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Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
A New York jury has just awarded Stephanie Tesorio $15 million after determining that her doctor was negligent in failing to diagnose her breast cancer. In 2002, Tesorio discovered a lump in her ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
News reports that a San Francisco bicyclist suffered personal injuries after being hit by a U.S. Postal Service truck in the Richmond District. The bicyclist was traveling east on Clement Street when ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
As the negligence lawsuit filed by San Francisco Giants fan Brian Stow is making its way through civil court, the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise has asked a bankruptcy judge to reject claims for ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
Makers of "Brazilian Blowout" hair products have reached a settlement concerning the use of their products. The popular hair-straightening product has been a boon to consumers seeking to ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
News reports that the driver in the fatal University of California San Francisco charter bus crash will be charged with misdemeanor manslaughter. The San Francisco bus accident occurred moments after ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
A Florida jury has just entered a $200 million negligence verdict against a company in charge of overseeing a nursing home. The jury determined that the company did not do enough to prevent a ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
After reaching a wrongful death settlement , the CEO and pressroom manager at a San Francisco printing shop will now face a criminal trial concerning the death of a pregnant press worker. According to ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
A California family will receive a $17.8 million settlement as the result of a military jet crash that killed four family members. In 2008, a U.S. military jet was flying over a San Diego residential ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
Despite increased safety measures such as the adoption of specific protocols, the incidence of surgical errors continue to occur far to often. Types of surgical mistakes include medical mistakes such ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
The L.A. Times reports that the California Department of Public Health has cited 14 California hospitals for medical errors that have caused – or were likely to cause – serious injury or ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
Numerous factors can lead to car accidents – from disregarding road signs to recklessly speeding through intersections, to failing to pay attention to others on the road. But one of the top ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
Last week, a bicyclist charged with running a red light and killing a pedestrian pleaded not-guilty to vehicular manslaughter. The bicycle accident / pedestrian accident raises questions of safety and ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
Fresno news reports that Southern California Edison has agreed to pay millions of dollars in damages to the families of a pilot and three California wildlife workers killed in a Madera County ...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
With the criminal trial behind them, the L.A. Times reports that the family of Michael Jackson is now shifting its focus to pursue a wrongful death trial against entertainment giant Anschutz ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
San Francisco news reports that a woman was hospitalized after being struck by a Muni train. Muni's M-Ocean View train hit the woman near the intersection of 19th Avenue and Randolph Street. She ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
New reports that a San Francisco woman is being honored as a hero after she saved a man injured in a San Francisco truck accident last week. Keenia Williams saw the 18-wheeler tip over and burst into ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
A Mill Valley woman was arrested on a suspicion of drunk driving after seriously injuring a woman in a pedestrian accident in San Francisco's Richmond District. The drunk driving accident occurred ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
News reports that a 65-year-old man was rescued following 6 days trapped in a ravine after his car went off a mountain road. David Lavau had been driving of Lake Hughes Road north of Castaic when his ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
San Francisco news reports that a big-rig and an Amtrak train collided Friday night in Contra Costa County, leaving nearly 40 people injured. The truck accident occurred around 7:15 p.m. by Discovery ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
News sources indicate that a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Sacramento County will continue. At issue is the decision of a conservator to place a paranoid schizophrenic with a history of ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
According to the San Francisco examiner, the family of Emily Dunn, a 23-year-old woman struck by a Muni bus plans to file a personal injury lawsuit this week against the City of San Francisco, ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
According to Fresno news, three new lawsuits have been filed as the result last year's Greyhound bus crash that killed six passengers. The tragic bus accident occurred last year and many questions ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2011 By San Francisco Personal Injury Lawyer
Recently, a West Virginia jury awarded $91.5 million medical malpractice verdict to the family of a woman who was the victim of severe nursing home neglect . According to West Virginia news, Dorothy ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
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