Category Archives: Bay Area legal updates
Truck Injury Lawyer Discusses Meter Reader Accident
Toddler Run Over By Meter Reader’s Truck The City of Tampa, Fla. is considering a potential settlement in a negligence lawsuit arising when a city worker drove over a four-year-old boy in a tricycle, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Like most settlements, this one would not require the city to admit any fault, and… Read More »
California Steps To Address Traumatic Brain Injuries from Football
California Addresses Football Injuries, According to Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer California has taken steps to improve player safety for interscholastic and youth sports. Assembly Bill 25, which Governor Jerry Brown signed into law in October 2011, places new restrictions on school sports, or any sports activities occurring at school facilities. The new law requires… Read More »
Man Receives Millions From Bar for Injuries Suffered From Slip, Fall
Man Receives $2 Million for After Slipping and Falling in Bar The attorney for a man injured at a bar hopes that his case, and its multimillion dollar judgment, will serve as a flashpoint for change in how bars address customer safety. The bar, however, plans to appeal, arguing that the jury did not… Read More »
Congressmen Press for Review on Medical Malpractice Litigation Reform
Medical Malpractice Litigation Reform in Review The issue of medical malpractice reform is a long-standing priority of Republicans in Congress. Based upon a 2009 speech, Republicans believed they shared some common ground with President Barack Obama. President Obama stated, at that time, that he was willing consider legislation that placed caps on damages awards… Read More »
Dog Attack Sparks Campaign to Ban Dogs At Parks in California
California Woman Seeks Changes At Park After Dog Attacks Son A northern California woman has begun a campaign to get dogs out of certain parts of an area park after an American bulldog attacked her son. According to a NBC Bay Area report, the city had placed signs stating that dogs were not allowed,… Read More »
Wrongful Death Attorney on Seizure Cases and Health & Safety Code Section 103900
California Health & Safety Code Section 103900 Typically Involves Seizure or Blackout Conditions Cases brought under California’s Health & Safety Code section 103900 typically involve diagnosis of a condition which causes seizures or blackouts, such as epilepsy. In some cases, doctors have avoided liability by claiming that other doctors made the diagnosis before, so… Read More »
California Family Pursues Punitive Damages in Wrongful Death, Fraud & Conspiracy Case
Family Pursues Punitive Damages in Wrongful Death, Fraud, Conspiracy Case A family, seeking to recover for the loss of their loved one, who allegedly died from an untreated complication of a routine surgery, received an unusual favorable ruling when a trial court allowed them to pursue punitive damages in the case. The court determined… Read More »
Mother’s Suit Claims Sorority Hazing Played Role in Daughter’s Fatal Car Wreck
A grieving mother recently sued a sorority her daughter was pledging, contending that the actions of the sorority’s leaders contributed to the auto accident that took her daughter’s life. The mother expressed hope that the lawsuit might help end the “hazing culture” at the sorority, the Charlotte Observer reported. Sorority Required Pledges To Endure… Read More »
Family Takes Wrongful Death Action Against Psychiatrist in Death of Loved One
Husband Targets Psychiatrist in Wrongful Death Action A widower filed a lawsuit seeking to recover from his late wife’s psychiatrist for prescribing a powerful anti-psychotic medication that he claimed, caused his wife’s fatal heart attack. A complicating factor is the fact that the deceased patient, while under the doctor’s care and under the powerful… Read More »
Attorney Boone Callaway Discusses Punitive Award in Knee Injury Case
$7.5 Million Punitive Damages Awarded in California Medical Malpractice Case A California woman scored another legal victory recently when a jury awarded her an additional $7.5 million in punitive damages, on top of the initial $5.2 million dollar award the jury handed her last month. The case was based on a defective cold-therapy device… Read More »
