Blog Posts in January, 2012
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Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Florida: Smoke from a brush-fire and fog combined to cause multiple car accidents that killed 10 people and injured scores of others on the I-75. The smoke and fog were a deadly combination that made ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Austin, Texas: 25-year-old Jason Patrick Murphy was struck and killed by a pickup truck as he was walking next to his bicycle. He was on his cell phone talking to his girlfriend, when suddenly the ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Louisiana: A tragic motorcycle accident left one person dead and another with severe injuries. Bernard Schweitzer was the driver of the motorcycle and Debra Benoit was his passenger. A car pulled out ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
West Hollywood, California: Actress Lindsay Lohan has been sued by a woman claiming that the actress' car hit her as she was pushing a stroller across the street. A witness claimed that the ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
A man walking along Interstate 4 was killed after he was struck by several vehicles. The westbound portion of the highway was closed from John Young Parkway to Conroy Road, but has now reopened. ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Santa Clara, California: Christopher Kalaveras, 25-years-old, was killed in a fatal motorcycle accident on January 19th. Aaron Keith Taylor, 37, was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Vermont: A long-time lawyer from Las Vegas and his 10-year-old son were killed in a tragic car crash near Bridgewater, Vermont. Christopher Raleigh, 56-years-old, who was in Vermont for his ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
I am pleased to announce that the Lagstein Law Firm has launched a unique website devoted exclusively to trucking accidents. The site provides plenty of useful information on the different types of ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Culver City, California: "Avatar" actress Zoe Saldana came to the rescue of an elderly woman who was injured in a car accident. The 33-year-old star called 911 and then stayed with and ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Detroit, Michigan: 55-year-old Dennis Caver was struck and killed by a postal vehicle after his own car broke down. This fatal pedestrian accident happened along I-96. Mr. Caver was struck after he ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Leduc, Canada: On January 11, 2012, a 19-year-old woman was killed by an F350 truck as she tried to cross the street. Although alcohol and speed appear not to have been factors in this tragic ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
East Los Angeles, California: 22-year-old Anthony Medina, husband and father, was killed by a driver in a hit-and-run pedestrian accident that was caputed on video. The car took off after striking ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
New York: Richard Threlkeld, 74-years-old, was killed in a car accident when his car collided with a propane tanker. Mr. Threlkeld was a former co-ancher on the CBS Morning News and also a former ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Massachussetts: A 22-year-old university student faces vehicular homocide and drunk driving charges after a car accident that killed one person and injured three more. Brooke Uttley will appear in ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Some very interesting and shocking facts and statistics about drinking and driving: Driving with a blood alcohol concentration of.08 is as dangerous as driving after not sleeping for 20 hours. One ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
The truth is that litigation is expensive, period. Litigation refers to the process that starts when you file a lawsuit, and ends when your case is resolved. It is expensive. And it can take a long ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Montana: On early Tuesday morning, a man driving a Dodge passenger car veered off the roadway, the car struck a power pole, and then rolled down two embankments before catching fire. The 31-year-old ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
December 4th, 2011: Multiple super-luxury cars were completely wrecked when, it is thought, the lead driver of the procession hit a central barrier after losing control of his or her Ferrari. This ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
January 6th, 2012: A driver and her three passengers were involved in a fatal car accident. Kristina Lowe, 18 years old, was the driver of the car. The four teenagers had left a party when their car ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
On Friday, January 6th, 2012 at the Sepulveda pass, a car driven by two teenagers caused a crash involving at least three other vehicles. The two teenagers were driving an Infiniti G35 on the wrong ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Every lawyer who has ever been in trial has dreamed of that "Perry Mason" moment, the moment when the dangerous hostile witness is being cross-examined, is evading the questions, and is ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
Most of us have heard the term "tort reform." Politicians frequently refer to it when they run for office. There have been plenty of commercials talking about it around election time. But ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
We've all heard the term "frivolous lawsuit." As a personal injury lawyer, I can tell you that I have heard tons of lawyer jokes. Some of them were actually funny. But I get concerned ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
I recently settled a trucking accident case for a substantial sum of money. My client was on his way to work and was at a full and complete stop at the stoplight. Suddenly, he was rear-ended by a ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Los Angeles Personal Injury Lawyer
If you are careless or negligent and cause a car accident, then you should own up to what happened and take responsibility. Do not lie to try to save your skin. Simple enough, right? Unfortunately, I ...
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