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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 Bike Riders Experience Increase in Theft

Posted on May 19, 2009
A recent rash of bicycle thefts has made the San Diego City Courthouse begin to rethink the way it treats bicycles, including where to lock them. As a high-profile cycling city, San Diego bike riders have ample opportunity and plenty of good weather to commute via bicycle rather than car...

Boy Killed in Encinitas Bicycle Accident

Posted on May 12, 2009
An 11 year-old boy in Encinitas was hospitilized with serious injuries after being hit by a car while riding an electric pocket bike, according to authorities. According to witnesses, the child rode into the path of a car from a driveway, onto the 1000 block of Double LL Ranch Road on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after 4:30 p...

California Highway Patrol Report Shows San Diego Motorcycle Accidents On the Rise

Posted on May 09, 2009
May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and just in time too, considering the nice weather and conditions that draw out more motorcycle and chopper riders across the nation than in other times of the year. The California Highway Patrol's is taking this opportunity to encourage all motorcycle riders, new and old, to be more vigilant and safe on California's roads...

Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty for Causing Fatal San Diego Bicycle Accident

Posted on May 09, 2009
Marcos Garcia Jeronimo, 23, an illegal immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico had already been convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with a San Diego hit-and-run car accident resulting in the death of bicycle rider Marcelo Bolom, 23, of San Diego...

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Teen Bicycle Rider Critically Injured After Crashing Into San Diego Gorge

Posted on May 05, 2009
A teenaged boy crashed his bike into Scripps Gorge yesterday in San Diego around 4:30 p.m. The teenager was riding his bicycle near the 10100 block of Scripps Ranch Boulevard when he lost control of his bike and pummeled 25 feet down the gorge. San Diego firefighters say that he was able to call for help from his cell phone...

Carlsbad Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Being Hit by Car

Posted on May 05, 2009
A Carlsbad pedestrian accident occurred Sunday, May 3, at the intersection of El Camino Real and Kelly Drive in Carlsbad when a pedestrian was struck by car just before 8:30 p.m. Carlsbad police Sgt. Paul Mendes reported that the Carlsbad pedestrian was taken to Scripps La Jolla Hospital with numerous critical injuries...

Driver in Fatal Central California Tour Bus Crash had History of Prior Accidents

Posted on May 01, 2009
You have likely heard about the recent deadly tour bus carrying tourists, mostly from France, from the San Francisco area down to Los Angeles, where they were due to depart back to France. The Orion Pacific tour bus had overturned on a highway overpass in Central California where four passengers were ejected from the bus as it lay in a wreck around 3:30 p...

San Diego Boy Injured in Tow Truck Accident

Posted on April 30, 2009
Children all around San Diego County enjoy playing hide-and-seek in the evening with their neighborhood friends. Many children play all along their street and neighborhood paying little attention when crossing. Last week in North Encanto, an 11-year-old boy was playing a hide-and-seek game when he ran in front of a tow truck and was hit...

Overgrown Brush Along Solana Beach Road Poses Danger to San Diego Bicycle Riders

Posted on April 29, 2009
Hullabaloo surrounded the 2005 addition of bicycle lanes along Via de la Valle in Solana Beach in North San Diego County, yet today the bike lanes are almost non-existent because of the lack of follow-up care by the City of San Diego. "Share the Road" signs do not mean much when about half of the 4-foot wide westbound bicycle lanes along Via de la Valle are encroached upon by growing bushes...

Teen Suffers Head Injury After Del Mar Bicycle Crash

Posted on April 27, 2009
Sgt. Jack Reynolds of the Encinitas Sheriff's Station reported that a 14-year-old child was flown to Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego as a precaution after crashing his bicycle into a car in Del Mar. The accident happened this last Saturday morning when the bicyclist T-boned his head and hit his head on the ground...

Highland Entomologist Killed in San Diego County ATV Accident

Posted on April 24, 2009
Highland resident Benjamin Lobato Huante, 49, who was an entomologist working in San Diego County in Fallbrook on Wednesday, was killed after his car tumbled off of a cliff more than 100 feet, and died. Huante had been setting traps for insects around the avocado trees in the area for study had been in an all-terrain vehicle that crashed when he overcompensated and fell down a cliff around 11 a...

Fatigue Significant Factor in San Diego Car, Bus, Motorcycle Accidents

Posted on April 23, 2009
Many an accident on the road that cause injuries or even fatalities are not due to unsafe exterior conditions or even the irresponsibility of other drivers nearby. A lot of times, the fault lies in the interior conditions of our vehicles and, more often than not, fatigue...

Friend of San Diego Injury Law Firm Struck by Truck

Posted on April 21, 2009
A friend of the Jurewitz Law Group and San Diego resident was riding his newly tuned-up bicycle around the uptown area of San Diego this last Saturday morning. The University Heights resident was heading back home after running some errands during this busy day and, as he was riding out of the parking lot of the Ralph's in Hillcrest, he stopped behind a grey Ford F-150...

Two San Diego Unified School District Buses Involved in Accidents

Posted on April 21, 2009
The morning commute is a busy time for San Diego roads and many San Diegans are usually in a rush to make it to work on time. San Diego students are usually on their way to school at around the same time. Many of them ride the bus, a rather safe means of transportation...

Memorial Set for Men Killed in San Diego Car Accident

Posted on April 17, 2009
Mario De La Rosa, 21, of the San Diego neighborhood of Serra Mesa had been driving his Toyota Camry significantly above the speed limit in the early hours just after midnight on Saturday, April 4th with his brother and passenger, Paul Albert Alferos Jr...

