The California Supreme Court has made a thoroughly considered decision regarding California Civil Code section 846 after a bicyclist sued the United States government in a personal injury lawsuit.
The plaintiff Alan Klein was injured in a serious bicycle accident in Southern California in 2004. He was riding through Angeles National Forest when a volunteer for the park hit him with his vehicle, causing Klein catastrophic, life-altering injuries.
He suffered broken ribs, a severed ear, a collapsed lung, a brain injury and an injury that lost him the use of his left arm. Because of his injuries, Klein had to retire from…
The Contra Costa times reported that a motorcyclist was killed in a crash in West Oakland last Sunday after colliding with a car. Apparently, at approximately 3:45 p.m., a 40-year-old San Francisco man was driving a Suzuki motorcycle westbound on West Grand Avenue at the intersection with Magnolia Street, when a 31-year-old Berkeley man driving a Mercedes-Benz sedan in the opposite direction made a left turn in front of the bike and the car crashed into the bike.
The collision threw the motorcyclist onto the pavement, where he was critically injured. The driver stopped and called 911, but the…
I read last week in the Sacramento Bee about a 16-year-old Waterford girl killed while riding a bicycle. Her parents have filed claims against the city of Waterford, Stanislaus County and the state of California.
As a San Francisco personal injury lawyer, I often have to acknowledge death as the tragic result of someone’s negligence. As a parent, however, I can only imagine how I would cope with the worst tragedy that can befall any parent–the death of a child. The child in this case, 16 year-old Ashley Henderson, died after she was struck by a pickup truck on February 12 while…
Bike rampage survivor Rolando “Alan” Casajeros describes the injuries and pain he suffered after the attack.
San Francisco injury lawyer, Claude Wyle, calls this a wake-up call: Motorists must share the road with bicyclists. …
I told you earlier that Choulos, Choulos and Wyle, San Francisco injury attorneys, are
representing the most badly injured survivor in the San
Francisco Road Rage incident. His name is Rolando Casajeros. He is 39 years
old and has been staying with friends in Redwood City since being released from
the hospital after being run down by a car.
The alleged driver of the car, David
Mark Clark, 39, of
Albany, is in custody, undergoing psychiatric evaluation, awaiting charges of
attempted murder aggravated assault and hit-and-run resulting in injury for his
unprovoked attacks on four bicyclists in…
