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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Pete Clancy
Last year I put up a blog post about the most dangerous intersections in Oakland for pedestrian accidents and bike accidents . It an be found here . I have now taken that information and placed it on ...
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Posted on May 29, 2011 By Pete Clancy
Pedestrian accidents can have grave consequences for the a pedestrian hit by a car . Oakland is particularly dangerous for pedestrians . On average, there are between 200-350 pedestrian accidents in ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2011 By Pete Clancy
I have written in the past about the importance of uninsured motorist coverage . It protects you from the myriad drivers out there who choose to drive without insurance . It is also pretty cheap. I ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011 By Pete Clancy
A 25-year old Pacifica pedestrian was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver early Sunday morning. Scott Garrigan was walking along Skyline Boulevard near Sharp Park Road when he was struck by ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 By Pete Clancy
A pedestrian in Oakland's Grand Lake district was injured in a hit and run accident on Wednesday afternoon. The pedestrian accident was at the intersection of Lake Park and Walker in Oakland. The ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2011 By Pete Clancy
According to NHTSA statistics , a pedestrian is struck by a car roughly every 9 minutes. In the year 2009, there were 59,000 pedestrians injured by cars or trucks . Of those 59,000 pedestrian ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2011 By Pete Clancy
Getting Medical Treatment After A Car Accident When You Have No Insurance If you are injured in a car accident , you need medical treatment. But what if you have no health insurance? If you were taken ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2011 By Pete Clancy
A multi-car hit-and-run car accident on southbound 880 in Oakland sent one person to the Highland Hospital with injuries and snarled traffic for hours. Highway Patrol officers were unable to say what ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2011 By Pete Clancy
An Oakland toddler was killed outside of her home last night when a relative backed over her in the driveway . The girl was rushed to Children's Hospital Oakland, where she was pronounced dead. Her ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2011 By Pete Clancy
A man driving a Honda in Oakland early Sunday morning first struck the center divide, then ran twice across lanes of traffic before being struck by a car and killed . It is unclear why the man first ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2011 By Pete Clancy
According to the CHP, 22 Californians were killed in auto accidents during the 2009, and more than half of them were not wearing their seat belts at the time. (During that same time, the CHP made ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By Pete Clancy
Almost 1 year ago, I wrote a post about dangerous intersections in San Francisco , as well as dangerous intersections in Oakland . The group Walk Oakland Bike Oakland recenlty referred to 40th and ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Pete Clancy
Police in Petaluma are seeking a hit and run driver who left a left another motorist seriously injured this weekend. The driver has been identified as 38-year old Celestino Cruz Gonzalez, and he fled ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Pete Clancy
A 27 year-old San Lorenzo resident was killed in Oakland early Sunday morning when he lost control of his car , struck the center divide and was thrown from his car. He was in the road when he was ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Although I do not practice criminal law, the Marjorie Knoller/Diane Whipple case is interesting, and back in the news. Hence, this post. Normally, a person whose dog attacks another person is strictly ...
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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 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 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 that ...
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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
November 4, 2010 - 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 ...
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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 Oct 29, 2010 By Pete Clancy
October 29, 2010 - If you drive in California, you are required to have at least $15,000 in liability insurance . You may also have, but are not required to have, uninsured and underinsured motorist ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2010 By Pete Clancy
October 18, 2010 - A San Francisco toddler was injured in a hit-and-run accident yesterday evening in the city's Oceanview neighborhood. According to a report on KTVU.com , the child had just exited ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2010 By Pete Clancy
October 14, 2010 - Oakland police officers have confirmed that a pedestrian was struck and killed this morning by a train. The accident happened near the 880 overpass of West Grand Avenue . The ...
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