InjuryBoard Santa Clarita Archives

• Child is Thrown 40 Feet When Father Drives Drunk

  Susy Owen | February 27, 2007 1:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It is a bit of a stretch to call what happened to little 2-year-old Emaralda Villa-Ulloa an accident. It is true that in all likelyhood her 23-year-old father, Jorge Villa-Rubio of northeast Salam, did not intentionally throw his baby daughter 40 feet in the air as his car failed to follow a sharp right turn, went off the road and rolled. The fact is, however, according to police, the childs...

• Salmonella Contamination

  Susy Owen | February 27, 2007 11:47 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A number of lawsuits have been filed against ConAgra in several states, some by individuals, and others as class-action cases. New cases are continuing to come to light. Many consumers of the tainted products find themselves wondering if they need to have kept the jar of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter from which they ate. In order to file a lawsuit in the Salmonella tainted peanut butter...

• Salmonella in Redding

  Susy Owen | February 22, 2007 1:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Gaye Coonce, a resident of Redding, discovered that the illness that her family was experiencing after eating peanut butter, was probably not what the doctor has originally suggested. Her family got sick before the current, widespread Salmonella contamination was widely known by the general public. She said that her family had the following symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache and...

• Salmonella Reported in California

  Susy Owen | February 21, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  It appears that two brands of peanut butter - Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Wal-Mart's Great Value Peanut Butter - have been linked to almost 300 cases of salmonella by federal officials. Those cases were reported in 39 states. On a positive note, it appears that the contaminated brands were produced in a single plant in Georgia.In Santa Barbara, California, it is feared that two new salmonella...

• Motorcycle Riders - Is this Bill the Answer?

  Susy Owen | February 14, 2007 2:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  Have you seen Senate Bill 49 (nicknamed Kyle's Law). It is a bill that aims at cutting down on accidents involving motorcycle-riding children under the age of twelve. Given the number of accidents that occur yearly, it is clear that changes are needed to cut down not only on injuries but also on deaths as a result of unsafe riding. Do you think taking the privilege of riding away from children...

• Negligence - Understanding the Law

  Susy Owen | February 14, 2007 2:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Negligence:Negligence refers to conduct that is culpable because it falls short of the legal standard which protects people from foreseeable, risky, harmful acts by another individual. When one acts negligently toward another, the harmed person has a right to be compensated for any harm that you may have cuased to their person and/or proprerty. In essence, you must make the injured party...

• Dog Attacks

  Susy Owen | February 14, 2007 12:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Another dog attack in England. This time it was the vicious attack of a 16 year-old girl who was a student and was on campus at the time of the incident. Emily Scott is studying for a national diploma in animal care. The dog that attacked her was destroyed at the scene. It is believed that the Emily was attempting to clean out the dog's cage at the time of the incident in Myerscough College. She...

• Automobile Accidents and Related Medical Costs

  Susy Owen | February 09, 2007 11:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  Yesterday, lawmakers moved to kill pending state regulations that would cut how much doctors can charge automobile insurers for treating accident victims. The proposed bill would regulate costs on more than 1,000 medical procedures that are automoblie related. "We would argue the reimbursement rates are inflated but recognize that the fee schedule currently pending before the department is a...

• Proposed Safety Measures for ATV Riders

  Susy Owen | February 09, 2007 11:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  According to the state Division of Motor Vehicles, in 2006 fifty-four people died as a result of ATV crashes. Approximately one half of those incidents occurred off road. After such a high number of deaths last year, three bills have been introduced in the House of Delegates. These bills would place safety restrictions on riders. Additionally, the bills would require owners to register the...

• Minimum Wages Falls Short

  Susy Owen | February 07, 2007 4:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A coalition of activists groups reported that in the Pacific Northwest, there is a shortage of jobs that pay enough money for people to live on. The regional analysis was released yesterday by the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations. The study on Minimum wage was conducted with the use of 2005 data from both federal and state agencies. A living wage for a single adult in Montana was...

• Former Justice Minister Guilty of Sexual Misconduct

  Susy Owen | February 02, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  On Wednesday, the former Israeli justice minister Haim Ramon, was found guilty of sexual misconduct against a young female solder. Ramon was accused of forcibly kissing a 20-year-old soldier. 1. The kiss (sexual misconduct, depending on who you ask) took place after what Ramon considered to be a flirtatious conversation between the two. The judge in the case admonished Ramon for distorting the...

• Not a Case of Medical Malpractice

  Susy Owen | February 02, 2007 4:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It took as little as 35 minutes for a jury to find a Parsons doctor innocent of malpractice yesterday. The patient, Richard Giles, who is a diabetic, had been treated by Dr. Buller for 20 years. Two physicians testified that Dr. Buller did everything he could, and he did not fall below the "standard of care" while treating the patient. In fact, the jury felt that not only did Dr. Buller meet the...

• Dog Attacks 2-Year-Old Toddler

  Susy Owen | February 02, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Millions of Americans have beloved family dogs. There is no doubt that they become part of the family. Although, sometimes things don't go as expected, and the family dog attacks, biting the hand that feeds it. Such was the case with the vicious dog bite attack of a two-year-old little girl last week. The unprovoked attack occurred on the morning of January 28. The two-year-old was walking in...