North County Injury Blog

A fire in a Lakeside creek bed left one woman with severe burn injuries last Sunday, and it also destroyed one trailer home while scorching other vehicles and homes in the area. Personal injury lawyers know that cases involving burns can be among the most valuable. If you or a loved one have been injured…

Earlier this week, a motorcycle accident in Pacific Beach led to a driver’s arrest and put a motorcyclist in the hospital. According to San Diego Talk Radio, this past weekend a number of DUI checkpoints were set up throughout San Diego. Over the Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend, the city worried that celebrations from the…

There’s an update on the bicycle accident that killed Eric Ringdahl, 45, of Carlsbad, Calif. Ringdahl had been wearing a helmet and was riding properly in the bicycle lane at the time of the accident. Each year, thousands of car accidents result from drowsy driving, and this recent fatal crash is no exception. Investigators Discover…

Early last Sunday morning, a cyclist was struck and killed by a motor vehicle in Carlsbad, according to San Diego’s local CBS 8 News. In this bicycle accident case, the victim was headed north in the bike lane on El Camino Real, just north of La Costa, when a northbound vehicle struck the cyclist from…

Earlier this month, a charter tour bus accident occurred just outside Yosemite National Park. According to the Los Angeles Times, the vehicle carried 17 people, including 15 passengers, a driver, and a tour guide. The passengers and tour guide sustained minor injuries in the accident, while the driver was uninjured. Should San Diego bus riders…

In response to much of the recent news on the relationship between sports and traumatic brain injuries, a new California law requires high school coaches to receive specific training regarding concussions. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the law, created through Assembly Bill 1451, in August 2012. The law went into effect on January 1, 2013.…

In a previous post about sports-related brain injuries, we mentioned that many stories about concussions and other traumatic brain injuries have been making the news in recent months and years. In fact, the family of Junior Seau, a former San Diego Chargers linebacker, filed suit this year against the National Football League (NFL) in the…

Have you been reading news about sports-related brain injuries? Whether it’s a report about the dangers of concussions or other more immediate life-threatening injuries, these stories are becoming more prominent than they were in previous years (and decades). In fact, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) states that traumatic brain injuries are now the…

A new study in Radiology suggests that concussions may have more serious long-term effects than we’d like to think. In fact, according to a report on those findings in the Los Angeles Times, a single brain injury can actually “cause changes in the structure of the brain” and lead to cognitive problems and depression. Unlike…

A freelance photographer happened to have his camera at the ready when a semi-tractor trailer truck slammed into a car parked on the side of the I-805 freeway. According to reports, just prior to the crash a driver clipped an electronic CalTrans sign and knocked it into the freeway. Numerous cars struck the debris, causing…