The greatest desire of Lalani Erika Walton was to become “TikTok famous.” Instead, the bright eyes 8 year-old wound up dead. Lanai is just one two such tragedies that prompted a pair of wrongful death lawsuits filed recently in Los Angeles County Superior Court against TikTok. The TikTok app fed both Lalani Watson, 8, and [...]
Our office and the entire community of Tucson were saddened to learn that physician, Dr. Justin Cetas was killed in a motorcycle crash near Interstate 10 and South Kino Parkway on Wednesday, July 13. According to the Tucson Police Department, 51-year-old Justin Schultz Cetas was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Banner-University Medical Center. Banner [...]
A California man died in a Nevada hospital after he was injured in a jet ski accident on the Arizona side of the Colorado River. Police in Bullhead City reported that 43-year-old Ricardo Aponte Almanza of Corona, California died Wednesday afternoon at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. The police reported that Almanza was the [...]
The study says for every 100 million miles driven in Arizona, there are 1.60 fatalities. Anyone who’s lived in Arizona for even a little while has personally seen a bad driver or two. It doesn’t matter if it’s speeding, tail gaiting, weaving in and out of traffic, refusal to use a turn signal or even [...]
Living in a military city like Tucson it saddens me to report that between the years of 1953 to 1987, the drinking water at the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina may have been contaminated. During that time, nearly a million civilian workers, military service members, and their families [...]
Automaker have reported almost 400 crashes in the last ten months involving vehicles with partially automated driver assist systems. Over 270 of these crashes involve Tesla’s according to statistics released by U.S. Safety regulators. As advocates for injured people, these numbers represent a problem that appears to be worsening. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [...]
Pending appeal, the U.S. has banned the sale of all products sold by Juul. Juul is the nation’s top e-cigarette companies. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it did not have enough data to be sure that marketing the firm's products was "appropriate for the protection of public health". Juul promised to challenge the [...]
A recorded statement of facts is almost always requested any time you are involved in an automobile crash. Another reality is if you give this statement without the benefit of a legal representative many of the things you say will be used against you. Claims adjusters take accident statements multiple times per day. They are [...]
The investigation into Tesla vehicle’s operating on partially automated driving systems that crashed into parked emergency vehicles has moved one step closer to triggering a recall. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported this past week they are upgrading their probe to a complete engineering analysis. This analysis is another sign of the increased [...]
Hyundai is recalling 239,000 vehicles nationally out of concern that certain seat belt pretensioners could explode and send metal fragments throughout the vehicle. This recall affects certain 2019-2022 Accents, 2021-2023 Elantras and 2021-2022 Elantra hybrids, according to a safety recall report. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in their recall report the issue affects [...]
