In personal injury news, Ford Motor Company will pay $21 million to a woman injured in a SUV rollover accident in Riverside County. On March 23, 2007, the plaintiff, Cynthia Castillo, 38, was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer when the tire tread separated and the vehicle veered off the roadway and overturned several times [...]

OCTOBER 25, 2009 – A 16-year-old Encinitas boy died early Monday morning from injuries sustained in a solo vehicle SUV rollover crash in Rancho Santa Fe, near Fairbanks Ranch. The crash occurred on San Dieguito Road, near Circa Del Norte, at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Authorities reported alcohol or drugs were not factors in the [...]

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 [...]

AUGUST 31, 2009 – An 18-year-old woman was killed when the compact sports-utility vehicle she was riding in overturned several times in San Joaquin County, authorities said. Sara Smith of Lodi was a passenger in a 2001 Honda CRV that was traveling south on Lower Sacramento Road about 1:45 a.m., according to Lodi police. The [...]

AUGUST 31, 2009 – An 8-year-old girl died and two others were injured when their sports-utility vehicle blew a tire and overturned on Highway 99 in Stanislaus County, authorities said. The victims were riding south on Hwy 99 about 5:25 p.m. when their 1999 Ford Explorer began to shudder and the left rear tire blew [...]

AUGUST 17, 2009 – A sports-utility vehicle rolled several times on Highway 68, injuring the woman behind the wheel, authorities said. The crash occurred about 4:25 p.m. on westbound Hwy 68 near Corral de Tierra Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. The unidentified woman, estimated to be in her 20s, swerved off the road [...]

AUGUST 11, 2009 – A woman was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after her sports-utility vehicle overturned near Caruthers, injuring herself and four children, authorities said. Maggie Rodriguez, 34, was driving on Marks Avenue south of Stroud Avenue when she made an unsafe turn shortly after 4 p.m. and the SUV overturned, according to [...]

AUGUST 10, 2009 – A passenger died and the driver suffered major injuries in a solo-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Red Bluff, authorities said. The crash happened just after 4 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-5 just south of Wilcox Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. David Dubois, 60, of Red Bluff was traveling south [...]

AUGUST 8, 2009 – A 16-year-old girl suffered major head injuries when the jeep she was riding in overturned in Nevada City, authorities said. The victim was one of two passengers in a Jeep driven by a 17-year-old male, according to the California Highway Patrol. Investigators believe alcohol played a role in the crash near [...]

JULY 28, 2009 – A suspected drunken driver collided with another vehicle on Highway 99 in Stanislaus County, killing the driver of that car and injuring four passengers, authorities said. Yolanda Fuentes, 54, of Modesto was driving south on Hwy 99 in the middle lane when her Toyota 4Runner came into contact with a Dodge [...]