San Diego Injury Lawyer Blog

A pedestrian walkway collapse at a construction site in the East Village of Downtown San Diego has claimed its' second fatality nearly one year after the initial accident. James Barham was recently found dead after accidentally overdosing on the painkillers he took for the back and knee injuries suffered in the 2008 walkway collapse. He had been waiting for surgery to repair his injuries.

The San Diego pedestrian death occurred at a housing project site on Imperial Avenue in Downtown San Diego nearly a year ago on August 28, 2008. An astounding sixteen people were injured when the walkway, set up to divert pedestrians around the construction site, collapsed. Another victim of the accident, Tyrone Allen, also died months after the accident as a result of his injuries.

A friend of the Barham reported that his injuries had severely affected him both emotionally and physically. The Tylenol he had been taking was not enough for the pain he was experiencing and he recently went to the doctor for stronger medication and was described Percocet. Friends think he just lost track of his medication because of the pain. The accident caused him to rely on a cane to walk shortly before his death.

If you or anyone you know has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego pedestrian accident, please contact San Diego pedestrian accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the other San Diego, CA injury attorneys of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego, CA accident lawyers online here.

Two San Diego County Sheriff's deputies riding all-terrain vehicles last weekend got involved in a crash in Imperial Beach while out on the ATV's, injuring one when he was catapulted forward off the one he had been riding on.

The two deputies had been on northbound Seacoast Drive near Elder Avenue at 11:35 a.m. on August 16, 2009, when the ATV crash happened, as reported by the San Diego County Sheriff's Sgt. Jerry Hartman. The lead deputy had stopped the motor vehicle in front of the other deputy just before it happened.

The deputies had been riding on the ATV's because they were assigned to patrol the beaches. The deputy who had been thrown from the ATV landed on his head and right arm and had to be taken to a local hospital for treatment of the head injury.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a Imperial Beach ATV wreck, contact San Diego motor vehicle accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego, CA injury accident lawyers of the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego personal injury attorneys online here

A Southern California boy was killed last week when he was crossing a street in Los Angeles. The 14-year-old boy from Inglewood named Semaj Spencer was the tragic victim of this hit and run pedestrian accident. The suspect of the death has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and a felony count of leaving the scene of an accident.

Prosecutors in the case note that 40-year-old Andre Thompson of South Los Angeles had also been charged on Thursday with driving under a suspended or revoked license, which is considered a misdemeanor in California. Thompson has pleaded not guilty to his charges in an Inglewood Superior Court, however. He also reportedly turned himself into police earlier this week and was subsequently arrested in the death of young Semaj Spencer. The teen boy was struck by the vehicle and killed last Sunday when he crossed the road at Imperial Highway in Los Angeles.

If you or a loved one has ever been injured or killed in a Los Angeles hit and run car accident, contact Los Angeles car accident lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the other Los Angeles injury lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these Los Angeles, CA personal injury attorneys online here.

Prospective clients to our San Diego personal injury law firm often ask, "How Much is My Personal Injury Case Worth?" It is the most frequently asked question besides, "How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take?".

Our San Diego injury accident law office takes pride in providing as much helpful and useful free information as we can to our personal injury clients and members of the public. We want to make sure the public is as educated as claims adjustors so we all can effectively fight the insurance companies and their hardball tactics.

You can watch San Diego injury accident attorney Ross Jurewitz answer this important question in this video at our California personal injury law firm website. If you have any other questions you would like to personally ask Mr. Jurewitz or if you would like a free case evaluation, contact our office at 888-233-5020 or you may also contact our office online here.

One of the most frequent questions our San Diego personal injury law firm receives from prospective clients is, "How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take?".

Our office takes pride in providing as much helpful and useful free information as we can to our personal injury clients and members of the public. Only by ensuring that the public is as educated as claims adjustors and insurance company employees can we help effectively fight them and their hardball tactics.

