InjuryBoard Santa Clarita Archives

• Dangerous Dog Ordinance Wins Approval

  Susy Owen | October 27, 2007 6:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  In Livermore, California residents voted 34-19 to adopt an ordinance that will put restrictions on dogs that are declared to be dangerous by the court. The liability insurance required to own what is concidered to be a dangerous dog would be $300,000. The ordinance is stricter than the current state law in several areas. This ordinance is not breed specific, but does include attacks on...

• Toddler Awarded $856K Due to Dog Attack

  Susy Owen | October 20, 2007 6:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Can you imagine taking your toddler to the beach on Mother's day only to have your baby attacked by a Rottweiler. It really makes you wonder what an adult is thinking to allow a Rottweiler to run free in public.The incident took place in Hawaii on Mother's day of 2005. The little boy, Keeton Manguso, was just 30 months old o weighed only 24 pounds at the time of the incident. He was bitten on...

• Lawsuits Against Vioxx Continue

  Susy Owen | October 14, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Due to safety concerns, a defective product known as Vioxx was pulled from the market 2004. The manufacturer of Vioxx, Merck, is still facing thousands of lawsuits filed by injured people. In fact, a study done by the Food and Drug Administration in 2004, estimated that Vioxx could have played a part in as many as 27,785 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths between 1999 and 2003. Subsequent...

• Kraft Recalls White Choclate

  Susy Owen | October 13, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Kraft Foods has recalled Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.) with a UPC Code 0043000252200. The recall is specific to the following four best-when-used-by dates:31 MAR 2008 XCZ 01 APR 2008 XCZ 02 APR 2008 XCZ 03 APR 2008 XCZ It is feared that the product may contain Salmonella. Salmonella is dangerous. It can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. The...

• Pit Bull Attacks 2-year-old

  Susy Owen | October 12, 2007 5:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  The mother of a 2-year-old little boy was sleeping on the couch in her home while her toddler was left on the floor with a pit bull dog!!! According to a witness, the child tripped over a shirt, which must have startled the dog. The dog attacked, biting the child's face.The wound started in the middle of the child's forehead and went between his eyes and down his face, according to the police. ...

• Sixty-Year-Old Dies in Motorcycle Crash

  Susy Owen | October 07, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  It isn't very often you see a 60-year-old woman riding a motorcycle. Sally Jean Mata was an exception. Sadly, on Sunday while she was riding her motorcycle she collided with a three-axle tanker truck. When the collision occured, Mata was traveling southbound, while the truck was making a U-Turn. The truck driver was not hurt. It was only last year that Mata survived an accident that took the...

• Pit Bull Bites Unsuspecting Woman's Face

  Susy Owen | October 05, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  You just can't be too safe. A few days ago our website had a story about a previously non-aggressive labrador that bit a toddler in the face. A labrador! Who knew that would happen. This scienaro, however, is unfortunately all too common: On Saturday night a woman was visiting a friend in Austin, Texas. She was in the backyard of her friends home when a normally non-aggressive 3 year-old pit...

• Same Girl, Same Incident - Two Hit and Runs

  Susy Owen | October 03, 2007 12:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Sasha Kemp, 19, of Toledo., was standing on a road at approximately 1:50 a.m., on Saturday morning trying to flag down a car when she was struck by a vehicle. Kemp was then thrown into the path of an oncoming vehicle. That vehicle tried of avoid her, but was unable to. The second driver crashed while trying to avoid kemp. Unbelievably, both the first and second driver left the scene of the...