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California Personal Injury Law Blog

A general discussion of Personal Injury Law and legal topics geared towards the State of California.
By Norman Gregory Fernandez

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Last Entry: December 27, 2017 at 00:21:57

Two Car Accident?s Caused By a Possible Drunk Driver

Posted on March 09, 2009
Castaic - California Two traffic accidents involving five vehicles on the Interstate 5 early Saturday morning led to an arrest on suspicion of DUI, the transportation of four people to the hospital and lane closures, said California Highway Patrol Officer Ben Ellis...

Federal Hearing Regarding Chatsworth California Metrolink Disaster Confirms Engineer Warned About Cell Phone Use!

Posted on March 06, 2009
NTSB federal panel hears Connex Railroad testimony about fatal Chatsworth, California Metrolink train crash. Los Angeles, CA The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) www.ntsb.gov heard testimony in Washington D.C., on Tuesday, regarding the conduct of the engineer who died while operating the fatal Chatsworth Metrolink commuter train crash...

The Supreme Court strikes Preemption Argument In Drug Company Case.

Posted on March 05, 2009

Man killed in highway crash with big rig Truck.

Posted on March 04, 2009

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California Medical Malpractice Cases In a Nutshell.

Posted on March 04, 2009

Man Killed in Pauma Valley Crash.

Posted on February 19, 2009
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA- Authorities sought Wednesday to identify a man killed in a North County traffic accident that left a second motorist seriously injured. The crash on State Route 76 in Pauma Valley occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, when 55-year-old Edward Cory of Fallbrook lost control of the 2003 Dodge Ram truck he was driving, according [...

California State University Northridge Basketball guard Jenkins in auto accident

Posted on February 18, 2009
Northridge, California- Cal State-Northridge guard Josh Jenkins was involved in a one-car accident on Saturday night. Jenkins, who was a passenger in the vehicle whose driver was killed, is in stable condition but will remain in the hospital for a couple days and will be out of action for an undetermined amount of time...

New Laws for 2009 in the State of California.

Posted on January 30, 2009
Here are some of the new laws which went effect on January 1, 2009: No-text Law Writing, sending, or reading a “text-based communication” while driving will be against the law for all drivers in California. Violating this law is punishable by a base fine of $20 for a first offense and $50 for each subsequent offense...

Car crash kills 4 Pacific Union students on snack run

Posted on November 17, 2008
St. Helena, California- Four students from Pacific Union College near St. Helena died late Saturday when their speeding car slid into an oncoming vehicle. Speaking to hundreds of grieving students at a service Sunday, the college’s president nearly broke down in tears...

Victims in two fatal crashes identified.

Posted on November 17, 2008
Butte County California - Authorities have identified the three people ? including a Marysville man ? who died Thursday in a pair of road accidents in Butte County. Gary Nowlin, 71, of Marysville was killed when his pickup ran off Highway 99 in Chico, a spokeswoman for the Butte County coroner?s office said Friday...

Pedestrian dead after 3 car crash in Woodland Hills, California

Posted on October 19, 2008
WOODLAND HILLS, California - A teenage pedestrian and a driver died, and at least one other person was injured in a collision involving three cars in Woodland Hills on Wednesday. The incident occurred about 5 p.m. in the 20700 block of Ventura Boulevard, near De Soto Avenue, said LAPD spokeswoman Officer Karen Smith...

Bicyclist dies in Sunday crash on Uvas Road in Gilroy, California

Posted on October 08, 2008
A Gilroy bicyclist died Sunday morning after his bike struck a car on Uvas and Little Uvas roads in unincorporated Gilroy, California Highway Patrol officers reported. A CHP press release said Rita Campos, 60, of Morgan Hill, was driving a 1997 Honda eastbound on Little Uvas Road at 9:45 a...

One dead, three injured after truck plows through San Mateo, California grocery store parking lot

Posted on September 23, 2008
San Mateo, California A construction truck barreled down a hill and through a crowded San Mateo parking lot Monday, leaving one person dead and three others injured. The black container truck “apparently had some type of mechanical failure” while driving down 43rd Avenue, a residential street that dead-ends into a parking lot for Mollie Stone�s grocery, said [...

Ventura, California Woman Impaled During Car Accident Dies

Posted on September 22, 2008
VENTURA, California ? The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office says a Ventura woman impaled by a metal pole after a dramatic car accident died from her injuries. Armando Chavez, a senior deputy with the Medical Examiner’s office, says Louise Nemerson was rushed to Ventura County Medical Center where she died during surgery on Thursday...

Man Arrested in Fatal Car Crash in La Puente, California

Posted on September 22, 2008
Los Angeles, California A Duarte, California man, 22 years old, is being held after allegedly running a red light and smashing into another car, killing its occupant. A 22-year-old Duarte California man was arrested after allegedly running a red light and broadsiding another car in La Puente, California�last night, killing the 61-year-old driver, a California Highway Patrol [...

