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…
Carol Daniel and Stacy Neria of San Clemente were jogging on the Pacific Coast Highway with two friends when they were struck by a hit and run driver. Both women have been left permanently disabled by the accident, unable to use their arms or legs. Both women are also mothers to three children, and both of…
The New York Times recently reported that Gerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs fell to his death while trying to escape a stalled elevator in an industrial building in Brooklyn. Fuchs was a well-respected drummer and an important figure in the Brooklyn independent music scene. He had recently played on the Late Show with David Letterman. Fuchs had…
According to a recent article in the Seattle Times, truck driver Charles McDonald was transferring 8,000 gallons of propane from his tanker truck to a storage tank at the Atlas Castings & Technology foundry when something went horribly wrong. The propane ignited causing a workplace explosion and fire. Fire department spokesman Dan Crotty reported that…
Kyle Graham and Weston Edward, both twelve year olds from Kannapolis, NC, were riding go-karts in front of Kyle’s house recently, when they were struck by a minivan in a hit-and-run accident. The driver of the van took off after hitting the boys, and was arrested by police later that night. The driver, sixty year…
Callahan & Blaine is proud to announce that Dan Callahan and Ed Susolik have been named among the top three business, insurance and personal injury attorneys in Orange County, California in the August 2010 issue of OC METRO magazine. The award is based on data from the well-known Internet lawyer rating service Avvo. The Avvo…
We here at Callahan & Blaine are very proud to be able to announce that our very own Dan Callahan and Ed Susolik have both been selected to the “Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California” list for 2010/2011, put out by Super Lawyers Magazine. Unlike some other attorney awards, Super Lawyers uses a rigorous process…
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. For years, chefs and home cooks have shared anecdotal tales of extra virgin olive oil that just did not taste right. It has now become clear that these…
SourcingLink.net, Inc., a San Diego, California manufacturer of retail software, entered into a contract with Carrefour, S. A., a French corporation and the second largest retailer in the world, with over $100 Billion in annual sales. The contract was for SourcingLink to provide Carrefour with software to link its 24,000 worldwide suppliers over the Internet.…
