The smoke billowing from a fire Sunday at a scrap metal recycling plant in Redwood City was so big that a health advisory was issued urging residents of three counties to shelter in place. But while the blaze has now been brought under control and authorities have canceled the health…
One of the more tragic cases of mistaken assumptions occurred last month in Sonoma County when a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 13-year-old boy whose replica gun the deputy thought was a genuine assault rifle. And now, in a development that’s not surprising to Bay Area wrongful death attorney…
When one surviving passenger from an ill-fated Asiana Airlines jumbo jet attempting a landing at San Francisco International Airport ended up on the tarmac and then was struck and killed by a San Francisco Fire Department fire truck on July 6, the tragedy ranked as one of the more bizarre…
The warning not to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is probably one of the highest-profile messages that we hear from law enforcement and other government agencies, public officials, and interest groups concerned with the problem. Our San Francisco automobile accident law firm often finds that…
One doesn’t normally expect to sustain personal injury when checking into a hospital or other medical facility, but unfortunately a significant number of patients are wrongly harmed or die every year while receiving medical care in the United States. And the perplexing death of one San Francisco hospital patient has…
A curious twist has surfaced from Sunday’s traffic-snarling fire on Yerba Buena Island as a San Francisco Fire Department official stated that the SFFD received telephone calls suggesting fireworks may have sparked the blaze. There were no reported casualties caused by the fire, but it may surprise people to know…
While accidents involving motor vehicles are, unfortunately, all too common in the United States and not particularly unusual from a news reporting standpoint, occasionally accidents occur that are so offbeat or even bizarre that they generate sustained public interest, often from across the nation. One such incident occurred Sunday in…
Construction or maintenance activities in public spaces carry with them a measure of risk to public safety, and that’s why we have safety regulations in place to help protect not only the workers involved but also residents, workers and other passers-by in the vicinity of such sites. However, as one…
Part of the attraction of roller coasters and other amusement rides is getting the thrill of risk and the rush of adrenaline while still having faith that you (and, often, your children) are safe. However, as illustrated by an incident that injured thirteen fairgoers in Connecticut on Sunday, amusement park…
Ask most people to offer a list of activities they would associate with leisure and it’s safe to say that an outing to one’s local park facilities, especially with family or friends, would rank among the likely candidates. It’s therefore hard to imagine that a relaxing day in the park…