In a recent California Court of Appeal case, the court reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in a case involving a fatal car accident. The plaintiffs, Miriam Navarette and her three children, sued defendant Hayley Meyer, alleging a violation of Vehicle Code Section 2170 (willfully interfering with the…
In a recent California Court of Appeals decision, Bean v. Pacific Coast Elevator Corp., 234 Cal. App. 4th 1423 (2015), an employee of the Pacific Coast Elevator Corporation reportedly crashed his vehicle into the plaintiff’s truck, which was stopped at a red light. The plaintiff suffered serious injuries as a result of…
A rollover car accident transformed into a medical malpractice action when a man seeking treatment for his injuries allegedly had a piece of glass left in his scalp over a period of several months. In the case, Li v. Mojaddidi, Cal. Ct. App. (2015), the plaintiff was involved in a…
The California Court of Appeals ruled in a recent personal injury case stemming from a school bus accident. The case, Gaita v. Capistrano Unified School Dist., Cal. Ct. App. (2015), followed a school bus rear-ending another vehicle on the freeway. The plaintiff filed a personal injury suit against a bus driver…
A second lawsuit was reportedly filed against Caitlyn Jenner, following a fatal car accident that happened in February in Southern California. The personal injury lawsuit was reportedly filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. It alleges that Jenner was responsible for causing the crash by driving “negligently, carelessly, recklessly and wantonly.” The relatives of…
In a recent California Court of Appeals case, Vollaro v. Lispi, 224 Cal. App. 4th 93 (2014), the court had before it an appeal stemming from a car accident in which Lispi rear-ended the car in which Vollaro was a passenger. The driver and owner of the car that was struck…
In a recent California Court of Appeals case, Cardiel v. Marquez, Cal. Ct. App. (2014), the court had before it a car accident case that was being challenged for a failure to move forward. The plaintiffs sued the defendants for a rear-end collision, including both the driver of the car…
There was quite a stir at the Los Angeles International Airport this past Sunday, when the driver of a Porsche accidentally accelerated, presumably rather than braking, and struck a nine-year-old girl before crashing into a nearby terminal. According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, the girl was…
The famous California search engine and innovation company, Google, admitted in a statement earlier this month that the self-driving cars that it has invented have been involved in 11 minor car accidents since the company began working with the technology six years ago. The company stated it had notified the state…
In a recent California Court of Appeals case, Maiello v. LA Digital Post, Cal. Ct. App. (2015), the court heard the appeal from the granting of summary judgment stemming from a car accident case. On the day of the alleged incident, the plaintiff was involved in a car accident with an…