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Personal Injury Law

San Diego Injury Lawyer Blog

Covers San Diego injury news, cases, and issues with a focus on California Law.
By Ross Jurewitz

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Last Entry: March 15, 2011 at 02:43:09

Teenager Injured After San Diego Pedestrian Accident

Posted on September 17, 2009
A San Diego County boy was struck by a motor vehicle in Rancho Penasquitos, leaving him seriously injured, according to police. The boy is only 15 years old. The collision occurred just after 7 a.m. when the boy was trying to run across Carmel Mountain Road on the 13500 block of the residential neighborhood...

San Diego Fatal Pedestrian Accident Near SDSU

Posted on September 14, 2009
A pedestrian walking along Interstate 8 near College Avenue in San Diego was killed on September 3, 2009, when they were struck by a car. The accident happened on the westbound lanes near the SDSU campus around 1 a.m. The victim was declared dead at the scene...

Benefit Concert Held for Southern California Car Accident Victim

Posted on September 12, 2009
A concert was held on August 29, 2009,to honor and benefit a young girl who was struck by a car while on vacation and remains in critical condition even today. Rebecca Martin, 11, has been hospitalized in Southern California since August 13, when she was struck by a car while crossing the street near her grandmother's house...

San Diego Pedestrian Dies One Year After 2008 Walkway Collapse

Posted on August 24, 2009
A pedestrian walkway collapse at a construction site in the East Village of Downtown San Diego has claimed its' second fatality nearly one year after the initial accident. James Barham was recently found dead after accidentally overdosing on the painkillers he took for the back and knee injuries suffered in the 2008 walkway collapse...

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Imperial Beach ATV Accident Injures San Diego Sheriff's Deputy

Posted on August 21, 2009
Two San Diego County Sheriff's deputies riding all-terrain vehicles last weekend got involved in a crash in Imperial Beach while out on the ATV's, injuring one when he was catapulted forward off the one he had been riding on. The two deputies had been on northbound Seacoast Drive near Elder Avenue at 11:35 a...

San Diego Personal Injury Attorney Answers Client's Question: How Much is My Injury Accident Case Worth?

Posted on August 13, 2009
Prospective clients to our San Diego personal injury law firm often ask, "How Much is My Personal Injury Case Worth?" It is the most frequently asked question besides, "How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take?". Our San Diego injury accident law office takes pride in providing as much helpful and useful free information as we can to our personal injury clients and members of the public...

Los Angeles Boy Killed As He Crosses Street

Posted on August 13, 2009
A Southern California boy was killed last week when he was crossing a street in Los Angeles. The 14-year-old boy from Inglewood named Semaj Spencer was the tragic victim of this hit and run pedestrian accident. The suspect of the death has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident...

San Diego Personal Injury Lawyer Answers Client Question: How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take?

Posted on August 10, 2009
One of the most frequent questions our San Diego personal injury law firm receives from prospective clients is, "How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take?". Our office takes pride in providing as much helpful and useful free information as we can to our personal injury clients and members of the public...

Fatal Mission Bay Cruise Leads to Death of La Jolla Man

Posted on August 08, 2009
San Diego's Mission Bay had a deadly even this week when lifeguards and divers found the body of a 28-year-old La Jolla man in the bay on August 9, 2009, over 12 hours after he dove off the Bahia Belle cruise ship with two friends. He did not make it to shore and drowned...

Seattle | Kirkland, Washington Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

Posted on August 04, 2009
Just listened to an amazing interview by Ben Glass of Ben Glass Law in Fairfax, Virginia. He was interviewing Seattle, Washington motorcycle accident lawyer Max Meyers of Scott McDonald and Associates, PLLC, located in Kirkland, Washington. Mr. Meyers has built a niche injury accident law practice representing the victims of serious motorcycle accidents...

Interstate 5 (I-5) San Diego Car Accidents

Posted on August 03, 2009
Interstate 5 (I-5 or "the 5") freeway is the major north-south freeway running along San Diego County's coastline. It is a very heavily traveled road and is the site of many traffic accidents, including car wrecks, motorcycle accidents, and truck crashes...

Fatal San Diego Pedestrian Accident Takes Life of Man, Dog

Posted on August 03, 2009
A fatal San Diego pedestrian accident occurred over the weekend when a man and his dog were killed by a car while they were crossing the street, according to San Diego police. The victim was soon identified by the County Medical Examiner's Office as 79-year-old Billy Don Viele...

Spinal Cord Disc Injuries Caused by Accidents

Posted on August 02, 2009
Most car accidents cause some type of injury to the spine. Often that injury is merely straining and spraining the soft tissues surrounding the spine which cause the spine to bend and flex. However, in many cases, the spine suffers a greater injury including injuries to the discs that cushion the vertebrae...

Helpful Information About Minor Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Posted on August 01, 2009
Some of the most serious injuries that one can suffer from an accident are brain injuries. They are very debilitating and they often go undiagnosed or under-diagnosed. Two of the most common categories of brain injuries are minor traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI)...

Father of Chula Vista Girl May Face Charges in San Diego Trolley Accident

Posted on July 31, 2009
Earlier this week, we posted a story about this fatal San Diego trolley accident in Chula Vista where 4 year-old Veronica Ramirez was killed. She had been riding on a bicycle with her father when they approached the trolley crossing at L Street. According to witnesses, the guard arms were down and the warning lights were flashing when Veronica's father decided to ride around the guard arms in front of the oncoming trolley...

