Motor Vehicle Accidents

This month, after several serious hit-and-run car accidents in Orange County, the community has turned their focus on accidents in which drivers flee the scene. Why do drivers feel compelled to leave the scene of an accident, even if someone is seriously injured and needs help? Here are several common reasons: They are driving impaired. […]

Last month, a Fullerton traffic accident between an ambulance and a passenger car sent four people to the hospital with serious injuries. While most drivers know to pull to the curb when they either see the flashing lights of an emergency vehicle or hear sirens, there is much more to safely sharing the road with […]

A Laguna Hills man was killed while cycling on Euclid Street in Garden Grove on a Monday evening, November 26, 2012. The driver who struck the bicycle rider stopped at the scene to administer aid, call for help, and speak with authorities. The Orange County traffic accident is currently under investigation by police. According to […]

A year after an intoxicated driver seriously injured a pedestrian in a crosswalk, a Costa Mesa woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, and for causing brain injury and paralysis. In December 2011, 17-year-old Crystal Morales, a senior at Newport Harbor High School, […]

This week we covered the tragic story of 47-year-old cyclist Brian Winfrey, a Laguna Hills resident who was struck and killed by a car while biking on Euclid Avenue in Garden Grove last month. The fatal Orange County bike accident occurred despite the facts that the driver was not under the influence of drugs or […]

A Corona del Mar man was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street on Tuesday, November 28, in Newport Beach. Local police say the man was crossing outside of a crosswalk at night, and the driver who struck the pedestrian stopped at the scene and cooperated with authorities. While the deadly California […]

Researchers recently published a new study which suggested that half of all car accidents which result in injury involved drivers who were distracted by their own thoughts in the moments before the crash. The study proves that distracted driving can be subtler and more complicated than talking on a cell phone or texting. The act […]

I have been a practicing attorney since 1984 and over that time period not only have my offices represented over 5,000 clients regarding serious personal injury and death claims but I have also had the opportunity to screen close to 100,000 potential personal injury claims on behalf of people seeking help.  Many of those potential […]

New Year’s Eve is the night on which you look back at the recent past, make resolutions for the future, and celebrate everything good in the present. Unfortunately, it also is one of the most popular nights for drinking and driving—and one of the worst nights for car accidents, car accident injuries, and car accident […]

In a span of two months, Orange County saw a rash of serious hit-and-run traffic accidents: over a dozen crashes which resulted in a number of severe injuries and fatalities. In a handful of these cases, the driver was found and charged, but in other cases, local police are still looking for information and suspects. […]