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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 Bicycle Accident Caused When Truck Struck Bike Rider

Posted on February 17, 2009
On the morning of February 15, 2009, a pickup truck caused a San Diego bicycle accident when it veered off the road and struck a bicycle rider on Sea World Drive near Friars Road. The driver of the pickup truck appears to have caused the bicycle accident due inattention when he looked down to pick something up from the floor of his truck...

Lemon Grove Rehab Center Accused of Medical Malpractice Death

Posted on February 16, 2009
On February 12, 2008, the California Department of Public Health issued a "AA" citation against the Lemon Grove Care and Rehabilitation Center. The Center was cited due to accusations of inadequate care and neglect, leading to a patient's death. The Director of the California Department of Public Health, Dr...

Client Testimonial: San Diego Slip and Fall Client, Rosemary M. of Spring Valley, California

Posted on February 14, 2009
Here is what our client, Rosemary M. of Spring Valley, California, has to say about how our office helped her. The Jurewitz Law Group represented her in a San Diego slip and fall accident and recently obtained a very good settlement for her.

New Surgical Checklist May Reduce San Diego Medical Deaths and Complications

Posted on February 13, 2009
San Diego patients may benefit from new safety checklists. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 500,000 surgical deaths and complications occur worldwide every year due to inexcusable medical malpractice. Too many times patients have signed incorrect surgical consent forms allowing medical staff to incorrectly label them for a planned procedure...

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Man Injured Last Summer in San Diego Construction Walkway Collapse Dies

Posted on February 13, 2009
Last August, a covered construction walkway at the intersection of Imperial Ave between 15th and 16th Streets in the East Village area of San Diego collapsed on several pedestrians, seriously injuring three people. One of the three seriously injured pedestrians was Tyrone Allen, a 49 year-old-man...

San Diego: Follow Injury Accident Attorneys The Jurewitz Law Group on Twitter

Posted on February 13, 2009
San Diego, Do you want to know what our San Diego injury accident law practice is up to? Want to know of important news regarding San Diego? Want to know about important developments in the law, particularly concerning accident victims and the public? You can now follow the Jurewitz Law Group on the social networking "micro-blog" site, Twitter...

Homeless San Diego Men Hit While Crossing the Street By Father Joe Carroll

Posted on February 11, 2009
Sometimes you can't make up the news. Father Joe Carroll--the San Diego advocate for the poor and homeless--hit two homeless men crossing the street in the crosswalk at the intersection of 16th Street and F Street in Downtown San Diego on January 31...

San Diego Woman Raped After MySpace Meeting

Posted on February 10, 2009
Two San Diego men, Brian Shippee and Robert Melgoza, plead not guilty in San Diego Superior Court Friday for the alleged assault and battery and rape of a San Diego woman after a "MySpace Meetup" went horribly wrong. Another man, Vincent Barnett, Jr...

Atlanta Judge Declares Georgia Medical Malpractice Cap Unconstitutional; Could California Be Next?

Posted on February 10, 2009
Yesterday, Atlanta (Fulton County) State Court Judge Diane Bessen ruled that the Georgia cap on medical malpractice non-economic damages (usually referred to as "pain and suffering") violated the Georgia Constitution. The cap was enacted by the Georgia legislature as part of a sweeping tort reform bill in 2005, known as SB3...

Pacific Beach Pedestrian Accident Caused by Suspected Drunk Driver

Posted on February 09, 2009
A woman was hit and severely injured an alleged drunk driver as she was crossing the intersection of Reed Avenue and Mission Boulevard in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego. The driver of the car--Alan Mabrey, 45, of San Diego--initially walked away from the scene but returned later where he was arrested by the San Diego police...

San Diego Man Dies in Miramar Landfill Workplace Accident

Posted on February 08, 2009
A San Diego man was killed on February 6 at the Miramar Landfill in a workplace accident when a forklift fell from a rental truck on top of him, crushing him. The man, Lee Haleem, was at the landfill because he was relocating his business and went to the landfill as part of his move...

Defective Products: 4-Year-Old Mission Viejo Girl Dies in Washing Machine

Posted on February 07, 2009
4-Year-Old Kayley Ishii of Mission Viejo, California was killed at her home after she climbed into a front loading washing machine which was then turned on by her 1-year-old brother. Kayley Ishii was inside the water filled washing machine for approximately 2 minutes before she was found by her mother...

US Government Recalls Childrens' Playsets Used in San Diego

Posted on February 06, 2009
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Playland International of Carrollton, Georgia, announced a voluntary recall of Arch Swing Sets commonly used in San Diego County playgrounds. The recall notice is here. The reason for the recall is that the metal around the welds on the top of the set frame can fail and cause the top bar to fall injuring children and bystanders...

Ventura County Man Seriously Injured in Thousand Oaks Motorcycle Accident

Posted on February 06, 2009
On Monday, February 2, 2009, a Thousand Oaks motorcycle accident seriously injured Ventura County resident, Ambrosio Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriquez was taken to the hospital for his injuries after a Buick driven by Denis Liu pulled out from a parking in front of Rodriguez's motocycle while Rodriguez was driving eastbound on Hillcrest Drive near Boardwalk Avenue...

Who Pays for My Medical Bills After My San Diego Injury Accident?

Posted on February 05, 2009
Ever wonder who pays for your medical bills, and when, after you are injured in a San Diego accident? It is probably one of the most common questions that we receive at the Jurewitz Law Group. The answer can be somewhat complex depending on your particular resources...

