A homeless man sleeping near an underpass was killed instantly when he was struck by an out of control pickup truck. According to police, the pickup truck was headed northbound on I-405 around 11 pm when the driver lost control of the vehicle; the truck skidded off the highway and flipped over, striking and killing…
Beckman Coulter manufactures medical instruments for hospitals, clinics and research centers worldwide. One of these instruments is the LX20 Blood Analyzer; after a yearlong search process, Beckman Coulter decided to outsource the manufacture of the circuit boards to Dovatron Manufacturing, Inc. Beckman Coulter and Dovatron entered a partially written, partially oral contract in 1998 for…
Figuring out what your health insurance does and does not cover can be challenging under the best of circumstances. But when your child is diagnosed with autism or an autism related disorder, it can be even more difficult to determine what coverage you are entitled to under your health insurance policy. According to the website…
What makes Callahan & Blaine California’s Premier Litigation Firm? It’s our team of exceptional senior lawyers, like Brian McCormack. Brian is a principal at Callahan & Blain in Santa Ana, California, where his practice focuses on high-stakes, complex litigation, including serious personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases. Brian has been recognized year in…
Luis Rivera of the Bronx, NY was trying to cross a busy street seventy five feet from the marked crosswalk when he was struck and killed by a city bus. The driver reported that he never saw the twenty two year old, but felt a “bump” and stopped the bus immediately. When he left the…
Unfortunately, workplace accidents happen all the time in Orange County, California and around the world. In what is being called a “freak accident” that took place in Bristol, PA a worker was crushed and killed by his own forklift while working at a local warehouse. Tyrone Rucker, Sr. had apparently stepped down from the forklift…
Callahan & Blaine recently filed a class action lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against some of California’s largest distributors and retailers of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. The defendants are olive oil manufacturers, distributors and retailers who sell their product in the state of California and have been knowingly misleading and defrauding California consumers for…
Ronald E. Cunningham had a blood alcohol level of more than three times the legal driving limit and was carrying two 18-packs of Budweiser when he attempted to board an Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus at the corner of Main and LaVeta in Orange. The attempt caused Cunningham a catastrophic personal injury that led…
A recent blog post by an expert in insurance risk management and claims points out some potential business insurance nightmares that could be caused by oil from the Gulf Coast oil spill polluting up and down the Atlantic coastline. First party claims for direct loss or damage to property Business and property owners whose property…
In January of 2001, Philip Dohrman of Huntington Beach, California, was driving northbound on the 1-5 in Irvine when the cab of his truck was crushed by a flying truck tire weighing 180 pounds. A commercial tractor trailer travelling southbound on I-5 had lost the wheel, which continued to roll down the highway, crossing the…
