Posts tagged Serious Personal Injury

• Woman Sues County After Dog Attack

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

  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...

• Lifeguard Truck Accident Lawsuit Settled

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

  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...

• This Halloween Stay Safe (and Classy) San Diego

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

  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...

• San Diego Fire Victims Must Not Be Afraid To Ask Insurance Questions

  Randy Walton | October 25, 2007 1:53 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Insurance Companies Cheat Victims, Increase Profits

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

  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...

• Personal Injury: Production Company Sued As Pretend Military Training Turns Real

  Randy Walton | October 12, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  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...

• Product Liability: Lawsuit Filed Over Curious George Dolls

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

  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...

• Criminal Trial in Dog Bite Case

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

  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...

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

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

  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...

• Tainted Beef Recalled

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

  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...