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Claude Wyle of San Francisco firm Choulos Choulos & Wyle receives ?Superb? rating

Posted on December 04, 2009
Claude Wyle of San Francisco firm Choulos Choulos & Wyle receives 'Superb' rating San Francisco, CA--Claude Armand Wyle, a partner with the law firm Choulos Choulos & Wyle, a renowned San Francisco personal injury law firm, has received a 'Superb' rating from Avvo...

Cribs are not the only dangerous product- Cords on window blinds can choke or strangle a child

Posted on December 01, 2009
I wrote last week about the recall of Stork Craft cribs. That recall was prompted by the four infant deaths from suffocation caused by a badly designed product—the drop side crib. While I applaud the media attention given to these infant deaths from defective products, I want to make sure that everyone is aware that there are many additional dangerous products...

Infant Suffocation Deaths result in Recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft Cribs

Posted on November 30, 2009
We learned earlier this week that more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada are being recalled after reports of four infant suffocations. What troubles me is that while the Stork Craft name is being broadcast, many people still don't know that the dangerous cribs which are being recalled date back to 1993 and nearly 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo...

Two Sentenced in Auto Fatality Crash That Killed Berkeley Students

Posted on November 30, 2009
More than four years after three UC Berkeley graduate students were killed in a high-speed crash, the two Oakland men responsible were sentenced last Friday. Eric Barnes, 28, and Stanley Jacks Jr., 25, were convicted last month of three counts of vehicular manslaughter...

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Woman hit, killed in crosswalk on Geary Boulevard

Posted on November 21, 2009
A 70-year-old woman walking across Geary Boulevard at Ninth Avenue was killed Thursday morning when the driver of a white van hit and killed her while making a left turn. This was the 23rd pedestrian traffic fatality in San Francisco this year. The crash happened about 8:15 a...

Can we prevent another fatal crash on Bay Bridge?

Posted on November 16, 2009
Most of us have heard the tragic news of the big rig driver who failed to negotiate the recently installed 'S' curves in the Bay Bridge. A truck driver from Hayward died on Monday after he lost control on that portion of the bridge; he died when his truck crashed through the barrier on the upper section onto Yerba Buena Island 200-feet below...

Runaway Toyota Cases Ignored

Posted on November 14, 2009
Safety investigators dismissed numerous reports of sudden acceleration, then said data were lacking. I am sure many of you were shocked to learn that since 2001, more than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported that their vehicles suddenly accelerated on their own...

Wisconsin considers texting while driving?Concerned about automobile accidents

Posted on November 13, 2009
Wisconsin State senators are set to begin debate Tuesday whether to ban texting while driving for people under age 18 because of the higher rate of automobile accidents in that group. Wisconsin would become the tenth state with such a law if it passes...

Bus crash injures 19 people in Los Angeles

Posted on November 11, 2009
They say that misery loves company, and if so, this might be one of the few times that San Francisco loves LA. A Los Angeles county bus collided with another vehicle last week in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, injuring 19 people, one critically...

Stuck Floor Mat Survival Strategies ? How to Avoid a Collision

Posted on November 10, 2009
Recent reports of stuck accelerator pedals causing crashes and Toyota's auto recall has caused many to question whether or not a vehicle's brakes are powerful enough to overpower the engine to stop a vehicle, and what you should do if you are ever in that situation...

Toyota Floor Mat And Gas Pedal Defects--Do They Cause Wrongful Deaths?

Posted on October 28, 2009
Federal highway safety inspectors have released new details of a fatal car crash that triggered Toyota Motor Corp.'s largest recall, including a finding that the Lexus ES 350 sedan involved had a gas pedal design that could increase the risk of its being obstructed by a floor mat...

New Safety Guidelines Implemented After Muni Accident

Posted on July 24, 2009
Many people have been injured or killed in public transit accidents over the last four months. The most current incident is last week's crash here in San Francisco, in which nearly fifty people were injured. In the wake of this accident, Muni operators have implemented new measures designed to protect the public...

Video of West Portal Muni Light Rail Crash Released

Posted on July 23, 2009
I've been keeping my readers updated on last Saturday's Muni Metro accident in the West Portal station, including today's earlier post about how switching to manual control before entering a station may have been common practice for years and even condoned by management since it increases on-time arrivals...

Disengaged Safeguards Focus of Muni Light Rail Crash

Posted on July 23, 2009
It has been less than a week since two Muni Metro trains collided in San Francisco, injuring nearly fifty people. This crash has been only the latest in a series of accidents that have made the last year or so one of the deadliest in mass-transit history...

