A Metrolink commuter train struck and killed Debbie Ann Schwartz as she walked along the tracks near the Casa Blanca section of Riverside, California. Ms. Schwartz died at the scene. No one on board the train was injured. However, this was not the first fatal train accident to take place in Riverside. In April of…
John Fisher was driving with his wife, Jo Maureen Fisher, along Interstate 20 near the Alabama / Georgia State line when a piece of road debris crashed through the windshield of their car and struck Mrs. Fisher in the head. The debris was reportedly kicked up when a truck hit a pothole in the road…
Surgin Surgical Instrumentation Inc. was a manufacturer of certain devices for cataract surgery and had about ten percent of the market with projected annual profits of $7 million when Alcon, a competitor, filed a series of patent infringement and unfair competition lawsuits against the company. Truck Insurance, a subsidiary of Farmers Insurance Group, denied Surgin’s…
While most Orange County small business owners are aware of the basic types of business insurance they should carry, there are a few areas of coverage that many overlook. Identity theft and Internet fraud are two new areas of potential exposure that have emerged in recent years. Insurance companies have stepped up with products that…
A young mother from Moreno Valley, California, her four-year-old daughter, and a 78 year old Newport Beach man remain hospitalized with serious injuries after a major crash on I-405 that occurred around 8:30 the morning of October 23rd. Ana Maria Flores, the young mother from Moreno Valley, was moving into the northbound lane of I-405…
Forty-nine year old Laura Casey was riding her bike along a Richmond, California road when she was struck by a car and knocked to the ground. As the car that hit her drove off, Casey started screaming for help, but before witnesses could reach her she was struck by another car that got caught on…
A half a world away from Orange County, California, an Australian woman was killed in what can only be called a freak lawn mowing accident. The forty two year old Queensland native was walking past an empty lot that was being mowed by a private contractor on a commercial lawnmower. It appears that the mower…
Linda Georgette Saunders was struck and killed by a hit and run driver in the early morning hours as she attempted to walk across the 210 freeway west of Ocean View Boulevard in La Crescenta, California. Investigators are still uncertain as to why the fifty-five year old woman was walking across the highway; her car…
Callahan & Blain’s client, Sentex Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures access control systems for commercial and residential buildings and gated complexes. When Electronic Security Services sued Sentex, alleging that a former sales manager from their company had joined Sentex and used confidential, trade secret information to recruit its customers, Sentex turned to its insurance company.…
While the state of California offers earthquake insurance to residents, many homeowners choose not to buy policies – opting instead to rely on government aid if an earthquake strikes. If you are trying to decide which option is best for you, consider the following: If a quake is declared a disaster, the government will provide…
