because of possible E.coli contamination.Topps Meat Company announced the recall on September 25, and expanded it to include 21.7 million pounds of frozen products after federal health inspectors discovered new E. coli contamination. The...

• Bedrail Entrapment - How To Be Safe

  Randy Walton | September 29, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a major crib recall, reporting that 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs have been recalled after three children became entrapped and suffocated, including a 9-month-old child who died. But bed rail entrapment is a danger not limited to the young. It continues to injure and kill many elder Americans every year.It is estimated that...

• Report: FDA Fails To Monitor Clinical Trials

  Scott Barber | September 28, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A report by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, Daniel R. Levinson, assails the FDA for failing to ensure the health of patients in clinical trials. According to the report, the FDA could not accurately determine how many trials were being conducted, audited less than 1% of all testing sites and, when an audit found problems, supervisors downgraded the findings...