http://www.legalpad.com/ Published by Walton Law Firm LLP en-us 2010-03-12T10:48:39-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/03/toyota_sued_for_endangering_pu.html The Orange County District Attorney's office has filed a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Company for "knowingly selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles" with defects to the acceleration system. Toyota's U.S. sales headquarters is in Torrance, but it has not... Walton Law Firm 2010-03-12T10:48:39-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/03/triathlon_volunteer_receives_7.html A volunteer for the Los Angeles Triathlon received a settlement of $7 million from the City of Los Angeles after being rendered a paraplegic in an accident related to the race. Steve Albala was riding on his motorcycle and helping... Walton Law Firm 2010-03-09T14:49:06-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/03/san_diego_marines_motorcyle_de_1.html The number of local Marines killed while riding motorcycles decreased for the first time in three years. The decrease is the result of new safety classes made available to Marines at Camp Pendleton and Miramar Air Force Base. In particular,... Motorcycle Accidents Walton Law Firm 2010-03-01T10:42:32-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/pedestrian_killed_by_school_bu.html It is being reported that a Fallbrook school bus struck a man in the 1700 block of Reche Road killing him. According to news reports, the man was "drawing on the road with chalk" when the bus hit him and... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-26T10:33:19-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/toyota_revelations_may_free_ja.html In 1996, Koua Fong Lee killed three people when, on his way home from church with his wife and daughter in the car, his Toyota Camry plowed into the rear of an Oldsmobile. At the time, Lee told police and... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-25T09:41:37-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/medical_malpractice_new_tool_h.html A new device that tracks and locates retained objects (surgical items left inside a patient after an operation) is getting attention. The RF Surgical Detection System uses a wand to scan the surgical area to find any tagged items that... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-22T17:37:30-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/avandia_causes_heart_damage_go_1.html The New York Times has obtained a government report that concludes that the drug Avandia [aka Rosiglitazone], prescribed for diabetes, causes heart attacks and heart failure and should be removed from the market. According to the report, if every diabetic... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-20T09:15:23-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/escondido_dog_bite_jogger_bitt.html A 56-year-old man who had just finished a jog suffered serious dog bites to his forearm and hands when two wandering pit bull-mix dogs attacked him near his home. According to the North County Times, the dogs had a history... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-17T07:23:36-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/highway_work_zone_crashes_decl_1.html The North County Times is out today with an article on highway work zone safety. The good news is that the number of accidents and injuries is down. The bad news is that doing road work is still a very... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-16T06:43:25-08:00 http://www.legalpad.com/2010/02/judge_orders_woman_to_stand_tr.html A Poway woman with a history of driving while intoxicated was ordered by a San Diego judge to stand trial for vehicular manslaughter after killing pedestrian Kristen Ann Bedard as she walked to work at Target. According to prosecutors, defendant... Walton Law Firm 2010-02-11T15:47:10-08:00