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• Runaway Toyota Cases Ignored

  Claude Wyle | November 14, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Safety investigators dismissed numerous reports of sudden acceleration, then said data were lacking. I am sure many of you were shocked to learn that since 2001, more than 1,000 Toyota and Lexus...

• Lane Sharing is Legal and Reduces Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | November 06, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  I thought that I should chime in, since I have settled at least four or five lane sharing cases for six figures in the last year or so. You should take these cases and evaluate them carefully. The claims representatives have no idea what is legal in California or what is reasonable riding and they should be educated that lane sharing cases are valid. First of all, I recognize the prejudice in...

• Can we prevent another fatal crash on Bay Bridge?

  Claude Wyle | November 16, 2009 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Most of us have heard the tragic news of the big rig driver who failed to negotiate the recently installed “S” curves in the Bay Bridge. A truck driver from Hayward died on Monday...

• Stuck Floor Mat Survival Strategies – How to Avoid a Collision

  Claude Wyle | November 10, 2009 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Recent reports of stuck accelerator pedals causing crashes and Toyota’s auto recall has caused many to question whether or not a vehicle’s brakes are powerful enough to overpower the...

• Bus crash injures 19 people in Los Angeles

  Claude Wyle | November 11, 2009 6:11 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  They say that misery loves company, and if so, this might be one of the few times that San Francisco loves LA. A Los Angeles county bus collided with another vehicle last week in the Silver Lake...

• Toyota Floor Mat And Gas Pedal Defects--Do They Cause Wrongful Deaths?

  Claude Wyle | October 28, 2009 10:11 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Federal highway safety inspectors have released new details of a fatal car crash that triggered Toyota Motor Corp.'s largest recall, including a finding that the Lexus ES 350 sedan involved had a...

• Disengaged Safeguards Focus of Muni Light Rail Crash

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2009 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  It has been less than a week since two Muni Metro trains collided in San Francisco, injuring nearly fifty people. This crash has been only the latest in a series of accidents that have made the last...

• Wisconsin considers texting while driving—Concerned about automobile accidents

  Claude Wyle | November 13, 2009 6:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Wisconsin State senators are set to begin debate Tuesday whether to ban texting while driving for people under age 18 because of the higher rate of automobile accidents in that group. Wisconsin...

• Medicare’s Harsh Collection Practices Hurt Elderly Personal Injury Survivors?

  Claude Wyle | October 23, 2009 3:19 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA

  At a time when many are questioning the very future of Medicare—financial support for the program is under attack, coverage is shrinking, the number of beneficiaries is climbing...

• Gambling Bus Accident Causes Wrongful Death

  Claude Wyle | December 04, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  A gambling tour bus from U.S. Asia Tours, bound for San Francisco on Highway 88, crashed head-on into a pick up truck on Sunday night, killing the driver of the pick-up. At first the CHP believed that the pick up driver's conduct was the cause of the crash, however now they believe that a second car which was trying to pass the bus, might have hit the bus and caused this deadly five car pile up....