San Diego County Personal Injury Lawyer articles in category: Miscellaneous

The total number cases of hepatitis A contracted at a Chipotle restaurant in La Mesa has grown to 18. Authorities from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Department is advising any...

In a case that will be followed closely by attorneys who prosecute and defend cases involving dog bites, a Valley Center woman has sued the San Diego County's Animal Control for failing to take prior action against two dogs who later attacked her.There's no doubt the attack on Nancy Matthews was brutal. She was attacked by two boxers while trying to protect her 8 and 11-year-old children, and...

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...

In what can only be call the "No Duh!" story of the week, the Consumer Federation of America has released a study that concludes the insurance industry overcharges U.S. consumers to the tune of about $870 per household.According to Consumer Federation insurance director J. Robert Hunter, insurance carriers have enjoyed large profits by "methodically overcharging consumers, cutting back on...

If you ever wanted to know the results of the health inspection grades of your favorite San Diego restaurant, now you can.The San Diego County Department of Health unveiled a new web site last week that will allow the public to view the health inspection grades of about 12,000 restaurants. The site also allows people to ask for complete inspection reports, and instructs people how to file a...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued its annual reminders to parents as to how to have a fun, but safe Halloween. I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Halloween in San Diego now looks more and more like Christmas. Driving around there are lights on houses, artificial pumpkins, and large inflatable ghosts and witches dot every other yard. By the way, what's up with those...

Like a few hundred thousand other San Diegans, I spent Sunday night in a grocery store parking lot with my neighbors, and Monday night in a hotel room after being ordered to leave my home because of the encroaching wildfires. I'm one of the lucky ones. Unlike about 1,500 other San Diego County residents, I got to take my wife and kids back to a home that, except for ash and soot, and a bit of...

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...

Jesse Klinger was an 18-year-old Marine when he arrived at Camp Pendleton from some training before being deployed to the Middle East. One of the training exercises was designed to simulate the ordeal of interrogation by the enemy, and included actors playing the role of interrogator.During the mock interrogation, Klingler's mouth was gagged, he was blindfolded and his wrists and ankles were...

Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health has sent a legal complaint to Marvel Entertainment Inc., which markets the Curious George Birthday doll. Alarmed by new testing that reportedly found high levels of lead contamination in the doll, the group is brandishing California's Proposition 65 environmental law in its drive to get lead out of the toy chest.California has identified lead as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A man suffered severe second and third-degree burns while working at a Midwest Renewable Energy plant and has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company. The man is an employee of U.S. Water Services Utility Chemicals and was doing some maintenance work on a boiler. Steindorf was monitoring the pH levels and temperatures and watching for stabilization when he was then asked to remove...