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What Happens if You are Injured in an Airbnb Rental?
Airbnb has become extremely popular among travelers as an alternative to staying in hotels. The website offers tourists the option of staying in a private home while they’re visiting a new city, either alone in the owner’s home while the owner stays elsewhere, or while the owner is present. The rapid growth in popularity… Read More »
Car Accidents on the Rise in 2015
Los Angeles personal injury attorneys at Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy comment on the steep rise in car accidents, injuries & deaths so far this year.
Labor Day Boat Collision Leaves One Dead, Three Injured and One Missing off of Santa Catalina Island
Around one in the morning on September 6th, two vessels collided in the waters off of Catalina Island, a 176 square mile island lying about 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. A dinghy carrying five people collided with a larger vessel near Casino Point and Descanso Beach, an area close by the… Read More »
IVC Filters: Are They Worth the Risk?
An IVC filter is a mechanical device inserted into a patient’s inferior vena cava (IVC), which is a major vein in the body delivering deoxygenated blood to the heart and lungs. Certain people are at risk of developing a blood clot in their legs known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which can break… Read More »
October Aviation Accidents from Catalina to Compton
Of the eight airplane accidents in California reported for the month of October to-date, two occurred in Los Angeles County, although in vastly different parts of the county. One crash occurred on Santa Catalina, a two-mile long island lying about 22 miles off the LA coast, which receives about one million tourists a year…. Read More »
High Court Finds Los Angeles May be Liable in Car Accident
The Supreme Court of California recently handed down an important decision for victims of car accidents, finding that a California municipality may be liable for a victim’s injuries where it is alleged that a dangerous condition on city property caused the injury that the victim suffered, even where another driver may have caused the… Read More »
Discovery Channel Settles On-set Helicopter Accident Lawsuit
The Discovery Channel has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a military veteran who perished in a helicopter crash during the filming of a reality TV show with the working title of Lone Operator. The helicopter crash killed three people and was one of the worst on-set accidents in Los… Read More »
California Firm Sued in Connection With Salmonella Outbreak
As a salmonella outbreak has caused hundreds of people to become sick across the United States, several lawsuits have been filed against a California produce firm whose cucumbers allegedly caused consumers to become severely ill. Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce, Inc., operating out of San Diego, had previously issued a recall of cucumbers that… Read More »
Redesigned Medical Device that Spread Superbug Contamination at Los Angeles Hospital was not Approved by the FDA
Last March we reported on the lawsuits being filed against medical device maker Olympus America for the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacae (CRE) linked to the use of a duodenoscope manufactured by Olympus America. CRE is a deadly bacteria that is so highly resistant to antibiotics that it is commonly called a Superbug. A deadly… Read More »
Watch Out for Nursing Home Medication Errors
Nursing home medication errors may be more common than you think. Federal regulations on quality of care even assume that a certain amount of medication errors will occur, although they require nursing homes to keep medication error rates below five percent and to not have any “significant” medication errors. The law defines a medication… Read More »