Judge to Review Verdict in San Juan Capistrano Bicycle Accident

Posted on February 05, 2009
This Friday, a judge will review a $8.3 million verdict against the City of San Juan Capistrano awarded to a 14-year-old boy, Trenten Miller, who lost his leg during a bicycle accident. The judgment was to be finalized last month. However, San Juan Capistrano decided to file an objection to the jury findings and overturn the verdict...

San Diego Bicycle Accident Lawyers: The Jurewitz Law Group

Posted on February 05, 2009
With a strong cycling community that participates in such events as Critical Mass, San Diego needs lawyers that understand California bike accident law to protect bicyclists from inattentive car drivers, large insurance companies who typically side with car drivers, police accident reports which do not reflect drivers? duties to bicyclists on the road, and defective product manufacturing...

Why San Diego Medical Malpractice Victims Can't Find a Lawyer--A Lesson in MICRA

Posted on February 04, 2009
A very good article appeared today on the anewscafe.com website explaining a common plight of California and San Diego medical malpractice victim: they can't find lawyers to take their legitimate injury cases! The reason, pure and simple, is the California legislature artificially capped damages in medical malpractice cases more than 30 years ago when it enacted the Medical Injury Compensation Act of 1975 ("MICRA") which capped "general damages" (typically called "pain and suffering") at $250,000...

San Diego Consumers Have New Tool to Fight Car Title Fraud

Posted on February 04, 2009
The US Department of Justice launched an online database available to all government agencies and to consumers to help detect automobile title fraud, theft, and other crimes involving cars. The new database, called The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS, editor: Great acronym, guys!), launched on January 30, 2009 and is available to consumers through several fee-for-service websites...

California Medical Board Allows Doctor to Keep License After Aiding Illegal Abortions

Posted on February 04, 2009
The California Medical Board permitted a doctor to keep his license after committing medical malpractice by aiding an unlicensed doctor perform illegal abortions. Dr. Mohammad Bararsani, who runs a cash-only abortion business at his Women's Care Center on Crenshaw Boulevard in Torrance, California, was also charged with seven other cases of negligence and incompetence...

Los Angeles Judge Rules Against Car Owners in Defective Seatbelt Lawsuit

Posted on February 03, 2009
On Thursday, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled that a seatbelt manufactured by Takata Corp. of Japan was safe and met federal safety standards. The ruling ended a lawsuit brought by car owners who had claimed that the TK-52 seatbelt--installed in approximately 4 million cars in California--was improperly tested and subject to its' buckle opening during collisions...

California Supreme Court Rules San Diego Consumers Cannot Bring "Preemptive" Lawsuits

Posted on February 03, 2009
Last week the California Supreme Court ruled that California consumers cannot bring "preemptive" lawsuits--lawsuits that are brought to stop an injury before the injury actually occurs--for violation of state consumer law. The Court ruled that only people who have suffered an actual injury can bring suit under the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act...

San Diego Salmonella Food Poisoning Tied to Unlicensed Texas Plant

Posted on February 03, 2009
San Diego residents suffering from food poisoning due to salmonella in their peanut butter products appear to be the victim of a Texas processing plant that went unlicensed and uninspected for years. The Plainview, Texas plant for Peanut Corporation of America was never inspected until it came under investigation by the FDA...

Client Testimonial: San Diego Slip and Fall Clients, Ed and Gloria F. of Vista, California

Posted on February 03, 2009
We love hearing from clients who are pleased about our services and the results we get for them. A positive testimonial from a client says more about what we can do than all the yellow page ads in the world. Here is what San Diego slip and fall clients, Ed and Gloria F...

How Insurance Companies Deny San Diego Claims

Posted on January 30, 2009
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) recently released a report for the public describing the dirty tricks insurance companies use to deny or minimize the claims of injury victims. The tactics described include denying claims, confusing consumers with insurance policy language and interpretation, and delaying claims for as long as possible.

Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosed in Sixth Former NFL Player

Posted on January 30, 2009
A 6th former National Football League player has been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries similar to what boxers suffer from multiple blows to the head. Doctors at Boston University School of Medicine studied the brain of Tom McHale and determined that he suffered from traumatic brain injury before his death last May...

California Emergency Room Doctors Sue State For Failing Health Care System

Posted on January 29, 2009
California emergency room doctors have filed a class-action lawsuit against the State of California alleging that California's healthcare system--stretched and burdened by its' thin budget and high demand for services--is about to collapse on itself. The suit comes at a time when hospitals and emergency rooms are closing at alarming numbers, leading to limited emergency care for injured Californians...

City of San Francisco Claims California Health Insurance Companies Discriminate Against Women

Posted on January 29, 2009
In a lawsuit filed earlier this week, the City of San Francisco alleged that California insurance companies discriminate against women by charging higher premiums than they charge for men. The lawsuit argues that the approved health insurance system permits insurance companies to impose "gender ratings" within their pricing policies...

San Diego Woman Stabbed After Car Crash

Posted on January 29, 2009
Late Wednesday night a 69-year-old woman was assaulted and stabbed in the neck with a box cutter by the man who had just rear-ended the car the woman was driving. The surprise attack caused the woman to step on the gas to flee and ended up crashing her car head long into a tree...

San Diego Man Struck by Car While Crossing the Street

Posted on January 23, 2009
Early in the morning today, a San Diego man was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while crossing the street at the intersection of Genesee Avenue and La Jolla Village Drive in the University Town Center area of La Jolla. View Larger Map The 70-year-old man was crossing the intersection against a red traffic signal when he was struck by a 1983 Toyota sedan driven by a San Diego woman...

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