Posts tagged Liability

• Cribs are not the only dangerous product- Cords on window blinds can choke or strangle a child

  Claude Wyle | December 01, 2009 7:38 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  I wrote last week about the recall of Stork Craft cribs. That recall was prompted by the four infant deaths from suffocation caused by a badly designed product—the drop side crib. While I...

• Infant Suffocation Deaths result in Recall of 2.1 million Stork Craft Cribs

  Claude Wyle | November 30, 2009 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  We learned earlier this week that more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada are being recalled after reports of four infant suffocations. What troubles me is...

• Deadly Motorcycle Accident Kills Tracy Man on Highway 238

  Claude Wyle | November 12, 2007 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Sad news for the motorcycling community, and a bit of a mystery for some motorcycle attorneys to unravel. Leopoldo Zaragoza, riding a 2001 R1, was killed at or around 5:25 a. m. on Interstate 238 early this Monday morning. Zaragoza, a 38-year-old Tracy resident was pronounced dead at the scene of this deadly motorcycle crash. Although no other vehicle is thought to be involved in this...

• California's Safe Routes to School Law Will Reduce Bicycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | October 27, 2007 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On October 14, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law California's Safe Routes to School bill. As a result, $52 million is available for California State Legislated Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Funds. As bicycle accident attorneys, we hope that by making negligent drivers accountable for their bad choices, we are changing their bad behavior. Of course, it is even better to protect bicycle...

• Children's Safety for Halloween-Protect From Hidden Dangers

  Claude Wyle | October 26, 2007 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The CPSC has issued several Safety Tips to Help Prevent Hidden Halloween Dangers, encouraging parents to integrate "Safety into Celebration". When it comes to children's safety, there is no trick. Hidden dangers associated with dangerous or defective costumes, unclean treats, and hazardous decorations can be easily prevented. Accidents and personal injuries to children happen each year, however,...

• The Dangerous Streets of San Francisco

  Claude Wyle | September 28, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Whether you are driving in San Francisco, or trying to walk across a busy street, you will always be risking personal injuries or wrongful death. Although it's never really been easy to negotiate the Streets Of San Francisco, this year marks a troubling spike in motor vehicle collision deaths, and drivers and pedestrians should be extra careful. San Francisco is on a course for roughly one...

• 22nd Pedestrian San Francisco Death This Year

  Claude Wyle | September 17, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An elderly Asian woman was killed last Tuesday afternoon when she was struck by a black Chevrolet sedan on Geary Boulevard, just across from St. Mary's Cathedral. This is the 22nd pedestrian death on the streets of San Francisco this year, a markedly deadly year for seniors, and a sharp increase from the 2006 pedestrian fatalities. Although this woman may have been jaywalking, according to an...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries From Car And Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | September 05, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Astoundingly, 1.5-2 million people a year sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) from motor vehicle accidents such as automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents, as well as bicycle accidents and pedestrian accidents and falls, sport injuries, and other traumatic events. 500,000 of these TBIs are severe enough to require hospitalization, and 50,000 people die from complications of head...

• Mill Valley Man Dies in Mt Tam Auto Accident

  Claude Wyle | July 27, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The cause of an auto accident that killed a Mill Valley man is still a mystery. After returning from a hike on June 18, 2007 a Mill Valley man veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology tests revealed negative results. Did a dangerous condition of this Mill Valley roadway cause or contribute to this car accident and this traffic fatality? The...

• Proposed Legislations Will Reduce Child Drowning Deaths

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The mother of the 4-year-old boy who recently drowned in a Great America pool blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late to save him, but was not in the pool herself at the time of the drowning. Great America now requires all children less than 4 feet tall wear life jackets while in its pools. Will this new rule save lives? Or will it only provide a false sense of...