Metro Bus and Metro Train Collide in Los Angeles, 15 injured so far!

Posted on September 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES, California — A metro train and a bus collided Friday, injuring at least 15 people near downtown Los Angeles, officials said. The crash happened a week after a deadly collision involving a commuter train in a Los Angeles suburb called Chatsworth, California...

Chatsworth California Metrolink train crash kills 25, injures hundreds, and wreaks havoc on my neighborhood.

Posted on September 15, 2008
While driving home on the Ronald Reagan Freeway Friday night to pick up my gal, I observed many helicopters hovering over the area where I live. I decided to turn on KFWB News Radio to find out what was going on. I heard on the news that there had been a horrendous train accident within [...

What Do You Do When Your Motel or Hotel Has Bed Bugs? Don?t the let Bed Bugs Bite!

Posted on July 13, 2008
Imagine you and your spouse have been traveling for many hours on a major interstate highway on your motorcycle or in your car, truck or other motor vehicle. You and your spouse are very tired, sleepy, and decide to get a hotel or motel for the evening...

Happy Independence Day from The California Personal Injury Lawyer Blog!

Posted on July 04, 2008
First off I want to wish everyone a safe and sane Independence Day.Well it is that time of year again; Independence Day, known to others as the 4th of July Holiday. On this day in the year 1776, the founding fathers of the United States of America proclaimed through the Declaration of Independence, a new nation [...

Highway 101 reopened after Big Rig Truck Crash in Redwood City, California

Posted on June 11, 2008
Four people were injured in a crash that closed all but one lane of northbound Highway 101 in Redwood City for about two hours this morning, causing traffic to back up for miles. The accident involved a big-rig and six cars, according to CHP Officer Grace Castillo...

2 Are Killed In A Multi-Car Crash Near Campbell California

Posted on June 10, 2008
CAMPBELL, California ? A motorist crashed into several other vehicles in unincorporated Santa Clara County near Campbell on Monday, killing himself and his passenger and seriously injuring a third person, the California Highway Patrol reported. The accident happened shortly after 1 p...

1 KILLED, 3 INJURED IN SANTEE CALIFORNIA CAR ACCIDENT

Posted on June 08, 2008
SANTEE, CALIFORNIA - One person is dead and three others are injured after a crash that, witnesses say, may have been the result of street racing. The crash happened Saturday morning in Santee at the intersection of Mast Boulevard and Halberns Boulevard...

7-vehicle crash stalls I-680 traffic for hours in Fremont, California

Posted on June 06, 2008
FREMONT, California ? Four people were hurt in a seven-vehicle crash on Interstate 680 early Thursday that involved three big rigs, one of which overturned and forced the closure of multiple lanes for several hours. No one was seriously hurt in the pileup, which authorities say is still under investigation...

California Ban on Use of Cell Phone Without Hand Free Begins January 1, 2008! What You Need to Know about the New Law.

Posted on June 02, 2008
On July 1, after a nearly two-year grace period, a new era begins in California: holding a cell phone to your ear and talking while driving will be illegal unless it is an emergency. In most cases, you will still be able to talk-and-drive, but you will need a hands-free device to do so such as [...

California Ban on Use of Cell Phone Without Hand Free Begins July 1, 2008! What You Need to Know about the New Law.

5 people killed in chain-reaction South Los Angeles, California crash

Posted on May 27, 2008
South Los Angeles, California - A van going through an intersection barreled into a second van that had sped a red light Monday, causing a fiery six-vehicle collision that killed five people and sent several others to the hospital in critical condition...

A 21 Year Old East Bay man has been killed in three-car crash in Berkeley, California

Posted on April 24, 2008
Berkley, California- An Emeryville man died early this morning after he was in a three-car crash on Interstate 80 early, the Alameda County Coroner’s Office said. Eric Fernandez, 21, was involved in a three-car collision on eastbound I-80 near Ashby Avenue around 12:05 a...

California Products Liability Law; ?The Sophisticated User Doctrine;? is now the Law of California.

Posted on April 24, 2008
The California Supreme Court has given additional protections to manufacturers who have been sued for defective products or failure to warn in products liability. Following the lead of other state and federal courts, California courts will now apply the ?sophisticated user? doctrine...

30 Workers Treated After Farm Labor Bus Crash Near Fresno, California

Posted on April 20, 2008
Two days after a farm labor bus carrying 36 workers overturned on Highway 33 south of Mendota, the California Highway Patrol updated the number of people treated for injuries. About 30 people were taken to four hospitals or sought treatment on their own, said Sgt...

Politicizing the Cost of Health Care by Blaming Trial Lawyers; What a Load of Crap!

Posted on April 10, 2008
You have heard President Bush blame trial attorneys for the cost of health care being so high; you have heard a certain political party blame trial attorneys for the cost of health care being so high, and now another article is circulating on the Internet blaming trial attorneys for the cost of health care being [...

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