San Diego Boy Hospitalized After San Marcos Scooter Crash

Posted on July 31, 2009
A 12-year-old San Diego County boy ran a stop sign while riding a scooter, which resulted in a minivan vs. scooter accident in San Marcos, producing devastating results. A sheriff's deputy reported that the boy was airlifted to San Diego's Rady's Children's Hospital for treatment...

Interstate 15 (I-15) Truck and Car Accidents

Posted on July 31, 2009
The Interstate 15 (I-15 or "the 15") freeway runs along the inland part of San Diego County and runs north from National City through Escondido and Temecula in the north until it reaches Nevada near Las Vegas. I-15 is a highly traveled shipping lane for interstate trucks and big-rigs...

San Diego City Council Takes on Pedicab Accidents and Injuries

Posted on July 31, 2009
The highly publicized death of a San Diego tourist by a pedicab driver last month has given way to new regulations being put in place on pedicab drivers by the San Diego City Council, who met on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, to re-regulate many of the rules...

San Diego Bicyclist Dies on North Torrey Pines Road

Posted on July 31, 2009
An elderly man cycling in San Diego County died last week while out on his ride. His identity had not yet been released, but he was known to have been riding his bicycle south along North Torrey Pines Road when he died, and had apparently experienced a medical problem, which was to blame for his death, according to San Diego Police Department officers who reported on the matter...

Knee Injuries Commonly Caused by Accidents and Their Treatments

Posted on July 30, 2009
Knee injuries are commonly caused by personal injury accidents, particularly slip and fall accidents where the foot unexpectedly moves underneath the body in odd ways. Knee injuries can often be treated in an out-patient procedure. However, sometimes knee injuries are so severe that they require more serious surgery...

Interstate Trucking Accidents | San Diego Personal Injury Attorney

Posted on July 30, 2009
Big rig trucking accidents are very serious. When a vehicle is struck by a tractor trailor, they are either completely destroyed or very seriously damaged. And that is just the car, not the passengers inside. Drivers and passengers typically either suffer lifelong injuries or are killed...

San Diego Bay Boat Crash Injures Father and Daughter

Posted on July 29, 2009
An Escondido man, 33, and his 11-year-old daughter were seriously injured on July 27, 2009, in San Diego's Mission Bay when their private watercraft (PWC) crashed. The father and daughter had been on the same watercraft when it was struck by another vessel around 10:45 a...

San Diego Border Patrol Agent Shot in Chula Vista Attack

Posted on July 29, 2009
Last Friday, federal investigators were on a mad hunt to find the suspect involved in the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot in the head in Chula Vista. Unfortunately, the suspect has left only a confusing trail of evidence. Agent Robert Rosas, a 30-year-old married father of two was killed around 9 p...

Shoulder Injuries Caused by Accidents and Their Treatment

Posted on July 28, 2009
Shoulder injuries are commonly caused by car accidents, typically by seat belts restraining the left shoulder while the body is accelerated forward by the force of a rear impact. San Diego accident victims need help treating these shoulder injuries and need helpful information to assist them in their recovery...

Valley Center Man Killed in San Diego County Bicycle Accident

Posted on July 28, 2009
On July 21, 2009, a bicyclist was fatally injured on a rural road in North San Diego County when the bike he was riding was struck by by a pickup truck. The victim, Angel Guadalupe Galvez, 37, had been cycling southbound along Cole Grade Road in Valley Center as the 1992 Chevrolet pickup approached from behind, around 8:15 a...

4 Year Old Killed, Father Injured, After Bicycle Hit by Trolley

Posted on July 27, 2009
A 4 year-old girl, identified as Veronica Ramirez, was killed and her 34 year-old father injured when the bicycle they were riding was struck by a San Diego trolley in Chula Vista on July 26, 2009. The Chula Vista bicycle accident occurred on westbound L Street near Industrial Boulevard...

San Diego Motorcycle Accidents and Injuries

Posted on July 26, 2009
Motorcycle accidents are more likely than car accidents to cause serious injury or death to the rider. San Diego motorcyclists, more than most motorists, need the help of a trained and experienced personal injury attorney. We recently added a helpful article about motorcycle accidents and injuries on our San Diego personal injury website...

Man Injured After Attack at San Diego House Party

Posted on July 23, 2009
A San Diego house party on July 18, 2009, turned dangerous when a man in attendance there was knocked unconscious before he left in the early morning hours, according to police. The Rancho Bernardo assault occurred around 5 a.m. when the assailant insulted the victim's girlfriend at the party that was held on Grassy Trail Drive...

San Diego MTS Worker Shot on the Job

Posted on July 22, 2009
A San Diego Metropolitan Transit System security officer was reported to be in stable condition in the hospital following a shooting attack on his life when he was shot twice while at the Grossmont Trolley Station in La Mesa late July 18, 2009. The shooting happened at 10:15 p...

Study Shows Driving While Texting More Dangerous than DUI

Posted on July 21, 2009
The results of a study conducted by the Automobile Association of America has shown that driving-while texting (DWT) increases the likelihood of being involved in a car accident by a staggering 50 percent. A similar study also showed that DWT was considerably more dangerous than driving while under the influence (DUI)...

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