North County Injury Blog

In any spinal cord injury, the degree of ones recovery is usually dependent on the speed of treatment after the injury-producing event. The longer the wait, the more likely nerve cells wither and die, and paralysis follows. But now, for the first time, Neuroscientists at UCSD have been able to re-grow axons in damaged spinal…

In the last month, two local high school students have died in automobile accidents, riding in cars with other teenagers who escaped the same accident with little or no injury. The difference? The teens who died were not wearing seat belts. KUSI did a report this morning on the importance be belting up when in…

A Montana jury awarded $850,000 in compensatory damages to the parents of an 18-year-old who died in 2003 in a baseball game. The teen, who was pitching, was hit in the head by a line drive hit with an aluminum bat. The family sued that bat’s maker, Hillerich & Bradsby, for failing to place warnings…

The National Highway Safety Administration and Toyota Motors issued a warning today about potential dangers related to the floor mats possibly jamming accelerator pedals on almost 4 million Toyota cars. Toyota Motors and the agency, however, have known about the problem for more than two years. Questions will no doubt arise about Toyota’s awareness of…

The City of San Diego has taken action to crack down on taxicabs that do not meet safety regulations. In field inspections that were started last year, approximately 85% of all taxicabs inspected did not meet health and safety requirements. “That’s unacceptable,” said John Scott, Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) taxicab administrator. “We need to see…

A San Diego school bus with no kids onboard lost control and crashed into a house in Emerald Hills this afternoon, injuring three people. According to reports, none of the injuries were life-threatening, but all three were taken to the hospital. Just prior to the accident the bus reportedly rear-ended a minivan stopped at a…

A San Marcos woman out walking with her dog at 6:30 a.m. on October 19th, was struck by a car and injured. The dog was killed. The woman was walking on Amber Hill Road in the Old Creek Ranch area of San Marcos. She was flown to the hospital by paramedics. The driver remained at…

Durable Power of Attorney for Financial Purposes You should have a durable power of attorney that is less than five years old. If yours is older than that, it’s time to update. The durable power of attorney allows your agent, whom you designate, to step into your shoes and make financial and legal arrangements for…

Joaquin de Lara, a 51-year-old motorcyclist, was traveling westbound around the 7900 block of Airway Road in Otay Mesa when an eastbound driver of an SUV turned left directly in to de Lara’s path. Witnesses say that de Lara collided with the SUV at a high rate of speed, and died at the scene due…

Most people would be surprised to learn the lawyers do not have to carry malpractice insurance (neither to doctors, by the way). And most clients don’t ask whether their lawyer carries malpractice insurance. That’s about to change. Beginning January 1, 2010, lawyers who do not carry malpractice insurance must disclose that fact to their clients,…