Sixteen year old Gunnar Sandberg is a varsity relief pitcher for the Marin (California) Catholic High School baseball team. He was recently put in a coma after being hit by a ball during a baseball game. The young man threw a fastball during the last inning of a tight game – that ball pinged off…
California homeowners are no strangers to the damage that can be done to a home by fire. But many wonder what their insurance policy will cover if their home suffers fire damage. The typical homeowner’s insurance policy will cover most losses from fire damage, unless the fire was intentionally set by the homeowners. That is…
When it comes to shelling out for earthquake insurance, many Orange County, California residents are on the fence. For most, if they buy it or if they don’t buy it, they are still left wondering if they made the right choice. Prior to the Northridge earthquakes of 1994, earthquake insurance was relatively inexpensive and for…
An unidentified cyclist was struck and critically injured in a hit and run accident in Orange County, California. The fifty-three year old man was apparently going north on Magnolia Street in Garden Grove, California, when he was struck by a vehicle headed east on Chapman Avenue. The time of the accident is assumed to be…
Becky Anderson of San Diego, California was under the influence of several prescription drugs when she struck and killed a mother of two who was walking to work. Right after the accident, Anderson admitted to a sheriff’s deputy that she had taken Valium the night before the accident and Methadone at a clinic earlier the…
Orange County, California residents are no strangers to insurance claims arising from natural disasters. Landslides, wild fires and earthquakes all too frequently wreak havoc on people’s lives – and their property. And while insurance companies don’t require home and business owners to file claims immediately after a disaster strikes, it’s not a good idea to…
In 1993 there was a landslide in the Spyglass development area in Whittier, California. In the aftermath of the landslide, eight homeowners in the development sued the Spyglass Homeowners Association (HOA) for damages to their homes. Spyglass’ insurers also brought a declaratory relief action against the HOA. In return Spyglass brought an affirmative bad faith…
Mike Walker, the fifty-five year old co-owner of the Pro Nitrous drag racing team was killed in a freak accident when he was hit in the chest with an exploding nitrous oxide tank during a race at the South Georgia Motorsports Park. Apparently, the drag racing team uses nitrous oxide tanks to boost their vehicles’…
Two private California environmentalists and the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation have joined forces to bring a lawsuit against manufacturers of several popular brands of fish oil. The Plaintiffs argue that the fish oil manufacturers are in violation of California’s Proposition 65, which requires that consumers be warned about chemical exposures. The lawsuit, which was filed…
Seven year old Tabitha Cope was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being run over by a hit-and-run driver while skateboarding with friends. Tabitha suffered multiple broken bones, a lacerated liver, and lost most of her teeth in the accident, which took place near Silver Lantern Street and La Paz Avenue in Dana…