San Diego Bike Shop Employee Seriously Injured in Julian Motorcycle Accident

Posted on April 16, 2009
Yesterday evening, a Jurewitz Law Group employee took his bicycle to a San Diego bike shop on Adams Avenue to get it tuned up and ready for the upcoming summer. Here is the story he told us this morning: One of the bike shop employees at the store was wearing a black, leather, motorcycle jacket...

California Judges Corrected on Application of Controversial Collateral Source Exception

Posted on April 15, 2009
California judges recently received better guidance for how and when to apply a controversial exception to the collateral source rule, a rule that permits California injury victims to recover the full amount of medical bills incurred following an accident even if paid by a source other than the person who caused the accident (a "collateral source")...

Chula Vista Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Car

Posted on April 14, 2009
A 90-year-old Chula Vista pedestrian was hit by a car nearby Broadway and Park Way in on April 1st at approximately 8 p.m. According to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office, the man was taken off life-support on Saturday afternoon because of the deterioration of his medical status...

Pilot Dies in Fiery San Diego Plane Crash

Posted on April 13, 2009
A pilot of a small Piper Comanche crashed into a hillside at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station yesterday as it was heading to Brown Municipal field. The California airplane accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 11. According to the FAA, the pilot made no distress call and simply fell off of radar and radio communication...

Nevada May Lift Medical Malpractice Damages Cap; Should California Do the Same?

Posted on April 13, 2009
Well, it looks like the Nevada Medical Malpractice Reform Law may not see its' fifth birthday--or at least its' damage cap provision may not. Nevada legislators are considering overturning or raising the $350,000 cap for "pain and suffering" damages arising from medical malpractice...

Lakeside Child Pedestrian Hit by Car, Dies

Posted on April 13, 2009
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's office reported last week that a 9-year-old boy was struck by a car near Riverview Elementary School in Lakeside. The boy was walking along Winter Gardens Boulevard south of Knoll Crest Place around 4 p.m. on April 6, 2009, when the fatal Lakeside pedestrian accident happened...

Angels Pitcher Killed in Fullerton Drunk Driving Car Accident

Posted on April 10, 2009
Baseball fans the world over are mourning the loss of Nick Adenhart, who was killed in a hit-and-run auto accident early Thursday morning in Fullerton. Adenhart, 22, was a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and just struck out five batters over six innings in the Wednesday game against the Oakland A's...

San Diego Teen Injured in Old Town Bicycle Accident

Posted on April 09, 2009
San Diego's Old Town neighborhood is known for its historic buildings and authentic mid 1800's Western atmosphere, but it is not immune to the dangers of the 21st century, with cars replacing the horse and buggy as transportation passing through the narrowly constructed streets...

Dangerous Pit Bull Dog on the Loose in University City Neighborhood of San Diego

Posted on April 07, 2009
Last Friday evening San Diego police warned University City residents of a dangerous pit bull on the loose. The pit bull attacked another dog at the University Gardens neighborhood park on Governor Dr. at around 5:30 p.m. You can read more about this dangerous dog in this CBS8...

San Diego Charger Defensive Lineman Jamal Williams May Face DUI Charges

Posted on April 04, 2009
The San Diego City Attorney's Office is considering pressing charges against the San Diego Chargers lineman, Jamal Williams, for driving his car under the influence of alcohol. Jamal Williams was arrested on February 1, 2009, on State Route 94 on the suspicion of drunk driving after he was pulled over for speeding in his Bentley...

San Diego Bicycle Accident Caused by Rider's Inattention, Vanity

Posted on April 02, 2009
A fixed gear bicycle rider was injured when he crashed into the back of a truck on Adams Avenue in the North Park area of San Diego. The bicyclist was riding along Adams Avenue when he caught a glimpse of himself in a mirror that was attached to a truck...

Independent Medical Examinations are Neither Independent, Nor Medical. Discuss.

Posted on April 02, 2009
Sorry, for borrowing the line from Mike Myers' Linda Richman character from Saturday Night Live, but it fit. The New York Times recently released an investigative report about the use of so-called independent medical examinations performed on behalf of insurance companies in workers' compensation cases...

Driving Under The Influence Of Drugs In San Diego

Posted on April 01, 2009
Earlier this week, we posted this article on our San Diego Car Accident Lawyer Blog about a car driver under the influence of drugs who struck a bicycle rider. When that article was written, it was brought to light that many San Diegans do not know the difference between driving under the influence of drugs and driving under the influence of alcohol...

One of Tort Reform's Biggest Lies Disproved....Again

Posted on March 28, 2009
We've written twice now about Oklahoma's current tort reform efforts led by Republican Senate President Pro Tem Tom Glenn Coffee (R--Oklahoma City), a former medical malpractice defense lawyer. You can read more here and here. One of the big myths leading the Oklahoma tort reform movement and tort reform in general is that without tort reform, doctors will flee to other jurisdictions with tort reform...

Will California Courts Force San Diego Personal Injury Victims to Disclose Private Facebook Information?

Posted on March 28, 2009
Recently, an Ontario, Canadian court held that parties to a civil lawsuit must disclose social media posts and information during discovery--even if the user believed the post was made privately to his "network". We look at the ruling and whether California judges will require the same disclosure from San Diego injury victims...

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