A 33-year-old manager of a pizza restaurant in Huntington Beach, identified as Garret Petersen, suffered traumatic brain injuries after being brutally beaten by two men after he refused to give them free slices of pizza. According to a KTLA news report, Huntington Beach Police Department confirmed two men were booked into jail in connection with…
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Orange County Restaurant Manager Suffers Brain Injuries in Brutal Assault
BMW Recalls 121,000 SUVs Over Stalling Issues
BMW has announced that it will expand a May 2016 recall of SUVs to include 121,737 additional SUVs that may contain a defective driveshaft. According to a news report in Consumerist.com, the recall includes vehicles from model years 2011 to 2015 X5 and X6 vehicles. Documents filed by BMW with the National Highway Traffic Safety…
Widow Appeals to Ninth Circuit to Revive Ford Rollover Wrongful Death Lawsuit (Video)
An attorney for the widow of a man killed in a Ford Explorer rollover accident asked the Ninth Circuit to revive her wrongful death lawsuit saying jurors should have been instructed that the design defects are measured against consumers’ reasonable expectations. Brian Chase, senior partner at the Newport Beach auto defect law firm of Bisnar…
Nissan Vehicles Recalled for Airbag Defects
Nissan has issued vehicle defect recalls for more than 54,000 vehicles due to defective airbags. According to a CBS news report, the recall affects 2012 Nissan Versa vehicles where curtain and seat-mounted airbags may unexpectedly deploy when the door is slammed shut. Nissan North America says the problem may be caused by the degradation of…
Hit and Run Driver Arrested in Death of Torrance Baseball Star
Police have arrested Darryl Leander Hicks, 28, who they say was the hit-and-run driver in a car accident that killed 16-year-old Jesse Esphorst Jr., a star baseball player at South High School in Torrance. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the incident occurred the morning of March 7, 2017 at the intersection of…
Uber Self-Driving Cars Return to California Roads
Uber’s driverless vehicles will return to California roads, but in a limited way where it will not immediately start picking up passengers as it is in other cities such as Philadelphia. According to an Associated Press news report, Uber received a permit this week to test two Volvo SUVs on public roads from the California…
Sears Craftsman Table Saws Recalled for Injury Hazards
A Craftsman table saw model, sold exclusively by Sears, has been recalled for injury hazards. According to a USA TODAY news report, the 10-inch portable saw (model number 137.415030) comes with a black metal foldable stand that can collapse unexpectedly posing a laceration and impact injury hazard to the operator. About 46,000 of these units…
E-Cigarettes Easier to Buy in Southern California Than Fresh Produce
If you live in Southern California, you’d probably find it’s easier to buy fruit-flavored e-cigarettes than an apple or an orange. This is according to data released by “Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community Campaign,” which looked at advertising and merchandise from more than 7,100 stores across California. The Orange County Register reports that the…
Oball Baby Rattles Recalled for Choking Hazard
About 680,000 baby rattles sold at large retailers nationwide were recalled for potential choking hazards. According to an NBC Bay Area news report, hundreds of thousands of Oball baby rattles made by Kids II have been recalled because of the possibility that the small beads could pose a choking hazard if part of the rattle…
New Laws Could Make it Difficult for Consumers to Sue Corporations
Congress is currently working to pass two major laws that would make it more difficult for American consumers to file class action lawsuits. An article in Rawstory.com calls House Rule 985 (the Fairness in Class Action Litigation” an “Erin Brockovich killer.” The law would basically put restrictions on the criteria for people banding together for…