Miscellaneous

• Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to San Diego Area Chipotle

  Walton Barber, LLP | May 01, 2008 1:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  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...

• Dogs Attack Riverside Woman in Front of her Home

  Walton Barber, LLP | June 20, 2008 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  In a case nearly identical to one Walton Barber had last year, a Riverside woman was attacked by two Rottweiler dogs in front of her Eastvale home. The woman suffered severe personal injuries,...

• San Diego County Lists Health Inspection Grades

  Walton Barber, LLP | January 05, 2008 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  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...

• Woman Sues County After Dog Attack

  Randy Walton | January 31, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  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...

• This Halloween Stay Safe (and Classy) San Diego

  Randy Walton | October 29, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  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...

• Product Liability: Lawsuit Filed Over Curious George Dolls

  Scott Barber | October 11, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  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...

• 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...

• Randy Walton & Scott Barber, Attorneys at Law

  Staff Writer | July 07, 2007 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Randy Walton represents individuals, families and businesses throughout Southern California, including San Diego, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties incase of personal injuries, wrongful death, and in the prosecution of nursing homes, residential care facilities, and assisted living facilities, including home health care, in cases involving the abuse and neglect of seniors...

• Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Midwest Renewable Energy

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  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...

• 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...