Blog Posts in November, 2010
Posted on Nov 30, 2010 By Pete Clancy
An early morning car crash left a passenger dead and the driver hospitalized and under arrest for vehicular manslaughter. According to KTVU.com, the truck in which the deceased and the driver were ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Pete Clancy
If you are in a car accident and you have PIP (or med-pay ) insurance that pays for your medical treatment, you may be contractually obligated to re-pay a portion of these costs after you recover from ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2010 By Pete Clancy
If you are in a car accident in an intersection, the question of liability will likely come down to who had the right of way. If the intersection is controlled by lights, the lights control who has ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Authorities have determined that a woman found dead in her Moreno Valley back yard was attacked and killed by her neighbor's Pit Bull - Weimaraner mixes. As I wrote just a few days ago, dog bites ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2010 By Pete Clancy
A freak accident in Concord killed a man working as a tree trimmer. A rope to which he was attached apparently became caught in the woodchipper. He fell and then hit his head, at least according to ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Strict Liability - California's Dog Bite Law California Civil Code section 3342(a) sets the standard applicable to dog bite cases : If your dog bites someone, you are strictly liable. This means ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Pete Clancy
November 9, 2010 A man wounded by a gunshot lost control of his car and crashed into a house in the 3100 block of High Street in Oakland, rupturing a gas line. The occupants of the house were ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2010 By Pete Clancy
If you are the plaintiff in a personal injury case, there is a good chance that the insurance adjuster, defense attorney, and/or investigator has looked for you on the web. If your claim is that you ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2010 By Pete Clancy
An early morning car accident in East Oakland left two motorists dead. The accident happened at the intersection of 106th and MacArthur around 2:00 a.m. The accident happened when the driver of a BMW ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Store owners are under a duty to keep their premises reasonably safe for their patrons. This does not mean that they have to be perfect. But it does mean that they have an ongoing obligation to ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Early yesterday morning, a big-rig was unable to negotiate the turn on the Columbus Parkway off-ramp on highway 80 in Vallejo, struck a dirt embankment and caught fire. According to reports, at least ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2010 By Pete Clancy
A solo vehicle car crash on Saturday morning killed two and injured one. According to a report on KTVU.com, the car went off the road and struck a tree. The accident happened at approximately 7:45 in ...
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