Automobile Accidents

• Crazy Encinitas Car Accident is Like Law School Exam

  Walton Barber, LLP | July 10, 2008 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  All law students are required to take a class called Torts, which is basically the wrongs that can happen in society such as car accidents, assaults and batteries, malpractice, etc. As part of...

• Car Strikes Good Samaritan in Carlsbad

  Walton Barber, LLP | April 08, 2008 5:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Early Monday morning on the I-5 in Carlsbad, the driver of Chevy Cavalier lost control of her vehicle and broadside Mitsubishi Eclipse that was disabled in the fast lane after being involved in a...

• Three Pedestrians Killed in Separate Accidents

  Walton Barber, LLP | February 08, 2008 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  It was a tragic day for pedestrians in San Diego County yesterday. In three separate incidents, all occurring within one hour, a pedestrian was hit by a car and killed.The first accident occurred on Friars Road just after 6:00 p.m. when a 54-year-old man waked into westbound traffic and was struck by a late model Mercedes. Only a half hour later an SUV struck and killed a man near the rodeo...

• Motorcycle Accident Fatality Caused By Negligent Driver

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 29, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  San Diego police are reporting that a van made an illegal u-turn in front of motorcyclist Robert Reed yesterday, causing the motorcycle and the van to collide. The motorcycle accident occurred on Valley Road near Plaza Bonita Center Way in the afternoon. Reed, a San Diego resident, died as a result of the accident.Accident investigators may seek vehicular manslaughter charges against the driver.

• 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...

• 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...

• Limousine Crash Injures Six

  Walton Barber, LLP | December 19, 2007 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  We're continually advised this holiday season to have a designated driver if we plan on drinking away from home. Unfortunately that didn't help a car full of limousine passengers who were broadsided by a drunk driver in San Diego on Sunday.According to San Diego police this unfortunate motor vehicle accident occurred in the following way:The limo was being driven by a 21-year-old man at about 8...

• 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...

• Elderly Drivers a Growing Problem?

  Randy Walton | November 03, 2007 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  We're all aware that the aging baby-boomer generation is creating all kinds of societal concerns such as the solvency of social security, the increase in health care costs, and the availability of nursing home care. But what about all the elderly drivers that will be on the road?A few months about I counseled a client in her 80s who was being prosecuted for vehicular manslaughter. She had run...