Archive for the ‘Auto Accidents’ Category

Wrongful Death Action Against Caltrans

Posted by brandlawfirm on October 5th, 2009 under Auto Accidents  •  No Comments

According to the PR Web, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Caltrans, Holly Ann Lee, Gaylene Lee, Victoriana Vazquez and Miguel Alvarez for the death of Kimberly Ann Downes.  California personal injury lawyers of BISNAR|CHASE filed suit against Caltrans, Holly Ann Lee, Gaylene Lee, Victoriana Vazquez and Miguel Alvarez.  The action was brought against the [...]

Oscar winning screenwriter sentenced to a year in jail

Posted by brandlawfirm on October 1st, 2009 under Auto Accidents  •  No Comments

According to the Los Angeles Times, Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty in the 2008 crash that killed a passenger and seriously injured his wife in Ojai.
Avary, the co-writer of “Pulp Fiction” and “Beowulf”, plead guilty in August to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other charges [...]

Fatal Car Accident

Posted by brandlawfirm on September 22nd, 2009 under Auto Accidents  •  No Comments

According to the Associated Press, on September 15, 2009 Toyota said it will order all dealers to inspect their cars for mismatched floor mats after a mat was suspected of snagging a gas pedal on a runaway Lexus, ending with a fiery crash in Santee, San Diego County that killed CHP Officer Mark Saylor, 45, [...]

Hit and Run

Posted by brandlawfirm on September 18th, 2009 under Auto Accidents  •  No Comments

Claudia Cabrera, 30, and Josue Luna, 33, were ordered to face charges including hit-and-run causing great bodily harm and vehicular manslaughter after the accident that left one USC student dead and another severely injured. This was at the conclusion of a two-day preliminary hearing. An earlier attempt at a plea deal fell through in August.
Cabrera [...]