Los Angeles Injury News
Don’t Wait to Contact an Attorney About Your California Personal Injury Claim
In most cases, you have two years from the date of an auto accident or other incident to file a personal injury lawsuit in California. If you fail to file your claim within this period, known as the statute of limitations, you can be forever barred from having your case heard in court and… Read More »
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Los Angeles County Mid-Air Collision Fatality
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man who died in a mid-air collision between two small planes in Los Angeles County last April. A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not revealed the cause of the accident or who was to blame, although the… Read More »
Fiery Multi-Car Crash in Los Angeles Closes Santa Monica Freeway, Leaves at Least One Injured
An accident on the Santa Monica Freeway Sunday morning caused multiple vehicle collisions involving eight or nine cars, with at least one of the cars catching fire and becoming engulfed in flames. At least one person is reported to have suffered injuries requiring the person to be transported to the hospital. The accident occurred… Read More »
Multi-Billion Dollar Settlement Reached in DePuy Hip Replacement Product Litigation
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a multi-billion dollar settlement in products liability litigation brought against it regarding certain artificial hips developed by its DePuy Orthopedics unit. The metal-on-metal hip replacements failed at an unreasonable rate, requiring thousands of patients to undergo painful, risky revision surgeries. The settlement covers the nearly 8,000 patients who… Read More »
Fatal Plane Crashes at Santa Monica and Jackson Hole Airports Leave Six Dead
Update on Santa Monica Plane Crash The National Transportation Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report on the September 29th crash at the Santa Monica Airport that killed all four people on board (See Four Die in Santa Monica Private Plane Crash, posted October 3, 2013). While the cause of the crash has not… Read More »
Tanker Truck Overturns in Los Angeles
A tanker truck full of milk overturned Monday morning while transitioning from the 10 Freeway westbound to the 5 Freeway northbound in downtown Los Angeles. The road remained closed for most of the day while crews were called in to clean up the spill, right the tanker and move it off the freeway. No… Read More »
Four Die in Santa Monica Private Plane Crash
A private jet airplane in flight from Hailey, Idaho crashed into the Santa Monica Airport around 6:20 p.m. on September 29. Four people on board were killed in the crash. The plane, a twin-engine Cessna Citation 525A, had touched down at the airport, but apparently then veered off the runway and crashed into a… Read More »
Red Light Violation Causes Fatal Car Crash in Orange County Community
Around nine o’clock this morning (September 17th), the driver of a southbound Nissan ran a red light at a Santa Ana intersection and crashed with an Infiniti traveling eastbound through the intersection. The front seat passenger in the Nissan was a 78-year-old woman who died instantly in the collision. Four others were taken to… Read More »
Over 100 Aviation Accidents in August Leave Nearly Fifty Dead
As of this writing, 128 aviation accidents and incidents have been reported for the month of August in the United States, according to statistics compiled by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Although most reports are still in their preliminary stages, probable cause has so far been determined in five of the accidents, and… Read More »
Initiative Petition Seeks to Increase Damages Cap in California Medical Malpractice Cases
California voters may get a chance to increase the cap on damages in medical malpractice cases to more than four times its present limit, if a consumer group is able to gather enough signatures to get its initiative petition on the next general election ballot. The group, Consumer Watchdog California, needs several hundred thousand… Read More »
