The BBC reported on December 5th that a convicted car thief who’d been caught on CCTV breaking a car window was bitten by the local police force’s dogs. The man spent several days in the hospital recovering before being convicted of attempted theft. The Nottinghamshire police paid the suspect £2,000 (over $3,200 USD) in damages… Read More
Year: 2012
by Amber Cortez | December 14th, 2012 | Blog, Personal Injury
Nottinghamshire Police Pay £2,000 to Dog Bite Victim
by Amber Cortez | December 4th, 2012 | Blog, Personal Injury
Crushed Leg from Fallen Crucifix Results in $3 Million Lawsuit
43-year old David Jimenez of New York suffered serious injury to his right leg after a 600-pound statue of Christ crushed it, leading to an amputation. Jimenez had been cleaning the statue at the St. Patrick’s Church in Newberg when it toppled and landed on top of him. Allegedly, only a single screw had been… Read More
by Amber Cortez | November 26th, 2012 | Auto Accident, Blog, Driving Tips
Text Messaging Declines, Texting-Related Auto Accidents Don’t
NBC News has cited Chetan Sharma’s US Mobile Data Market Update, which claims that text messaging amongst users has dropped from 696 texts in the second quarter of 2012 to 678 in the third quarter. Despite this, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a statistic showing that cellular phone-related deaths, which include auto… Read More
by Amber Cortez | November 13th, 2012 | Blog, Wrongful Death
Unborn Child Listed in Wrongful Death Suit
Christopher Schmidt, his wife Diana and their three children (one unborn) were tragically killed on September 9th after truck driver, Josef Slezak, crashed into the rear of Mr. Schmidt’s car at 75 mph, causing him to crash into his wife’s car in front of him. The children were in Mrs. Schmidt’s car. The entire family… Read More
by Amber Cortez | October 31st, 2012 | Blog, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
Worker Cooked to Death at Bumble Bee Plant
62 year old Jose Malena was cooked to death in an industrial oven at a Bumble Bee seafood plant in Santa Fe Springs, California. The police and fire department arrived in response to a 911 call made by a worker who found Malena dead inside the “steamer machine.” Malena had been an employee of the… Read More
by Amber Cortez | October 10th, 2012 | Blog, Negligence, Personal Injury
Determining Legal Liability: The Rule of Carelessness
In almost any accident, fault hinges on who acted the most careless. This “rule of carelessness” is often the determining factor for settlements when it comes to awarding damages and other forms of compensation. Other considerations for determining who was at fault may include: Whether or not the injured party was somewhere they should not… Read More
by Amber Cortez | September 25th, 2012 | Blog, General
Houston Police Kill Double Amputee
Houston police shot and killed a double amputee after he threatened police with what turned out to be a pen. According to the Houston Chronicle, the shooting occurred early on September 22 at a nursing facility for the mentally ill. Police were called when resident, Brian Claunch, became aggressive after an employee refused to give… Read More
by Amber Cortez | September 14th, 2012 | Blog, General
Texas Teen Killed Before Testifying in Rape Trial
Police have charged a North Texas man with capital murder after he admitted to killing a teen that had a sexual assault case pending against him. Franklin Davis gave a detailed account of how he murdered 16-year-old Shania Gray on September 6 after picking her up from school. Police say Gray had sex with Davis… Read More
by Amber Cortez | August 31st, 2012 | Auto Accident, Blog, Personal Injury
Suspected Drunk Driver Injures Teen Motorist and her Mother
A 21-year-old Corpus Christi man is facing intoxication assault charges after slamming into a sedan and injuring a teenage girl and her mother. The 15-year-old girl and her mother were riding in their Volkswagen Passat on August 19 in Corpus Christi when they were struck by a Dodge pickup around 7:30 p.m. After colliding with… Read More
by Amber Cortez | August 21st, 2012 | Blog, Personal Injury
Cowboy’s Fan Sues Organization for Burned Bottom
A Texas woman is suing the Dallas Cowboys Organization after sustaining third degree burns on her buttocks while at a team scrimmage in August 2010. Jennelle Carillo of Cleburne filed a lawsuit in a Tarrant County civil court alleging that the organization was negligent for not having warning signs indicating that the marble benches outside… Read More