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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

San Diego Motorcyclist Critically Injured on State Route 56

Posted on July 17, 2009
A 50-year-old man presumably from San Diego County was left in critical injury around 12:40 p.m. on July 11, 2009, when he fell off of his motorcycle along Carmel County Road. The unidentified man had been trying to make a stop on the southbound side of the road while he approached state Route 56, according to San Diego police...

Downtown San Diego Trolley Accident Kills Pedestrian

Posted on July 15, 2009
An eastbound San Diego trolley in Downtown San Diego struck and killed a pedestrian over the weekend on the afternoon of July 12, 2009, authorities say. The fatal trolley accident occurred on the trolley line on C Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, shortly after 3 p...

4-Year-Old Child Hit in Carlsbad Pedestrian Accident

Posted on July 14, 2009
On the evening of July 7, 2009, a 4-year-old girl from Carlsbad was hit by a car and flown to San Diego's Rady Children's Hospital after the accident to treat serious injuries. Carlsbad fire Battalion Chief Mike Lopez reported that it had happened on the 3400 block of Monroe Street just near Carlsbad High School...

Driver Not Charged in Connection with Fatal San Diego Pedicab Accident

Posted on July 14, 2009
The recent San Diego fatality that had caught hold of the community was the accident where a woman died when she fell from the wagon of a pedicab as it was riding up a street that was expressly blocked to bicycles. Witnesses observed the driver swerving his own vehicle when the 60-year-old schoolteacher from the midwest fell and injured her head, later dying in the hospital from complications of the accident...

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Woman Dies in San Diego Pedicab Accident

Posted on July 11, 2009
San Diego has recently had its eyes on the almost unprecedented tragedy in a fatal pedicab ride. On July 4, a 60-year-old passenger who took a ride from a pedicab driver in the Downtown district died as a result of the ride after she fell from the wagon and suffered life threatening head injuries that ultimately took her life...

Obama Gives Auto Defect Plaintiffs the Cold Shoulder in GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies

Posted on July 09, 2009
It appears from this ABC News story that Obama will not allow any reasonable and rational consideration stand in the way of nationalizing GM and Chrysler through bankruptcy--a deal that appears only to benefit the auto worker unions. In the latest move, apparently supported by the Obama Department of Justice, the bankruptcy court issued an order that allowed the "Old" GM to sell all assets to the "New" government- and union-owned GM, while leaving all liabilities--including claims by hundreds of people allegedly injured by defective vehicles--with the "Old" GM...

Escondido Fourth of July Party Turns Deadly

Posted on July 08, 2009
A private residence house party in Escondido celebrating the Fourth of July last Saturday turned fatal when one party-goer was ultimately shot and killed at the festivities. The victim was identified as Daniel Eugene Alexander, 26, of Escondido. Escondido Police reported that Alexander had been shot in the head while at the party taking place on Vine Street near West Ninth Avenue...

Helpful Information About Minor Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)

Posted on July 07, 2009
One of the secret and silent serious injuries one can suffer during an accident is a minor traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Notably, Natasha Richardson died following a closed head MTBI injury after striking her head while skiing. It was also speculated that pitchman Billy Mays' death was caused by MTBI due to falling objects from the overhead compartments in his plane...

Helpful Information About Back Pain and Spinal Injuries

Posted on July 07, 2009
One of the most common injuries suffered by San Diego accident victims is a spinal injury, typically resulting in pain to their back or neck. The spine is the foundation and structure for your entire body, so an injury to the spine can be very serious...

Oceanside Motorcycle Accident Caused by Hit-and-Run SUV Driver

Posted on July 03, 2009
An Oceanside motorcycle crash on Highway 76 near the Interstate 5 onramp on June 28 was reportedly caused by a hit-and-run SUV driver who had fled the scene, along with his two passengers. The accident occurred around 7 p.m. on Sunday when the driver of a GMC Yukon ran a red light on westbound 76 as they drove toward the onramp, which then caused the motorcycle coming towards them to broadside the SUV...

San Diego Cyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Parked Car

Posted on July 03, 2009
A 32-year-old cyclist from San Diego was hospitalized with major head injuries on June 29 after having crashed into a parked vehicle while he was riding his bicycle, San Diego police authorities have reported. The man had not been wearing a helmet, and crashed around the 3200 block of J Street in downtown San Diego around 2:20 p...

San Diego Motorcyclist Killed in Accident Identified

Posted on July 01, 2009
A Wednesday evening motorcycle crash in San Diego County's El Cajon last week had left one man dead who had been traveling on his motorcycle. The rider was recently identified by the San Diego Union-Tribune as 37-year-old Lance Michael Hagerty. Hagerty had been killed when his motorcycle rear-ended a pickup truck as it was attempting to turn into a driveway about 5 p...

Was Pitchman Billy Mays Killed by MTBI; Second Celebrity Head Injury Death After Natasha Richardson?

Posted on June 29, 2009
Did Billy Mays, the 50-year-old celebrity pitchman, die of a minor traumatic brain injury (MTBI) following a "hard" landing by a US Airways flight between Philadelphia and Tampa, Florida? That is the question buzzing around the internet right now. Mays had been flying home to Tampa after filming an OxiClean commercial in Philadelphia when the front tire of his US Airways flight exploded following the hard landing...

Fatal San Diego Pedestrian Accident on State Route 94

Posted on June 25, 2009
A pedestrian on San Diego's State Route 94 who was killed last week has recently been identified. Patrick Edward Crowe, 51, was the victim of the fatal pedestrian accident in San Diego when he was reportedly dancing on the shoulder of highway state Route 94 when he ran into traffic last week was identified on Tuesday by the Medical Examiner's Officer.