San Francisco Muni Light Rail Trains Collide

Posted on July 21, 2009
In the last three months, nine people have been killed, and more than 170 injured in a series of crashes on the nation's aging public transit systems. This horrific streak began in Boston, on May 8, when a trolley rear-ended another, sending forty-nine people to local hospitals and causing $9 million in damages, including the loss of three trolley cars...

Soledad Bus Accident Reminds Importance of Bus Safety Guidelines

Posted on June 18, 2009
A charter bus traveling through Soledad, CA on April 28, 2009 overturned on a Highway 101 overpass killing five and injuring dozens of the French tourist passengers, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The bus crashed against a side rail and eventually landed on its side in the middle of the road...

Cable Car Safety Tips

Posted on June 16, 2009
On Thursday, June 4th, a taxi ran into two cable cars in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It is unknown what caused the crash, but three cable car operators and the taxi driver were both injured. There were no passengers on the cable cars...

Motorcyclist Under the Influence Kills Nine-Year Old Girl and Critically Injures Her Father

Posted on June 16, 2009
On May 27, 2009, a father and his nine-year old daughter were struck by a motorcycle that was being operated by a man under the influence of alcohol in Novato, CA, according to foxreno.com. The nine-year old girl died from her injuries and the father is still in critical condition...

I-80 Crash Brings Attention to Avoiding Rear-End Collisons

Posted on May 26, 2009
Despite the fact that rear-end collisions are the most common type of car accidents, injuries from such accidents are typically less severe than those in other types of wrecks, specifically head-on crashes. Unfortunately, this statistic didn't hold true this holiday weekend when a Vallejo man died Monday after being rear-ended by an Apria Healthcare delivery truck on I-80...

Bus Driver Identified In Fatal Bus Crash; Investigation Ongoing

Posted on April 30, 2009
Officials have not determined the cause of a deadly crash of a tour bus Tuesday in Monterey County. The bus, carrying 34 French tourists and their guide, overturned on a Highway 101 overpass in Soledad. Five people, including the bus driver, were killed and several passengers were injured...

Five Killed In Monterey County Bus Accident

Posted on April 29, 2009
At least five people were killed and several were injured in a tour bus accident in Monterey County Tuesday on the U.S. 101 overpass near Soledad, officials report. It appears the driver of the southbound bus veered into a railing on an overpass at Front Street, said Fran Clader of the California Highway patrol...

Highway Safety the Focus When Motorcycle and Tractor-Trailer Collide in Accident

Posted on April 22, 2009
Sad news earlier this week when a local motorcyclist was killed as a semi made an illegal move across traffic in an attempt to make a freeway connection. According to the San Jose Mercury News: Herbert Saxton Jr., 33, was killed in the crash that occurred about 6 p...

Six Students Die in SoCal Car Crash

Posted on February 19, 2009

San Francisco Summer's Epidemic of Muni Crashes Demonstrates Need for Greater Accountability

Posted on September 04, 2008
When 14 people were recently injured in San Francisco as a result of a recent crash between two historic street cars in San Francisco, the survivors did not know that this Muni crash was the third Muni rail crash in the last two months, and that the same Muni operator had been warned, nearly an hour before, not to follow too closely...

Doctor Arrested For Writing Illegal Prescriptions, 1 Death

Posted on May 08, 2008
A doctor was arrested Tuesday, May 6, for writing numerous illegal painkiller prescriptions, which led to the death of a 28 year-old. Dr. Wesley Albert, 78, is being held for investigation of second-degree murder in the overdose of Jason Morgan of Riverside, who had 30 bottles of narcotics prescribed by Albert when he died, officials said...

Another San Francisco Muni Pedestrian Accident!

Posted on December 13, 2007
I wish I was kidding, but I am sad to advise that the San Francisco MUNI has just been involved in its 18th pedestrian accident since this last July. Of these 18 reported MUNI pedestrian accidents, five have caused deaths. While this time, the MUNI bus did not kill anyone, the lady who was struck was taken to San Francisco General with personal injuries...

Another San Francisco Muni Pedestrian Accident!

Car Pulls Out of Driveway; Another Motorcycle Accident Death

Posted on December 12, 2007
Last Friday night, a 22-year old motorcycle rider was killed in Hayward when he crashed his Yamaha R1 into a Dodge Intrepid that had just backed out of a driveway. The rider, a man named Escobar, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police has mentioned speed as a factor in the collision...

Car Pulls Out of Driveway; Another Motorcycle Accident Death

Truck Driver Not At Fault In Fatal Gambling Bus Accident

Posted on December 10, 2007
The CHP have determined that the pick up truck driver who was killed in last week's gambling bus accident was not the cause of the fatal collision. Although the truck driver had been driving aggressively before the bus crash, the deadly bus accident was caused by another driver who sideswiped the gambling bus, and then hit another car behind the bus...

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