Recent Posts in Reckless Drivers Category
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 Sep 17, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Comparative Fault is a legal concept where a jury can determine how much responsibility each party bears for a car accident or other personal injury claim. Imagine the following example: You are ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Every one of us gets that sinking feeling when a CHP car slips in behind as as we drove down the highway, or as we notice the CHP car sitting on the side of the road, radar gun trained on passing ...
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Posted on May 31, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Image by keynell4 via Flickr I just got a new case in two weeks ago that involved a horrible crash on highway 880 in Oakland. My clients were rear ended by an uninsured driver, sending their car ...
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Posted on May 7, 2010 By Pete Clancy
An Alameda County Sheriff's deputy who was on his motorcycle near 98th Avenue and B Street in East Oakland was injured in a hit-and-run accident. The driver - identified as a 34 year-old resident ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2010 By Pete Clancy
A taxi cab ran a red light at the intersection of Powell & Pine streets in San Francisco today, according to SFGate. The accident caused a chain reaction that sent five people to the hospital. Two ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2010 By Pete Clancy
As a personal injury attorney, people often ask me whether they "need" an attorney to help with their personal injury case. I always tell them the same thing: It is not a question of whether ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By Pete Clancy
This story originally ran on Inside Bay Area : The substance of it is that a hit-and-run driver went around Berkeley last night hitting cars. Some were occupied, some were not. There is an excellent ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Two people in a pickup truck were killed when their truck slammed into a school bus. No children were on board, and nobody was hurt on the bus. According to one story, the speed of the truck was a ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2010 By Pete Clancy
A 59 year old woman was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver last night in Berkeley. The accident took place at the intersection of Adeline and Harmon streets. The driver, Jesse Donald Kelly, ...
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Posted on Mar 10, 2010 By Pete Clancy
Image via Wikipedia A speeding driver who lost control of his car on Highway 80 near Emeryville last night died in an accident apparently caused by his recklessness. The driver made a dangerous and ...
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