Many of our readers across Ventura County and other parts of Southern California who are of a certain age might have been regular bus riders to and from school in their youth. If that describes you, here’s a question: Do you remember using a seat belt in those days of yore? […]
Caution is the byword. That is certainly the fundamental takeaway conveyed on a relevant page of our website at the Ventura County-based Vititoe Law Group regarding passenger vehicle drivers’ movements around commercial trucks on state roads and freeways. […]
Some people might believe that bus accidents are singular in the sense that the ability of injured victims to file recovery lawsuits is circumscribed simply because a bus was involved. That is generally not the case at all. As we note on the Bus Accident Page of our personal injury website at the Ventura County-based Vititoe Law Group, personal injury lawsuits in bus accident cases “can be usually filed against both public and private companies.” […]
Our blog post today continues with a theme we initially addressed in an entry from last week, namely, commuter train safety in Southern California. Our October 20 post detailed train-related events of major importance and concern that have occurred in the region and that have been tragically bookmarked by two seminal occurrences. As we noted in last week’s post, a 2008 freight train/Metrolink commuter train collision occurring in Chatsworth killed 28 people. And just a few short months ago, another deadly Metrolink crash played out near Oxnard, when a truck and train collided at a crossing. That accident took the life of a train engineer and [...]
For obvious reasons, the adverse repercussions stemming from a train-related crash can be outsized. We simply note on the San Fernando Valley Railroad Accident page of our website at the Ventura County Vititoe Law Group, LLC, that “a railroad accident can be a catastrophic event.” […]
The so-called “social contract” that is a bedrock principle underlying American life hinges much on the idea that reciprocal duties and corresponding behaviors between citizens and government entities promote necessary predictability and safety. In other words, there’s a give-and-take mentality at work. […]
For obvious reasons, every type of vehicle accident has the potential to be serious. And that is especially true concerning rollover crashes. […]
How serious of an issue is medical malpractice in the United States? By almost any empirical measure, the answer to that question is sobering, if not flatly troubling: Mistakes made by medical professionals that contribute directly to patient injuries are common and persistent in medical facilities across the country. […]
It is certainly food for thought to see the word “only” in a sentence that refers to the 2,739 traffic deaths that reportedly occurred on California roadways in 2010. By any measuring stick, that number would seem notably high and remarkably sad. It equates, on average, to more than seven people dying in motor vehicle accidents on state roads every single day of the year. […]
It depends on who you talk to. Whether things are getting better or worse on California’s highly varied roadways — that is, from a safety perspective — seems to be, well, variable and just a bit hard to pin down with any certainty. […]
