Recent Posts in Wrongful Death Category
Posted on Jan 6, 2013 By Barry Regar
Traffic accidents in the United States result in pedestrian deaths as well as those deaths suffered by the occupants of vehicles. In fact 12 percent of all traffic related fatalities occur to ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2012 By Barry Regar
What are the most common factors that cause fatal traffic crashes in and around Palm Springs? In my experience as a personal injury trial lawyer I have found that speeding, weather conditions, ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2012 By Barry Regar
Traffic deaths in the United States have increased 9% during the first 6 months of 2012 over the same period in 2011. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that the increase in ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2012 By Barry Regar
Two weeks ago there was a traffic fatality in the Coachella Valley on the I-10 freeway. The auto accident resulted from a one car rollover. The CHP reported that it appeared that the SUV rolled ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2012 By Barry Regar
During the first quarter of 2012 auto accidents, truck accidents, and all vehicle related accidental deaths rose by 13.5%. This alarming increase was the largest number since 2008. These numbers were ...
Continue reading "Palm Springs Auto Wrongful Deaths Will Increase As Estimated BY NHTSA" »
Posted on Jul 22, 2012 By Barry Regar
Another Palm Desert drunken driving arrest resulting from an auto accident near the intersection of Cook Street and Fred Waring Drive occurred on July 22, 2012. Fortunately there were no injuries ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2012 By Barry Regar
A Cathedral City drunken driving auto accident resulted in the death of a pedestrian on Sunday morning July 8 th at 1:47 am. The accident happened on Date Palm Drive close to Converse Road. The ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2012 By Barry Regar
personal injury Texting while driving is just as dangerous if not more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. I know that readers may think my statement is ridiculous; but if one really thinks ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2012 By Barry Regar
Another deadly auto/bicyclist accident occurred Wednesday April 18 th in the Coachella Valley. This crash occurred at the intersection of Da Vall Road and Ramon Road in Rancho Mirage at approximately ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2012 By Barry Regar
Drivers of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, have to share the roadway with bicyclists as they all compete for space on the streets of the Coachella Valley. I have noticed more auto accidents in Palm ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2012 By Barry Regar
There was a serious truck accident on 2/16/12 in Cathedral City. It was a multi-car collision claiming the life of one of the drivers. The police reported that a driver of a flat-bed truck suffered ...
Continue reading "Sometimes An Auto Accident Is Just An Accident" »
Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Barry Regar
Driving within three hours after smoking or ingesting marijuana nearly doubles a driver's risk of a vehicle accident as reported in a new Canadian study. The risk is very high for fatal crashes ...
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Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By Barry Regar
Commercial Vehicle accidents on I-10 are increasing in number resulting in a serious personal injury upswing in the Coachella Valley. In order to combat the accidents involving large commercial ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Barry Regar
On Wednesday, February 1 st, Pfizer Inc. the giant drug manufacturer recalled one million packets of birth control pills in the United States. They announced the recall was due to a packaging error ...
Continue reading "The Pill That Doesn't Deliver And Wrongful Life/Birth" »
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Barry Regar
Punitive damages are damages designed to punish a wrongdoer who acted with malice in causing an injury to another. Malice can be inferred if a person or business entity acted in a manner that ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Barry Regar
Starting 1/1/12 the new Child Safety Seat Law for Californians will be enforced and hopefully help save the lives of our children. The new law says that as of Jan. 1 children will have to be a least 8 ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2011 By Barry Regar
Insured drunk drivers that cause automobile accidents may think that the only financial losses they may suffer are their attorney's fee to defend them in a drunk driving prosecution and the court ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Barry Regar
As the, "snowbirds", return to Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley we often see an increase in the number of pedestrian accidents. The increase is usually due to more cars on ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Barry Regar
Recent crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that if the driver if a passenger automobile crashes into the backend of a semi-truck trailer, the driver of the car ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Barry Regar
Two SUV's were involved in a Palm Desert traffic accident Thursday night, 9/1/11. The accident occurred at 8:28 p.m. on Gerald Ford near Pacific Avenue. There was one death and two serious ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Barry Regar
The term, "Wrongful Death", in Personal Injury legal terminology refers to the death of a person caused by the wrongful act of another. I often receive calls or Emails from the adult ...
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