The 15-year-old daughter of former AL Rookie of the Year Marty Cordova is in a coma after the car she was riding in on her way to school was broadsided by a truck. Ashley McAdam suffered head trauma as well as a broken jaw, elbow and thighbone. She was a passenger in a friend’s car…
Corona resident John Howe Jr., 57, was hit and killed by a Desert Hot Springs patrol car as he was crossing the street, according to a Press-Enterprise article. California Highway Patrol investigators said that Howe was not in a crosswalk when he was hit crossing Palm Drive between Desert View and Cahuila Avenues. He was…
A 26-year-old Mission Viejo Air Force veteran was stabbed to death while trying to protect his younger brother from an attacker at the “NYE OC” bash. Robert Sickles was killed and a childhood friend, Brian McTeigue, was injured when they attempted to stop 23-year-ol Adam Randy Baker of Dana Point from assaulting Sickles’ younger brother,…
A Long Island, N.Y., packaging plant was evacuated after a suspected gas leak sent 25 workers to the hospital for carbon monoxide exposure, according to a news report. Firefighters who were called to the LaMar Plastic Packaging Co. in Freeport treated an additional 20 workers at the scene for carbon monoxide exposure after they complained…
A suburban Detroit furniture store exploded and collapsed, leaving at least two people trapped in the rubble and a third with critical injuries. The William C. Franks furniture store in Wayne City, Michigan, exploded in a massive blast that was felt almost a mile away, according to news reports. Police evacuated local businesses and residents…
A 35-year-old chairlift at the popular Sugarloaf Ski Resort in Maine that was scheduled for repairs or replacement broke while carrying a full load of skiers up the mountain, sending both adults and children plummeting to the ungroomed snow below. According to a news report, eight skiers were hospitalized, including five adults and three children…
A judge in Morris County, New Jersey recently increased a $100,000 pain and suffering award to $1 million in a product liability lawsuit against Yamaha Motors Company, the manufacturer of the snowmobile involved in the plaintiff’s accident. The case is unusual because judges are far more likely to reduce an award (called remittitur) than adjust…
The sheer variety of olive oils on any given supermarket shelf can be overwhelming to the average shopper. Olive oils come in all shapes, sizes colors, and prices – and what do all those terms on the labels mean? Terms like “extra virgin,” “cold pressed,” and “unfiltered” are featured prominently on most olive oil labels…
California law requires sports agents to make certain mandatory disclosures to the Secretary of State prior to acting as an agent. According to a lawsuit filed by Callahan & Blaine’s client, International motocross racing team Pro Circuit Racing, Inc., its agent, Crown AMG, misrepresented its status as an authorized sports agent so that it could…
Daniel J. Callahan of Callahan & Blaine, recently represented Win Time, Ltd. against NCRS, Inc. of Anaheim, California in an extraordinary California real estate fraud case. The basis of the case is that NCRS, Inc. owned a Super 8 Motel which it sold to Callahan & Blaine’s client, Lake Forest, California-based Win Time. During the…
