JANUARY 26, 2010 – A 66-year-old Gilroy woman has filed a lawsuit against Caltrans and Monterey County for major injuries she suffered in an accident on January 20, 2009, at the intersection of Highway 101 and San Juan Road, near the Red Barn. Anna Reznik of Gilroy was driving south on Hwy 101 when [...]

OCTOBER 21, 2009 – A trial is scheduled to begin for a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a crash on May 3, 2005, that killed Judith Weinstein and her two sons, ages 9 and 12. Thomas Wellinger, an employee of UGS Corp., had been sent to seek medical attention when he drove his car into [...]

OCTOBER 15, 2009 – In product liability news this week, a jury in Etowah County, Alabama has awarded a 28-year-old Gadsden, Alabama woman an $8.5 million judgment for injuries stemming from a 2003 SUV rollover accident involving a Mercury Mountaineer. The Mercury Mountaineer is virtually identical to the Ford Explorer, and is manufactured by [...]

OCTOBER 14, 2009 – This morning, the biggest recall in Ford Motor Company’s history just got even bigger. Less than two weeks after Toyota announced a recall of 3.9 million vehicles, Ford agreed to expand its own recall over a faulty cruise control switch by 4.5 million vehicles. Including previous recalls related to the cruise [...]

OCTOBER 9, 2009 – A suit against Target has been settled for $7 million dollars, attorneys said recently in a statement. Claire Putman, 80, of Des Plaines, Il, suffered brain injuries as a result of being struck in the head by a defective automatic door at a Target store in Rosemont (northwest of Chicago). According [...]

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 – The family of an Austin honor student who died in an alcohol related hazing incident on December 2, 2008, has filed a lawsuit against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and other parties they believe responsible for their son’s death.

Carson Starkey of Austin died December 2, 2008 after binge drinking with his fraternity. [...]

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 – A 23-year-old Billinngs, Montana woman has settled a lawsuit stemming from a 2005 school bus crash. The accident occurred on October 14, 2005. According to the suit, the bus driver, Dennis Boehler, failed to yield at an intersection and collided with Lee’s car. Lee was seriously injured and had to be [...]

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 – The family of a man killed in a northwestern Seattle bicycle accident has filed a lawsuit against the driver of the van that struck him. The bicycle crash occurred at an intersection in Ballard on February 4. Kevin D. Black, 39, died when he was struck by a 2006 Ford [...]

AUGUST 27, 2009 — A jury in the 4th District Court of Utah awarded $4.4 million to the widow and children of a man who died in a 2006 accident on Interstate 15 in Utah. The family of Richard Kunzler, of Payson, claimed in a suit against the Utah Department of Transportation and Staker and [...]

AUGUST 27, 2009 – A Salinas electrical contractor was found partially responsible for a work-related accident that killed a man four years ago, an attorney for the plaintiffs said. A Monterey County jury awarded the children of the victim $5.3 million in damages. The verdict was announced Wednesday. Daniel Raya, 49, of Los Angeles was [...]