There has been a bench verdict in the case regarding the injuries Robert Dorroh received after an accident in 2000. 43-year-old Mr. Dorroh was driving to work in his 1985 Ford Bronco at approximately 6:50 a.m. Cedar Sol Warren was traveling in the opposite direction, and was speeding. Mr. Warren Read more »
Case settled in construction accident
by JDC
A case has been settled regarding a construction worker who was injured in 2003. 38-year-old Saul Garcia was in the lift gate of a truck, when the driver reversed and hit a concrete median. Mr. Garcia fell from the lift gate and suffered a dislocated shoulder and a labrum tear, Read more »
Worker killed in construction accident
by JDC
A demolition worker employed by Whillock Contracting was killed on May 29th while working on the Unified Port of San Diego project. The man was at 550 Marina Parkway in Chula Vista demolishing the old Rohr and Goodrich Corp. building. He was in the process of taking down a wall Read more »
Family wins $5 million in wrongful death case
by JDC May 29, 2008
The family of a Georgia woman who drowned in a bathtub at Gwinnett Medical Center has been awarded $5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. Wendy Wyckstandt, 34, was hospitalized in 2000 for post-partum high blood pressure four days after giving birth. Her mother found her after she collapsed while Read more »
Family loses personal injury case
by JDC May 28, 2008
A personal injury suit has been settled regarding a case of a girl who was paralyzed after a 2006 accident. Monique Guerrero was five years old when she, along with two other siblings, was traveling in her mother’s Chevrolet Tahoe. The family was driving approximately 54 mph on a rural Read more »
Child killed in car accident
by JDC May 27, 2008
A 4-year-old boy from Chula Vista, Julian Alexander Lee Payne, was killed in a car accident on May 26th. The child was playing in a front yard of a home on Ivanho Street near Galopago Street in the La Presa area. He ran into the street and collided with the passenger side Read more »
PA family wins wrongful death lawsuit
by JDC
The family of a Ross, Penna. man who died of asbestos exposure in 2006 recently won $7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. In 1968, Mr. Tripoli began working as a union contractor in the Koppers Company building, and continued to work there intermittently for seven years. He also worked Read more »
Victim wins case in construction accident
by JDC May 23, 2008
A lawsuit has been settled in the case of a 2003 construction accident in Gilroy. On August 7th, 49-year-old Manuel Pereira, a sheetrock specialist, was working for a subcontractor for Greg Farotte Construction, Inc. Mr. Pereira was performing work in a scissor lift at El Amigo Restaurant. The machinery rolled Read more »
Wisconsin man wins medical malpractice lawsuit
by JDC
35-year-old Jim Lang of Wisconsin has won over $3 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit after losing a portion of his left leg. In 2003, Mr. Lang visited Dr. Gregory Estlund after he injured his leg while working at a factory in Hammond. After four visits to Dr. Estlund with Read more »
Two injured construction workers undergo surgery
by JDC
Two days after the May 19th hotel explosion in downtown San Diego, two of the injured construction workers had surgery for temporary skin grafts. Doctors at the UCSD Medical Center burn unit are still keeping the patients in drug-induced comas for another two weeks to control pain. They may be Read more »
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