A man in Paso Robles has been rearraigned and is facing three felony charges from a car crash he caused on Highway 101 near Ventura, CA. In the crash, the man, Jeremy White, killed one man, Andreas Parra, 20, and severely injured another, California Highway Patrolman Anthony Pedeferri, 36. Officer…
The two brothers who were attacked by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo are now filing a claim against the city of San Francisco, alleging negligence and defamation. The brothers, Kulbir and Amritpal “Paul” Dhaliwal, along with a friend, 17 year-old Carlos Sousa, Jr., were attacked Christmas Day of…
Way back in 2003, a Truckee man shocked the world with his bizarre injury…and miraculous recovery. The story was so unbelievable that many wrote it off as a hoax, but, in fact, it actually happened. Up in beautiful Truckee, CA, an adventure-resort town just a few hours north of Sacramento,…
Note: This article was taken from the Charleston Gazette Law Blog page of their website. To view the article, please click here. From the Charleston Gazette: Girl hurt in wreck gets $1.25 million By Andrew Clevenger Staff writer After a four-day trial in Kanawha Circuit Court, a jury awarded more…
A young mother in Canada has suffered tremendously due to medical malpractice, specifically neglect from her treating doctors and nurses. Jennie, a 27-year-old mother of a three-year-old and three-month-old, injured her back about five weeks ago. She was taken by an ambulance to the emergency room at a Toronto hospital…
A female postal worker was bitten by a Visalia, CA, woman’s pit bull last Wednesday afternoon. The pit bull was one of the woman and her family’s three dogs. According to the Visalia Times, the postal worker was walking by the family’s home when the seventy-pound dog, called Corduroy, pushed…
Another bizarre car accident occurred this week, this time in Burbank, CA, a city near Sacramento’s strange sister to the south, Los Angeles. On Monday, March 24, an elderly woman drove her vehicle into a post office, injuring three people, including herself. Apparently, according to the Los Angeles Times, the…
A man caused a four car collision on Highway 20 in Grass Valley, CA, a rural town north of Sacramento, on Thursday, March 13. Steve Poston, 55, of Smartville, apparently weaved and swerved through the morning traffic scattered along the highway, reaching speeds of 80 miles per hour, despite a…
On September 4, 2006, Australian doctor, Verena Doolabh, was shot in her spine while traveling in Jordan. The culprit was a gunman who opened fire on the tourist group Doolabh was traveling with. On March 10, 2008, Doolabh shared her story with the Australian newspaper, The Daily Liberal: “Being a…
A 44-year-old Rio Linda, California man died this past Saturday, March 8, 2008, while trying to help a young woman involved in a car accident. Kaili Jackson, a 20 year old woman from Sacramento, CA, was driving southbound on SR-99 when she drove her Toyota Tundra into the center median…