Callahan & Blaine

A recently released report by Transportation for America says that nearly 2,500 pedestrians were killed in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metro area from 2000 to 2009, making it the 27^th most dangerous place in the nation for pedestrians, according to a news report.

California ranks as the 16^th deadliest state for pedestrians, according to the report, with a total of 6,957 pedestrian deaths from 2000 to 2009.  The report says that the neglect of pedestrian safety in the design and use of American roadways has resulted in more than 47,000 pedestrian deaths and 688,000 injuries nationwide from 2000 to 2009.

The report states that a majority of the pedestrian deaths nationwide have something in common:  they occurred along “arterial roadways that were dangerous by design, streets engineered for speeding traffic with little or no provision for people on foot, in wheelchairs or on bicycles.”

If you or a loved one is involved in an accident that causes death or serious injury, call Callahan & Blaine, California’s Premier Litigation Firm. We are one of the leading catastrophic injury firms in the state of California. In fact, in the last five years alone our lawyers have obtained over $1.2 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a record breaking $50 Million settlement against the City of Dana Point, which has been certified as the largest personal injury settlement in the history of the United States.  Callahan & Blaine has also recently obtained a $28 Million settlement for a driver who was hit by a runaway truck wheel on the freeway, a $7 million settlement for a bicyclist who was struck by a newspaper delivery truck, and a $7.25 million settlement for a man who was run over trying to board a city bus.

Our success in litigating and negotiating personal injury cases comes from our uncommon approach; we handle each personal injury case as though it were a complex business litigation case, attacking it from every angle possible. While our firm is located in Orange County, California, we handle serious personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases nationwide.

If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of a pedestrian accident, please contact our California law firm for expert legal counsel.