Los Angeles Injury News
Learjet Crash
South Carolina Learjet Crash Kills Four, Seriously Injures Two A chartered Learjet 60 carrying two crew members and four passengers crashed during takeoff from Columbia, South Carolina on September 18. Killed in the crash were the pilot, Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif.; co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif.; Chris Baker, 29,… Read More »
MedFlight Helicopter Crash
Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy Retained in MedFlight Helicopter Crash Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy is privileged to announce that the firm has been retained by Stacey Bean, M.D. and her two children to represent them in a claim against those responsible for the May 10, 2008 helicopter crash in which her husband, 37 year-old physician… Read More »
Texas Helicopter Crash
Medical Helicopter Crash in Texas Leads to Loss of Four Lives A PHI Medical Air helicopter crashed 70 miles from Houston, Texas, killing all four people on board. The helicopter departed Huntsville Memorial Hospital bound for Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston when it missed a check-in with dispatch just two minutes after take-off. The… Read More »
Taser Litigation
Attorneys JOHN BURTON and PETER M. WILLIAMSON have been litigating wrongful death and products liability cases against TASER, International, Inc., the manufacturer of TASER™ Electronic Control Devices (“ECDs”) for the past four years. We are the first and only attorneys who have successfully obtained a plaintiff’s products liability verdict against TASER™ (Heston v. Taser, Int.,… Read More »
Assisting Yamaha Rhino ATV Accident Victims
Have you been injured by a Yamaha Rhino ATV? Read our ATV Rollover Blog The law firm of Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy represents persons across the United States who have been seriously injured in a Yamaha Rhino ATV rollover accident. We also represent parents whose children have died in accidents involving ATVs. We currently represent… Read More »
Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella Litigation
The law firm of Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy represents persons across the United States in lawsuits against the manufacturers of Yasmin, Yaz, or their generic equivalent, Ocella, who have suffered serious side effects or lost a loved one from the use of these oral contraceptives. Use of these three birth control pills has been… Read More »
Shoulder Pain Pump Litigation
The law firm of Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy represents clients across the United States in cases involving intra-articular pain pump catheters. These devices are frequently used after rotator cuff surgery or shoulder decompression surgery, and are linked to a serious condition known as Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chrondrolysis (PAGCL). PAGCL is an extremely painful and debilitating condition… Read More »
Illegal Tour Bus Involved in Deadly Arizona Crash
On March 5, 2010, six Mexican citizens died when the bus they were traveling in crashed on Interstate 10 near Casa Grande, Arizona, about 30 miles southeast of Phoenix. Sixteen other passengers were injured in the crash, as were both the driver and back-up driver of the bus. As of March 10, half of… Read More »
Pending Cases As Of December, 2006
Burkardt v. clear Channel Communications 2004 crash of Cessna 182 into the KFI radio tower near Fullerton Airport. Parent of plaintiffs killed in crash. Trial set for 2/07 Canright v. United States 2004 crash of Piper aircraft near Santa Barbara, CA on behalf of parents of one passenger. Settlement entered into with Estate of… Read More »
Supreme court milestone ruling gives boost to airline liability cases
For Immediate Release March 10, 2004 Contact: Clay Robbins, III – (310) 553-6630 Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy (MC&M), a law firm specializing in aviation liability cases, announced today that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Olympic Airways vs. Husain has given a boost to the firm’s efforts to make international air carriers liable… Read More »