You can watch San Diego injury accident attorney Ross Jurewitz answer this important question in this video at our California personal injury law firm website. If you have any other questions you would like to personally ask Mr. Jurewitz or if you would like a free case evaluation, contact our office at 888-233-5020 or you may also contact our office online here.

San Diego's Mission Bay had a deadly even this week when lifeguards and divers found the body of a 28-year-old La Jolla man in the bay on August 9, 2009, over 12 hours after he dove off the Bahia Belle cruise ship with two friends. He did not make it to shore and drowned.

Sean Rae and his friends jumped off of the tour boar during the night time cruise around 12:35 a.m. in the early morning of August 9, according to San Diego Lifeguard Lt. Andy Lerum. The San Diego Police Department released dive teams and joined with the Port of San Diego to search, along with a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, and even with lifeguards from the North County, to all search the waters. Before the body was found, Lerum was worried the area would be too large to search and successfully locate the body.

The Bahia Belle is a mock paddlewheel restaurant-bar cruise boat based at the Bahia Resort, which regularly cruises Mission Bay. Rae lived in La Jolla with his girlfriend.

If you or anyone you know has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego boating accident, please contact San Diego personal injury attorney Ross Jurewitz and the lawyers at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego boating accident lawyers online here.

Just listened to an amazing interview by Ben Glass of Ben Glass Law in Fairfax, Virginia. He was interviewing Seattle, Washington motorcycle accident lawyer Max Meyers of Scott McDonald and Associates, PLLC, located in Kirkland, Washington.

Mr. Meyers has built a niche injury accident law practice representing the victims of serious motorcycle accidents. As we have stated on our own site, motorcycle riders are particularly vulnerable to injury or death when they are involved in a traffic collision. The rider's exposure to all outside forces because he lacks the protection of a vehicle's steel frame, as well as the difference in mass between motorcycles and cars or trucks, almost guarantees a major injury.

As I listened to the interview, I was particularly impressed by the level of caring Mr. Meyers has for Washington motorcyclists and his clients. He has gone so far as to publish a free helpful book for Washington motorcycle accident victims which can be ordered online. It is also available in various motorcycle dealerships throughout the Seattle | Kirkland area.

Whether you are a seasoned rider or a weekend lawyer, I would highly recommend ordering his free book. If you or a loved one was unfortunate enough to be injured or killed in a Washington motorcycle accident, you can contact Mr. Meyers at his Washington personal injury law firm at (425) 822-5700.

Interstate 5 (I-5 or "the 5") freeway is the major north-south freeway running along San Diego County's coastline. It is a very heavily traveled road and is the site of many traffic accidents, including car wrecks, motorcycle accidents, and truck crashes.

We have added a new web report on our San Diego personal injury website that addresses Interstate 5 car accidents. Check it out.

A fatal San Diego pedestrian accident occurred over the weekend when a man and his dog were killed by a car while they were crossing the street, according to San Diego police. The victim was soon identified by the County Medical Examiner's Office as 79-year-old Billy Don Viele.

Viele had been crossing Rancho Bernardo Road close to Via Del Campo in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego just before 10 a.m. on August 1, 2009, with two of his dogs when they were hit by a Ford Mustang. Witnesses to the accident called 911, and medics arrived on the scene worked to resuscitate Viele, but were unsuccessful. Viele was married and lived in San Diego. One of the dogs survived.

If you or anyone you know has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego pedestrian accident, please contact San Diego personal injury lawyer Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these personal injury lawyers in San Diego online here.

Most car accidents cause some type of injury to the spine. Often that injury is merely straining and spraining the soft tissues surrounding the spine which cause the spine to bend and flex. However, in many cases, the spine suffers a greater injury including injuries to the discs that cushion the vertebrae.

We recently posted two helpful articles on our San Diego personal injury law firm website which address spinal cord disc injuries caused by accidents and back and neck injuries resulting from injury accidents.

If you or a loved one has suffered a back or neck injury in a car accident, please contact our San Diego car accident attorneys at 619-233-5020 for a free consultation and assistance.