Bay Area Personal Injury Law Blog
Bed Bath & Beyond Sold Defect Coffee Mugs
Coffee Mugs made by Lifetime Brands Fitz and Floyd Nevaeh White Can Mugs and sold by Bed Bath & Beyond cause a serious risk of both lacerations and scalding burns. These products are defectively designed and manufactured, causing them to break when filled with hot...
Defective Lawn Mowing Heads by STIHL
STIHL PolyCut mowing heads exploded on trimmers, brush cutters and certain models of clearing saws. The bolts connecting the plastic blades and holding the mowing head together loosen and the mowing head disintegrates causing serious personal injuries to users and...
150 Needless Child Deaths: Drowning at Home
Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death for children ages one to four. There is no excuse for this. Prosecutors should be filing manslaughter charges against any adult, including parents, since taking no action continues these unwarranted deaths. The USA...
How Do I Get the Money I Deserve in my Personal Injury Case?
Most people who cause car accidents have minimal insurance policies and when there is minimal insurance there commonly are minimal assets to pay your losses. Most injured people do not carry substantial under-insured or uninsured motorist coverage [known as UM...
Purdue’s Bankruptcy and the Opioid Epidemic
Purdue Pharmaceuticals has filed for bankruptcy, days after reaching tentative settlement agreements in lawsuits for its role in creating the nation’s current opioid epidemic. In an attempt to satisfy the claims of thousands of lawsuits, Purdue plans to create a...
John Deere Gators Have Defective Throttles
Certain John Deere Gators have defective throttles that will jam open, causing a runaway that cannot be stopped. Because of a very serious risk of personal injuries and deaths, John Deere XUV835 Gator utility vehicles are being recalled. Nearly 20,000 Gator vehicles...
$4.5 Million For Motorcyclist Rear-Ending a Van
In 2007, George Liu, a San Jose State senior, was driving his Kawasaki racing style motorcycle on a two lane, curving road behind a Ford van. Both the van and the motorcycle were in the left lane. Downstream a Honda made an illegal U-turn from the right lane across...
Maritime Law Complicates Conception Dive Deaths
The tragedy of the loss of lives on the Conception that burned and sank off Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day is aggravated and compounded for the grieving families by maritime law, which demands they take legal action must sooner than anyone would imagine. Impaled by...
Lung Disease and Vaping
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health and safety agencies are investigating a rise in vaping-related illnesses. There have been 153 possible cases a severe lung illness...
Children’s Bounce Houses are Dangerous
Inflatable bounce houses are a fun attraction for children at birthday parties, carnivals and backyard barbeques. Unfortunately, if they’re not properly grounded, they can be a serious safety hazards for children inside and bystanders. Between 2003 and 2013, there...