San Diego Car Theft and Carjacking Near Imperial Avenue

Posted on June 24, 2009
A San Diego man lost his SUV, phone, and wallet to an armed carjacker in the early morning hours in south San Diego on Sunday morning. The driver was heading home around 5 a.m. when a man with a gun confronted him while he was at a stop sign near Imperial Avenue and 54th Street in Emerald Hills, according to police...

San Diego Police Department Officer Acquitted for Oceanside Car Accident and Road Rage Assault

Posted on June 24, 2009
The case involving off-duty San Diego Police Officer Frank White has finally been settled. On Monday, a jury found Officer White not guilty in this road-rage car accident that occurred in Oceanside in March of 2008 that culminated in the shooting of a woman and her young son...

Bicyclist Killed in San Diego Bike Accident

Posted on June 23, 2009
A 22-year-old man was killed late on the night of June 19, 2009, while riding his bicycle in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego. The county's Medical Examiner's Office identified 22-year-old Jonathon R. Ramirez as the victim in this tragic San Diego fatal bike accident...

Chula Vista Bicycle Rider Killed While on Nationwide Bike Trek

Posted on June 23, 2009
A memorial service is scheduled on Saturday for a Chula Vista man killed on June 21, 2009, during a cross-country bike tour in order to protest government bailouts. The suspect thought to have killed the biker was a drunk driver in Illinois who left the scene of the car crash and was later arrested...

Five People Stabbed in Dangerous Chula Vista House Party

Posted on June 22, 2009
A Saturday night party on June 20 in Chula Vista turned dangerous and threatening when five people suffered knife wounds and had to be treated at local hospitals after a fight on the premises. The fight was located on 4th Avenue near Palomar Street in Chula Vista and happened about 11:30 p...

Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accident Victim Identified

Posted on June 18, 2009
The victim of the Normal Heights hit-and-run fatality in San Diego County previously reported on by the Jurewitz Law Group (Police Search for Suspect in Fatal San Diego Hit-and-Run Car Accident)has recently been identified. Yesterday, the man killed while walking across the 3200 block of Meade Ave at 1:30 a...

Police Search for Suspect in Fatal San Diego Hit-and-Run Car Accident

Posted on June 16, 2009
San Diego police are searching for the driver of a car that allegedly left the scene of the fatal hit-and-run auto accident that occurred early Sunday morning in the Normal Heights neighborhood of San Diego. The victim of the accident, who is only known so far as a male in his 30s, was struck and killed just after 1:30 a...

Hit and Run Driver Injures Encinitas Bicycle Rider

Posted on June 15, 2009
A woman on a bicycle coming home from a bar on the morning of June 12, 2009, in Encinitas was severly injured when she was hit by a van. The victim and her girlfriend were riding their bikes home on southbound Pacific Coast Highway 101 near Chesterfield Drive when the victim was struck...

ATV Crash in Valley Center Leaves Two Injured

Posted on June 10, 2009
Two North County San Diego all-terrain vehicle riders crashed their ATVs just south of Rincon and had to be rushed to local hospitals on Sunday afternoon. The accident happened around 2:20 p.m. on Paradise Creek Road, just south of Paradise Creek Lane, as California Highway Patrol's website reported...

San Diego Boy Hospitalized After Being Hit by Car While Riding His Bicycle

Posted on June 04, 2009
A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized on Wednesday afternoon while riding his bicycle in the Roseville area of San Diego, according to presiding police. The scene of the accident was on the 1000 block of Catalina Boulevard around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, said San Diego police Sgt Bob Dare...

San Diego Woman Seriously Injured After Falling from Encinitas Bluff

Posted on June 02, 2009
An unidentified woman in her 20s is currently in critical condition after falling nearly 100 feet down a cliff. The woman was a house guest at a blufftop home in Encinitas when she took the fall around 11 p.m., which left her with serious trauma to her back and head...

Victim's Family Seeks to Educate About San Diego DUI Car Accidents

Posted on June 01, 2009
In January of 2006, Derek Ritter was only 48 years old when he was hit by a San Diego car driver high on methamphetamines, killing Ritter and leaving behind a fatherless family. Now, his surviving children are determined to publicize the tragedy, and bring light to the consequences of driving while under influences...

San Diego County Hit and Run Motorcycle Accident

Posted on May 27, 2009
San Diego's East County saw a hit-and-run motorcycle accident that left the driver of the street bike hospitalized on Friday evening. The man had not yet been identified. California Highway Patrol reported that the motorcycle had struck a motor vehicle around 1:40 a...

Boy Hit in Encinitas Bicycle Accident Dies from Injuries

Posted on May 26, 2009
An Encinitas boy who was struck by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle more than two weeks ago is now dead, as reported by the Medical Examiner's Office. The 11-year-old boy, Robert Franklin Thompson, had been on life support since his May 6 accident at Rady's Children's Hospital, and passed away Friday at 3:30 p...

Escondido Pedestrian Bridge Opened in North San Diego County

Posted on May 20, 2009
North San Diego County recently saw the unveiling of a pedestrian bridge, to help walkers and bikers traverse Lake Hodges, usually traveled by those going between destinations in Escondido and San Diego. Many who took this route have long been waiting for an alternate to having to take the busy Interstate 15, which has experienced many accidents and deaths in San Diego...

Valley Center Bicyclist Dies in San Diego County Bicycle Accident

Posted on May 19, 2009
On Friday, May 15th, 2009, 5,200 cyclists participated in San Diego's designated Bike to Work day. This is a great way to reduce the use our gasoline and greenhouse gas emissions, but the event had a rough onset when a 43-year-old man was struck by a car on Wednesday while riding his bicycle in Valley Center...

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